The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-19
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COLONEL WILLIAM LAxp-THE "BRoSzE
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fcorresuopcerce Of the Richmond DIspatch.I
Cu,nLEs CrrY COURTHOUSE,
september 10, 1880.
The announcement tDat Tue n1oble
Lion - would address the people OF CHARLES
fytv hrouoht an unusually large number to
The Courthouse to-day, the great majority
Of whom were whites, the negroes not mus
tering half the strength customary with
them on such occasions. IL was also known
that Colonel Lamb. OF Norfolk, would be
present 20 represeut the cause OF Resdjust-
ment. and later still II was whispered that
Mr.. Balm, the Independent, would put IN
an appearapce for Mr. Balm, and the Lord
knows what else. Colonies Goode and
Lamb arrived from different directions
sbout the same time, and terms OF discus
sion were soon agreed upon between
| them-yiz. Colonel Lamb to lead OF In
s3eec.i of thirty minutes, Colonel Goode to
! follow in forty.fiye minutes, Colonel Lamp
TO have thirty five minutes Tor relolnder,
and Colonel Goode to close IN fiteen MI
nutes. In this arrangement no provision
was made for Mr.. Balm, and IL seemed 10
be facily agreed that'a man who could run
IN this contest as an Independent ought to
have independence enough to go 1t
Alone"
The court adjourned for recess about 7.
NJ, and shortly thereafter the crowd turned
towards the courthouse, which was soon
comfortably filled, and
COLONEL LAMB
stepped upon the platform and bent his tall
and graceful form In the first bow before
Charles City audience. And before these
people any public speaker is sure OF pa
tient and respectful hearing; and this the
Colonel soon found out, although about the
same time he doubtless made the important
discovery that he had the sympathies OF
only a very small minority OF those present.
| II is a well Unknown fact that the white Re-
adjuster party here Il about a. small as in
any county in the State. but the "Numi-
dian cavalry" are numerous, and have
hitherto stood up for readiustment with
marked unanimity. But to-day, mira6ue
dictu, they were not only conspicuous for
their absence, but those present were sus-
piciously silent, and had a decided "don't-
acknowledgement aspect. This IS Bit
ter weed fof Readjuster pipe, for. beyond
all doubt, without The aid OF their allies,
that party In this countyis in precisely that
delicate and critical situation in which
|
the light went out. There were present to-
day some recruits from New Kent, where, as
10 doubt YOU have heard, it is said to rain
Readjusters, Just as we have seen it rain
frogs sometimes in the summer. In order
to produce the best possible effect the COM
bned forces were iudicIousIy distributed
throughout the audience, an arrangement
sprlnging possibly from the same reason
which induced Mr.. DOmbey's sister to take
short steps-vZ., habit OF making the
mos; OF everything, which, moreover,
seems TO be a clrdidaI rule with the party.
The plan succeeded very well, and these
gentlemen deserve credit for protitlng by
the experience OF that old Greek Readiu'teI
who some fourteen hundred years ago
made The fatal mistake OF collecting his
party in one part Of tue assembly, thereby
at once exposing its weakness ana insigniti-
canoe.
Colonel Lamb commenced by announcing
| that be was a Readjuster and represented
that great party. He bad asked no recogni-
ton from the National Democratic Commit
tee and wanted none, but only wanted the
recognition Of the people. which he expect
ed to get or the I'd OF November. But the
| Funder> had sought for recognition and
| had been told To settle their own affairs. He
|
a proposition for a compromise. which he
considered a surrender. Could not vote for
fusion, because Readiusters had told bin {
any OF their electors were dropped and
Funders put on the ticket they would not
vote for them, and Funders had said they
would do the same il their electors
were dropped. Wanted The State to
90 for Hancock, and they We're 90
| Ing 10 elect their electors. III the coll
! ored men were so unjust as 10 desert those
who had been just TO them last winter they
would still be elected by twenty thousand
majority. Who are the Funder eectors'
John Ecbos last year entered into caucus
TO elect Wickhan over Malone, and be dare
not deny it. Are ReSdiusters going to leave
their ranks aud go to the Funders who last
fall called them thieves and robbers? No.
When Readiusters elect their ticket they
will show the people that they have pre-.
served their organization, and are still
power in the land. He then dwelt upon
the public schools and asylums under what
he called Funder rule and under the pres
ent Readiuster rule.
This outline Will give yOIi an idea OF the
speech. Those who came to hear an elevated
discussion upon national questions were
treated 10 tempting dish OF last years To-
and EngliSh-no condemnation Of Gal field
aud Arthur. Colonel Lamb is good
speaker, and, as everybody knows, pol
shed gentleman in social lie.
YOU HAVE HEARD JOHN GOoDE?
Well. II you have you know why he Is
called the lion. II we may Judge from the
manifestations here to-day he has lost little
or none OF his mold upon his constituents
i'm this county. When he rose TO bis feet
the applause was spontaneous and long
continued, and must have reminded him OF
the old days OF 1874 and 1876. 1t was
genuine ovation. When at length he could
make himself heard he lay down to his
work with the accuracy and precision OF
the trained political athlete. He was not
here as the Funder candidate, but as the
regular Observation-Disclosures candidate.
as he had always been; and notwithstand-
ing the b0astlng OF Colonel Lamb be had
looked the people in the face and read there
victory. Colonel Lamb had said nothing
about Hancock and English. and stranger
here would have thought he (Goode) was The
Republican candidate. What had readiust-
ment to do with this issue? But II was the
text Of the other side; and, like the young
lawyer, though not in the record, 1t was IN
their speech, and must come out. He then
discussed the national questions from the
standpoint OF Democratic statesman. lie
was the open friend OF Hancock, end would
support his administration. He banded
Garfield and his record with gloves of, and,
citing one OF his late speeches in the West,
in which he said he wanted no rec0nclia-
ton till those who took part In the late
struggle acknowledged themselves eter-
nalIy wrong and he DANES A. Garfeld)