National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-30
THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.


Conservative Barbecuc In orange County
Tniiaferro on tho stump-A Onesidcd Ar
aument-specch By Captain George Pam
Mill.
From an Occasional Co;rtspondsntl
onAson o. H., Va. Oct 70, i6s.
BY accident your correspondent was OF q
barbecue gotten up In the interest Of Kemper
& Co., at Barboursylllc, Orange county, Va,
oil Saturday, tho 18th instant. The FIRST
speaker introduced was WIN. Taliaferro, Of
Orange Courthouse, one Of tho county can
vasscrs, who spoke for one hour. Nearly the
whole Of bis hour was taken up In Q vain
attempt 10 prove what tho Legislature Of
Virginia had done for the people. A lamer
and more impotcnt endeavor havo not
listened to for many day. He was intro
pions OF tho great Conservative party OF
Orange, and your. correspondent listened for
something that might attract attention and
CAUSE THE AUDIENCE TO RErLRcT;
but his speech was go commonplace that II |
fell still-born upon the audience, and he |
seemed oil tho time ns u he was trcadlng on |
dangerous ground. No great danger need be |
apprchonded to the Republican cause from |
Before the discussion commenced, Mr.. Philip |
Jones, on the part Of the Conservatives, with |
characteristic fairness and justice, stated that
this was n Conservative meeting, and that |
they had right TO dictate terms, and very |
graciously allowed the Republicans one hour |
to reply to Mr.. T., and that Mr.. Thomas Wal |
laco would reply to the Republican speaker In
q speech Of one hour, thus putting
GAIT. rA.SILI, THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER,
In IN uncnylable position Of receiving o fire
both In front and rear, and giving his oppo-
nents two hours to his ono, with tho addl-
tional advantage Of the opening and closing
address. Could anything DO moro unfair,
more unjust, more llliberal9 But when Capt.
Pannlli mounted the re..rum, tho frst few ,
friends, for 1t was plainly manifest that his
opponents wero no match for him In q dis
cussion OF the great Issues involved In this
canvass.
Tho first measure Of Importance he took up
was the funding bill, aud with o clearness,
boldness and power Of invcctlvo rarely
equaicd, no portrayed the iniquitics Of that
most Ubiquitous measure, and every defiant
gesture and every wcll-turned period that fell
from his eloquent lips caused his Conscrva-
tive listeners to hang their heads and look
measures Of relief passed by the Legislature,
and pointed out their defects. lie showed
conclusively that the terms Of sale Of land
sold for debt, requiring one third cash and
the balance In two or three years, was no rc-
lief at all, from the simple fact that thcre
l
tracts Of land had been divided up Into small
tracts, requiring one tenth cash and the bal
ance In ten years, these lands could have
found purchasers; small capitalists would
have come to help build up our waste places,
and our population by this time would have
been materially increased, and consequently
taxes would be lower and the country devei-
oped.
! In procuring for the MANNED soldier leg or
nn arm, dwclt upon with SO much satisfac-
!lon, and pointed to 50 proudly. BY Mr.. ITALIA
ferro as evidence on the part Of the Legisla-
turc to do something for tho soldier, Capt.
Pasnill, with Just Indignation, pointed out
, tho impotcncy and folly of such legislation to
meet tho requirements and supply the wants
Of tho orphan, the widow, and tho poor
wounded soldier. In reply. to Mr.. Us enlogy
Of Withers, who was described as one Of the
: best and purest men In the Commonwealth,
v Capt. Pannill said he had not one laurel "a
: pluck from the wreath that crowned the brow
Of his friend Withers; but II did really seem
! to him strange, surprisingly strange, thai
i this same pure and immaculate Withers should
/ be kicked overheard, and the tallcst, biggest
I carpet-bagger In tho State put In his place,
This home thrust was greeted with rounds Of
| applause, and / really fclt sorry for my
LITTLE FRIEND FROM THE COURT HOUSE.
5 Capt P. then took up the charges Of ex
trayagance against the Republican party, ant
! proved by quotations from Gov. Walkers
. message, and from other sources, that tn,
. mountain Of debt heaped up by tho Republl
!; cans Of Louisiana had dwinded down to Q
mole hill. In fact, he proved conclusively
that the debt Of Virginia to-day was greater
! than that OF any other State in the Union
: Capt. Pannill's remarks were clear, forclble
e eloquent and argumentatiye, and were ire
! quently interrupted by applause. =.
Mr.. Wallace, Of Madison, attempted to re
l -. al ia. ..hl I..N ..taa al .
! failure have scarcely ever listened to. Mo-
|, q solitary fact did he produce to upset Capt
o P.s argument In regard to the funding bill
g In regard to the debt of Virginia, In regart
+ to the melting away of twenty-five million
= Of assets Of Virginia In the hands of, Wake
= Legislature to provide for the widows ant
. orphans and the failure to carry out In goo,
% faith the provisions of the constitution II
% reference TO free schools, and the support b,
= the Conservatives Of Horace Greeley, the bit
!, tcrcst enemy tho South ever had. Upon al
\ these points Mr.. W. failed to meet the argu
!, menis, except by retailing few stale anec
g dotcs. have not time TO write, nor hnv
you room to publish full account of the dis
!, cussion, but from tho above your readers cal
form some idea of tho fairness Of the grca
! Conservative party In the division Of tim
!, and the manner In which Capt. p. handled
i. his opponents.
Q At the conclusion Of this discussion, b.
. Barbour was called upon for speech, ant
q in response, after few preliminary remarks
he Informed his audience that there was q
3 much difference between the Radicals Nortl
: and South Us there was between the grea
l. Norway fiddler, Ole Bull, and a Norway rat
It In fact, said he, every time SEQ carpet
baggcr begin to look after my corn and m.
!, bacon, aud II he cannot get his hands OF
\, y these, he will, true to his Instincts, under
q mine my house. Perhaps this accounts 70
tbn ii la. N
; millions of assets by her carpet-bag Gov
ernor,
q Now, Mr.. Editor, arc you not somewha
: surprised that gentleman Of Mr.. Barbour
q acknowledged ability, courtesy and refine
e mcnt should indulge In such slang, for
d cannot be characterized by any mildcr term
10 A LOCKER OK.