Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-11-15

10y Governor Swanson is commensiea hv .
iarge majority OF the people To them he has
seemed as more siuned against than sinnsnR =
it is not hard to discover the grounds upon
wniSn the pardon was granted, coucurred In
oy tne board OF Pardons. but q rehearsal may
not De aniss- Once in affiuence he and his
wue and daughters are now I'm the vale an
P0SSe y; the latter having had TO move north
anu III measure become objects of charity
Inc mans health is rapidly decliniog, nc
oelng no more than SHADOW of his former
eoous.; Write self. His record has, been good
as testified To by Superintendent of the Penn
uSa. lsn,y Morgan. Yes, more than good: al
saved the life OF a guard when an eseaninS
teEow prisoner made the assault, receivinr
the bullet wound in his own leg. For this, as
hVe years from lie n is sentences. and il thV
order had not been rescinded at the urgent ap-
peal OF political friend of the Governor
Lewis would not have needed Governor Swan,
son 3 pardoning influence. SO today our pres
enn Governor rectihes an injustice and the
prisoner gets no more than Is due him
Wlthout the fear of criticism the VIRGINIA.
CITIZEN commends Governor Swanson for his
Lewis IS once more free. We do not upholI
the deed for which he was sentenced, and we
are equally as free from crticising the meth
DDS pursued i'm his conviction, but we believe,
&c has been more than sufficiently punished.
Inc under-dog in strenuous and conglomer-
ate melee, he suffered immeasurably. and il is
barren charity that cannot now extend him
sympathy and an uplifting hand. He is a
poor man. too. who will not side with the
under-dog Let the chips fall W here they NAV.
these are our sentiments.
As will be seen, there is no &C
counting for what may come ont of
the Warsaw Montross sanctums. We
cannos keep pace With the many
whims and pens in their -editori al
gymnastics and jnggleries, aud
We deprecste imposing upon
our readers this sally, bat We
cannot stand too much cheek
smiting; occasionally we have to
strike back. There is nothing in
our editorial that should call forth
such drastic review of Lewis
crimes, to hold poor man again up
to public gaze for past sins when
trying to redeem himself or 10 dis
tort the CITIz EMS belief as to the
reasons for the pardon.
We dislike to waste so much shot
on sparrows, but incessant chattering
becomes annoying. We must say,
that not for all the brains the War
saw paper has at its back-which
when spun out into a spider
aud gauged In the forgivipg here.
after will not be found long
enough to halter a would we
be put on record as possessing such
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wretched, unrelentiug aud venomous
spirit towards any fallen human.
When life's tether had almost reached
Its end, and this poor man given a
chance once more to get on his
feet, to recover health, to re-
deem himself aud the name Of his
children, we offered him helping
hand, but not until we believed (pos.
sloly In erratic human Judgment.
not the pseudo lnfallible kind) he
had been sufficiently punished. We
believe no one among those Injured
oy him is hyena-like digging the
bones of wasted humanity,or who has
yet lost the milk of human kindness.
even after that play to the galleries last
week In the News. We know most
or them and believe their hearts are
like oors-to pity the man and give
him chance to rise in other parts
lie will not enter your county again.
Sachem, and if you are afraid, STAY at
home. towards should not be causbt.
out at night or far from home. We
may be mistaken, but we do not be-
lieve one soul among those deprecated
upon, or the judge or jury, would
nave the heart to say take back the
pardon given; and we
should not be surprised, though we
are, that writer's on the News wEo NAV
have profited by Lewis in the DAYS of
his prosperity are SO vlndictiye and
You have much to learn
sonO VI COiuUnS and In
extending a word occasionally to
tighten the burdens of humanity.
fou jump on us for showing SYM.
pathy! You take the wind out of
Dur sails, truly; we thought you de.
nled this and all other virtue as
being possessed by the VIRGINIA |
CITIZEN
We ourselves feel the need of
enlency and may come short in prac-
ice, and we would not preach this
Tut for the uncalled-for periodical
ttacks of certain writer's affected
nth OItizenphobia. We beg for the
ieSe, as your openings have been
ong aud frequent. Hereafter be
ina enough to speak to us when
poken to aud don't butt in when
GU are hot under consideration.
lind your corns aud take stomach
live for dyspepsia.
DID ever you get man out of a
cramp," or lend him money, or 90 {
ls bond, or push him to the front /
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