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Dlrelnia free Dress.
BY GALLAHER 3 CO.
c II A r / e s T o w N .
THURSDAY MORNING,
oCToBER a.. 1890.
Trapping and TrIrkery-A New Chapter In
Virginia Politics.
nCToBER ~. 1890,


rs the country is now very generally aware,
MIR. Lamb, the Breekinridgc clector for Nor
folk, aceosted Judge Douglas. on his iirst pub
iic Appearance in Virginia during the cam.
paign, with two questions n to his opinion
and oUurse ct action in certain contingency
With that candor which isss distinguishing
feature Of Douglas character as the utter want
Of it is trait Of his opponents, he promptly
and eInPhatically gave the response which war
expected Of hin,, and which ought 20 be ex.
peeted Of every loyal citizen, remarking at
the time, that he held Mr.. Lamb under an
obligation to PROFOUND the same queries to
his candidate, and publish the replies This,
it was generally understood, Mr. Lamb piedg-
ed himself TO do, and no honest man will
question the proposition that every oonsidern-
tion Of fair dealing, OF honorable warfare, of
common selfrespect imPerionsly oAlledon him
10 PROFOUND those interrogatories Immediately
to his own candidate. No fair man in Vir-
ginia presumed for an instant that Mr.. Lamb
would fail in this Obvious duty, and as it was
soon after announced that Breckinridgc would
make n speech at public Barbecue, the pub
lie confidently looked for an answer Of some
sort at the mouth Of the candidate Of Mr.
Lamb To make assurance doubly sure. near
ly every National Democratic neWsparer in
the land urged upOu Major Breekinridgc the
rrolriety Of a response. and tho-e Of his own
State kept the questions standing at The head
Of their columns for several days preceding
hi> -Tooeh- To the auazcment cf all Mr..
Brcckinndge did MT ipd time, in three hours
Of haranguc 10 make the faintest sllusion
10 questions the reply 10 which hy Douglas
has been made the occasion of TRADE q ig-
norant abuse Of him st the hands Of the so.
cederr in every quarter ~ the South. and 10
many places the chief topic II objection
This silence was eycy who're denounced,
as IL deserved 10 10 and ~ IL will b. 10 the
la-t moment Of ,hi. campaign and the h0nest
hir dealing Icoplc n ihe South Who syorn
tbc evasion ~ ovudioc far morc>thAu tLo
a-.auli- of oTou urTosition have stamped the
unmanly acc Fs tlo shift 81 msn who had
NOT the intellect 10 framc oT the courage 10
announce 90 hunesi answer.
In tins siate of af,ir-. the Hon Frauei. y
Bi,ea q ,hs eip addrc-scd o. no,e 70 Nr
I.aub on dc 10th q September a. fllovs
rrrmsuruo. Sept 81 1900
DfR StH Asa fcliov Virginia. q fcl
low ncm0crui D citizen n The South and
native of thc South : icol au interest iu ,ll
that coutcrus The pre-cut touditiuu q put
lis ahs.rs tllai usst ~ my cxcurc. u auv
B. n,,e-z1ry for ths note 1 uhderta.bi
iam Julae prrels. sul frow ~, Y,ubHc
pIiur that ou iho oo,aoion ~ tho Jodrs's
Tcech n Norfolk you lddgrscd him tau
questions. o. tlc Brrtkmudgt clcci0r ~ Nof.
fob vHh Icpc,t ,o iht caur-4 b. ltuusllsI
wuuh purut uf aIg-c Boz tbt event ID I'm
coln's cgstion lrun thc sapse asvrrc.
learn that ihey were immldately tnd frankly
answered snd ihc answcr uas sec,mgsuic1
~ ihc glsim. which all houc.t mDu u.n con.
cede o. have bcrn iu-t aud proper that yoa
could s3dfe.s the sane qucsiiom o. Mr
Brccb .piidro and roiiish Gis rglhcs gines
that uus Nf Brcckuudgc t9 deitofri
fpsceh m which tlio sahissi Dfihsss quos,ieas
Wss go, sysa foieuct to ioyfs 30 "a
respectfully. vhsthes yoa have pupoaaisi
thaae gusiions 81 81 Hrcekintdgt asd
uhoth5r coy sul b soy siai rsgly 80 haze
received Ney rYeciiu.y
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TO ths rrsfcctlul ceumauiesiiou A. has
fffars,i as aHn-sr - ~ Ais EtFl-esf. ileta
ve uouil s,sh h siass iht fsleld, l..n6dent
nat Msjm Bfcckinndgs stsHds eouyieie,l of
fhsi unpariouable aH in ne syss n ffes.
aaispokrn Amcnss q siiful deceptive n lhs
reoflt hul daiarunasly ior ~ Lamb Ne
81 been too lofriy galied ~ he unesrosao
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