Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-09-15
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ian, edited by Mr.. Michael Glennan, pub
| lished a synopsis of a speech delivered in
| Suffolk county by the Hon. William Lamb
Mayor of Norfolk, Va. This report rep
resented Mayer Lamb as having been very
extreme in denouDcing the treatment of
the eolored people before the war by their
owners, as we'll us very severe on the pres
ent Bourbon Funders,' who were char
acterized in most uncomplimentary terms.
This ELECTED the following publication
from Mayor Lamb in handful form:
"NoRToLK. VA, Sept. 9. 1sS2.-On my
return home Ihavs been shown a commu-
nication to the Norfolk 'Yirginian' dated
Surry Court House, Aug. %, 1882. and
signed H. which appeared during my
| absence. AS my silence may give license
to some vile creatures to defame one who
has never Intentionally wronged any hui
man being nor hurt the feelings of any
man, except in self-defence, deem it my
duty to pronounce the author of that COM
munication willful aud malicious liar, it
being from beginning to end series of
falsehoods, manufactured by corrupt i'm
agination, and pronounce Michael Glen
nan, the owner of the Virninian,' base
Migrate and contemplate scoundrel for
giving circulation to such slandeks against
one who has treated him from his youth
up with nothing but disinterested friend
ship; and here give notice, in the fear of
God, and with clear conscience, that the
man who in the home of my fathers and on
my native hearth attempts to rob me of
freedom of speech by defamation of char
acter, or otherwise, shall be treated by me
if he goes too far, precisely as I would
treat mad dog that attacks me.
gag H'i" -,aft1 WILLIAM LAMB"
Mr.. Glennan replies by comparing his
life with that of the Mayor, and says that
he commenced as a penniless boy but no
one has ever lost, cent by him, and that
he is now the proprietor of the most lu-
crative paper in Norfolk, and has the re-
spect of bis fellow citizens, while the May
or who commenced rich, spent all his own
and all the money of other people he could
get hold Of, "who was surrounded with
wealth and power and influence, who COM
menced his life 3aftor the war, with advan-
Iages as promising as any man in the
South. has fallen step by step from his
high position, with character blasted
and a reputation Smlrched, until to-day,
not only in the city of his birth but
throughout the Common wealth, he is
Stunned and despised by all men who know
his career
Mr. Glennan concludes his card as fol-
lows: In his circular card Mayor Lamb
has made his threat with an evident pur,
pose of bulidozing, not only the
freedom of opinion. but the freedom
of the press. tell him now, tyrant and
demagOgue that lie IS, that ns threat from
him Can intimidate or silence me; that [
shall never hesitate to criticise his acts,
denouncing then whenever I deem them
deserving denunciation; and that, in the
face of his cowardIy threat, shall consid-
er myself justified in being prepared to
meet him. defending myself by the rights
that God aud the law give me-"
oubsi quehtly the following card appear
ed in the Norfolk "Virginian:
g ~" WAKEFIELD, VA, Sept. II, 1882.
l see il to-day "Virginian' card
published by Col. Lamb in regard to the
speech made by HIM at Surry Courthouse
on the 22d of August. .st.
| am the author of the communication
of which he complains, and am alone re-
sponsible for it. ~
1 would not knowingly do any man in
justice, not even one who-if reports be
true-has sunk SO low in public estlma-
tion as the Mayor Of Norfolk.
1t was infamous enough to make such a
speech as disgraced the huStingS on that
occasion. but still meaner to deny the pa
ternity of ones own ricksty offspring.
reiterate that the facts as stated IN
that communication are all true. and L
have not one word to retract. .
I do not pretend to have quoted the
language of Col. Lamb verbatim, but If
necessary I can substantiate the facts by
any number OF respectable men. The
woundad nigaOn ia known. bV its fluttGr: 1T