The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-15
down.stricsen, to receive aughs sha: taxes
THE HONOR OF ans coafoswEALrH,

and denies to her creditors that which i
due them. I do not conceive that this de
voted army has been turned into politica
tramps and begaars, and that they wi!
come to the capital OF Virginia TO hang
servilely and superservaDtIy around, re1ds
Ito bend the pregnant hinges OF the Enee
that thrift may follow fawning," / do moi
believe that they will put themselves on
the auction block nor put the Old sword UP
to the highest bidder.
II there is anything Of the seff-respect
that once animated the actions OF the Con-
federate soldier, If there is anything that
viii band his name down to coming time
with halo OF reverence around it. il Is the
fact that he detied power, spurned wealth.
and knew naDght but the performances
OF public duty. You may drive him into
exile; you may take upthe roll OF prescrip-
tion where the Republican party left it OFF; I;
you may make him an alien and stranger
in bis home, but all in vain. / will tell the
Senator from Shenandoah (Mr. Riddle
bergei) that in the hearts OF these brave,
true men there is something above the
transitory issue OF politics; something
above the arbitrary edicts OF the arbiter Of
public affairs: something that fortune
didn't give and
! FORTUNE CANNOT TAKE AWAY,
and wherever they wander they carry that
in their bosoms-God gave it to them-a
noble, fearless, unterriied spirit OF free
dom. They know their rights; they dare
to maintain them. He prizes, If he is 4 true
Virginan, as the highest and most sacred
and most unaIienabe Of those ri-hts-a
right he is ready to stand by and preserve
and maintain against all corners, whether OF
the new coalition or otherwiSe-tbe good
name. prestige, proud position, unSu!lied
character OF that State which enub!eS him
to say with something OF conscious pride,
II am Virginian." Leave him that, and
he is not poor. Leave him that, though
naked and frendless, he is not alone.
lam told by the Senator from Shenandoah
OR. RiddIebergerl that he is the embodi-
ment OF politics; be Is the receiver, and
ought TO utter the voice OF the people. Thank
God, sir, it is not the voice OF that people
of whom he was once proud TO be the repre-
sentative and affiIant. I have beard that
cry before. 1t has been seen in history be-
fore that when tue tyrant has gotten into
power he
PUTS THE GUrLLoTINE INTO ACTION.
1t mas be be won't take ia vain the name
OF his God, but will take in vain that which
to us is almost as sacred-the name OF the
people. In the name OF the people the pro-
phet was stoned. In the name OF the peo-
pie the martyr was burned. At the voice
OF the cIIrbstone mob gathered around the
Judge he who spoke as never man spake
was cruci6ed. Now, in the name OF the
people, good, true men, who have made all
OF present Virginia that L Virginian has
right to be proud of-whO have moulded that
history for the last twenty years and pre-
| nd in tba ~ p,n n n
driven into cXic-for what? TO make room
for the crippes, not OF the battlefield, but
OF the late political campaign; for the lame
ducks, for men spurned and rejected by
the people at home, who have been passed
upon by a Jury of vicinage, and have been
said by the jury not to be people OF sutii-
cicnt respectabiity 10 receive, honor at
home. They are now blIcttcd upon the
Capitol. Their sepulchral voices are heard
from the vaults below and echo from the
roof above.
am told that in every wclI-rcgulatcd
farm a sraZing-lot Of four to five acres is set
apart for the
SPAWNED CATTLE AND BROKES-DOWN HORSES.
The Capitol is that lot and the stock that
could not pull in the traces ut home are
brought here and turned into grass.
The people! the people. The voice OF
the people. ! beg leave TO remind the Scua-
tor and his colleagues that they are here by
the skin OF their teeth. Still they are here,
and seem to think enough is good as feast.
They are not here by the voice Of the men
OF Virginia, whose duty IL will be to pay
the debt-not here by the voice Of the edtl-
Gated Yirgiulan. They are here by the
voice made up OF an Enholy coalition,
which brought two races together and INTO
common humiliation.
have heard orators who spoke on the
side OF tie Senator in the campaign tell the
coIorcd people that they had nothing TO do
with this debt, because they wcrL not par
ties to the contract. In my humble iud%-
ment there is not man in Virginia whose
opinion Is entitled TO respect who does moi
know the fact that whether man was Il
voter or not at the time the debt was con
tracted, yet when he came into the posses
sion OF the benefits he came under the ne
cessity. OF It's obligations. In 50 irr rs the
colored votes were obtained here or el>c'
where by that argument addressed to lAind'
OF such culture, the votes were obtained by
false pretcnccs. They arc
THE sPoILs, FRUITS, AEr REWARDS
OF those false preaences.
I shall not deay for myself and the gen
tle,nen who concur with Inc that We wolIIt
have been glad had the votes Of The cOl0rct
peopIc been c2st with us. | will not den.
that I invoked such aS addressed to vot
with the cause had the honor 10 represent
do say, sir, that, so far as my obSerVatlo'
:, extended, she gentlemen with whom co
? operated aeYer ">thoped TO conquer bu
: l say tie opposition did stoop. Inc
y stooped SO low that they reddened int
q bushes when they bowed to bind the gree
:. laureis Of victory on some brows.
= AS the gentlemen have frequently allude
70 the action OF the Conservative and X
l.. publican practices, may | be permitted !
nav NV respects to the debt payers OF tt
Rcpublican party who did not desert the
principles, like the Senator from CheSte
d field mfr. Walker). q regret he Is abseI
Ut from his seat But turns from his prln"
pies that he might strike blow, as he e
IS nrcssed il, at bis old enemy, the Conserv
le tive party OF Virginia, CT Which gentlen'
l. ON the other side profesSed 10 be member
l. Whether they are, leave as question u
II very suggestion Of which will lead TO the
e own conclusion those to whom it IS me
n toned. -
l. | honor and respect the true men OF u
:, Republican party OF this State, who, wht
d they saw an opportunity to
u DRIVE WEDGE INTO THE PARTY
It they fought, stood by the tirmrst, creates
s noblest, most enduring plank in the Repu
|. llcan platform. I honor them for the
d fidelity to their principle that declares II
e honest payment Of public debts is matt,
that affect the interest OF the highest an
: the lowest.
V While I cannot recognize them as men
. \ Il