Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-23

q perience, want leaders who will never Jri
Lille with that question. To you; answe
me; you, who are earnestly striving tt
Il earn living, put the question, can vol
4 afford to trust men who will let finance &C
% to wreck SO that they get the passing power
land in the same manner and degree as, the
#peddler of politics. I say to you now
s#why leave the Solid South, the Solid
f Democracy. or anything else solid, for a
party which is now dallying with repudia
#tion and elimination, ignorant govern
ment, anything to capture power. These
#things, my countrymen, whether you are
81 Readjusters or Debt-payers, can end but
81 lone way, and that way is sad one. wheth-
Der to the individual or the nation. Above
#all other men, yon can't afford to support
party which trifles with the public cred
lit is your livelihood.
Isl What can you do with a party in your
down state which makes mockkery of
E&legislation. Look at the legislative record
sSof the Readjuster partyl Can you, can
ESanybody point to single act they passed
sathat would lift the burden from the shout
81 ders of any citizen of Virginia. Take their
II roll of bills and look at them! An act to
Aincorporate the Society of the Sons of
81 Abraham (laughter); another to incorpo-
rate the Sons of Melchisedec and like bills
s. All no; yet one more. an act to protect
Athe rabbits and old hares in Chesterfield
THAT was their legislation. No! There
faI l,o
offices and, as usual, VIM. Malone got the
aabig share He was the fred headed man.
M( Here Mr.. Goode told the old story of
81 Save the red-headed man. inimitably.)
81 THE SCHOOLS.
ID This talk about the schools was then
sseven more daring assault by demagogue-
Cry on the credulity. the common sense of
1.-THE people. The public school system of
saVirginia was first put in operation by the
MDemocrats. And John w. Daniel was the
FIRST supporter and voted for it in the legsla-
ssture. The records of that body how that.
IN ow, as to. the support the two contend
ling parties propose to give the schools, let
look at the figures. The Riddleberger
bill proposes to give s431,OOO. Gen. Ma
Mhone estimated that they should have
900, but under the Henkle bill Dem
ssocratic measure they actually get accord
ling to Superintendent Ruffner's report
1850, fourteen thousand more than
the highest that any Readjuster proposed
81 ANGLO-sAxoN SUPREMACY.
a And now to the last point at issue, the
Eapreservation of Anglo-Saxon civilization
lin Virginia. This race issue IN this cleo
sAtion is not of the Democrats making. The
dDemocracy had nothing to do with it. The
. man that suggested it was VIM. E. Came
q ron when be said he intended to carry
a. Africa into the war; And this much 4
want to say to you colored citizens in the
gallery that aoe, the Democrats, had moth
Sing to do with the race issue in this can
Svass We did not even expect it. But 1
want to say also to all who hear my voice
Mtoday, that if these people persist in fore
ling it upon her; if it is pressed upon her
Ssas is now being done, then Virginia will
szcall on her white children from the noun
tain to the sea to stand by the old mother,
samountains of Augusta (cheers) will rally
Es(great cheering and the speaker had to de-,
clay his seutence) to your old mothers SIDE.
:saShe calls you to come. (Cries of We'll
Come, we'll Gomez. Here the speaker read
IAN article from paper of some Eastern,
Twas composed of eight negroes and four
white men, and were taken by negro
Sheriff to negro boarding house. sWe,T
Che added, sin Eastern Virginia feel this
Estate of affairs deeply and apprehend
s5worse. You cannot feel it as we do; you
cant see what we see, but you can hear.
Jour appeal when it is uttered as it is by
Zone of us here to-day" (Cbeers and cries
Ssof we'll be THEREBY
q The speaker then made a dissection of
81 he Malone ticket-Cameron, the political
aacrobat; Lewis. the bitter hater of every.
sssaid Mr. Goode, blair is already dead
d What can you say of a man who said
q Honor can't buy breakfast What is
q there left to say? What need is there to
B forge any letters from the man that has,
s uttered that sentiment and there can be.
3aauo doubt that he did utter it. IA voice.
IL heard him.'' What father in Augusta!
sscounty when his little boy comes to his
knee at night to say his prayers would be
sswilling to tell him that in his life to come.
lit didn't matter about principle that
q honor can't buv a breakfast What moth
Ser in old Augusta county would be willing,
ssto say to her little laxen haired daughter
who bowed her little head at her knee I'M
zaprayer at night, Never mind my daughter
saabout honor it can't buy anything-grow
Cup to life of shame, that will give you
Jail, honor can give you nothing. What
farmer in Augusta talking to his neighbour
would be willing to utter the sentiment, !
81 Honor can't buy a breakfast and hope
ITO retain that neighbours respect?''
d The speaker then closed by an appeal toi
Sthe Democrats of Augusta to see to it that
the civilization of the Anglo-Saxon wasI
sspreserved, and his appeal was greeted with
B the widest cheering.
d HON. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.
q Mr.. Tucker. in his opening. said he had
SERVED for six years with Mr.. Goode inI
MCongress and could say that Virginia neverI
sAhad better member or one who was more|
Afairly elected to his seat. Here the Wild
ssest cheering took place and lasted SO long|
that it seemed hard for the speaker to COM
4 mence again.
u Mr. Tucker then went on with speech
THAT was peculiarly his own, clear, con
s4vlnclng, and from high practical stand-I
Epoint. He made statement which could
mot fail to attract the attention of the col \
cIx loh xx1hn it,l