The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-12-10

The reporter asked, how long have Won
known Mr. Veal, Colonel2
Al have known Capt Veal over since the
late war between the States. In 1862 he be-
came partner In my firms of Geo. 4. Afford
Co., OF Galveston, and Afford Veal q Co
| 81. Louis. His universal popularity all over
the country and with all classes of people
business TO the house.
toryl
N-During tho war he commanded n com
| rany from Ellis county In Parson's regiment
| OF cavalry. After Parsons promotion to
brigadicr, Capt Veal was frequently in COM
mand of the regiment and sometimes Of tho
brigade. During those trying times his cool
Judgment asd iDvincible determination was
highly priced by his superior officers aud Ii a
dangerous commission was to be executed, u
iorlorn hope TO be led, fortress TO be Storm
ed, or charge TO be made upon the enemy
lines, Capt Veal was always selected for Inc
perilons duty. His Scared form, full Of bull
,et holes, from head 10 foot, and his broken
limbs, Will attest the gallantry with which he
executed eyerp porllons task assigned 10 hlm
more chlNalric solder neyer answered the
call OF his country.
During oil these times his piety and chris
tan character were conspicuous, and the sian-
der now breathed against his fur name will
cause thousands of Draw, hearts all over ihe
country, To bleed.
Returning home at the close of the war erin
pied and poverty-stricken, but full of energy
Us unloading as the sturdy oak, he set to work
his shattered health. The Legislature of lsG,
under the 1hrocknorton regime, soon con-
yened and Captain Veal was almost unani-
monsly elected Chaplain of the House of Rep
resentntiycs.
lie is member of the Masonic fraternity.
very eminent In Its councils, having nlled the
position of Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of Texas.
~ see that you are familiar with MIR.
Veal public history. what do you know OF
his pIS ate character?
Avery much than hnya mn IA
late, or You to hear. II | have ever known
any one Intimately In life y Is this prosecuted
inhn. lie was my partner In business for eight
or ten years. made his character n study.
In all the many years of my intimate Also
citation with him have never once known him
70 speak evil OF any one. His deeds of char
ity, many of them known only to myself, are
almost as countless as forest leaves. Scores
OF Impoverished widows all over the state have
been fed and clothed by his bounty, and hun
dreds of orphan children have been educated
and provided for by him who never knew their
benefactOr. ] know whereof | speak for
paid his drafts In behalf of these people for
years. But for his liberalty, limited only by
his ability, hundreds of churches and school
houses and Masonic lodges and sunday school
Libraries and other enterprises, would never
have been started. Nor has his charity been
denominationai. lie would give alike to
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Campbell
lite, Catholic and jew. The books of my late
firm show that Capt. Veal expended in charity
alone during bis connection with me more
than forty thousand dollOrs in cash | defy
any one Of his prosecutors to show one-tenth
or even one hundredth part of this sum-but
the world does not know these things as 1
know them
Some contemplate jackanapes, enyious of
mans fame and good deeds, will start a cry of
immortality and forthwith the world cries
'Crucify him; cruelty himl''-never waiting
TO enquire into the facts or asking what
hath this man hone2''
Q-Colonel Afford presume from the high
praise you best0w upnn MIR. Veal that you give
no credence to the disgracehl charges now
made agasnst him?
A-NO, sir; not one particle. Veal has been
living in this country and has led u blamclpss,
exemplary life so long that scout the idea of
his falling so low at this late day, as his enc
mics claim. Thousands of little children have
grown up around him, whom he has nursed
and iondled on his lap In infancy and youth,
and his error has been in forgetting that these
children have grown up Into womanhoOd-
many of them married and mothers of fani-
lies. He still looked upon them as the same
little children who danced upon his knees and
nestled upon his bosom IN years gone by. This
Is the "Sum Of his offending -
Thinking no evil himself, he cannot see how
Others can so miscOnstrTle him. His friends
caused his indiscretion in being oblivious to
the fact that the little folks do not always re-
main children.
| am sorry that business prevents my talk
ing with You more on this subject, for there
are many facts connected with Captain Veal
which would like 10 mention, and To which
would like to mention, and to which IL known
would raise him greatly in the popular esti
mate consider him an outrage0usly peIse-
cute,l man, and 1t is shame that one whose
life has been one OF usefulness and devoted to
the good of his race, should be destroyed In
this malicious way. His enemies have tr-
umphed for q season, but like cork In the
wafer, II they Withdraw their clutches nom
him he will rise 10 the surface and he again as
popular and useful as before.