The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-15

TUESDAY Z MORNING..
were that It would not DO. All deprecated
currency has more than one value. The
farmer gets il at the highest and pays 1t out
lat. the lowest. Paper-money had been tried
again and again by those who had suffered
from great wars. 1t was never satisfactory.
After reviewing the entire question in o
plain aud practical but quite forcible me-
thod, General Johnston expressed his plea
sure at meeting so many OF the noble sons
OF Louisa, and concluded amid hearty
cheers.
CAPTAIN JOHN 8. WISE.
Captain Winston stated that ii no Green
hacker desired to follow General Johnston
be would introduce Captain John S. Wise.
No Greenbacker came forward.
Captain Wise was introduced and mount
ed the table, wbereupon somebody said,
"Hurrah for Johnston"
Captain Wise: II you will Just keep on
hurrahing for Johnston never mind my
speaking.
| And then there was another hurrah.
Captain Wise made @ speech that "took" "
wonderfully. He was repeatedly inter-
rupted, but never disconnected. He an
swered every question propounded prompt
", and, while declaring that Colonel New
man was his personal friend, he ridicuied
him terribly as politician. About the
Richmond lawyers he said: General
Johnston may need lawyer, but his con-
dition is not yet such rs to require him to
call in DOCTOR" Laugh on Newman
Some one shouted, s.Hurrah for Newman"
Captain Wise replied: ''All right. Pm
watching the boys who hurrah Tor New
man." He declared that all the cheers for
Newman came from party OF negroes led
by Poiudexter.
ANDERSON AND CHTLEs.
His explanation Of Marcellas Anderson's
desire for the existing parties to 60 down
was that Mr.. Anderson had tried both par
ties and couldn't get anything from either.
Taught on Mr.. Auderson.]
| DR.. Chies came in for a share OF his re-
marks. DR.. Chiles. he said, was elected to
the Senate as Readiuster. He told the
people, "Just elect me, and I'll 30 there
and fix that public debt in fifteen minutes" !"
The next heard OF him was that he had
bolted the Rcsdjusters' caucus and gone
lover to the Lee CAUCUS to preserve the
party" Captain Wise said that DR.. Chlles
explained to him that he bolted the re-
adiusters' caucus because it admitted bolt
erS ana Independents huu hoN ho 10
supporting Newman.
The speaker stoutly maintained that the
hone of Virginia was in the Democratic
party. The Greenbackers would really be
able to do nothing. "It is easier," he as
sured bis hearers, "for q camel TO enter n
needless eye than for Newman to do any
thing for us in Congress-"
NEWMAN AS SOLDIER.
Captain Wise would not say anything
condemning Colonel Newman for not going
in the army, though he is a big, stout man,
and would look we'll behind q musket.
Nevertheless, the Captain would tell story
Substantially as follows:
At a meeting in Norfolk Mr.. Chandler,
who was a fine stump speaker, addressed an
audience on behalf OF the Republicans. 1t
was his object to show how futile it was to
attempt to stop the progress OF that party.
Mr.. Chandler illustrated it by telling an an-
ecdote OF an Indian in the far West who las
soed locomotive. The engineer, looking
out Of the window ut the Indian as he WAS
whred along after the locomotive at the
rate of sixty miles per hour, remarked, {" Mr.
Iniun, admire your pluck, but d-n your
Judgment"
Some fellow in the audience at this point
hallooed out, Mr. Chandler"
MI. Chandler: Well, sir.
Voice: May ask you question?
Mr.. Chandler: Yes, sir; go ahead.
Voice: Where were you during the war!
Mr.. Chandler: At home, attending to my
business.
Voice: Well, sir, I admire your iudg,
ment, but d-n your pluck. [Great laugh
teri
That was the story which Captain John
S. Wise applied to Colonel Newman moi
going in the army.
The Captain compared Newman TO John
ston--to Johnston, "the peer OF Lee, the
central figure OF every tahleau dear to the
southern bcart," and concluded with a1
southern cause, not to inf1ict upon General
Johnston the Humiliation of defeat.
ARE YOU TIE SAME MAN?
At the conclusion OF Captain Wise's
speech, Mr.. II. j. Wales, a patriarchal- look.
ing farmer. mounted the table, and wanted
to know (you know ii this Captain Wise
was the same Captain Wise who wrote thai
letter about General Johnston just before
the Convention met, and now comes here
eulogizing Johnston to the skies.
This recalled Captain Wise, who stated
that he had too much sense and delcacy tt
been hypocritical enough to eulog1ze John
ston personally. But he thanked God tha
g his head and heart were big enough t.
allow him to soar above the petty dissen
sions that existed before the nomination.
This explanation didn't satisfy Mr.. Wales
He held Captain Wise to that tar-baby let
ter, and thought il General Johnston wa
unworthy then lie IS unworthy now. Hi
financial platform was as follows " We ar
all in debt. Get us out of debt, no matter
what kind OF currency you give use."
MORE GREENBACKIsM.
LAWYER Albert Henson, Of Louisa, wa
next introduced. His speech was not sue
cess. In the first place he read parody OF
that most sacred hymn, ''JeSuS, Lou
Thy Charming Name" The word "green
back" was substituted for that OF "Jcsus.'
The thing was failure, OF course. Mr.
Henson, who is 4 gentleman, by this time
no doubt, sees his mistake.
Talking about restoring prosperity with
out imitation Mr.. Henson cnthusiasticall,
remarked: "All the lawyers in Richmond
all in New York, all in Heaven, couldn't dC
it," TO the Louisa mind there was some
thing excessively absurd in the idea OF any
lawyers being in Heaven. The laugh was
long and loud.
MAJOR STILES.
Major Robert Stiles spoke for half ar
hour. He addressed himself to the intelli.
gence and discrimination Of the people, ah(
demonstrated that all the good things in the
Greenback platform and in Colonel New
mans speech were stolen from the Demo
Gratis. His speech was as good as any made
during the day. The fact that this report
has been so greatly prolonged is the poor
apology for not giving better account OF it