Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-27

Bunyan, we had passed through the Slough
of Despond; had met and vanquished Apol-
yen in the Valley Of the Shadow of Death,
and were in sight Of the Detachable Noun
tains.
lie did not think he was mistaken. He
thought he could catch the rumbling Of
victory in the distance. It was rolling
nearer and nearer, and he hoped and be-
lieyed that after the 18th of November we
could sing the song Of the Children OF
Israel, when Pharaoh and his host were
overwhelmed in the Dead Sea: The horse
and his rider hath he thrown into tie sea.
We will sing ON to the Lord, for he hath
triumphed
HE HATH TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY -
The close attention given to Col. Holli-
day throughout his speech by the large and
mixed audience was very unusual, and was
the highest compliment that could have
been paid him. He was not often inter-
rupted by applause. His subjects were too
grave, and his manner too serious, often
solemn, carrying conviction to the hearts
of all, save those who had determined not
to be convinced, and in the occasional
muttered dissent and unsympathetic and
lowering countenances OF the negroes and
few white Radicals present we thought we
could see notification of the old Latin
proverb: 'iWhom the Gods would destroy
they first make mad'' No speech since
the campaign has received more fattering
commentator, and it is a subject Of 1e
gret that want Of space has compelled us
to omit so much Of 1t. At its close the
applause was long and loud, and three
deafening cheers for Holiday were given
with great heartiness.
POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
On Monday last. Mr.. E. w. Early, the
Radical candidate for Congress in this
District, appeared upon the scene and
openly bcastad that he had been unable to
find Judge Harris and hoped exceedingly
to meet him here that day, and that he
intended to utterly demollsh him.
Judge Harris happened to be in the city
and it W as arranged TO acccommoda the
Youthful champion of Radical aUa1,t OF
principles from Albemarle, by arranging
for q discussion, Mr.. Early to open with an
hours speech, Judge Harris to reply in
one hour, and then Early and Harris tc
conclude with fifteen minute speech
each.
After the conclusion Of Col. Holidays
address, MI. Early took the stand. We
were not present when he commenced, but
a few minutes after endeavored to get into
the Courthouse, which was damned with
whites below, the gallery, in the main
being filed with the colored cohorts OF the
Radical party. We hai some difficulty il
getting in and could not see, only hear
without knowing who the orator was. Oul
first impression was, that it was some col
egian getting off a Sophomore Grafton
with the inton alton and infection of The
seller Of tickets to the side-show of a Cir
GUS His elocution in that line was perfect
On getting in, we found it was the grea
light of the Radical party in this District
no less than the Radical nominee for Con-
gress.
He did not attempt any argument on the
issues of the present campaign, but con
fined himself to boasting OF his ancestry
his taxable property, &c, &C., and TRADE
against Harris, repeating all that had ever
been said against Harris in any previous
campaign and done in q feebler manner
than his colored champion in the conven
ton which nominated HIM would have re-
vamped and produced them. OF course
the colored Radicals in the gallery were
vociferous, whether their applause came II
apropos or not-noise was all they cared tC
make.
Having exhausted his time, Judge harris
opened by remarling that the gentleman
he learned, had been hunting him and had
been unable to find him, but assured him
that before his hour was up. he would
acknowledge that he had found him. He
then took up the charges urged by Early
in the order presented and handled them
in manner to satisfy the immense crowd
present, of the utter ignorance of this
Radical champion on that score, as his
silence on graver questions at issue argued
as to them. He then took up the little
record of Mr.. Early, first a Confederate
soldier, having volunteered, and as soon as
the Confederacy failed jumping into fat
Federal office and out Of that into another.
hich he then held, and showed the utter
folly Of man with such a record en-
deavoring to assail any man on a public
record. There never was such q scene in
our Court House. Though fast as Harris
blows fell on EARLY, yet the crowd, ante
Harris men before the Convention as
well as Harris men, cheering vociferously,
and yelling to him TO give'it to him. So
badly was Early used up, that it excited
the sympathy Of nearly everybody, one old
gentleman near US, giving vent TO his
feeling thus: 'sPoor little fellow, he must
feel bad, I wonder he don't get out Of the
window and go home"
In the fifteen minutes reply Early didn It
come to time as well as he had opened,
only boasting Of his German university
education, aud Harris in his rejoinder still
pursuing the same course as in his first
speech, and showing still more the little
HESS OIL SUCH d IGdllCdl StulupGI, COuC1uutu
by apologiZing to the audience for the
style Of argument he was compelled to use,
on account of the attacks of Early, yet
expecting to have had a heightened dis
cussion on the issues Of the day.
He took his seat amid the most clamor-
Gus applause Of the immense audience, and
the cries: did you find Harris? Get q
search warrant and you may find him !"
These speeches have caused nearly all
who were lukewarnl as to Harris to de-
termine to vote for him in preference to
giving young Early the most remote chance
of slipping in as the member from this
district.