The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-11

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I.or;TsAs COURTHOUSE "a, d II
The campaign - sssss .sa..
opened here yesterday. Inc cr2Ma p.of
efft was immense. Great disaI Ply
WAS manifested at The unaTolldaa!DpIs aosssSe
Oh Majors Daniel aud 6regof " z iasge
tnmber bad been drawn nere. sh.npsy Wy sne
ENCOURAGEMENT that these disttns n,saea gen sAl
tlernen would be present ana osscslss tne
issues OF tbe CANVASS. Ut. q. =. MOI
teiFe. .os Manchester. aDd y. terrace efp, Lacy1
Of Spotsylvan arrived, however, 70 cha9-
pioi the conservative cause, ana Mr. .. -. =.
Powell. 81 Spetsyl to present tae
other side. Itwas soon arraSged lnat snsse
Winston. Nr. William NJ. Amber, and Mr..
Henry u. vale, should speak-Dr: Mon
;teiro. Major Lacy, and Captain Winston on
Tho conservative side, aud sMessrs: Powell,
Ambjer. and Vale on the diusttng side.
Captain III. W. Murray, chalrnla1 OF the
:Conntv Conservative Executive Committee,
called the large mass-meeting to order by
announcing the arrangement as to the JOINT
discussion. He then introduced .r
(: 80 CAPTAIN F. v. WINSTON, OF LOUISA,
who came forward to uphold the. cause of
right and justice. He expressed his sincere
regret ut himself having to, be substituted
for VEginia's gifted orator and staunch
statesman, Major John w. Daniel, the an
n0uncement OF whose presence had Drawn
together SO many people OF Louisa. lie Qua
not purpose making speech OF rounded
periods, or make any attempts at oratorlcai
fights but here, where his voice was rs
familiar to the people as their own dinner
bell. he purposed talking in plain, practl-
cul. business way-not appealing to- the
neople's passions, or prejudieess but to their
reason and their sense OF Justice ana Oh
Righteousness. He acknowledged the right
of every man to entertain, and MAINTAIN py
fair argument, his conscientious opinion.
He believed the bulk Of Readiusters were
honest, but they we're misled and misln-
formed. He deprecated the breach in the
marty which since civil war bad bound to-
getber in common union all OF ,VtrSinia's
IfrlIe sons, and had saved the noble old State
from depreciation and ruin; and when this
question was settled which now divides rs,
lie hoped all would again unite and work
together for the onward march OF Virginia
in greatness. ...,.,s.
ticaI,y and logically discuss the debt qnes-
tion. he divided his subject into two
heads I1l sis the debt which has been agi-
tatins the public mind for so long, and over
which. enough gas has been spent to run all
the wind-mills in Holland, just one ? and
(2) is the State liable for it?" Did anybody
f1env the business OF the debt? He would
nut that pertinent inquiry to bis opponents,
ssTs the debt a Just oue?" and pause for
reply. Messrs. Powell and Amber evaded
the direct question by saying they would
not interrupt him, when Captain Winston
assured them it was his time they would
consume, and he extended the invitation
for reply. Upon being pinned down to
it, Mr.. Powell ,....
DENIED THAT THE DEBT is JUST ONE, o.
and declared himself Forcible Readt
Whereupon Captain Winston read from the
Mozart. Hall platform that article which
recognizes .|Firginia's Just liability for her
fair proportion Of the debt" and pro-
nounced Mr.. Powell bogus ReadJns,er.
Captain Winston then dweIr a little While
on the cry OF Readiusters OF having. been
"read out of the Conservative party" and
declared that they read themselves out, and
cited Mr., Wales call for Il convention in
Louisa, when Captain Murray was chairman
of the Conservative Committee, and Of MIR.
Wales nomination by party acting indie
pendentiy OF the Conservative party. as
proof positive that they read themselves
out. He then resumed his line OF argu-
ment as to. the debt being Just one, and
declared that the blessings the State re-
,ceiyed from the money for which the debt
is due are blessings to-day, and that they
are visible in our public institutions, im-
provements, DC. Being !ust, he next de-
ciared it to he the duty OF the State to pay
as much as she possibly could, and any fail
ure to- do so would be violative OF mans
law and Of Gods law. He then reviewed
the legislation on the debt since March,
1866, when the interest was capitalized:
thought the funding bill unfortunate and
unwise; cited the fact Of the annual def
cheney each year under the operations OF
the latter bill; gave the history OF the Me-
Culloch bill as being brought about in
business-like way, and the best terms that
could possibly be. obtained secured, and
declared it to he just and honorable as
we'll as u ... ."
FAIR AND ADVANTAGEOUS SETTLEMENT,
which was the law of the land. and which
was binding, legally and morally, upon the
people faithfully to execute.
Captain Winston said that In the limited
fine allotted to him he could not discuss
the question as fully as he would like to do,
but his speech was a faithful defence of the
cause Of right and justice, aud he was lis
tened to with marked attention.
Mr.. WILLIAM N. AMBLER 49,
was next introduced and he started off
with illusions to Captain Winston's speech,
and his "failing to discuss the issue";
which caused laughter and applause among
the Readiusters, most of whom had been
standing back or lying down on the grass
during Captain Winston's speech, but who
now .''closed up" His principal line of
argument was an arrayal Of the Constitu-
ton against the McCnlloch bill, according
to his construction OF both, which pleased
his Readjusting friends, but which sound
ed into the ears Of all others as fippant as
sertions without foundation. He very con-
fS1ontIu assprte6 that tho Honsitntiou ca pe