Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-19

Mr.. Riddleberger- yes, have
Senator Withers-Then If you have, and
seen my name as voting for the bill, you
saw what was not there (great applause)-
Senator Withers went on to say that Gen.
Malone was the fairest man in stating the
debt that he had yet met in discussion,
and he put it at $50, 100000. Riddle
berger puts it at 80 900; Massey cuts
it in half, and assigns share to the Uni
ted States, and McMullin says we can't
pay anything at all (laughter).
Mr.. Withers gave an incident showing
how this debt agitation hurts the State in
the matter of immigration. He went to
New York last winter. at his own ex-
pense, to see if immigration could not be
induced to come to Virginia. Two young
Scotchmen, who wanted to 60 into sheep
raising in Virginia, and who las their New
York banker told him) had $50, 600 in gold
with them, came to see him about coming
to Virginia. They were told that the tax
on land was so cents in the 500, and
thought that reasonable enough, but on
learning that that amount didn't pay the
interest, and that the subject was in agi-
tation they changed their minds about
coming. "For," said they, "the people will
either have to raise the tax to pay the
debt, or they may repudiate it, and we
don't want to 60 to State, where they
may repudiate their debt"
A voice-We don't want 'em. Lot 'em
60 back to Scotland
Mr.. Withers showed the superiority Of
the McCull0ch bill which was real SETTLE
ment, to the Barbour bill which did not
pretend to be settlement.
A voice-Are you u farmerY
Mr.. Withers-Yes sir, ana . farmer
and made better crop of wheat this
year than most of my neighbors. Jap
plause.)
The inquirer-Did you make any money
at it?
| Mr.. Withers-I don't know yet. 1t is
| 10 good am selling it as seed wheat. /
hope to make money on it. (Applause.J
CAPT. PAUL's SPEECH.
Capt. Paul's speech was pretty much the
same he has been delivering, except moro
highly favored. He said the people were
opposed by the preachers Who had fat
! salaries, the newspapers who al ways went
with the money side and the politicians
who are getting to go the same way. The
same sort of thing had been lately the
case in California. He didn't recollect
what the issue was out there, but the peo-
pie whipped out the newspapers. Give me
the people and can whip the newspapers.
Mr.. Paul then made an attack on Mr..
Tucker saying he had preached secession,
but when the war came was in an ambu-
lance corps.
MIR. fuckers SPEECH.
| in the audience who had tried to cry down
Withers. attempted to yell him down. 1t
was several moments before the discredit-
able scene ended, but when he was heard
he changed the scene as if by magic.
When he said he was not in the war be-
cause the people of Virginia, YOU peo-
pie of Rockingham" had unanimously and
without his solicitation elected him to the
place of Attorney General of the State
and told him to stay there, the walls rang
with cheers. When he said he was sur
prised that Capt. Paul, who had said
nothing of the sort in their discussion at
Highland, had reserved this treatment Of
him for this lCapt. PSI home, it was
| impossible for some time to hear anything
in the court house but the cheers. From
the start'Mr. fuckers speech was an ova-
tion. His appeals for answers from the
audience at certain points were answered
with hurrahs and his anecdotes kept the
people in roar. After showing that to
| the state the colored man remained as val
liable as ever though not to his former
owner, he asked if a thrifty colored man
who worked and paid his taxes wasn't as
valuable to the state, as when he was
slave?
A voice-No he ANTI
Mr.. Tucker-There my colored friends /,
you see the estimate put upon you by the
Readjusters. say if you are thrifty and
honest, pay your taxes and vote to main
tain the credit of the state, you are of
more value to the state than when you
were slave. loud applause. the colored
people Joining in heartily
Mr.. Tucker told the story Of the man
that swallowed fly and it wxs several
minutes before man in the house could
hear what his next neighbor was saying,
for the storm of laughter.
In concluding he protested against the
assertion that Virginia was bankrupt. Can
a state that pays 81 100000 for educating
her children, not pay her debt alsoY
A voice-We amt going to pay either of
'em! Damn the free schools
CONCLUSION.
Mr.. Riddleberger among other things
said, that while Mr.. Tucker was Attorney
General. the Confederate States made
those who had paid for substitutes 20 into
the army themselves. showing that con-
tract may not be irrepealable.
Mr.. Fucker-Well what on earth did I |
have to do with that? was Attorney !
General Of Virginia. My friends, my
friend Riddleberger don't seem to know
the difference between the Attorney Gem
sral of Virginia and the Attorney General
OF the Confederate States, (great laugh
teri.
MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Gen. J. E. Roller then announced him
self as candidate for the Senats in sup
port Of the debt settlement. Capt. Paul
said he would show up Rollers record of
two years. ago on the debt question,
whereupon Gen. Roller replied, And I'll
show up your legislative record to tho
people of this county and meet you every
where before them" Capt Paul said he
would meet him. Mr.. George Strayer an