The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-02
colonel Eumn 10 rrofea.or smith.


cuuposinc tie public 10 be tired of the sub
loot 7 ro,ret 20 @ called ont again. this iI4c
H. answer mot Mt Cariwell but Dr. ". W
smith nresilont o. Gandolph-Mecon Col
lege. who publishes @ card I'D yesterday
be- attention TO the very few words re-
0ured 20 dispose oi lin. ,,-,,
I'm his speech January 2id, pit Iaru"eH
had charged that Il bad asked men 10 or
oeni1e with me 20 prevent -et-ement' ana
ie said there was "a gentleman on the moor
whom he saw sitting before HIM whom hat
asked 20 form n league TO prevent any sette-
rneut of the public debt TN luesday. tie
10Th of January. when his attention hhd peen
called by myself 90 tins statement. ne re-
neated IL with emphasis saying that had
made request before any settlement was
agreed on % unite with that gentleman %
preyent ann settlement ltalics his OWN being
made.
TO this statement twice deliberately made
/ cave hat contradiction ~ terms when
were very temperate. considering the nature
OF the Ofense.
that had Colonel Ruiiin taken the just and
usual precautl1n TO ascertain OF me whether
ned been correctly quoted as having SAID
that had told him that ] " u.d ask nay IN
stitutiOn 10 burn our Virginia bonds raiher
than interfere with tie ,ettlement OF me state
debt be would have ascertaIned that TINS was
a seutiu ent expressed by me 10 Mr. CardWel
during Our conversation.
Now that does not touch the issue. which IS.
not what Dr. Smith was going TO DO WITH MS
bonds that was nothing % me. but the au-
thority FOR the statement credited 70 him that
was endeayOrng TO prevent any settle
ment" Tat issue. the marrow OF the whole
matter. Mr.. Smith does not touch.
IL il lmmaterA what he did or did not
90 70 II f'arlrg-Il. that matter
for them 10 settle but what Dir. CardWeii
said Of ne as ne alleges on Dr. Snith ) an-
thority that is what concerns me.
knew from Mr Cardwell and from several
gentlemen who were present that Mf
Smith was the person 10 whom he alluded As
ut this moment sitting on tins HOor.
knew that when lie heard that statement no
was well aware that never did ask HIM TO
unite with me 10 prevent a settlement. nut on
the contrary AS / have proven by supstaii D,
tial witness. that in my interview WIN MN
was seeking 20 promote one when would save
the colleges harmless. knew lhat ne GA
not even by shake Of the head warn Mr.
Cardwel that he was misrepleSehuhg MN,
and knew lhat 10 had not been moved 10
make any explanation whatever Tor four days
after the event. when / spoke out. / had
given him time enough.
Now can Or. Smith really think that / was
/ bound. upon any principle or justice or any
rule or etiquette 10 r4L sun Alti icL tlt VENOM
OF Mr. Cardwel.'5 charges infect the Ieg!sla
/ tufe as II had begun 10 do, when. by the an
tdote IF Hat complete and defiant contra
! d.ction. / could c0untoract this poison ri
once. That may be his rulo Of conduct bu
! II is not mine. / was BROUGHT upin and by
| generation who possessed that "sensibility u
! principle and that chastity Of honor which
/ felt STAN like a wound. generation quich
/ to resent imputatiOns upon character. and e
denounce all who by their conduct hae
] brought themselye- within the range OK tl'
/ dencuncement. and have not forgotten th'
/ lesson Moreover. ] WAS brought up 70 trea
I tho Legislature OF Virginia with profound re
/ spect. u esteem their good opinion as q treas
/ ure Of great worth and 20 think that ever,
/ gentleman whom such an honorable body hat
/ hOnOred by an office OF trust. owed II to then
n we'll as to his personal friends 10 his FAM ,
aud to himself 81 maintain the dignity OF IA
Office and his own seli-respect.
submit that the ascrption OF double-deal
ing 10 me by Mr. Cardwell brings me with
this rule and that It was alike my official AM
personal. my public and private, duty TO at
I exactly as did.
In conclusion / would say TO DR.. Smith tina
IL rests with him 20 proong this matter whic
cannot be inteiestine 10 the public and ~ dis
tasteful TO me. But IL lie appears again hop
may be all wed 70 suggest 10 him that h
plead 10 the Issue. FRANK Il. hrlfiN.