The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-26
CARD FROM COL. CHRISTIAN

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Oakland, Va. May Is. 1903.
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CARD FROM COL. CHRISTIAN
He Replies to the Recent Criticism Of
| Delegate Whitehead.
EDITOR of Tho Times Dispatch:
| Sir,-As I see that you published the
wanton and unfounded charges of John
| Whitehead against me in the House Of
Delegates on the selection Of the Judge OF
| Amherst county, feel suro that from
sense OF justice and fair play, YOU VIII
| publish this communication In reply.
| would characterize his charges as
| they deserve to be. were It not for tho
fact that my neighbors and oil tho peo-
ocally false. If he can find ono truthful
| and reputable citizen in the county OF
Amherst that will corrobornte and endorse
| these charges then stand convicted ana
| will hang my head In shame.
have lived continuously from birth
on James iRver, near Walkers Ford. IN
county on a hnn a med py 3
is we'll known from tradition that no bar
room ever sold wliskey n this ,, an, neigh n
bar-room. ETC.. has for the last hfteen
or twenty years been kept IN this END no
OF the county. embracing about one thitd
| VI inc WllOlG aTcu VI tIlS WIoio Soo'N1p -
is we'll known to all that no bar-room
| has boon kept In any adjacent county
for fifteen or twenty years under ten OF
fifteen miles from my home, thsn %nes
1t Is we'll known that I never go to Am
hcrst Courthouse but once per month
| court day.. when Invariably go TO Mr..
Days drug store and deposit my baggage e
| as n place of safety, and If MIR. Days
| drug store is bar-room, and once q
month Is 'Trequenting." then that part
stated in evidence before the House Com.
mittee that a certain distinguished ana
honorable judge and one Of the prosecute
ing attorneys in tho Campbell case. inya-
riably went there also whenever he came
he went there for whiskey: It Is well
icoting liquors were allowed in or brought
to my house for time lnme1norlal, until q
| late case of extreme and protracted III
ness Of one In my family.
can conscientiously say that I never
| averaged one pint Of liquor per month
since my majority. and none before-have
gone four years on four drinks-as John
| my tent as my chaplain can and will
shy. Owing to tho above detailed cn-
Nronments and surroundings, have not
seen .whiskey on an average OF twice q
month for the last ten years as go out
but seldom. do not deny that on con-
yivial occasions in tho days Of yore, and
| utllIlB IOllllCul CdINptllBUS ana SlulnIlnR
tours, etc.. l have taken enough to feel
It, am glad that have mastered the
use OF whiskey so successfully as have
But DO claim that have the inalienable
not trench on the rights of others. I
believe In the liberty OF the citizen" as
enunciated by Thomas Jefferson In our
| Constitution and Bill of Rights. / was
charged with being in League with Day
| the shibboleth Of the modern crusaders.
in defending his whiskey cases: etc. 1t is
represented Mr.. Day In any case for the
1 last ten or fifteen years, because liye
remote and no never asked me- The
yilest criminal under our Constitntlon y
| inquisition In medlavel times deny this
| right.
Whitehead asserted that he had seen
mo drunk one hundred times. Ye Gods
and little fishes? He, must haye had
his eyes on an Argus" to sec a drunken
man from Norfolk to Amherst. had not
seen the man that can recall for more
than twenty years until saw him at tho
| Campbell trial.
IT is true that filled the office Of
| County Superintendent of Schools and
| Commemorative Attorney for n series OF
terms, but only went to. Amherst" once
a month. and occasionally saw him then
q boy and for him to have seen !, mo ,
been an infantile policeman on guard at
the bar-rooms Of Amherst day and night
| without relief ind counted on me not
Bryan's rue OF ~ 10 II out Iio iVV W
Another crime against me in White,
heads eyes is that / am Seventy years
that being 50 thip hRv this Gn1y tne
sorrow Of the poor old man" and stayed
the hands that smote him. His was not
the way treated his old father: when
heard his cry for support and assist.
ance in securing places of emolumen,t
| and Offices, etc. ! hardened to his call
and helped him with such might and main ma n
as WAS In mo IN his time Or meed h,,t I KS
venom Of his brutal shaft fell harmless
You see from the editorial clipping en-.
| closed that know nothing OF any lnten,
to use or offer my name In connection
with the Amherst judgeship This state
ment, Delegate Ware and Senator Mnfsie
Will both testify to. I have never seer
the time 1 could have afforded to aecep,
. that Office. much less now when ! have
reached the allotted time OF man, am
E have more business OF my own than
feel like attending to-
1t could reflect no honor on me, ! -, nays W
for years proclaimed to the people OF
Amherst when solicited to stand for q
nce that under ne new w regime nIt, 81 'n "
Commerce. that ! would not haye any
Office, / was not raised on public pap
neither have lived on IT apd nope vt Th e.
assistance. Having made living IN,
FAR by a strict adherence to honesty, trutl
and honor and being conscious OF naVlnt
the full confidence and respect or al
the. tlrst-class people who, know me.
cnre nothing about the mistntements nnt
abuse ' of the traducer, but ] do think j
a hardship and a shame that maj
borne down by, the weight OF seventy
the defense OF his country. should b.
! dragged without provocation from the re-
tirenent of his home. to pc abused b3
such a man as John Whitehead. but
, shall take no further notice Of him. bu
leave him to the lashings Ct his oon
scIence-hls TIather-and his God,
Very respectfully,
G. b. CHRISTIAN.
Walkers Ford, Va.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS f..
Colonel Cameron Here.
,r,rn,o,t noyarnor william o. Cameron