The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05

er but that OF the secular press ana tho
people of the State rising up.
; The tenor of the article to appear IN the
Advocate cannot yet be learned. Neither
the editorial for this paper nor the one
for the Herald has yet been written.
INDIVIDUAL OPINION.
The y,ews of individual ministers are In
teresting and spicy IN Inc eHtiens Il
r n. Pitt. editor of the Herald, said
This morning that owing to the lateness
~ the hour when the verdict was rem
dered the Jury failed to do one thing-to
PASS resolutions thanking Judge Camp
bou for the way he had maintained the
dignity of his court.
DR.. J. R. Garlick: 1T Is beyond any
thing 1 ever heard OF In Virginia. II
seems to me to be disgrace " NC j1o'e-
larry Of the State" ~,
A prominent Methodist minister: =
t;irk the affair disgraceful and nope IL
| will not go unrebuked
Pew c. c. Cox: 1T is utterly incompTe-
hens,ble to me how the jury could bring
in a verdict of acquittal. Judge lamp.
bell certainly committed some aault A.
only a misdemeanor.
Rev, ~. A. Bagley: 1.-THE verdict is a
miscarriage and it is a pity Judge Camp
bell should go unwhipped of justice. Inc
Commonwealth Of Virginia suffers more
by reason of the verdict than Mr.. Craw-
ford possibly can from the effects OF the
| lash"
An Episcopal clergyman: cit Is de-
| plorable that such a crime as that COM
1 mitted by Judge Campbell should be con-
| doned.
| Any number of others wore ready and
willing to talk and such as were heard
| to speak gave, in every instance, utter
ance similar to those presented above
| A well-known county Judge Of Virginia,
| Who has recently been elected to the
| circuit bench. said yesterday that the
| trial and the acquittaI were a disgrace
| to the State.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPrED.
The midnight meeting held Saturday In
Amherst by the friends OF Judge Camp
bell was attended by two or three hun
bred of his staunches supporters from
all parts of the county.
CAPTAIN Henly Drummond was called
to the chair and the Hon. E. S. Ware
acted as secretary. The resolutions were
read by Mr.. T. C. Payne. discussed by
Colonel c. B. Christian and others, and
unanimously adopted, with great ap-
plause. Judge Campbell had retired
during the presentation of the paper, and
now committee consisting OF Messrs.
T. c.. Payne, J. w Peasants, and X. IL
prummond, was delegated to wait on
Considerably affected, the Judge made
speech to his friends. thanking them and
all others who had stood by him fer their
adherence. Then every one there. men
and women. filed by and shook him by
the hand. The meeting adjourned with
much enthusiasm, and many OF those
present including Judge Wood, went
home with Judge Campbell when early
Sunday morning, though it was. there
J, cir iCS nd
refreshments. 4f
''THE PEOPLE" @
The resolutions adopted are as follows:
Whereas, certain parties who styled
themselves 1.-The people, who have al
ways opposed Judge c. j. Campbell IN
Amherst county in his political and Of
fetal aspirations, have held little meet
ings recently. notably the one at the
Baptist Church July LIST, and one at Huff
Creek as well as the ones at Madison
and Elon and adopted certain resolutions
directed tc. the Legislature of censure
of the act of Judge Campbell in assault
ing Rev c. II. Crawford. in which they
charge corruption. nntitness for the
county judgeship, and mal-administra-
ton in office. and many other charges,
which are groundless and false; and
whereas. further. more recently Ger
tain members of the Amherst Bar, who
are IN d 1lilltOlilS WIZ -. ~. koSoAl, u. IL.
Harrison, Q. l.. Evans, commemorative
Attorney, F. ]. Harris. and l. P. White
head, of Amherst; A. E. Strobe, OF
Lynchburg, concurred in by J. Thomp-
son Brown and w. G. Loving, of Nelson
county, petitioned the Legislature to in
vestigate the conduct of Judge Camp
bell in the Crawford affair, the intent
| of which was to impeach or remove him
from office, If possible; and
-La, certain members nf the
Lynchburg bar we believe, acting under
the suggestion and led by some of the
above members of the Amherst ard Mel
son bars also have petitioned the JegiS-
lature in milder and more conservative
terms to investigate the alleged improper
conduca Of Judge Canlpbell: and.
Whereas, we. who nave kept silent un-
til to-day, after a trial OF the charge OF
malicious assault, as indicted against him
by jury of his countrymen as Euaran-
teed by the laws and Constitution of
Virginia, have heard the evidence and
facts. as given by both sides as we'll as
.he result of the trial which was YER
dict of not guilty. and.
HIGH ESTEEM.
Whereas. we. citizens Of Amherst, be-
ing interested in the welfare Of our coun-
ty, as well as the proper or improper con-
duct of its officials, who have convened
at Amherst Courthouse at said trial and
Immediately thereafter assembled in mass
meeting from all parts of the county deem