The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-20
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A GfR Sss1s fal0rf0uA Day I'm the County
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Bfaet be the ta a our hesrh Ia solid love
Love p on party ioyc q our eause aa love Of
To-day iple.ing couet-day, our peopiei IN
UNUSUAL numb .1socEed 60 the court house
TO hear whit could be said Of the State debt,
and the reason why we should notspny If !,
as we had been promised for a month a
sight of Senator Paul and the other leaders
OF the afozarteYs. and a chance to hear ail
they knew OF how TO get out OF filing an
honest contract. About - O'Clock the peo-,
die assembled in tile court. house, and were.
called 10 order by George P. Hughes, the
county superintendent, but, there having
arisen in the minds OF some a doubt OF;
the, soundnoss OF Mr.. Hughes, there
was :, proposition made to elect q.
new superintendent. Hughes did not
like the prospect thus presented to
him, and exhibited an unmistakable dis
position to bold the fort il possible; but Oh,
how frail a hold did be have on the dear
peoplc--the only power to sustain him. In
rapid motion ex-Jud&e A. h. Leake was
nominated to reIieYe,tbe gentleman, while
some friend OF the. incumbent moved to re-
elect Mr.. Hughes. The vote was put by
Hughes in person, and though almost
unanimous for Leake, some friend OF the
Mozarter called for q division, when, on a
raising o; hands, there was found to be not
more than ten men hi The house in favor Of
DIR. Hughes continuing in office, while the
remainder land the house was crowded.
went for Judge Leake. Whereupon Judge
Leake took, the stand and said to the people
that be thanked them earnestly and from
his heart for the honor done HIM, and
ielAdoubly proud OF the honor because the
issue had been made and fairly decided In
his election; that the people OF Goochland
were firm, and determined to stand, where
they had always stood in the hour OF need
or danger, in favor OF maintaining invioate
the legacy bequeathed them by their ances-
try-the honor OF Virginia.
After Judge Leake's speech the meeting
proceeded in double-quick time to elect
new Executive Committee OF two from each
precinct in the county, who were nomi-
mated and elected without word or MUIR
muir in opposition to them, or either OF
them, and each as sound on the debt Qucs-
ton as General Logan himself or the Dis
patch. After this they elected delegation
10 the Senatorial Convention, to meet at
Powbatan Courthouse October 1st-like the
Executive Committee, selected and elected,
without word, unanimously, because they
were sound. Next a resolution was offered
endorsing the course OF our late repre-
sentative, Il. d. james, Esq, OH the debt
question:, endorsing the settlement as made,
and declaring Mr.. James our choice for re-
election. This resolution was also adopted
unanimously. -
Next came the discussion between Mr..
d. S. Pierce, Of Wythe, for the settlement,
and Mr.. Elan, OF the Wing, against the
settlement, each gentleman speaking an
holf I wr of
their speeches il thought l could do jus
tice to the gallant Pierce, but can't do it,.
and shan't try; but Tam certain he is sat
isted that, though he was from Wythe, we
were ,cih him and be was acith us. After
the discussion was over the crowd were
completely enthused and determined TO
hear more il possible. They called and
yelled for page" page; and Mr..
Samuel Page, OF your city, at last'took the
stand and stated that it would not be fair
to double on Mr.. Elan, as the opposition
had no other speaker present. But this
would not satisfy the crowd. They insisted
on Dir. Page going out on the court-Sreen
to talk 10 them, which he accordingly con-
sented to do; and mounting the wall, he
spoke to them for about twenty minutes,
when he said to them that Col. WV. Berry,
Of Bedford, was among them, and could
Indke lar Uellci SpcCCu tu9u HO Soa'u, oou
asked Colonel Berry to take the stand.
Then came cries OF I" Berry, "Berry,'
and MS he mounted the stand there were
cries OF go into the courthouse" and
some one ran to the courthouse, rang the
BELL and called the crowd back to the
courthouse, where Colonel Berry enter
tanned them for about half an hour. Neither
Of these speakers, though, would refer TO
the speech of Mr.. Elan, except TO say that
he had handled the subject with match
less hand. and made all out OF it any man
could make. Even after Colonel Berrv's
speech the crowd seemed willing and anX.
ious to listen and hear more, and were com.
pletely and entirely united in the tie that
binds brother to brother in our common
union for one common purpose.
l can tell you, Messrs. Editors, | have
seen many gatherings of the clans, but
never in my life party more enthused and
full OF good, od-!ashioned love-feast.
Would to God, sirs, you could have seen
it. 1t would have made your old heart
glad, and you would have been compelled
TO shout -" God bless old GoochIand."
Yours, sirs, for the war, WARSAW.