The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-19
WOODSTOCK.

HON HENRY c. ALLEN AS A CONGRESSIONAL
CANDIDaTE-HIS CHANCES GOOD AND I'M
pR0yJNG--spEECH FROM HIM GIVING HIS
VIEWS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PLAT
FORM-THE LATE HARRISONBURG MEETING.
correspondence Of the Richmond DisDatch.I
AUGUST II, 1880.
Our Hancock and English Club is still
being encouraged by almost daily accessOns
OF Democrats who were solid Readi busters.
Lists for membership TO tn" Central Club"
are being industriously Gil culated, aud APP
plicaiiOns from various parts OF the county
10 the Executive Committee for the 0rgani-
cation Of subordinate clubs have been re-
ceiyed. We believe in a complete, thorough
organization OF these clubs in every county
in the State, and hope the State Committee
will urge il upon county chairmen.
On Friday night our Club. accompanied
bv the brass band OF this place with a large
turnout OF citizens, including many ladies,
waited upon Judge Henry G. Allen 10 con-
graduate him upon having been selected as
the nominee of the Stanton Convention
for our district. Judge Allen was escorted
to the court.hou which bad been splen.
didly Illuminated and from the front door
addressed very large audience OF our peO-
pie for about half an hour.
Judge Allen said that unexpected to him.
self the position Of standard-bearer OF the
Democratic party of the Seventh congress
sionai district bad been assigned TO him !;
that he had not sought the place, not that
be feared defeat, put because there were
others in the district ADLER and more meri.
torious. He said that since he had been Sc
lected he would spare no effort to achieve
success. He thanked the people OF Shenan-
d0ah for their uniform kindness in the past.
lie then went on to say that he stood square
ly on the Democratic platform adopted by
the Convention that nominated Hancock
aud English-tbe first platform OF true
Democratic principles he had seen for
years He would not attempt to dis.
cuss the platform fully at this time, but
would briefly speak of some Of its
leading doctrines. Opposition to centrali-
cation was one of the cardinal doctrines OF
the Democratic faith. In the language OF
MIR. Madison, the obvious tendency and in
evitable result OF consolidation OF the
States into one sovereignty would be to
transform the republican system OF the
United States into monarchy. The Cin-
cinnati platform declares in favor OF free
ballot AS the right preservatiye OF all
rights--a free bslot uncontrolled by bayo.
Federal officials at the polls. A free ballot
did not mean, however, the abolition OF that
provision Of the State Constitution which
required in Virginia the payment OF a mans
head.tsx to eptitle him to q vote. II means
and can only mean that every man who is
qualified under the laws to exercise the
fight OF suffrage shall be permitted TO cast
his vote as he sees bit without let or him
drance. One OF the most important decla-
rations in the platform Is that in favor OF
honest mopey-gold and silver and paper
convertible i0t0 coin on demand. Demo-
Gratis did not want nat money. They
were not In favor Of irredeemabie curreReY.
They don't want to see three thousand rnif-
lions of fiat dollars issued and pat In circu~
iaiion at once. as was advocated here two
years ago. No greater curse can befall q
country than an unsound currency. Demo-
Gratis want q currency for the laboring man,
80 ttat when he gets his dollar day he will
have dollar to buy at sound price one
DOLLARS worth Of supplies for his family.
trkey want stable and unfuetnatiug cur.
reRcy for the mechanic, for the farmer, for
men in all the walks OF legitimate trade and
busipess--not currency for the specuator
and Mock.gambler Of the gold-ro0ms of
Wall street. They want the Kind Of money
tbsf TbAmss Jefferson, the father OF Demo.
erscg. adxocaied-the kind Of money that
Audrew Jackson was in favor Of. He said
that the refwrn Of prosperity, which seemed
to be now assured, would bring us an abuud-
ance Of good money, and that the nostrums
gotten up By qnacks 10 finance were like
patent medicines while the opiates they
contained brought temporary and transient
relief from pain. 10 the end they always
proved disastrous 10 the system. In con.
ciusion. Judge Allen briefly alluded to the
divisions IN the Democratic ranks 10 vir-
9inIs. and counselied policy Of peace and
The Judges speech was enthusiastically