The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-22
The H.rrisonburg Meeting.

| , ,,.xn nav FOR THE INTERRUPTED DEM0CRA-
| CY-sTRAIGHTOuT DEMOCRATIC TICKET I'm
Neutrality-suspicious. PROM MEssRs. JAMES ID.
FICKLEN, JAMES BARBOUR, s. II. k0FFETT.
AND CHARLES T. O'FERRALL-THE PEOPLE
DIVIDED on THE DEBT ISSUE But TRUE TO
DEMOCRACY.
correspondence Of the Richmond Dspatch.l
HARRIsONBURG, Va, July 10, 1880.
This was grand day for the "uuterrlfied
| Democracy OF Rockingham. Being court
day, hundreds OF the sturdy yeomanry were
| i'm town.
About ~ O'Clock n Hancock ratification
meeting was held IL the courthouse. DR..
Il. N. Sellers, late member OF the General
Assembly, and staunch Readiuster, was
called TO the chair. Resolutions were then
passed ratifying the national nominations
and endorsing the national platform and
the straghtout electoral ticket.
Mr.. james b. Fickln, Of Buckingham,
was then introduced, and for one and bail
hours his blows fell thick and fast upon the
heads OF the Radical party, with an occa.
| sional alusion to the third electoral ticket.
He aroused much enthusiasm, and the court
house was made to ring with applause, re-
Winding us of the Tilden and Hendricks
campaign, when old Rockingham rolled up
her 5000 majority.
After Mr.. Fcklin had concluded his
speech, Hon. James Barbour, OF Cuipeper,
appeared upon the rostrum, and for one nour
he riyetted the attention OF the sturdy Demo-
Gratis bv his array OF facts and his powerful
logic The honest ReadiUsters OF this coun-
| ~ were anxious to see and TO hear the au'
thor of the Barbour bill. They had pinned
their faith to Barbour. and knew that he was
IA Readiuster long before those "great
Iigbtsn Malone and his satellites ever
dreamed OF eadiustment-whens several OF
them voted against the anti-funder candi-
dates OF 1871. IL they were not fully con-
WINGED before, they were by his speech. that
a man could be Readiuster and support
or OF the Barbour bill and Democrat at the
same time.
He was followed by DR.. S. Fl. Mo6ett in
one OF his haDpiest strains. DR.. Monet Is
always entertaining, and never fails 10 Sc
cure the attention Of the people; but to-day
be exceled himself. He referred to bis
canvass last fall as q Readinstn- bio rnorts
IN oena,I 10 OF Establishment in the General
Assembly-his vote against the proposed
constitutional amendment in regard to the
capitation tax, and to the clause in Mahone's
platform favoriDg il and declaring for "free
| and priceless suffrage" His denunciation
| OF the effort to enfranchise the bummers and
| trsmps and allow them to vote taxation upon
the property holders aroused his hearers to
the highest pitch.
Judge Charles r. O'Ferrall, being loudly
called for, closed the speaking Of the day.
| He alluded to his canvass last fall, when he
and DR.. Mofiett were dealing each other
blows from the shoulder-t0 their mem0ra-
bic discussion at the August CORTLAND.
turning to DR.. Moffett, be said: doctor,
| in State politicswe are foes, in national poll
tics friends. In this great crisis we forget
all local differences-bury all State issues
and clasp hands and buckle hearts as bro
theirs in meeting a common foe" He put
in some well. directed shots at the Malone
show then exhibiting on the court.grecn
referred to the makeup OF this party, and
to the applause that Paul, Massey, ct id omne
genus were receiving from the negro and
Radical part Of their crowd. He spoke
briefly Gt being iate) and closed amid cries
OF eco on !" and blaze OF enthusiasm.
The Rekdiusters Of Rockingham county,
. who are Readiusters from honest convlc-
tiOns-who wear no mans collar, have no
axes to grind, no "boss" to fOllow-are
true to the faith OF their fathers. They were
Democrats long before the reSdiustmen,
issue sprang up. They are Democrats still.
They take no stock, they place no conf
dence, 10 men who could not tell whether
they were Democrats or not until their
"Boss" told them on the 7th OF July-men
who declared their intention to vote fol
even the devil himself" ifthe "Boss" and his
Convention directed them so to vote. They
take no stock, they place no confidence, in
an electoral ticket put in the field by Con
vention composed Of Democrats, Radicals
and negroes. They take their Democracy
: straight" They want it as pure ant
} crystalline as the streams that water theil
valley homes.
While the ratification meeting referred Il
/, was being held in the large court-hall
Massey, Paul, and Riddelberger were hold
3 ing forth in the court yard to q crowd com
| posed of some ReSdjusters, many Radicals
negroes, and boys. The burden Of the
sony was reimbursement, denunciation o
Funders and every ReSdiuster who Is sup
porting the May electoral ticket. They ha(
no word of censure for the Radical party
4 We leave every Democrat to draw hi
;, own conclusion. May he ponder well tn
attitude Of this party and ask himself tn
question. Are these leaders fighting Radi
Gals or Democrats ROCKINGHAM