The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-12
LOCAL MATTERS.

| THE CONGRESSIONAL CANyAsS-CAPTAfs
JoHy S. WISE IN MAScHEsTER.-C Captain
John s. Wise addressed the citizens o
Manchester and vicinity last night In The
Hustings-C room. The courthouse
was very well filed with q very mixed as
semblage. The number OF negroes present
almost equaled the whites, and they seemed
much interested 10 The speakers remarks
A large majority OF the white persons pre-.
sent were not in sympathy with the condi.
date or bis cause.
Mr. +. Is. HowIe presided. A sufficient
number OF chairs was not provided for the
accommodation of all Che local magnates
who desired to grace the SPEAKERS stand.
Postmaster Beattie sat as a disciple at Mr..
Wise's feet, back of him sat Mr.. John T.
Bowen, while on the steps Anthony Muir.
rell (coIored) yawned and nodded. There
was absolutely nothing new in the speech.
IL brisied with criticism OF what be termed
the so-called Conservative party and the
self-styled aristocracy OF Virginia. Like
all OF Mr. Wise's speeches, bis strong
personal dislike OF certain men in Yir-
ginia cropped ont in very general language.
His illusions to Major John w. Daniels bal
ancing on the stage at the Lynchburg meet
ing between Roane and Derrick was only
cheered by the negroes, TO whom all such
illusions to any man honored and loved by
the people OF Virginia Is always pleasant.
Fortunately, J6hr ". Daniel bas q bold
upon the love and affection OF a majority
OF the people Of Manchester that no amount
OF ReSdiusier ridcuIe can lessen
Captain Wise paid a graceful, and no
doubt sincere, tribute to the Confederate
soldiers and the "Eost Cause" bot it met
with no response. That was not the kind
OF talk his sympathizers in that meeting
came to hear. He announced himself a
higb-iariff man, and answered number OF
questions propounded to him upon this
point.
He discussed the debt question from his
standpoint, and even IL an eleventh-bOur
man he proved himself to be Readiuster
in the cool.
His plans in reference to the Confederate
generals making way for newer and fresher
material, II carried out, might work some
Inconvenience TO that general who presides
at "tbcse headquarters" but Virginia
could stand lot OF afilicton to accomplish
so desirable an end as the riddance OF so
great public enemy.
or whatever else the speaker may have
left bis audience in doubt, he certainly
convinced them that he wanted to go to
Congress, and was not particular about the
way be went.
Mr.. Wise spoke very kindly and with
apparent feeling OF his competitor. The
meeting was an orderly one. The speaker
was several times interrupted, and unneces-
sarily so. He, however, ans severed all ques.
tions with good humor, and told number
Of very good anecdotes illustrative OF the
position taken by him.
His most hearty cheerers were Postmaster
Beattie, Martin Archer Harris, Frank Mann,
and several Heurico and Richmond Re-
adjusiers.
Among the distinguished visitors were
Auditor Dyson, eX.Postmaster Forbes,
Colonel Popham, and other well-known Re-
pubhcans. "a fellow-fceling makes US
wondrous kind" Between the two Wises
the negroes OF Manchester do not care a
pin, but they have always opposed the party
that is supporting George ID. Wise, and
hence as they can do no better they are will.
ing TO support John ;. Wise, and that ac-
counts for their enthusiasm last night.
The Conservatives have no reason 10 re-
eret the meeting Of last night. By it the
cause OF Hancock, English, and George ID.
Wise was not weakened. Manchester will
give its usual Conservative majority.
Early in the canvass Of 1878 Captain John
S. Wise was the favorite OF most OF the lead
ing Conservatives Of Manchester for Con.
gress. A number Of them were present last
night, and must have congratulated them
selves that subsequent events prevented the
fulflment OF their wishes and the election to
the national councils OF man holding
opinions so utterly at variance with. their
5wn, and with what Mr.. Wise himself was
generally believed at that time to hold.