The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-27

,nuis resd,us, the State debt that he came
! car hreaking up tho Convention. and was
booted down BY John 8. Wise. 9 per cent.
Mahore debt.payer, now Readjuster anu
an eiertor on the third ticket; 10 which !
: ami renl,ed. In the words OF hts NUS
srso,,s father. Henry A. Wise, that toe
sta,esx oblivations must be met even the
taxes had to be raised until the people
grosned. ,so.o
doctors. and he was recently found hasten
inc to orkney Springs TO confer with Cor
ham and Jones tRepublicans). Since tbe
Nb.oi-July Convention Gorham had FOUND
Virginia q pleasant rcsting-place.
Turning 70 Paul be exclaimed: "And
where did YOU come iro,ny Robert Norton
fcolored) was in the Convention wbich
obeyed Mshone's orders, and which put you
In the field for Congress-" He had known
Robert Nortcn In the Legislature, ana ne
had always seood up we'll and ably Tor MS
race. UelNerton) had supported that clause
Of the Underwood Constitution when
would have disfranchised nearly every
white men In Virginia. He tNorton) had
been TO the Staunton Republican Conyen-
ton. ara was also in the THO July Con-
yeatsos, which declared for Hancock and
Englfsh, and Is now the president OIL oar-
field and Arthur club In YORK.
fswi. he declared, was here to-day acan-
diAate for Congress, and the representative
OF hIs party through Norton. who was
member of Mahoue's Executive Committee.
ne was the nominee OF the Harrisonburg
convention. called by 8. Brown Allen, Oh
Augusta. and - Puryis, OF Albem&le,
whose chairman was Tutwilcr, OF Fluyanna,
n man who voted for Grant and for Hayes,
and Is now a canyasser, not for the Re-
adiusIers, for the 7th-oi. Julyers are very
different people, and he is working Tor
| Paul.
Frank Moss, OF Buckingham, who was
| delegate to the 7tb-of-July Convention, Is
canyasser for Garfield, a man whom kiddie-
berger moved to expel from the Legislature
| as a common nuisance.
Rev. Griffin (colored) Is Tor Garfield ana
Arthur, who declared that the Ifh-ofJu.
lyers might sell the negroes, but they could
not deliver them. Such were the men in
the 7th.ofJuIy Convention.
IL was no Democratic Convention that
nut Nh the third ticket, and, IL what he had
said of the Convention and its electors had
moi satisfied his audience OF that fact, no.
thing more that be could say would satisfy
them.
Won will doubtless hear much said about
the s. Allen amendment" in this canvass,
all OF which talk is mere nonsense. Thls
amendment was a Readiuster measure. He
asserted it now and defied contradiction;
and It was supported by the Readlusters. IL
was preDared IN order 10 induce the Re-
adjusters to support the McCuIloch bill. He
had nothing 10 do with its preparation, ana
by reference TO page 43S OF the House Jour-
nal Il will be seen that it was in the hands OF
William Writ Henry. Reference to page
5sI will show his statement correct. On
mage SD will be found the Bocock-Fowler
bin. with the Allen amendment (so-calledl,
mage 522. and was voted for by all OF the
ReSdjusters, including Mr.. ID. n. Van Lear
(see page 527 OF the J0urnaD.
The Riddleberger- Paul Malone bill pro-
posed to sell certificates at fifty cents on tue
dollar. He spoke OF its sixteen whereases,
and showed that after complying with its
provisions there would only he left $4,000
for The public-school fund. Its certificates
were TO be issued in such way that they
could only be used by real-estate and prop
erty-owners. The certificates under the
Allen amendment were to be issued in
sums of one dollar and upwards, and all
could use them.
The Riddleberger-Paul Malone bill was
great scheme to break down the free schools,
rob the treasury, and ruin the State. These
taX-receivabe coupons, under this Dill,
were more infamous than The Allen amend
ment. Read the Riddleberger bill, and see
that what tell you is so. 1t was Intended
TO rob the poor man and TO put money IN
the hands Of the spectators.
He denied the Interpretation put upon
a.. Ni...D lNr6 N.
itation-iaX case by Paul, and read from the
report TO show wherein 1t differed from the
caDitation law in Virginia, which was in
no sense class legislation as in Rhode Island,
because the law in Rhode Island made
discrimination between foreign and native
holders of property. His refutation OF
Paul was complete and utterly overwhelr-
ing, and brought with it the greatest APP
plause from the audience. He said that no
man who had ever read 1.-THE OF constitu-
tional law would ever utter such nonsense
as Paul had.
La the fifteen minutes for reply which
each speaker had nothing OF any special in
terest was said, except that Paul claimed
that il was the first time he had ever heard
Allen discaim the authorship OF what is
called the Allen amendment.
In reply, Allen said that 1t ought to be
known to Mr.. Paul, for it originated in the
Senate, OF which he (PauD was member;
and II he did not know it, it was due to his
own ignorance OF the proceedings OF body
OF which he was member.
Allen said that Malone himself, in the
Mozart Convention, had said the debt OF the
State was S33, O0O,O 900, and that the courts
should enforce its payment. lie had been
elected Speaker of the House without any
seeking on his part, and did not see the ne
cessiiy OF following Paul in all OF his mean
derines. He bad some respect for his oath
OF Office IL his competitor bad not, and he
intended always to stick to it.
AS to the prepayment OF the capitation
tax, he said that Rockingham bad given
majority OF $500 votes for it, and he had
not vet heard OF that county authorizing
Paul to repeal II. He hoped that Paul
would do him Justice as TO the Allen amend
ment, which had been so called by mis-
homer. He ought TO go home, and on bis
knees ask his God to forgive him for the in
Justice of which he had been guilty.
In conclusion, lie showed how all OF the
leaders were seeking office, and wanted to
know where the Readiusters were going to.
What would they get, when their leaders
had gotten all the offices?
Hampton, Yost, and the Republicans.
Mr.. YosT, of the Valley Virginidn, may