The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-10
snaErIra IL pRIscE GEoRsaE.
n. Tne !, Monarters Refs,se 10 Divide Time.

The M0zarterS Refuse 80 DiVAue AiIlac.
GOVERNOR KEMPER AND n. B. BERKELEY,
ESQ. MAKE BRIEF sPEEeHEs'
Especial Correspondence Of the Dbpatcb.1
Prince GEoRGB COURTHOUSE,
$50 October o, 1879.
came to Prince George Courthouse to-
div hopinp to hear discussion between
the great lights OF Mozart Hall and two OF
nI,r conservative canvassers. 1twas court
dav. hut the crowd was not large, In spite
of the fact that it had been promulgated
That thcre would be discussion between
the Resdiusters and the Debt-Payers. Eut
when II came to arranging, the discussion
Il was found that the Mozarters wouto
aoree TO no fair division OF time, ana Wefe'
in fact. determined to accede to no terms
that could be benorably accepted.
governor Kemper and X. b. berke'ey.
ESQ. were here to represent the cause Oh
honesty, and General William Mahone,
Colonel Cameron, and Captain +: >: bar
were on hand to speak for mozart ha'!. buI
the Mozarters. as usual. claimed thas IL Was .iis
their meeting, and took possession OF Tue
conrt.honse "a miserable little barn, but the
onIv Mace in which to hold meetine), ana
then generously offered that one OF their
sneakers should open with an hours speech,
that the other side should have an hour ana
three quarters, and thai they should then
have the balance Of the day to put
in their sneakers adj ibitum. The Con-
seryatiye committee OF course loolS-
pantlv refused any such proposltlon.
But finding that there was no possibility
of securing better terms, and being very
anxious for the crowd to hear our speak
ers. the committee finally proposed TO &C
cent the unfair offer. with the understand
inc that if after Governor Kemper and Mr..
Berkeley were through the speakers on ihe
other side should introduce any ne" maj
ter, or msrepresent their speeches, they
should claim the right OF interruplng them
to explain. Even this was refused, and IN
the mean time the Mozarters had captured
the courthouse and were proceeding Win
their meeting. The Debt-Payers were an1-
ious for Governor Kempcr and Dir. Berke-
lev 10 speak at some other place, but
neither were in physical condition to speak
out OF doors, and, besides, they were anx-
ious to have chance at the whole crowd.
Accordingly the Debt.Payers stood aloof,
and the Mozarters proceeded with their
meeting in the courthouse.
Colonel Williamson Simmons presided
over the meeting, and Mr. j. ID. Mathews
acted rs secretary.
They. passed brief resolution to the eff
feet that the conservative Rsadjusters OF
Prince George adopt as their platform the
resolutions of Mozart Hail." heard four
voices vote for these resolutions, although
suppose that the majority Of those in the
house favored them.
The chairman then introduced as the first
speaker Captain F. S. Blair, Of Wythe
county.
Captain Blair pleasantly introduced bis
speech BY alludiDg to this as his first visit
to Prince George county, and expressed his
regret that be could not discuss the great
issues before the people with the distn-
guisbed gentlemen Of the other side who
were OH the ground. [Wky, then, did he
not use bis influence with his friends to Sc
cure division Of tinIe?]
He then proceeded to make speech
which contained the usual clap-trap about
taking the hands Of the bondholder OIL OF
the throat OF our taX-ridacn people-pre-
serving the rights OF the poor from The eX-
actions OF the moneyed aristocracy 1.-THE
right OF 4 sovereign State to maintain the
control Of her reyenues-and so on at nau-
seam. He made great flourish about the
reimbursement OF the debts OF all OF the
other southern States, and wanted " ParSon
Curry" to quit tramping over Virginia
and 90 back and preach ''honor"
TO Alabama. lie made various hits at
the Executive Committee at Richmond, and
then proceeded with good deal OF al cap
tanduin to the negroes present, telling them
that the McCulloch.bill men wanted to dis
franchise them by requiring them to pay
81 capitation tax; that they desired to break
up the schools which were to educate their
children (he quoted Major Daniel as wish.
ing to burn the school houses), and that up
in his country the negroes were saying that
they ought not to help pay debt which
was contracted while they were slaves and
in which they had no voice.
Most Of Captain Blair's speech was very
heavy, and excited no enthusiasm in his
audience, but he relieved it with few
rolerablv fair anecdotes, and several which
contained vulgar profanity or coarse OBJ
scenity which no decent paper would print,
and TO which no decent audience ought to
be compelled to listen.
At the conclusion OF Captain Blair's
speech he announced an adjournment for
dinner and a speech from Colonel Cameron
after dinner.
Seeing that there was do chance for them
to be heard, Governor kemper and Mr..
Berkeley agreed that they would simply eX-
plain to their friends why they did not
speak.
Accordingly, while Colonel Cameron was
speaking in the courthouse to very small
company, much the larger part OF the
crowd gathered in front of the hotel porch.
DR.. George e. Rives in few burning
words explained the situation, and Scathing-
" contrasted the conduct OF the Mozarters
in refusing to divide time with Governor
Kemper and Mr.. Berkeley with that Of the
Debt Payers, who at the last court had even
consented that Major Daniel and Mr.. Phe-
gar should divide time with local speak
er-Mr. Arnold. He paid graceful COM
pliment to the distinguished Virginian who
bad served the United States on the soil of
Mexico, who had borne the flag OF freedom
to the heights OF Gettysburg, and who had
so ably filled the highest Office 10 the gift Of
the people Of Virginia. he esteemed it al
honor to be permitted TO Introduce to the
people the soldier, patriot, statesman, and
orator-eX-Governor James l.. Kemper.
Governor Kemper was received with
loud applause, and said that he did not APP
pear to make speech, but simply TO eN-
plain and apologize for pot dong so. lie
was there by direction of the State EXecu-
s;x,o ~ tho Conservative DlrtV