The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-20

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the correspondence which follows:
PROM the WING of July H. 1891


the correspondence which follows:
Prom the whigof July IA, 1881
"a Characteristic Editori"
(For the wbig.I
The Dfspatch Of the 18th instant !, nonhfless
ea ,e1 ,dge WolIsdsy we hope he win adjourn
sis cSar ss and recruit sier this stnner
The ppGseh spGSs1e passed 70 sa' upon h May
2ath The facts Of the case are about I'D UT
one OF the editors Of the DfsPdten - Tommis.
~ commissioner Thomas j. Evans. ooin.nisa
sioner Thomas J. Evans is about as pronuu,nse,
and ultra specimen Of we antciene Dyuroo"
one win stumble a5"mR . IN sss he Dispatch
thinking Judge Holiday would retain Jus Ia,n Sao
in.law IN his place as commissioner, thinks Juaee
Holladay "a daisy ana MOI only pa.i ,be ' next Lee
gislature" will do for Judge Holiday, Mne,,nei
Democratic or Republican land the county c c,. :
tlons show very plainly that IL VIII be Deiho''"'
Row, we submit that nothing could exceed ,ne
vuIgarty Of that compliment or be pla,neII u u
fhe tntiination OF that Involvement 10 Juuge
U0Iladay. except what follows: On the I'm , oi
July, last foriyfour days later Judge hoii1 ns
patch with all It's son-in-law importantly, apollo
edzcs for lts former compliments ~ the Judge anu
cndeavors 10 insu;t Judge Holaday. socod
We do not know whom Judge lIoiladly uenev
nor what he promised. But we do know ,hhl No,
only ought not Judge Holladay 10 he concernS,iui
about such assaults at This, but that The pubic VIII
IL nurely selfish and puere. and is only anoIner
case OF daddy under the hay" ~" n
Editorial In Dispatch OF Sunday, July loth'I
Personal.
An ANONYMOUS communication under the cap,
tion +" A Characteristic EditOrtal,' ana slened
:. ~ appeared on yesterday In daily morning
ionrna n fbis city, 1t Il not custom to notice
articles OF this character yet we cannot aogether
afford to ignore the one In question. Inc author
M we are to consider his efusiOn an attempted ne-
fence of Judge HOladay) impertinently ncahles
with matter which evidently does not concern
him and, cowardly conceallng himst II behind me
- unknown quantity K" tries 70 create an impress
sion In every way contrary TO Fact c.,o,
The DisPdtcE-and no relative OF Goiohesl
Robert Howard. Esq. nor. Of any other Indi-
yiduaI-in the interest of this community. sirply
propoundcd the questions to be found III Us col,
umns Of Friday last 10 servant OF the people, am
these questions 10 now reiterates
We have thrown our columns open 10 the Judge
Of the Chancery curt to answer these and other
very pertinent inquiries that being daily asked
by intelligent and responsible men OF this COM
munity; and no evasivc fling or lying iinpn,atlon
of an unworthy motive such rs rs contained In the
ANONYMOUS article before mentioned, will ever de-
fer us from fearlessly and cOnscientlously per-
forming our whole duty to the public.
RICHMOND, VA, July IS, 1883.
c. OBJ. COcardi,,. Esq.,:
Sir.-Since my return to the city Mon
day night | have desired to communicate
with YOU, but have been unavoidably pre-
vented.
On Thursday last, at Old Point, seeing
the editorial in the Dispatch of the 10Th,
and having been requested to write for the
Who during Mr.. Elam's absence when /
had leisure, | wrote an editorial styled
"A Characteristic EDITORIAL" and, en-
closing it to the Wing, sent a telegram to
them, OF which enclose you copy. The
editorial / submit is within the bounds OF
legitimate criticism, parliamentary in eX-
preston, and by no construction can be
made TO do more than point out
your deep interest in the action OF
Judge Holiday and rob your criticisms
OF him OF the weight which those OF an i'm
partial umpire would have. | have sought
the judgment OF impartial critics upon my
article. resolved, if they saw aught therein
insulting to you or by direction or indircc-
ton imputing to YOU unworthy motives. to
correct the same. They, like myself, fail
to discover it.
Saturdays Wing, to my surprise, con-
tanned my article, but not as an editorial.
and not only published it as a communica-
ton. but added the letter Y at the bottom.
ON inquiring how this extraordinary
thing occurred. Mr.. Clarke explains that
when my article arrived he remem-
bered that you and Mr.. Elan had not
been friendly, and thought it best to
publish no editorial alluding to you, and
therefore he put the article in rs a commu-
nication and took the liberty OF signing it
OK" [See Mr.. Clarke's note enclosed.l
On Sunday an editorial headed "Per-
sonal" appeared in the Dispatch. That
article is grossly insulting in imputing to
me cowardce in writing anonymously and
in the words ''lying insinuations."
think, under the circumstances, the
above statement as TO how the article APP
peared is due to you and TO myself, and
should make you unhesitatlngly Withdraw
the offensive remarks; and | believe the
above disclaimer of purpose to insult you
ought TO be satisfactory.
Sincerely anxious 10 avoid any contro-
versy with you | have perhaps gone fur
thcr in making this statement than those
delightlng in codes would sanction, but L
waive such punctilio.
And now / shall expect the withdrawal
by you of the offensive epithets contained
in your editorial. Respectfully,
JOHN ). WISE.
RICHMOND, VA, July 1s, 1883.
Hon. John S. Wise: