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

Ma 3 h,eb lown be had had rporatee.
NJ sisaniaiS nrascnting the petition ~, tnat
!, s,nse. and had II named for himseih All
Il this was sine funs powerful log ., and
s,shIime argument, end was iEanl time to
Inc e =. apaIauded by the bird followers OF
rep,ldfation, but not e.lough TO reassure the
&c moor old creatures who took his seat-as
biz had ar,sen--witil fear sad~trenblngs
And we'll he might, for the scene " hich fol-
,wefs Yae. ana the like OF which was never
before witnessed here. Daniel, looking
every inch ID IS. tsts$
Z. THE NAN AID soLDIEs,tfs.t a:SE
ayair steuped 10 the front OF the stage, ant
in one eloquent and manly sentence, as te
his manner of treating and repeliing per.
annaI attacks and insinuat1ons, iaifiJ
.hrnnrbt the audience to their feet. liner
camt. the skinnine process. and II ne dlahs
akin that p. 2. r. (poor political preacher
nothing was ever skinned before. A!tel
showing how utterly the P. Pr. bad fallee
10 meet one single argument ne sad ac
yanced, and had by unearthins anoihef anc
another OF bis (tbe Parsons legislative act'
shown his inconsistency, he:was again turn
ING his battery upon hlm'When some one 0.
the Misguided called from the auoience
"Oh, tell us about those bonnfes you were
going to make Of the schools?" IurAine
i,pon him with all his grandeur, he sala
"Listen, and IL when have fnlshed yot
do NOT agree with what / have said, then
am mistaken in what constitutes True
Virp;nian,, wish had the power 10 de
scribe the matchless eloquence OF Danlei II
what he said to that fellow, and how III
4 t.n
the crowd. At the conclusion OF eaci
sentence there would be an 'enthu
siastic burst OF applause. The croWt
arose arose TO their feet, and seemed to
tbicken. old men climbing upon the back:
OF the benches and waving their mats niSl
above their heads. he said that he had be
fore said without giving his exact words,
Il were better to burn the schools than tc
sustain them on money taken by force from
Others: that children who were the ward
of renudiation would blush for their pre-
tended patrons; that rather than see m
boy 60 to school-house purchased and K
teacher paid by reputation, and have bin
turn upon the pages of his history tt
such blot upon Virginia's honor, he would
prefer to apply q torch to his own boust
and make bonfire Of it, as well as TIT
SCHOOLS,
less, penniless, and naked, but honest. III
ended this by saying: "Now' nave an
swered your question; I never lodged ONT
that was asked me-[applausel-(M asse!
had). Let me ask you one, Would you i1k,
to send your little boy to such a school =
Silence, deep and awful, reigned as b.
paused for an answer. There was none
:.Then," said he, elf you would. God hay
pity on your little boy" The appaus
which followed this, amidst the waving o
hats, was loud and prolonged. He the'
turned upon Brother Massey, and lookln!
at him with something like commiseratiol
or pity, he said: 81 don't like to motto
such little matters, but who is your author
ity for the statement about
THE TOWN OF DANIELsyILLE?"
He couldn't give it. "TheD," said Daniel
without intending to be persona! to al
Massey, I will say, more for the sake or
pun, that that sentence was the most re
markabe l ever heard. 1t was sort o
double extract Of concentrated lie. u
seven words it contained seven lics-(l
that the town was not named Danielsvllle
but Daniels; ~ that he had not had
named; ~ that 1t was not named for hlm
az that he did not have il Incorporated; Il
tba. he did not present the petition Tor tia
purpose: (G) that he was not trustee
land y did not live there" At this til
Parson was considerably irritated, much L
the amusement Of the crowd. Again turn
Ing upon him, he said "WhO was you
authority for stating I was candidate for tn
iudgeship of the Court OF Appeals?' ID
again paused for an answer, and not get
ting it, be disposed OF him and it in til
same way, amidst the shouts OF the crowd
He said he had been a candidate for Office
and would be again whenever be desired
and would be defeated as often rs n
pleased [Iaughter]; but, said he, i" neYe
have been an independent candidat
in opposition to the Conservative par
ty; and, so help me God, never will be-
Turning to Mr.. Massey be said, You bav
BEEN" [Great applause.l Massey arose Il
explain, but it was the same old tale. Sale
Daniel: delegates were appointed, tn
Convention met, some one else was noml
mated, and Massey became bolter and rur
as an Independent" He then treated witt
contempt the idea or rather nSinuatlon thai
he lad attacked Malone in his absence, anc
showed bat he bad said in pubic discus
sion in General Mahone's presence all tina,
he had said here. He said the idea thai
some of these folloWerers had, that the reck'
less financial schemes Of this "great lead
er," which had brought bankruptcy upon
the railroad and had so impaired The credit
and interests OF Virginia, were not to be
spoken of, was absurd: that he had in the
past and would in the future speak OF it n
it deserved, and be cared not in whose
presence. AT this there was great applause
He then proceeded to answer the Parson,s
objections to the bill for taxing the railroad
and in showing its justice, and how streh,
uou$ly it was opposed, and the fallacy OF
the opposition, by
THE SENATOR FROM WASHINGTON
(Fulkersop), brought down the house. Al
this Fulkerson allowed himself to be drawn
into the tran, and came to the front 10 eX.
main. MANY of his friends were surprised
at this. It seemed to be just what DAME
wanted. He had just skinned Massey, ano
now. amidst the enthusiastic shouting Of
the audience, he completely, exposed anC
crushed Fulkerson. He (Fukcrson) sale
ne had opposed taxing the railroad because
the freight would be increased and the PEG.
ple have it to pay. "Wby," said Daniel
&C wasn't there bill before the Legislature
to regulate freight?" [Applause.l Fulker.
sou: &" But the charter. OF the road con
trolIed that" Daniel: "Can one Legisla'
ture bind another?" Immense applause.
The Colonel then floundered about to find
some plausible objection, but couldn't. The
result was, Daniel made him admit that he
bad opposed this bill gotten up in the inter
est of his constituents without even having
read it. He knew that it was for the PEG.
pie, but against the railroad, and that
was sufficient The Colonel retired, and
Daniel proceeded amidst the widest en-
thuslasm This hurt Fulkerson terribly,