Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-10-19
From the Lyncl,burg News Oct. l9lh
A Card from Col. Fulkerson in
Reply to Senator G. T. Smith.

, the Editor Of tie LyaciJurg NeWS :

To the Editor Of tie LyacdJaiV Ne0S:
My attention has been called to your
issue Of the 9TH inst, 3ontainiuga card
from Senator G. T. Smith, in which he
seeks, by counter denunciStion and
transparent ialsehood, to escape or re-
cover from the effect of my card of the
23d Of Sept, published in The NEws of
the 2Sth, In that card denounced him
AS UNANIMOUSLY false, slanderous and cow
ardly. 10 escape the consequence which
his own mendaciy and cowardicc have
provoked, lie seeks to make 1t appear
that he wrote to me private, but insult
ing note under date Of l7th of Sept,
which note he admits he kept In private
hands until the 9th, at which time it
Wat delivered 10 me by u mere boy,
whom did not know, and who imme-
dialely left my Office, before | had read
or opened the note. In order TO sneak
into position Of defense, and thus
avoid making the attack which injured
character would not suffer to go unmadr,
he attempts to prove, inierron,iaIly, that
my letter, written and mailed ono day
in advance Of his private note, must
have been dated back one day,
But to dispose Of this suhteriuge, !
furnish herewith the statement Of W.
+. Rhca, who copied, ON t!ie 25d If Sept
my card published in the News Of the
28lh:
BRISTOL, October g, 1880,
Col. 4. FulkersoR
On the morning OF the 23d Of Sept.
last, at your request, ! wrote copies of
your note and card Of that date, In re-
grad to G. II. Smith, which appoard in
the Lynchburg News Of date the 23lh
of said month, and left tho original and
COPIES on the table In you Office, On the
evening n the same day, thn 23d you
informed me that you had mai!ed said
note and card to the editor Of the Lynch
burg News. / now have The copies
which | made of same in my possession.
Respectfully, W. +. RnEA.
invite public attention to the inquiry
why this private note from Senator
Smith was written week before iJs de-
livery; aud also the probable tnct that 1t
must have been held back for the expect
ed alternative that would take some
NOTES rf his cowardly attacks behind
INV back, la which case IL could he de-
liycred aud y question OF date made,
lust ~ be has done; og in catc ! did not
Notice hin, that j. could be held ana
never delivered 10 ALL IN either ease
such qudsi dupliclty would, by such
man as Smith, be expected to protect
him.
The fact that my letter OF the 25d WIS
NOT published tili ulc 28Dh may have
hecen partly due 10 the well-IHoWn H.
telrupton Of the malls BY tho ae1ittnt
on the h. NJ. 4 @. Z. H. near Salem,
aud partly to The Intervention OF sun
day, or to other causes that avn not
aware Of.
lilo dcnounccr ms "Yile slander aud
ba.c fllsehood," the ch'rge that IN the
very mre Of the election between him
self and Hon. Il. NJ. H. Hunter for The
office of state Treasurer, hr pledged
himself To stand by The Rndiuslcrs. Ia
reply thereto II would heS work OF su-
10 do more thsn ssk Ihe
nuhllc TO read the statement Of Scnaior
IN. q. wood. Of Scott, aud eX-Delcga,c
/. G. Fowler, Of Washington hu, a!dd
also q statement Of my own fccoll'cuoh
of the matter. ,.,
Durint the session Of the Legislature
of 1878. G. 4. Smith, then q senator,
came to me aud said, That hn hsd AWAY
brcn ouposcd 10 the funding bin o' lsll,
thnt hc Ind thought the question OF de
version of the school fund under the op-
Grafton of thsi bill had been settled by
tbe decision II The Court Of Appcale, in
the cnec Of Anloni Va. wright, but there
seemed 10 hc doubt upon ihtt point
en,ong the lawyers. And that II I've
could hc satlshed that the court had moi
deridcd that point he would vote tor
The Harbour bin, which was then Pend
ing before the ecielaiurc. ] gave nm
n9nd Crattau which contained ilN dcci.
aim of the court. aud told him to rchd
thc case carefully. aud give me his view
the next day. Tho next day he told me
hc WINS satisfied md would support tho
harbour bill. Smith told me- that he
c~nectcd IN act with the Rcadiusiere,
and that the great want Of the Rendills-
49,, ,,ortv vas ho1d1nmNors Wv W." CIV
or Richmond; TINT he expected to be
for State Treasurer nnd llmt
IA" Rrndiustcrs ought 10 vote Tor him;
a al nat n he VIVA elected Treasurer,
v'hs, tr would mike the 1rcasurcr's of-
g'.,. i,, tit, d, spmtnt The headquarters NJ