The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-28
,AlgoAsrER COUNTY.
Ss !, AScAsrER CoUarHeusg,
Z 11s3 ffraher 90. 1916.

Editors UEspat cl. It having beens an.
sy,o,inreil ,ttaft)r. j E. M s Curry woutd AL
dress the people OF Lancas.er to-day "a. ..
.orent crowd, Con1p0sed not only OF the cltl.
lens of orr own county, but also those 9,
tte adjoining counties OF Richmona ana
turned ont to near tnis
idistinpuished srator upon the great ana ;ao-
:sorbing question Of the settlement OF tne
state debt as embodied Ia the McUusioeh
hill ~ .i47 ~ tiisrss r = Z -f5fz
= His Honor Judge Downing went upon
the bench; buta adjourned court almost ili,
,nediately In order that the great. cloM wv
which had been attracted by the 1ame OF lug
orator might witness the expected I'LL pc
tween this redoubted champion OF Hutu
and honor ana the representative OK que
dangerous and unwholesome doctfises u
the -Halites; and rightnoD'y nio NC
do his Gevoir For two hours old III ~:
Curry hold the urge audience when gIeeIeu
/ himy and which filled our large couft-nouss
|tooveraowiEg, spell-bound with ms natcn'
less eIoquence. ,,...,..
|, Commencing! with very happy aliusion
to his visit to our county seven years ago
ot the invitation of the Ladies' Memorial
Association to deliver an Grafton atthe un-
yelling of the monument to our ga3lanf
dead who fell m the late war, he naturally
and eloquen,ly led his audience, when
hung upon his words, to the consideration
of the debt QUESTION. =, :':....1 :t.,.25
did VIRGINIA owe the debt? and II SO,
ought she to pay it.? were the questions
which he undertook to solve and II before
his speech there were any who were uls'
posed 10 believe the negative OF these two
nropositions, his mastery presentation OF
argument upon argument were su1nclent
II seemsto'the writer, to do away with tue
donbts and the fears OF the most despond
ing. H.,
need not attempt synopsis OF Dis
snepch. which on all hands has received the
HIGHEST encomiums Suffice it to say that il
will undoubtedly strengthen the faith Of
those "who have not gone astray," bu'
will bring back into the fold many who
have wandered off.
Dr. Curry's style and manner are quite
new departure from that which we usually
see in this age Of political speech-maklng
and "it were consummation devoutly tc
be wished" were he initiated IN these par
ticulars by those who undertake 10 en-
tighten the people as to their duties irou
the rostrum. He argues from an elevated
standpoint, and in his digniied manner o.
! the presentation OF his broad, compreuen
siye: and. ,statcsmanlike.yiew he in reallf!
lifts up the people, which he says Is Away
! his object in addressing them. ~
4 In combating the communistie views, ano
the pure agrarianism OF the ,Readl listers $:
and in the. gigantic blows with which III
assaited the monstreus fabric Wnlcn theS
would rear upon the ruin both OF the ira
. dltional policy and the credit OF Virginia,
be reminded me of the Black Knight before
| that stronghold and den OF iniqulty tne
castle of The Ubiquitous Trout DE B@uf
And may his great efforts and those OF tne
true and tried leaders OF our loved olc
State meet with the same success IN dc,
stroying the many.headed monster whict
the leader Malone and his followers Woult
have us fall down and worship.
Colonel Robert NJ. Mayo followed Dr.
Curry in support OF the views of the Re
adiusters, but, Judging from the feeble de-
monstrations of applause, l do not think hi
will have much of 4 following. You may
safely put Lancaster down as having ma
iority in favor of the DEBT settlement a;
embodied in the McCulloch bill.
RETLAW.