The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-19
MECELENRURG COUNTY.
MI. UlNToN'S PLATFORM.
OF HE Richmond Dispatch. !
BUFFALO SPRINGS, VA, !

TCorrcSraLIeacc OF The Richmond Dsrach.l
BuFTAio SPRINGS, NA.}
September Il, 1878.
Yesterday was our regular County-Court
tiay, and there was an immense outrour!nT
of the people. attracted III expectation or
hearing TIE views Of the congressional
nominee oi The Conservative party, Colonel
". j.. Hinton. OF Petersburg.
Unusual interest was attached to the oc-
caSjou. g il vas supposed that there might
possibly be @recnhack candidate in the
field to oppose BIN. Fortunately, however,
,hc couycntiGa which lDct in BoyGlnn on
tie l!th instant adjourned without making
any nomination. This leaves the contest
for congressional honorS 10 HiHton and Jor-
wenScu. and between them 10 man who has
the interest and honor OF his district IN
view should hcSitate-one representing
the Cons cTv3tivc party. which cmbodi's In
H., organization all the worth. intelligence,
and responsibility OF the district, while the
other the Radical party, sectional III
il doctrines. arraying one race against
The other, and relying for lis sup
noIi upon appeals 10 the ignorance
and prciulitcS Oi it, mongrcl clements. II
The people are united in their support OF
Colonel Hinton, and this fact seems now
conceded, there will be no doubt OF his
from Radical rule.
ALP O'Clock Colonel Hinton was intro
t,lccd TO the people ty Senator Goode, and
mounted the stand situated at the ldrntlcal
spot where the writer heard the gifted
PRYOR eighteen years ago make the most
ciouucrt speech Of his life. The occasion
then demanded the highest oratoricAl pow
ers to unite the discordant elements. This
time CoInnc! Hinton had II more alarming
condition oi Affairs to manage, and well
and nobv he performed his duty. Inc
unanimou. verde; OF his hearers was that
there should be no diS!ntc@rGiion OF the
great party that had saved Virginia from Il
late even the thought OF which, makes al
patriotic men rejoice at their escape.
Colonel Hinton stands >quarcly upon the
Conservative platform, and maintains that
tie party organization should be preserved
intact he was in favor CT al increased
issue OF grecnbacks Us long rs they could
be maintained Al q value and until the pro-
dliclions Of the country reached proper
relation TO values; that property and labor
should command price commensurate with
a lust valuation, and the business OF The
country be restored from rs present para"
tyZcd condition to its former and natural
activity and prosperity. lie was IN lavor
OF abo:isbing the tax Oh tobacco, and also
the abolition Of the national banking sVS-
TEN, making grcenbacGs legal tender lor
all dues, and taking oil the tax on domestic
wines and brandicS produced from home
products and for home consumption. lie
favored the repeat OF the resumption ACT.
In refutation OF the argument often used
OF France emerging so quickly from dis
7lstrous war 10 4 condition OF prosperity,
and p9ying the war-ndcmuitv, he said ours
was not 4 parallel case. When war ceased
here we had nothing left but our lands
the labor system destroyed--thc Govern
ment changed. The gold had been
sent TO foreign countries to buy sup
plies during the war, and the cur
rency OF the South rendered worthless
bv tie SUCCESS Of the Federal Government.
IL would take time and iudicious legislation
10 restore the vanished fortunes of The State.
He asserted, without hesitation, that he was
in favor OF an honorable adjustment OF the
State debt, and his senatorial record would
attest his consistency. He triumphantly re-
futed every charge that had been alleged
against himself OF every character what
ever, saving bis nomination was unsolicited,
nut had been made by q regular convention
OF the people, and he intended TO stana on
its platform, and from now until the Gay OF
election nothing should be lefthundone 10
secure the triumph OF the party. ana Hhh
The united support OF the people no ieafs
need he cntertlincd OF the result. Ills yin-
dieation was complete and unansWerable.
lie challenged contradiction from any one