The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-19
George Wise and Massey.
THE EFFECT OF THE LOUISA DlscussoN-I III
WAS UNDOUBTEDLY VICTORY FOR CAPTAIN
wIsI--l FRIENDS TRIBUTE TO HIN.

THE EFFECT OF THE LOUISA DlsCUsIoN-I III
WAS UNDOUBTEDLY A VICTORY FOR CAPTAIN
wIsE--A FRIENDS TRIBUTE TO HIN.
Correspondence or the Index-AppealJ
LOUISA, August 49, Wise IT.
orally tore Massey all to pieces. ms i
very plain language, but expresses the ex-
act result OF the discussion on Monday
and that vast assembly OF gentlemen pres
ent, whose shouts and applause for WISE
rent the very AIR, and that assembly OF Ia
dies on the surrounding porticos, Will pear
me witness as TO the truth OF my assertion.
The party who circulated any other report
than the foregoing has as little regard Tor
trnth as did the celebrated Threnardiers
in other words, grovels like a loatbsome
worm at the very antipodes OF truth!
MIR. Wise is well known IN
Louisa. Louisa people have not forgotten
his tlts with Rush Burgess, The Repuoli'
can. in which Rush was always ANIMATED
nor have they forgotten with what marked
ability be has filed the important position
OF Commonwealth attorney. lie has
large number OF aGmiring friends In Louisa,
and they will work hard for him. They
know what kind OF metal George ID. Wise
is made Of and when he uttered those
words that our local paper has placed at the
head of its column" Ny fellow-citiZens,
any man who treads upon the rights OF my
people thereby becomes my enemy, ana VIII
show him up'-the people OF Louisa know
full well with what earnestness they were
spoken. They know he is one who VIII
stand by them through thick and thin; they
know he Is one who through lOyef for the Old
Domiuion--:he cradle OF hOnOr-will do his
utmost TO avert its being transformed into
the dark tomb Of fragrant degeneracy at the
hands OF demagogues. OF carpet baePers, oil
arifuI politicians. The people OF Louisa
know ne will not let their rights be tram
pled under foot without his raising pow
erfuI arm TO thwart il; they know that nc
Is one who will not let their banner draggIt
i'm the sloughs of dishonOr. Therefore they
ough, To aud will support him.
have always been n great admlrer OF
George ID. Wise, and hsve always wanted
TO see him 90 to Congress. That tie Con
seryatives will elect him in spite OF the two
fold enemy OF Republicans and boiling
Democrats | have no doubt. Let all true
Democrats take up shield and armor, and
let them march IN as solid phalanX as did
those brave Scottish soldiers who, SIR wal
ter Scott has told us, placed their spears
$50 close, point over pOut, that it seemed
as difficult 10 break through them as though
the wall OF a strong castle"; and let
us also think OF the words Sir William
Wallace spoke to his dauntless soldiers
on that memorable occasion 81 have
brought you to the ring; let me see
how you can dance" Yes, let US see how
we can fight under such bold aud fearless
leader as the gallant Wise, and believe we
will come out OF the battle bearing the lau-
rels OF victory which will signify that our
next representative in Congress will be
George Douglas Wise. a man who was one
Of the bravest captains In the Confederate
army, and who has split some OF his life-
blood for his peoplc-a man that will prove
one Of the brightest stars that ever shone IN
Congress, whose eloquence in oratory will
DE among the richest gems stored in the
archives OF the country, proving that Nir-
gina holds rigbtfuI claim OF being the land
Of orators whose record there will be as
It has been in the past-sO brilliant that any
State in the Union would be proud 10 claim
him as her son; and when bis labors,
crowned with success, are done, and he re-
turns 10 the State that gaye him birth, the
people Of this glorious old Commonwealth
will greet him with outs,retched arms, and,
acting upon the motto Z" Honor to whom
honor is due" they will place fresh laurels
unon his classic brow, and say TO him those
words that must needs make his bosom
swell with pride and satisfaction" Well
done, thou good and faithful servant"
ERNEST Boiling.