The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-06
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RICHMOND, o., October 4, /

RICHMOND, o., October 4, 1878.
Correspondence Of the InlclIigrncerl
Your correspondent feeling wearCd
with the mOnotOnOus samrncss Of the city,
accepted an invitation Of lion. W. Z.
Gaston to accompany him here, where he
was announced to hold forth to the tax.
ridden Democracy Of this vicinity who
have their lands on the taS.duplicate at
just one.half, aud sometimes less, than
what they ask for it. We left Stcnlcn.
vile about 1 o'clock in the afternoon,
and were soon whIrling over the pike,
which consists OF the remnants Of de-
iunct plank road with the ends Of the
planks sticking up and looking you in
the face like the alligat0rs on Red River.
We arrived here at the house Of our old
friend Cole, who is a genial old soul, and
who takes pride in catering to the wants
Of the travelling public.
After supper Mr.. GastOn was called
by number Of "setLer.up" with the in.
fant, and was also the recipient Of hand.
some scrcnadc by the Richmond cornct
band. At ! O'Clock in company with the
committee and the speaker, We wendell
our way to the schoOl.rO0m under the
Odd Fellows hall, where the speak.
Ing was announced to come of, and
where also the ObscQucs Of what few
Democrats there are IN the township
will take place on the 18th inst. On en-.
trring we found the room occupied by
about $50 persons. An organization was
effected by calling Captain Roberts to
the chair, who thanked them for the very
unexpected (D honor conferred upon
him although, to our certain knowledge,
he wai at the house before dark. lie
took pleasure in introducing "Mr. Hon.
Ornble (iasting," who came forward and
proceeded to arrange the clothes the in.
lant wns too wear for the short hours Of
its existence, and also stated the COndi-
ton in which he found ii. lie found II
first suffering for bread II was hungry,
nnd must have "grucl,' and cruel could
not he got without money, and there was
no money only what was in the banks.
Secondly, the infAnt-pOor thing was
weak, and he wanted all the strong,
brawny labOring men, along with the
farmer, who was only getting 40 cents for
his wool, to show their sympathy for
poor "ortin' by rising up and elcCLing
the oldest grandfather anybody on earth
ever had to office. Then would its sick
ness and sorrOwing cease, everything
would he lovely, and the Democratic
rOOsters get away up on the tops Of the
trees and sing tleir Ock.a.hOOp.tlc.dOO.
dcn.tlnu, and chats what's the matter
with lIanncr" Then money would lG
as plenty as leaves in autumn.
Why, he asked, are all the iron mills
idle2 Why was the bolt works at Stcu.
willie sold the other day for less than half
It's original cost? We will answer this
question for Mr.. CASTOR by saying that
the parties who innugnrated that erttCr.
prise did not know any more about the
business than II goat did about celebrat.
ing the itll Of July, and made bad invest
mcnts, that was the cause and not the
panic, that mill stopped before the pan
ic.l Who Is responsible? Not the Demo
cratic party, for God knows we have not
been able to get n respectable Constable,
and no man can look the Democratic
party in the face and say, thou didst il.
Mr.. Gastnn spoke for two hours on the
financial issues, going back to the first call
for troops and following II up to the pres
ent, and giving the National Banking
System fearful wallOping, saying that
the grcenback you could take to the store
and get II converted into value every day
Of Your lives; IL il to you representa-
tive Of value, and Wesbter says that Is
money The government is pledged to
redeem the grCenback. The National
bank note il without redeemer, lin that
respect Il is az bad ns some OF the Demo.
crats). What We want IL less misery and
sorrow and more money. II Mr.. Gdslon
had just thought moment he need not
have made that assertion rs there was
not one person in the room that was
hankcring after sorrow to any great eN.
tent, but they looked as though they had
an "Oriul' goneness about them in the
money direction,
Mr.. CASTOR closed with a terrible mr..
raignmcnt Of the Republican party on the
financial and school question, about the
Democratic party being charged with
conniving with the Pope, &c. One, he
said, to hear the Republican party talk,
would think that the Pope was loose, 60.
ing around and makinga meal Of sew.
en- or eight Protestant children every
morning am n peaccable citizen said
Mr.. CASTOR, but when | see a man who
charges the Democratic party with want.
ing 10 destroy the common school system