The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-03


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circumstances over which | bad no s SGn.
troll prevented my reporting 70 YOU $50 ~, ha.
the discussiei, which took niace nsie IN -,
twcen Parsou Massey and Major Da aa t nc
suo wss very large. embracing maF.
Se.toohIr.resneefable eray-heads that DO not
,,s,aiiy fI,rn mt, and as usual dotte1A over
,.;s,, Al, the nroniuent local Res.ditsters
ga "a. shair, noisy e,ackers. Some II these, It
is sa;fI. were brought in Wagons; but leaaer
and ali came to grief, as Wit DO herea1ter
shown. rona.,,y
u Triwy. and James l.. White, the CON,
rn;ttee in behalf OF .ne Conservatives, CAREY
On the ReSdjusterst Hho-w represenCeu
br Messrs. T. McMullip, a. fuikersa 9u.
oad q w Wardl at an early hour, 10 oner
she " = division Of time aud agree upon Inc
,srr,s 81 discussion. This was attebutu
sui,f, some difficulty. We learn !rou tse
committee that the Raadjusters claimed Tue
r,eotinot 10 he theirs, and declined at nrSt
- enter the discussion upon any QUIZ
,arn,s than that the Parson should nave ing
conclusion, but seeing that the commleles
meant business. and did not intend 10 Siela
70 their unreasonable demands, ana uoupt-
lees fearing their inability to divide tne
crowd either favorabIy in numbers OF re-
snec,abttity, they Welded and agreed upon
q discussion at the Town .Huli-Massey "
omen in a speech Of two hours 10 pe ioi,
lowed By Daniel in same time, ana each ~
have one half-hour'S reply.
PARsoN MASSEY, 60.
rrba was introduced by Mr.. George W..
Ward. commenced hisspeech at about lz:io.
We and The entire audience seemed 10 DC
disannoinred in him. He did not come w,
ta The full measure of his reputation. be was
evidently laboring under the nnlpTeSS.0H tuaS
something was gong to befall MN. ne uau
snoken six times before with Dahie'' ru.
never before had Daniel IN ms TedT' anu
this he must guard as best ne coulo: ne
consumed very much Of bis time 10 Uyan9 10
show that thes' thirteen" had gone aStray,
and that the committee at Richmono nao
no power to appoint this meeting Tor Inc
nennIe. and thus impose upon him and
them by making him speak first. Then fol-
lowed personal explanations as to his
finances and the conveyance OF bis properly
to bis brother, and having gotten through
with this and .neaA one hour OF his time, he
proceeded to give his remarkable views upon
the nublc debt. This he did with much or
that adroitness. art, and cunning for Whlcn
he is so distinguished, bostering MS legal
nositions with long line OF dissenting
opipions and calling largely upon bis fancy
for his facts. He furnished absolutely no.
thing in the way Of law or fact from Whlch
an intelligent mind could draw conclusion
as to his purpose or that OF his party. just
before his two hours closed he SAID: l
will now proceed to tell you what pro-
pose,n but seemed to forget bis promise,
and when soon afterwards was told his time
was out pretended (maybe belieYed) he nad
ten minutes more,- and closed regrettlng he
didn't have time 10 tell them more. His
speech, though made under the circum'
stances before stated, was the best presenta.
ton reimbursement has ever had here, and al
times was loudly applauded by the parties
before named. Despite his ingenuity, how.
ever, he left open many gaps TO be entered
and handsomely closed by his eloquent all
versary. Many of the crowd saw this, and
were therefore anxious TO hear " hat was To
follow, and when ...
MAJOR DANIEL
was introduced by Mr.. Connally F. Trig9
there was burst Of applause so loud ana
prolonged that ait seemed to proceed from
the entire audience" 1t is impossible here
to give in detail an accurate account OF his
speech. TWAS powerful. The Parson had
predicted that the audience would only be
entertained Ivy .'higb rhetoric and poetry
| This the Major from time to time, as he
advanced upon him with his grand array OF
facts, figures, and law, would turn upon
him with tremendous effect. This" he
would say, sis high rhetorlc-poetry.''
| Then would follow the widest ap'
pause. he showed to the entire salts
faction OF every man who thinks for himself
and wants to think right, the entire fallacy
| of the Parsons views as to State sovereign
| ty and the power Of State By constltu'
tionul amendment or other Legislation, OF
| by packing the Court Of Appeals, to obtain
or pass or construe laws so As to impair the
obligation OF contract. Time after time,
as he would show that the ParSon and
other leaders of the party had advocated
and advanced measures containing oil the
otjectional features which he now urged
against the McCulloch bill, would he bring
the cold man" to bis feet, but only to be
worsted, to the intense amusement of the
crowd. Then those large financial schemes
of the "great leader" which deprived the
| State of about six millions OF her assets,
and that great measure which now sought
to obtain what remained of the sinking fund,
and finally. bis appeal for legislature
that was not railroad legislature, but
Legislature OF and for the people. All
this he told and urged with great power and
effect, clearly demonstrating that the lead
ers Of reputation were the leaders OF that
railroad legislation so detrimental to the in
terests Of the people. He spoke OF his
effort to have the freight regulated by the
Legislature, showing that BY the present
oppressive and outrageous discrimination
in charges this section. which had aided in
building the road, was placed with refer
| ence TO the markets upon the outskirts of
| civilization. This in the interest OF the
State he had endeayored to regulate; and,
believing that the railroad should be taxed,
rs was the lan6 aud property OF the private
citizen, for county purposes, be had offered
bill In the Legislature to accomplish that
end; but this, like all other efforts ut lesis-
lation affecting the railroad, met with re-
sistance from this party; and that this Dill,
whilst pending before the committee, had
actually been opposed by the Senator from
Washington (Fulkerson).
At the mention OF the names of
FULKERsoN AND KELLY
by Parson Massey. with the hone that they
u,o,,,5 ha returned IN the Legislature, there