The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-12
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.frieln TO most blatant public hluster, in
order to perYert the strenNh OF the party
tn their. own enis--ends which we believe
involve the destruction OF the Common
wealth, its prosperity, and good name.
| Who CAME to the Assembly as Indepen-
dents Readiusiers, forcibles, and repu-
diators. Who champion Independents like
Mr.. B. johnson Barbonrs The readj
who allowed the anti-Conservatives that
ran against regular nominees to enter the
| Conservative caucus, and for time to rule
ne. last wfntera The readiusters. Who
fights Ran. Tucker because he avoWS hlnl-
| self debt-payer? Readiusters. w no asks
| a resident OF the Third district to run IN the
Second, on the ground that ne, BAKER I.
Lee, is in favor of "iorcible 7" Ihe re-
adjusters. Who have been dlsorganiZers
| when IT served their turn and strict parry
men when it was convenient ine r e:
iusters. c,.-,o,..al
vile conference last fall? The readiusters.
who. in short, have been unfaithful to
the party, and guided only by their selfish
nurposes? The readjusters..
And who is IL that openly makes test OF
the debt question in regard to the congress
sional canvass The readiusters.
j The Post, therefore, would have us sit
down. to be beaten without fght-to re-
peat the absurd blunder Of last fall, and
allow still-hunt directed bya great organ
| izer, shrinking at nothing, using any Wea-
| pom, working in the dark, active while we
are passive, alert while we sleep, knowing
his own. mind while we whisper to each
other our doubts and fears.
But il it did kill the party, what then
| II the party refuses to be honest and wise,
| then, hang the party. .'8G ,1a.'". "..l "".'
Parties are not ends-they are means
and if they cannot conduct to good ends 1t
is time they were dead and buried. -
Do.not be so timid, Brother Glass. DO not
so fear the event. The people are not to be
so mistrusted by you, Democrat, man
| who trusts the, people. They are honest.
They need nothing but leaders to overthrow
utterly the small mob of demagogues whom
our passive, silent, timid, mistaken policy
has allowed TO have temporary advantage.
Ii your advice be followed we shall see
every honest and able candidate for Con-
gress beaten by intrigue OF the :orcibles,
and every shifty and uncertain candidate
Piled by every art Of persuasion To bring
him over to the forcible camp. 3
,. From the Shenandoah Hcrald.J
| On Monday at II o'clock- there being no
court business, and the demand being some
what urgent for public speaking Captain
Riddeberger took the platform, announcing
that his physical condition was not such as
| TO Justify any effort ut a speech; but as an
| humble citizen and constituent OF the Hon.
| John II. Harris, who was on the ground, he
| wanted to ask for himself and others what
| that centieman's views were Oil certain
public questions, and among them the re-
adjustment OF our State debt. -...
Judge Harris took the stand and for about
| thirty-tive minutes recited his record in the
| last Congress, and said that upon this he
proposed to stand as Il candidate for Con-
crcss, taking occasion to deny the right OF
any one to catechise him IS Il school boy,
and giving his questioner several tbrustS for
prcsuminG TO do So. He concluded by say
| ing that the State debt had nothing 10 do
with Congress and he would have nothing
to do with the State debt, beyond advising
the people to do all they could to relieve
| themselves and TO await the result OF the
compromise bill OF the last Legislature.
At this point an earnest contest ensued.
CAPTAIN Riddlebcrgcr came back for an
hour, Ginning the right OF every voter to
know the views OF representative man on
all questions OF State politics. He showed
that no man had ever before attempted to
put State questions behind him when seek
ing the sutlrages of Virginians for Fede-
raj Office. He claimed that the public debt
was an issue, and that it was recognized
issue, and that the very fact OF con-
gressional or place prestige which, at
tached to Judge Harris made it desilT;-
BILE that bis views should be known.
He claimed that if Judge Harris was 50
far removed from his constituency and State
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one side OF this question or the other, then
the time had come when he should be re-
turned to his people until he again became
one of them, according to the Jefersonian
theory and practice. He then piled the
Judge with questions very pointedIy put, to
which none but evasiye answers were
elected. The Judge read 4 letter which he
said he had before written to q man he called
my Dear PurviS," as defining bis position.
Again Captain Riddleberger confronted
him with the questions before put, claim
ing that the letter had been written to evade,
and that he had been once deceived by such
Il letter. He then went into Judge Harris's
record on the money question-green-
backs-and touched several other points
in the record, which was relied upon
namely, his vote against the repeal OF the
bankrupt law after an awkward attempt to
evadc the issue by pairing of, &c., his vote
in committee for the Burchard resolutions,
and his failure to vote for or against the
same resolutions when before the House,
from which it would get to the country.
On the greenback question the Judge said
he was opposed to Government either en-
Iargng or contracting the currency volume
OF to-day; that the States should have con-
troll by local currency; and claimed that
John Sherman had defeated the labors OF
Congress on the silver bill, from which he
had hoped for relief. The Burchard reso-
Iutons he said were OF Radical origin, and
he ascertained that Democratic committee
would put in the same thing, and so he held
his vote for the Democratic resolution, as
he should always do when Radical offered
the same thing, &c.
On the bankrupt bill he said he was sure
he had voted against repeal, but he had not
examined the record to see whether his
name was recorded, as it was quite usual
to miss names. He thought this vote was
demanded by the hard times. s-:.#.
Captain Riddleberger claimed that this
law had cost the State more than the relief
it afforded. and the hard times should now
he relieved in some other way by Govern
meut, il Government would try to relieve
them at all. A general skirmish COM
menced here on public records, both gen.
tlenen being very earnest, and carefully
avoiding all gross personalities. To go
into all OF this would require our whole
space. Captain Riddleberger summed up
and stated his reserved reason for desiring
the Judges views. he said Colonel James
II. Sibert was representing Judge Harris as
saying that he was forcible read uster, and
that il he had been in the State Convention ne
would have voted for Malone He was tired