Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-20
Col. }. B. Richmond.
The Editor OF the News Inter
views the Nominee OF the
Wytheville Convention
He Talks out Like a Man, and
Announces his Platform.

Announces his Platform.
The People of Giles Rally to the
Nominee. He Meets and I'm
hOrses.his Antagonist at
Mount Airy.
The Governor GOcs Homo Sick
From Giles.
Col. Richmond having spoken
at harrisburg last Tuesday, made
quick time TO the railroad that
evening, and arrived at Bristol
Wednesday morning.
Calling at the Office of the Bris-
tol News at an early hour, he was
shown the usual civilities, and the
Editor of the NEWS proceeded to
put a point on his pencil and pro
ceeded thus
Ed. Col. Richmond have you
seen the News Of yesterday Il?
r. l have, and am glad to see
you will support the nominee.
Z. That l am in honor bound TO
do, unless something unheard of
and unexpected should develope.
l went into the Convention in the
interest Of my friend, Col. Full
kerson. In his interest I advocat-
ed the calling of the Convention.
In HE interest / went to Wythe-
vile, | believed he could be nomi~
mated, and | yet believe that if his
name had been presented to it,
he would have received the nomi-
nation. But he regarded the ia
bling of the platform as making
his nomination an incongruity, and
he then announced, as he had
steadily done prior to the Couven-
ton, that he would not 90 before
1t unless it did adopt a platform
favoring Grccnhacks and Readiust-
nent. | regard its failure to do
SO blunder, and its refusal. to
allow a scaled vote on it, a wrong.
| shall observe my obligation, and
support you, but the amount Of
work shall do, or can do for you,
will depend upon the platform
YOU ADOPT. desire to know how
you regard that particular plat
form.
Col. Z. With two partial OK
ceptions, the platform tabled by |
the Convention meets my hearty |
appreciation. | am in favor Of a
large increase Of tie circulation,
sufficient to meet the business and |
commercial wants, and necessities
of the people, and sufficient 20 re
store the fair values to labor and |
propertH These have been de-
stroyed by contraction and should |
be restored, but | am not in favor
of again destroying the values of
labor and property by the issu.
ance Of money like we had it in |
confederate times. | am for a |
large increase Of the currency in
greenbacks, and as | said in suffi-
cicnt quantities to meet the wants
of the people. So much for the
second resolution. | have some /
fear that the 7lh resolution, might,
under some circumstances, admit
of an increase in the present rate
of taxation. l will not consent to
any increase of the present rate Of
taxation at all, with these explana-
tions / am for the platform which
was tabled by the Convention:
Ed. l understood you to say in
yo7r speech before the Convention
that you were opposed to the
Funding Bill. l desire to know
whether you are of that number
who say it ought not TO have been
passed, but having been passed, it
has become contrrct, and is ir~
revocablel
r. | am not Of that number
! believe it was passed by fraud
that it never was consented to by
the people, never authorized by
them, that it is destructive of the
true fundamental principles of
government, and ought to be abso~
lately destroyed, and the debt
placed just where it was under the
contract. l am and always have
been opposed to paying the public /