The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-11
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond Dispa'ch.l

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CORRESPONDENCE OF the Richmond Dispa'ch.l RI
PRINCE WILLIAM. April 0. 1879:
rsnecial to the .Whig,l--ndndSsds, va,
AnriI 7.-Senator Paul and Delegate Mush-
bach discussed the brokers' bill at Prince
William Courthouse to-day. The CourI,
house CLIQUE, as usual, refused to DIVIDE ana
count. but nil fair men agree that TWO thirds
OF the crowd were with Senator faui.
- AUTHENTIC.
aInotice from the above that there IS one
individual in this county as rash ana recs-
less in his statements as the paper from
which it is clipped. .,
Now, sirs. Il fair statement OF Tue case,
which will be endorsed II necessary by at
least two hundred citizens OF frlnce II
liam who were present on that OCCASION Is
as follows: BY agreement NIL iishpach,
OF Alexandria. opelled the dI. cuSslon in q
snecci OF hall an hours duration. Senator
John Paul, OF Rockingham, replied, speak
,ny an hour and bali; and MIR. Mu.hbach
closed with a speech Of one hour. Nush.
bach opened his case calmly, clearly, and
logically. without rant. Hc presented his
Doints with precision; asked nothing but
| the sober Judgment OF the people upon tue
issue. But his time expired before he bad
| fully deyeloped the features and explained
the provisions OF the Mccullough bill.
Senator Paul, who is indeed an etlec-
five and dangerous stump-Speaker, 1ni-
lowed in speech in which nc wanted to
know where his young friend from AL
cyandria was when he was following
Fitz. Lee through the. pines OF Prince
William during the war. lie. the speaker,
had been before many public audience.
and his Judgment never failed him on look
ing at tbe upturncd faces Of the people IN
determining where their hearts were. tie
| felt that The pulses Of those before MN peat
overwhelmingly in unison with the people
of The Valley and the great Southwest. lie
felt sure that hc bad, and he wanted to car
ry back to Rockingham, the endorsement
by the sturdy farmers OF this county OF MS
views. He assaied the record OF MI. Mnsh-
bach in the last House OF Delegates. and
| charged him with inconsistency. lie toiu
Mu>hbach that be did not know the pam
. country people like he did, and II he nad ne
would have stayed at home. He pitched
into the lawyers, and merchants, ana court
house rings, and charged them WIN DeinG
in league with the brokers and fuDders
and said that the farmer paid the taxes,
which he had to dig out Of the ground.
Indeed. so eloquent did he grow over the
ills and sufferings OF the poor farmers that
every one thought be belonged to that I'M
fortunate and unhappy class. lie rallied
against the iniquity OF the funding bill ana
| the presept measure He said that the fund
ers were lcceiving the people, and exhibited
| few figures to show that Reputation was
inevitable under. the present Dill. LIS
Whole speech was highly amuSin" and EN-
PERTAINING, and his anecdotes were enjoyed
and heartily applaudcG by Us all. This is Il
fair sample of the speech. 1t was an adrolt
aDpea to the passions and prciudlces OF the
| neopIc: but it was an unfortunate speech
when exposed to the rei0inder OF the clear
headed and practical young statesman Of
| Alexandria. Dir. Mushbach rtloncd.' lie
said that he was present III Prince VIII
liam by invitation, and he was not
there to fight the war over again. II
there was any disgrace attachln" to hin
Tor not being engaged in it, the gentleman
wGaid have to hold ahighcr power reSnonSI-
! bic, us he was only ten years old at the COM
mnnccmcnt Of the war. lie dlScalmcG
being either good lawyer or eloquent
speaker, as attributed to linn by the dlstln-
euished gentleman from Rockingham. IN
| a nuiet but suiplimely Elective manner, he
took up one by one the charges made against
|
and manifested the Inconsistencies Of Paul
with such power that the people fairly
yelled with laughter. Mr.. MuShDach never
| once WINGED under the satire and wlttlciSmS
OF Paul; but hardly had MuSh!ach COM
menced his rcioinder before his opponent
was on his feet, explaining his lnron>iSt-
enccS and missiatementS. lie interrupted
Mushbach over dozen times, but on every
occasion facts and the quiet, whitening sar-
caSm OF his young opponent completely
| diSarmcd Paul, and the outDursts OF con!-
mcnda!ion that greeted Ml,shbacb on every
OCCASION annIhiatcd his opponent. Musll-
bach then reviewed the legislative his
tory OF his opponent, and exposed
| his inconsistencies in every possible
phase. The dexteri,y with which he handled
Paul was worthy the best efforts OF such
men rs Tucker, Daniel, and Douglas. He
| called attention TO every vote OF Mr.. Paul !;
| held him up TO the people as an inconslS-
tent Legislator. and, in parting, turned 10
that gentleman, and in clear, sonoroHS
tone, reminded him how fatal it was TO be
inconsistent, how dangerous it was to mis-
state, but, above all, how drtut it was to
have q record OF those inconsistencies and
misstatements. He then turned lis Item
ton to the bill, and explained its provi-
sions with clrarness that could not be en-
cellcd. When he concluded there was one
spontaneous expression Of perfect appro-
baton, which exhibited how the people
stood. None but those who heard Mush-
bach can appreciate the power OF bis speech
| In brief communication ! can't do him
justice.
Four resolutions were then offered, the
substance of which is that the Mccullough
bill should be final; that we regard any at
tempt to REOPEN the question of the STATE
debt as highly detrimental to the interests
of the State, and that we endorse the cou1Se
OF our senators and delegates IN pressing for
settlement Of the debt and in their action
thereupon. After some discussion the reso-
lutions were put by the Chair, and the vote
was enthusiastically unanimous, only five
voting against them. 4 Conservative then
yelled to Senator Paul TO carry the news to
Rockingham. The latter gentleman lost
his seli-posSession, and dared US to divide
on the green; to which we agreed. The
Forcbles MADE Il rush for the door, and as
the people passed out called out, Reid
justers, file to the right"
The Conservatives quietly fled to The LETT
and stood there; some, however, bad lett
the grounds. but out OF Il crowd of between
two and three hundred. notwithstanding the
| earnest cntrcaties Of Paul and others, they
could only music" twenty-five, eighteen OF
whom were Radicals and four rcadiu<tcrS.
In conclusion. will state that rcidjust-
ers conceded that Mushbach was much too
much" for Paul. Prince William has spo.
ken. -... One VINO WAS THERE.
How 1t Looks to II Republican.
We give the following without comment