The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-16
Major Gregory i'm RockbriGrc.
OAEDALE. October IL. 1S

| CAHDALE, October IL, 1879.
Editors Dispatch: 1t was our pleasure 10
be present with Major Gregory 1T the fol-
! lowing stated appointments in R0ckbridge
after he had filed several others in the lower
part Of the county and LeXin"ton-vZ.,
/ Rapp's Mil, Hamiiton's S. House. Natural
Bridge, Fancy Hill, kerr's Creek bal becue,
and last in Lexington on the 9Th. The at
! tendance was uniformly large, and the At
! tention was so close that you might have
| heard pin drop, save when he brought
the house down" with one OF his inimiaDle
Jokes. At the barbecue and in Lexington a
! faint demonstration By the Fraz;crites was
attempted. There is nest OF these disturb
ers kept on hand by these leaders. grooned
for this dirty work OF intcrruptno speakers.
They are carried around 10y them to groan,
hiss, or shout. as they are instructed. At
the barbecue they had repeatedly interrupt
ed the speakers who preceded Major Gre
CORY. When Gregory took the stand,
as soon as the first demonstration
was made for Frazier and Lady
be stopped short and requested al!
Of the Frazier and Lady men to cheer
for their men. The Major was not diScoE-
certed. Their efforts were poor and feeble;
but when he gave the command, "Now.
bows, let's hear you halloo Ge1nimdh t'
how the valley rang. The old rebel yell
sounded clear, long, and loud. Now, says
the Major, are you satisfied? 60 home.
and get In your holes. Never show your
faces in decent aSsemhlageS again. That was
a dead shot. They wilted and Skulkcd Off.
This was the last OF these drumheadS, or,
as the Major calls them, 'cateus.' He
won the respect OF bis opponents. The
did not wish to hear the truth, bat the
Majors magnetism was too much for them.
He captured the crowd. II he did not beat
the enemy on these Occasion aud win them
over. he ut least spiked their guns. His
speeches were all clear aud forcihle-so
much 30 that boy in his teens could see
the truth and know also that the SPEAKER
was in earnest, and was not speaking fer
Dunkum.
He sifteh the truth from the dirty garbage
with which these >e!f.Styicd Readi listers
have sought 10 invest the issues OF the can
yass. He exposed their ialIaci0us dcclanla-
ti0ns-I cannot say reasoning-and by his
Jokes held them UP to the eye OF
ridictl|e. Never was bad cause and bad
men so well ventilated. Many are the
friends the Major made for himself and Tor
OH. cause. Timid and undecided men were
aud strengthened By bis ire
sistible logic and appeals to their pride, &c.
and when we Succced-and succeed we
good old Scotch-Iri>h OF OR
will remember with satisfaction and
pride the manly bearing-the bold and lear |
less blows-tiIat were dealt upon the enc. |
mics Of Virginia's honor and good name !
by Gregory; and may it be pleasure |
through his future career 70 know |
that his voice was among the iir>t 70 !
sound the alarm amid the hills and valleys,
to tell the people OF the danger 20 their lib
critics, their bones, and TO deEouncc tie
political fcdgIin@s and dcuag0@uc> who !
are roaming about like the roaring lion. ;
seeking whom and what they may devour. |
And when Rockbrdce shall on the 4th OF |
November shake oil these political ram- |
pires. and in her might assert her position |
in the siStcrhood OF counties, then can the |
lowiandS rejoice with Us, and Major GRECO |
~ can tru;hfuIiy say. helped to redeem
old Rockbridge: and in the homey laE-
guase OF Rockbridse farmer, which the
Major gsed by way of joke, eNclaim
- Drive up, Turpin; drive up
FARMER.