National Republican., 1880-10-12
NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN IN YIR.
GINTI.
The Home of james Madison Alivo and
VIII Give n Good Account of Herself on
the I'd of November Next. Z

The Home of james Madison Alivo and
VIII Give n Good Account of Herself on
| tile I'd of November Next.
The republicans of Virginia are making an
| earnest and vigorous canvass in Virginia with
good chances of success, and while they are
| receiving little or no aid from the party out
side Of the state in the way of speakers, they
are active with their local talent which Is Of
no mean order. On Saturday, being Mt Orange
Courthouse aud hearing that the party was
to have grand rally at Madison Courthouse,
whore a. w. Harris, the Garfield olector for
chat (the eighth Virginia) district was TO ad'
| dress the people, drove over to the place and
| found the streets of the little town alive with
republicans funders aud readiusters. (This Is
one of the readjuster strongholds in this
dstrict) All were anxiously waiting for the
| speaking TO commence. At $3.50 o'clock the
meeting was called to order, aud Mr.. IL. j..
| Harris. the secretary Of tho republican con-
| gressional committee for this district
was introduced and made fOrcible
aud eloquent speech for the republican ticket
He dealt with both fuuder and readjustcr with
uugloved hands; and when ho was holding
one faction up by the hair (hgurativcly speak
| ing) and punching daylight through it the
other was delighted. EACH, in turn, enjoyed
the scathing of tho other.
Mr.. A. w. Harris was introduced, and In
| his careless, Ofl.hand, but interesting manner
| held his audience spellbound for more than an
| hour and n half, not u man leaving while ho
WAS speaking. This gentleman mover allows
an opportunity to make practical applications
when addressing au audience; aud lie said lie
| always likes to talk TO Virginians about things
under their notice; therefore. he would talk
about democracy as Vrginians saw 1t. He
said that lie wanted to soc Virginia redeemed
| from tho old bourbon democrotic party and
| placed In the ranks Of u party OF liberal and
| progressive IDEAS of enterprise and Improve.
| mcnt; he wanted to see her under the control
| of party which believed in education, and
| was determined to secure to tho poorest man
in tho land the same civil and political rights
enjoyed by tho wealthest; lie said that Vir-
ginia had always been democratic state, and
| as the result of democratic rulo we see the
| land growing poorer year by year. We saw
| water.power enough running waste in the
| James to turn spindles for the world. Rail-
roads were scarce aud farmers had in many
cases TO haul their grain twenty-five and
thirty miles to get it to II railroad. Speaking
to you to day, he said, you are SO fur from n
railroad that you cannot even hear the dim
whistle OF tho locomotive as she passes in the
distance, and all of this is the result Of the
narrow and illiberal policy of tho democratic
party Of Virginia Said he: You abuse the
Underwood convention, but that convention
gave to the poor whites of Virginia n right in
the shape Of public free schools which the men
who are wealthy aud control aud run the state
have been trying for ten years to abolish.
| The University of Virginia, the Washington
and Lee university, Bacisburg college,
though run largely by taxes which the poor
white man had to pay, were institutions for
| rich mems sons, and you poor white mou were
| obliged to see your daughters and sons bloom
| into womanhood aud manhood unprcparcd for
the most ordinary duties of life-and yet like
| Ephraim, you remain joined TO your idols for
| the healthy maintenance of your own rights
| You should vote with the republican party
for it seeks to properly adjust both capital
and labor without having them antagonizc.
Mr.. Harris continued with this argument
| for some time, and then told his audience that
he had talked to them thus because lie was
interested in them aud in tho future of tho
state, and SO far MS Garfield was con-
cerncd he would be the next president,
| but he wanted to see man of broad and
| liberal views fiji in the next congress tho seat
| that Huntou had misused, and they could nc
complsh that end by voting for Bayly, for
| Williams could not be elected and Barbour
was unfit. At the close Of this speech resou-
tions were passed reatlirming the allegiance
of the party in Madison to the republican
party aud indorsng Garfield and Arthur aud
S. p. Bayly.
Meetings were held last week in all the
voting precincts in Orange and Madison
counties. SPECS.
MADISON CHI, VA, Oct 10, 1880.