Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-08-27

w naC KIM OF men 90 you WaHt III Oluco9
In the county of Albemarle man was
nominated for the Office Of judge. whom
everybody cried out against. Duke, Fun
DER Niche [Readjuster], and Early Re-
publican, all said he was too impure man
to he invested with the ermine. They |
said 'For Gods sake do not disgrace the |
county of Albemarle with such a man ~
Mr.. Paul was against investigating the |
charges brought against him. He said:
s'Do not let us have an investigation; let |
us elect this man,
FREE SCHOOLS.
You talk about the Funders doing moth
ing for the schools. You forget they pass
ed the Henkel bill, under the provisions
of which the schools are receiving money
now, and / stand most unauestionably in
favor Of free schools. No man has labor
ed more earnestly and more constantly to
build up an effective school system in this
commonwealth than have. So interested
am in the question that am one OF the
school trustees in the county of Shenan-
doah.
WHO IT WAS THAT NOMINATED PAUL.
You talk about the Readjuster party be-
ing the Conservative party Of Virginia.
WHO nominated John Paul in the Readjus-
ter convention? Tutwiler. Perhaps Maj.
Yost can tell you who Tutwiler is. Laugh
ter and applause]. Brown Allen called
the convention to order, but they wanted
to soft soap the Republicans and Tutwiler
was chosen Temporary chairman. He is
row canvasser for the 18th of July men i'll
this district, going around speaking for
Paul, and this is your simon-pure Democ-
racy! Laughter and applause].
THE ALLEN AMENDMENT.
All this talk about what is called the
Allen amendment is the verlest nonsense
that was ever gotten up by party who
seek to distort the truth. The Allen
amendment assert here and challenge
contradiction was a Readjuster amend
ment. 1t had the approval of every Read
juster in the General Assembly. 1t was put
in as an inducement to induce the Readjus-
tiers to vote for the McCulloch bill. Mr..
| W. W. Henry offered that amendment. l
| never offered 1t. 1t is misnomer to call
it the Allen amendment. The way that l
happened to have anything to do with it
| was, when at the extra session | was ad-
dressing the General Assembly, just as
I concluded Mr.. Henry came up and said
"This amendment has not been put upon
the bill; please hand it to the clerk.'' The
measure YVES approved of in Readjuster
caucus. Ii you want to see it look at page
| 500 of the journal and there you will see
the so-cailed Allen amendment, and on
page 525 you will find the vote on that
| substitute. 1t was voted for by every Re-
adjuster in the House of Delegates-by
Vanlear, Frazier, Taylor and all.
Under the Allen amendment the certif
Gates we're to be issued at one dollar. The
poor man could have DO ught a certificate
and paid his capitation ia x. But you say
Tin the Riddleberger billy 'Mr. Poor Man,
Mr.. Laboring Man, stand bac k; let the
lich men come up and buy them. Let
spectators buy them to speculate on. Zap
plause.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BILL
schools; grand scheme to rob creditors Of
| what is justly due them. It is a scheme of
fraud and corruption. And if any one
will read this bill and not come to the
same conclusion I will withdraw from
this canvass. The bill was passed through
without debate. It was I. foregone conclu-
sion that 1t was to be passed. II you want
to see tax receivable certificate more
Infamous than infamy itself look at the
tax receivable certificate that my friend
(PauD advocated and voted for. 1t is a
scheme that makes the poor man pay the
last penny of his tax without getting the
advantage of it. [Applause.]
Mr.. Paul had entirely misconstrued the
report of Senator Wallace. It had moth
ing to do with the capitation tax. 1t SIM
ply alluded to the law in Rhode Island re-
quiring naturallZed citizens to own a GER
tain amount Of property before they could
vote. 1t made a distinction between citi-
zens. 1t is absurd to say the capitation
tax prepayment is unconstitutional, and
that you cannot fix qualification for the
right of suffrage.
In conclusion, appeal to you to support
the true Democratic ticket. 1t is not AL
len; it is the cause that you sustain. Judge
between us. Judge between these causes.
Will you leave this Democratic mountain
to batIen on this moor? Let us make
this fight like men. believe we shall win
it; but if this old Democratic ship, freight
ed with the hopes and aspirations of so
many freemen; freighted with the everlast-
ing principles of American liberty; freight
ed with the habeas corpus, trial by jury,
freedom Of speech, liberty of the press, ma
tural rights of persons and rights of prop
erty; if this old Democratic ship must go
down let her 60 down under the brOadside
Of her enemies and not be scuttled by mu-
tineers aboard. and with c0lors nailed to
the masthead; with every man standing to
his gun and at his post. And if she does
go down, over the spot where she sinks
float buoy and inscribe the single word,
"Resurgam''-I shall rise again-for as
sure as truth is truth and God is true these
principles must live.
At the conclusion of his speech Mr.. AL
len was greeted with deafening applause,
and as MI. Paul arose for his rejoinder
large portion Of the audience commenced
moving towards the door. Mr.. White |
stepped to the front of the stage and made !
an earnest appeal to the audience to &C
cord to Mr.. Paul p oper courtesy, as it |
had been agreed beforehand that ha should |
reply. Iu few moments the whole au-
dience Was again seated and Mr.. Paul !
commenced his rejonder.
He said he thanked Mr.. White for his
annaal hut ha than.rht it unnacassarH