The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-18
Voice Of the r eople
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In Iscpiy 10 "Ilen,icr.o
4lId!tor Of rheI Times. Dispntcll:
SLIT have read with surprise and
al,liorrencc tho i1eartlcss delincation %
tie 81 s. life ind charncter Of poor "pnt"
tte, lrty oyer the signature Of Header.
Human life lisa profound mystery, md
lnst WHY ono man with all the Unfit
and another makes model Christian
no !, one can explain.
q the human SOUL dominate and cotl-
ttoi th , s,onl, or does the soul DON'T
Eipie. imIp n eternal force TINT
crimes and good deeds alike, IS glvc,,
in n started on It's way by the same
"a failure, blot on humanity, and an
other ycritnble saint, God alone
knows WHO has really performed tho
We kn s'' aP "a ~i par rkterte for many
years--.from early mnnhood-and never
knew him to BIO guilty OF a mean act
towards any one but himself: and tho
ability to make the world better by
living In 1t Is evidence that he was not
voluntarily bad man.
poor Pat" Parker, but we feel moro
sorrow for the person who could md
r., n his heart to hold up this unfor-
cxnmple OF human depravity in ali nf
I Its hideous colors
NO further seek his merits to disclose.
Or dr aIgd his frailties from their dread
tThere they alike in trembling hope
The bosom OF his Father and his Cod"
Editor of The Dispatch:
Str,-Just few words In contempt
more SO for, the signer. Reader" It
strikes me that Reader" las lost ail
the feeling OF human kindnesa. all tho
back to barbarism. or is It the organi-
zzation OF the wild beast in Reader.
Would any man conceive OF such low
and depraved style to attack the de-
fenseless by distorted and untrue state
ments rs In Readers" article? u IL
q blessing that the deceased's mother
rest ere tie sad death OF her son. SLr
who knew him best knew all Of IFS
characterlstics. knew that the good
| ones far outwcighed the bad. Had sh-
would not have written such an article.
not for any sense Of feeling he had
nor that MI fnl tender and loy,ns
would be made on him ny that loving
mother mot In protection Of her son's good
quHiltleS. ~ i
The deceased had as many true ard
loyal friends as Reader" II they were
composed OF "the frayed edge OF So
eiety (?!." II every one for whom the
licensed had done 9 kind act had
placed u flower upon his grave, 1t would
but how s Hon as npri lests and jnsi
in, his dealings toward all mankind
phatically "no'-not such az extortion.
dishonest or Illegal methods to feather
his own nest. Dead and forgotten.
Yes. dend. and his very. few faults dead
good deeds viii forever i've to his
1 in DEATH
i, Reader" Is now hale and hearty
Reader has left for that far distant
| land from whence no traveller returns
and the panorama of his life is drawn
aside, can as much be said of Reader
| the polished edge OF society?
! What sermon to all mankind"
Reader did not realize what he had
said In titese words. for they have GER
| Hes dormlat in some men.
The editorial of The Times Dispatch
! of this date has very generously apollo
gized for the article signed by Read
eulogfzes the deceased for his Integrity
land Esobriety.
| path OF the living with roses. he nag
] taken turn OF affairs by dcsecratinE
the grave OF the dead with distortion
end misstatement OF facts.
\ "a FRIEND AND RELATIVE,'
Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sill have read with disgust tbs
y onr Rasder Issue as ss en
4 does not sign his name. Those who