The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-26

nearly everything they ever had. Referring
to Colonel Hughes;s record again, the Gene
raj said, amid roars OF laughter from the
crowd, that during the war, When for six
teen days he fought the enemy in his shirt
sleeves, nothing cfieered him more than the
patriotic sentiments inditcd by Colonel
Hughes for the Examiner, as he sat in a
carpeted room, wearing Il :" billed shirt" and
dressing-gown, after disposing Of luxuri--
Gus breakfast. As to the statement that we
must curry favor with Grant by joining the
Radicals he said that the little finger of o
good old Confederate, true to his record.
was more powerful with Grant than all the
loins of million Dick Carriers and L.. 81.
Chambers. ~ -. .>.. Il.
AS to the james River and Kanawha canal
he said that the northern people were too
shrewd to entrllst an enterprise in which
they are are so deeply interested to the mon
grel Radical party Of the South, a party
which had made every southern State as
poor as a rat.
General ksmper made brilliant perora-
ton, and took his seat amid great cheers
and applause. Old politicians present pro-
nounced bis speech one of the most eloquent
and effective ever made on the stump iu
Virginia, and his opponent seemed fairly to
vince under his words. !
Hon. L. H. Chandler was then introduced,
and after arraigning General Kemper for not
sticking to his text, proceeded to wander
away from his own. He avowed himself a
carpet-bagger, and said he was as proud to
have been born in Maine as anybody else
could be to have been born in Virginia. He
then spoke of his record as an old Whig and
Bell and Everett man, and detailed his mis-
fortunes during the war. Mr.. Chandler was
| as entertaining as usual, and commanded the
attention of his audience by anccdote,
poetry, and eloquent invective, bat before
he got fairly under way his time was out.
| Colonel Withers expressed his surprise
that Dir. Chandler had said almost nothing
| upon the great question shown by General
kemper to be really at issue in the campaign.
| He had discussed in the main belum and
ant-bellum subjects and expatiated in prosy
detail upon outrages perpetrated in time of
war, ignoring the greater and more fragrant
violations of the Constitution in time of
peace. The speaker would, however, at
| tempt to discover and review the few living
issues touched upon by the gentleman who
Immediately preceded him. AS to Hughes,
poor Hughes, after his speech this eve
ming, and his cXcoriation by General
kempcr, he would no more issail him
than he would in passing over u
battlefield thrust sabre through the body
Of III enemy already writhinS in the agonies
of death. Mr.. Chandler had voluntarily
called himself Il carpet -bagger-a,title which,
considering his long residence in Virginia,
would not have been applied to him had he
not seen lit To class himself with the black
horde and repudiate his citizenship in Fir
.nia. Colonel Withers then gave his
definition of Il carret-bagger, which
was received with much laughter ant
applause. 1t had been strcnuou>ly urged
by both Colonel Hughes and Mr.. Chandler,
that Virginia should be sold to the Republi-
can party in consideration of its votes ir
Congress in aid of the James River and Ia
nawha canal. He denied the necessity o
joining the Radicals to secure this end. The
scheme could not fairly be claimed by the
Republicans. 1t was q national scheme, and
both parties in the great West and North
west are already enlisted i'll its support
because they want cheap transportation, anC
mean to have it. The devotion Of the Radi
Gals to the cause of popular education hat
been commented upon. He was prepared
to say that education was more and better
cared for in Virginia than in any other south
ern State, and this must be admitted ever
by our political opponents. In some Of tht
States large SUMS collected for educational
purposes by Radical officials have been stoler
by those officials.
Colonel Withers continuing, eloquently
arraigned the Radical party as composed o.
ignorant negroes, corrupt carpet-baggers
and more corrupt Scalawags. He contrasteC
tllred their rascalites and corruption Wher
ever they have been in power. In reference
to The assertion that he had been the leader
of the white mans party, Colonel Withers
said he was proud OF his record il that con-
nection, having believed then us lie believes
now that the question of the white ant
black race was the real one at issue
lie was now as then the representa-
| tive of the white men as against the
black, and was proud to aYow it. He had
no hesitation in making this declaration,
however distastetul it might be to Hughes's
party and the dusky crew at its back.
Mr.. Chandler asking Colonel Withers if
he approved all the sentiments uttered by
jeff. Davis at the late Southern Historical
Convention, Colonel Withers at once ;sn'
swered that he did not.
Colonel Withers's speech was mastery
effort, in his best popular sly lie, and he was
frequently and loudly applauded.
Mr. Chandler then rejoincd before great
" diminished audience, the hour being very
late; after which Colonel Platt and other:
were called upon and spoke. H.
The meeting passed of quietly, and was
much enjoyed by all present. Once whel
Mr.. Chandler denounced as Il rascal Genera
l.. Fl. Hill, who had him arrested during tin
war, gentleman in the audience arose ant
pronounced the speaker ga d-d liar," ant
| I,yoyn5 h;, raspnpSibiIity f,r buf bn id
Order was soon restored, however.
This meeting has secured Fauquier fo
Kemper, Withers, and Daniel by an immens'
majority.
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