The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-11

,ao psa,t,,,s,ers 1, reoeal the debt bill. and
az the time when Virginia wnuiu onse
more be at the head OF States. AZ Tue ptos.
r,er time he meant TO call convention VI
The r,eop,e OF Virginia, when the Conse e.a.
tive marty will resolve itself into tue e.eas
nen,ncratic marty OF the United STATES alaa
when beme-ruie will he estaoiisheu any
thc old State once more put on the roao ~
fame. ,,.norn
AFR. R1pDLEBERGER spoke IN oeua'. y,
Mafor walker. He said that when De desiIe9
To notice senatorial language that demauu .'a
notice. he would do so in place wnere G II
r,,ias n the Senate do net govern. ne
r,a,,Id content himself with merely speak
inc In behalf OF Mr.. Walker; winch ne
did. ne said that Dir. Walker was the only
man two years ago who, from the Dase,
ment OF the Capitol to its top, was huried
from Office because he was keadluster.
Mr.. DANIEL. denied that statement. he
said that MIR. Hunter and Mr.. Iaylor' ana
others, were reelected, and they were ne
ad;usters. . .,,uo
Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER remarked that there
were different degrees OF Reao1usters. IN
his county. for instance, be had stralSnt-
ont Readiusters and Readiusters III che
cool.
MIR. SMITH offered to give Mr.. RIDDLE
BERG Err some information as to others who
were elected as ReadiusterS. and referred
TO the election Of Mr.. Shelton Z. DAVIS as
Clerk OF the Senate.
AIR. RIDDI,EBERGER said he was IN search
of information, and would take it even II
it came from the Senator from Nelson. lie
then went on to say that when General Ma
hone shall Join Grants army, and when
Malone stall be bis second in command, he
will have more applicants for positions as
staff officers than there are people standing
on this floor to-day. He spoke a; length OF
the breaking down OF the color line in Flr-
GINA. OF what Governor Hampton had ac-
complished in his State, aud in the read
iustment Of the public debt. whereby the
burdens of the people were iiShtened.
SENATOR DAVIS.
Mr.. DAVIS spoke in behalf Of Mr.. Walker,
and gave his experience from the time he
had arrived in Richmond. He found the
doors of the Readiu>ters open, and the
doors Of the FuuGers, too.
Mr.. FULKERSoN (aside): That's so.
Mr.. DAVIS went on to review the speech
Of Mr.. SMITH, who, he said. bad so much to
say about the negro; but he wanted IT IN
derstood that the negroes didn't come here
to he bought and sold as goods and chattels.
They were honorable as any. He could not
sit quiet and permit the language OF the
Senator from Nelson to go unnoticed. he
spoke at length, and declared that until the
color line is broken down in Virginia there
would be war. politically-a war OF races,
as it were-in Virginia; and he did not think
that the Readju>tcrs could have done bet
ter thing than TO break down the color line.
He was glad the Senator (Mr. RIDDLEBER-
GER) had declal ed that so far as be was con-
cerned the color line had been broken down.
When he met with the Readiusters he felt
that he was meeting with men who were
his equals. [Great laughter and applause.]
He then proceeded to qualify his statement.
When he met the Readiuster he took his
hand and did not look down upon him, but
the Funders Look scornfulIy at him. and
treat him not as his equal. II the rights OF
the colored man are not recognized By the
Senator from Nelson, they are recognized
by the RoadiusterS, and we are with them
and their party. He did not speak rs me-
gro, but rs a Rcadiuster. lie concluded
by referring to the two candidates, AlcSSrS.
Walker and Frayser. He knew that NJ.
Walker was to be elected. The edlct had
gone forth. Mr.. Fravser was g very nice
gentleman and an honest man, and be WAS
ready to shed tears over the political grave
of Mr. Fravspr-or rather over his official
grave. Brutus slew Cesar, but 1t were
better that lie should have been ">le"ed ]"
and the liberties Of the people protected.
Mr.. SMITH made bricf reply to Mr.
DAVIS, in which he said he recognized him
DAVIS as one OF the leaders OF his new
party, and that his (SMITH's] remarks were
intended to apply TO Slm as such, ana not
| as a negro in an offensive sense; and that
he should never Intentionally wound the
feelings Of any senator, but treat all with
that respect and dignity due them.
Mr.. SMITH said, in reply to the statement
Of Mr.. DAVIS that Republicans bad been in
| vited to Join the Debt-Payers since the
meeting of the Legislature. that so far from
such being the case, the Conservative DEM
ocrats had in recent conference unanimous
| " declined to invite any Republican into
their party councils or to have any atfilla-
lions with them in party sense.
O. THE RESULT.
Mr.. HENRY spoke again in behalf of Mr..
Frayser, aud said that he did not complain
| that the Senator from Shenandoah should
differ with him TN the question OF the state
debt, but his quarrel was for the effort he
was making to put Virginia back where she
| was in 1869. He honored the Governor OF
South Carolina for what he was doing. He
| was making the same fight we had passed
| through ten years ago.
Mr.. R1DDLEBERGER closed the debate by
/ replying to what Mr.. HENRY and Mr.. SMITH
| had said. He stated that lie did not object
to bis speech going. down the tide of time
along with the speech OF the Senator from
! MecklcnDurg; but he hoped the speeches Of
the Senators from Nelson and Richmond
| would 60 whirIing along too. Let them be
coupled like two hound-pups, and start
them together on the trail.
| The vote resulted
For AIR. Walker.
| MIR. Walker was declared elected.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PENITENTIARY.
For this Office Dir. PAUL nominated Mr..
Samuel e. Williams, of Rockingham, whom
he complimented highly.
MIR. ATKINSON nominated the present in