The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-10-10

chinery II you go to the mechanic to find out
about this he will tell you that the farmer has
only trade to give hiin-no money.
Land is wealth, and if you cannot get fair prices
for it, it is an evidence that there is not money
enough. The General says we want greenpacks
redeemable in gold. Are the greenbacks we now
have redeemable in gold? He says Inc circuia
ton is greater now than before the war. Then we
had State bank circulation OF Sl2,OO0,ooo, now
our circulation is So 600, O00 We have had con-
traction in the ratio of three to one since the war;
He opposed National Banks and resumption
and asked what the General would have done
when the vote was taken to repeal the resump-
ton act. Would he have voted different from the
entire Southern delegation? The Generals pol
icy, like that of New England. is to make the
money valuable at the expense of the land. The
reason why money is so valuable now is because
there is so little OF it. And how can you redeem
our immense circulation OF s242,o1O,0OO In coin
without further oppression.
q National Banks were exclusive and onerous,
centralizing power, and placing money in the
pockets of the capitalists.
In the midst OF his reply his time expired In
answer to repeated question by General Echols,
as to whether he favored irreieemable green
backs the Judge said: 'T5apor Increase ader
the present system and upon the present basis.
REJoINDERs.
In replying to Judge Harris. General Echols
said that his competitors plan Of imitation woul Id
carry us through just such another trial as we
had undergone. He had always imagined that
machinery was labor-saving, and il it was not
cheaper why was it purchased AS to the Ma
tional Banks, it was his candidacy that made
that institution odious to the Judge. He tells
you that my bank has returned nearly all OF its
circulation on account of resumption If banking
is so profitable, why did my bank return its cir
culation? Does he suppose that National Banks
all over the country would be giving up their
capital if they were SO profitable?
The General then closed with fine appeal for
honesty and sound money.
Judge Harris replied in speech of twenty min
utes. He asked the General why it was SO hard to
get him to vote in the Legislature on an increase
OF taxes. If it difficult to find where he stood
on that question, how could it ever be known
how he stood ON this. He told several amusing
anecdotes and in one of them the General gather
ed him.
There was man in Loudoun, he said, who used
to hurrah for Lincoln whenever the Yankees
passed, and for Davis every time the Confederates
went by At last one of the neighbors said Look
here, john who are you for, really, Abe or jeff ?"
Echols, interrupting-" Was that John Harris P
This took the Judge by surprise. and the crowd
evidently enjoyed his embarrassment. He IA lied
enough to complete the anecdote, but it had lost
its zest
The speeches were enlivened with several little
passes between the contestants, with pretty equa
| success. Both speeches were. on the whole, free
from passion and personality.
General Echols made good impression here.
and it is believed he will bring out the debt-pay-
ing vote and carry good many on account ofhls
currency views.