Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-08-27
mJhe Mtnhitatat.
FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. q, 1880.
THE CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN.
JOINT DISCUSSION BETWEEN HON. HENRY
c. ALLEN AND SENATOR PAUL-FN-
THEIR REPRESENTATIvE-sK OF
THE EECH Es-POLITICAL MOVE
MENTs IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT,
&C., &C., &C.
1t had been announced for some days
past that Judge Allen, the Democratic nom
inee for congressman from this district was
to speak in the Opera House last aturday
night, and by eight O'Clock the place was
literally packed. The Hon. John Paul
having arrived in the city late in the even
ing joint discussion was agreed upon be
tween the Readjuster and Democratic
nominee. One hour each was allowed to
the So 5akers and fifteen minutes for re-
joinder Capt. Paul, who was introduced
by Capt. James Bumgardner, spoke first,
He said:
COUNTRY AGAINST TOWN.
He knew when he came to Staunton he
had to meet an audience opposed to his
political views, but this never had the
least effect upon him. The fortunes of
politics had frequently thrown him in such
position. The question is often asked
how it is that the people of the towns and
cities are so antagonistic to the people of
the country in their political sentiments
and views? He could assign at least one
good reason for it in this contest, which
has been going on in the State Of Virginia
| for the last six or eight years. and for
why the strength of the Readjuster party
| is chiefly to be found outside of the towns
| and cities. 1t is because the mercantile
| communities do not feel the burden OF
| taxation to the same degree as do the
owners of the land aud the laborers. If
you increase the taxes on the merchant
| they increase the charge for their goods to
the farmers and laborers. The people of
| the country understand this fact and hence
it is that the chief strength of the Read
juster party is among them.
THE TWO HANCOCK TICKETS.
We have two national parties in this
Countryside Republican and the Demo
cratic. The former has been in power for
twenty years. Its history IS that of any
party that stays so long in power. Frequent
change in administration Of government
is the only safeguard for honesty and pur-
ity of administration. There must be a
| change, and if proper attention has not been
given to this fact he need but call atten-
ton to the State of Virginia. Since the
war a party of men known as Tunders
have been in power, and so dissatisfied
were the people with their rule tina
they rose almost to man and determined
on change of administration. He said
this change had unearthed numerous
| frauds and brought about wholesome re-
forms in the administration of the State
| government and that the present Auditor
of the State had unearthed many frauds
which had been perpetrated in the Audi
| tors Office before his appointment.
| A peculiar state of affairs exists in this
State at the present time-two electoral
tickets presented for consideration. One
( known as the Readjuster electoral ticket,
! presented by a convention OF Readjusters
| which met in Richmond on the 7th of
July last. and the other known by It's
enemies as the Funder ticket and by its
friends as the regular simon-pnre D9mo-
cratic ticket. [Great applause.]
| A voice-Yes and that's our ticket
| Mr.. Paul, continuing, ran through the
| history of Read ustlnent in the State-the
reading out of the Readjusters from the
! Democratic party and 81 firth, and de-
| clared that the Readjuster party was form
ed in self-defense; that it had now be-
| come the dominant party in the State and
certainly would not now fall in line with
the party it had vauquis he'd. The Fund
ers fought us under the black flag and
| meant to give no quarter if victorious.
| We never caii and never will forget this
that we are the dominant party, and we
| intend tina. the Funders shall recognize
| this fact.
| 1t is frequently said to the Readjusters:
| If you are the dominant party in the State,
as you claim to be, why did you not send
a delegation to Cincinnati? Why, because
the Readjuster party has. been so grossly
misrepresented and maligned by the Fun
ders that if they had gone to Cincinnati
they would only have been kicked out.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE FUNDERs
| as the only Conservative party in Virginia,
because it knows that the Readjusters are
the Conservative majority, and will not
recogn ize the little faction that claims to
be the Democratic party in the State of
Virginia.
THE CAPITATIoN TAX QUESTION.
Mr., Paul went on to say that the Re
natl platform than did the Funders
charging the latter with being enemies to
| unrestricted suffrage, and thus debasing
| the manhood OF the country All this
talk, he said, about putting it in the pow
er of the ignorant negroes OF Eastern
| Virginia to tax the people Of tile Valley !,
was ridiculous, as no poor man would vote
| for an increase of taxation. He read from
| U. S. Senator Wallace's report on the
| Rhode Island investigation to show that
the payment Of the capitation tax as a
prerequisite to voting was unconstitu-
tional, and had been so decided. He also
charged the Funders with being the
| enemies of free schools.
JUDGE ALIENS ADDRESS.
When Mr.. Allen rose he was received
with such desfenlng cheers hat it was
some time before he could he heard He
said he stood before the people DIS the
standard bearer Of the Democratic party
in this district; IS the nominee OF that
party for Congress; EApplause.l A nomi-