The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-11-26

4 wealth. attorney Ol TINS county, anu
with the life and liberty of the people
in his hands, got into drunken brawl
and row and fight in the hotel here dur
ing q session of the court, and who that
day in open court in the courthouse
made an assault upon prisoner at the
| bar with whom he that day had had
| fight with intent to main, disfgure or
| XIII him; who was arrested by an order
| from the court and put into the felon's
cell in the county Jail and remained
there until this writer interceded with
the court in his behalf and obtained his
release, and then ! went on his bond to
keep the peace.
He who would in scandal make assault
Before his own door first should halt,
| And with broom sweep good and clean
Before he seeks to vent his spleen.
A man who now is under the ban Of
charge made by Judge A. T. Embrey in
the public court room at Spotsylvania
| &. II. in the presence of the court and
public audience, which made the de-
claration public property, that S. Z.
Powell had changed the record of
case in chancery which was then pend
ing and that said change had been made
after a solemn decretal order had been
entered in said case, 5. 7. Powell was
present at the time and heard the
charge and | being present heard no
denial of this charge by Powell nor has
he to my knowledge had any investiga
ton made to clear him Of this charge
and if the same is true under the law 1t
would be recognized as of sufficient
30, D,t.t..n q. f.1.rf - OIL 4.
the penitentiary. ! was present and
heard Judge Embrey's speech and TIN,
charge was deliberately clear and abso-
Lutte.
A man who in the anne couri--com at
another term Of the sane court IN the
case of Commonwealth ". CorDm Il
Vas present again and heard hlm) d.
noerately and solemnly swore thai the
crrn which the boy was charged with
.teaiing belonged to his father, j.. l..
Powell. and II was proven L. the con-
tfdry TO the jury namely, that tnt
corn belonged 10 ). T. Powell, and IL,
prosecution failed. To swear falsely Is
perjury and p-r Jury Is fel1ay an1 the
law gives such OIL ndeIs itlOn' s cell
n the penitentiary. have never heard
via - ONNiA WI 1NNNA ANt AttA
urged an investigation as to this
matter.
a man who is so stumdly dul, Of per
cepuon and perspective insight tu.t.
Ahel lie sees Two articles Il reads
them both different m Co struclite
build. anmus and logical trend that
ne cannot see that they are not the
pr, duct OF the same mind, anu
chen plumbers around with mean.
suspicious charges laden with bitter
lnVoctiye, and believes that
was the author of both, which Is abso-
lutely ridiculous and maliciously false.
A man who said that Democrats
voted for Blaydes for chairman, and
burnley, his cousin, gives the falsehOod
to tins by saying that be san the Dem
oci ats but Gid not count their votes
a man Who uses yulgarism for Irgu-
m,nt, ignorance for criticism and Vi
tuperatOn and slang for repartee.
"A man who makes attempt to ridiculr
NY religious life after | help to beat
him for chairman, when really what
have done Tor God, and by MS grace
shall continue to do, VIII under God :
guidance live now and forever, WhtnI
all that Powell has done, is ding now
and shall do should he 1--we century
from this time won't til a tMmble.
a man whose attempts at ciiuc.sn.
of myself and foul aspersions ~ o. and
| from old issues from which Was hon
or uiy tXunciated. shows that lie b.
nothlng ioss iur moe that Il uu gIng bag
Of sounding n"thlngs.
! 4 hi.I VITO 81 "a Ncil without water.
ciOu1 .i.at Is caught and tiDwn h.
every wind Of shallow thought, d inl-,
of DiaCktst darkness iron when come,
no ray of either intellectual or Il
| llglOus lght, Il raging wave 81 the set.
whose foam is stained by the hesmlrrh
of vulgaaism and meanness, wander
ing star incapable 0f leaving any light
IN IT'S Uackiess void.
A man who hasn't got sense enough
TO know that any Christian man or
woman may read burial service at
funeral ana write an obituary and sign
his or her name to 1t and not be-
incorporating as a minister.
A man who is such an ignoramus
in the law as not to know that :he pay
ment Of the money in my case before
my return to the State which It was
claimed | owed the commonwealth was
no bar to the prosecution against me.
nor did 1t mitigate the oifense for me
or anyone else for me, to have paid the
amount claimed with the interest to eX-
ungui- h the alleged offences had they
been sustained would have convicted
me Of compromising felony. since you
cannot extinguish a felony by full satis
faction Of the amount in utstion.
A man who does not know that tn
term Reverend is a term improperly
applied to man by man and should not
be 80 done as tits term which belongs
to God alone and not to man.
determined beforehand We gravey
pretend
To ask the opinion and advice Of
friend,
If he differs from our S on any pretense
We pity his want Of judgment and
sense
But if he falls into and fatters our
plan
We really do think him sensible man. "
That's it exactly, if had only fallen
into and flattered his (Powell's) plan, |
why really would have been sensi- !
bic man.
And now Mr.. Powell, face you sir
with your vile aspersons and low and |
base insnuations, as a free man, I'M
furnished and untainted with even the |
shadow of guilt with a full record of |
dellverance-an absolute and unadul- |
terated acquttal. / look you in the |
teeth sir with your unmanly and cow
ardly caumny, and say that you stand |
charged sir with grave and deeply Sc
rious violations Of the land and as far
as | am advised, you are not seeking
an investigation and deIiverance from
same
}. p. II. Crismond.
l have just seen Powell's reply
to Col Blaydes first letter, which
apears in The Daily Star and The
Free Lance and ii looks to me now
that Blaydes shot brought down
the game aud as | think its wrong
to shoot at game after it falls.
shall simply remark on two points
touched by Powell and referred to
by me in my letter above. Mr.. Pow
ell says he does not want to mix
Judge Embrey up in this contro-
versy and, therefore, he only pub
lishes two extracts from the judges
letter. Powell ought to know that
those two extracts bring Judge
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