The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-11-24

infusion OF fresh nope INTO the neaTtS anu oi
new energy into the efforts Of our people {;
that Virginia shall no longer retrograde, or
stand still, but that she shall come abreast OF
her sisters of the North and West in the race
ofprogress and material development. 1t means
free and unrestricted ballot the only certain
safeguard of rich and poor alike in Kepunl-
can government. 1t means free schools tor all
of the children of the Commonwealth, and the
restoration to them of $1,500000 of school
money of which Funderism under the forms
of law has robbed them. 1t means good gov
ernment an honest and economical admins
tration of our affairs of State; and further, IL
means at no distant day the rule OF liberalism
throughout the South.
He spoke of the responsible es resting upon
the Readjuster party, and ridiculed the gloomy
forebodings of its enemies as to the future OF
the State, and said the men who had the cour-
age and ability to carry the party to victory IN
the face of the fearful opposition it had to
meet, would have the nerve and brain, the WIS
dom and patriotism, when the ship is com
manded by oul own captain, and manned by
our own crew. to sail her triumphantly over
all pillows and anchor her at last in the har-
Dor of success. with charity toward all and
hatred toward none" let us go forward with
stout hearts and strong arms to the discharge
of the duties before u.s.
The speaker said that during the late cam
paign he had met in joint discussion large
number of Funder speakers and that each and
every one of them had undertaken to make up
for him, in advance, his record in Congress,
and as this was the last time he would have an
opportunity of publicly speaking to his con
! stituents before assuming the duties of the
position to which they had elected him, he
desired to saya few words on that subject.
He had told these inquisltive gentlemen, who
were so sollci!ous for his future welfare, who
wished TO know on which side of the chamber
he was going to sit, or in which room he was
going to hang his cloak, that his Democratic
principles were not such as to be controlled by
the peg on which he hung his overcoat, or the
chair in Which he sat that he knew how his
Funder interrogators would vote had any one
of them by any accident have gotten to Cong
ress they would have voted as Admiral Sir
Joseph Porter f. C. B. did, when "a member of
| Parliament, fAAG aT GAIA a2H3
| .sWho always voted at his partys call,
And never thought of thinking for himself at all.
They would vote as their Northern masters
| babe them. He had told these gentlemen
| everywhere In the campaign he said, as | tell
| you, my friends, now, was elected as Re-
adjuster candidate, Independent of both Ma
| tional political organizations, and | intend to
( be an independent representative IN Congress.
| In the campaign of 1880 | was not good
enough Democrat Though had done as much
service for the Conservative party as any man
in it, for our Funder friends, SO they ran Judge
| Allen against me in the Valley, and | was not
good enough Republican for them, and they
ran Mesely, a colored Republican, in the
Eastern part of the District He had with
the aid of the people triumphed over both
| No representative had better right to be in
dependent than he, and none should be more
SO. He would always be found casting his
vote for the best interest of Virginia accord
| ing 10 the dictates Circumstance and his best
Judgment, and that if this course did not meet
with the approval of the party that elected
him, he stood ready to return the commission
with which they had honored HIM He re-
ferred with considerable warmth to the bitter
| and INSCRIPTIONS fight that had been made
against him when a candidate for Congress to
| the number of speakers, home and foreign
that swarmed over the District thick as the
locgsts in Egypt, while in the unequal battle
he stood almost single handed and alone
He said he was under no obligations to Fund
er-BourDonism in this District OF anywhere in
the State; that what he had achieved had
been despite its opposition, and that he would
forfeit his own manhood, his selfrespect and
the respect of his political friends, did he for
one moment obey the dictates of their and his
bitter and unrelenting enemies
Mr.. Paul, during his speech, was loudly and
repeatedly applauded, and most vociferously
cheered at its conclusion. From the demon
STATIONS of approval, it is manifest the Read
juster party of Rockingham intend to stand
by their representative in his independent
course in Congress.
GAYMoNT Coal Co.-During the present