The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-21

m0nUaY AT w ghlSNlhS' 'aiu y
his own terms, Barbour asked lor tne loi,
lowing terms, which the i,eadlus'ers ~
first refused-yiz., Barbour 10 open in one
bour. Wise 60 follow in one hour and q
hall. and Barbour to close in half an hour.
About hali-past II the Reddiustcrs mar
shalled their forces, headed by the band,
ARRANGING for a procession through the
streets. It was motley crew, composed
Of. first. the band, followed by boys OF both
colors. and by actual count only 10 voters
while the Democrats, amused at this futile
disnIav. were standing in the COURTHOUSE
green. outnumbering them two TO one. Az
fer they saw that they could make nothing
bv dividing the crowd they accepted Bar
bour's terms, and the whole crowd pro
ceeded to the stand, where our county
chairman introduced Mr.. Barbour, who
was enthusiastically received with loud
cheers.
MR. BARBOUR
made very able defence OF our cause and
OF his position, pleasing his friends and
/ throwing no dirt upon his enemies. lie
\ spoke in very polished, calm, convincing
style. which had telling effect upon oil
those who arc not too prciudiced TO do JUS
tice. nor ashamed to confess when they are
shown the error OF tnclf way
WISE
had never addressed our people, and i as
well as the majority of those present had
never heard him; and candidly, MI. Ed
itor, was disappointed in him. lie DIS
/ appointed his friends, and did his cause no
/ good. His brlggad0cio style, and abusive
spirit, bitter yituperatiOns, and sneeilng
insinIIations were certainly beneath the
dignity of one enjoying the reputation
which they had worked up for him. Ola
men were sorry for him, for his fathers
sake, as many came out especially to hear
the son OF that grand old NTginian, Henry
/ 4. Wise.
will try to follow him through his
! harangue, though | cannot do so and write
a connected article. An Old farmer said Of
/ the two men to-day: "Wise is an old bull
tongue plough, jumping in and out in a
new-grOund; Barbour is sub-soil plough,
going down 20 the rich loan and moving
steadily along" lie began 10y gross per-
sonalities, saying Of prominent Democrat,
"Who is he? why, I'd know his hide in
lanyard" & will say right here that |
took down all these expressions, word for
word, exactly as he uttered thcm) 81
know Daniel 10y his crutch, and
by his appearing with Derrick and
Roanc, and the best men were not
then together Just here, by n precon-
certed plan. The courthouse bell was
toled, when Wise said, "DOn't be
alarmed; it's only school-hOuse on fire."
Going on with his personalities, be tried TO
excite some antipathy against Daniel by
saying: "Daniel is one OF these latter-day
Democrats; why, he is the counsel OF a
ID
this comes with a bad grace from one OF
MahOne's followers! Can't lawyer take
up Republicans case without tainting his
Democracy Here he said: "Speaking OF
Democracy in the Southwest, where are
the ShefieyS, the Terrys, and the Triggs Z"
Here
MT. DAN. TBlGG
arose in the audience and said, 81 stand
here representing three generations OF my
family, and they have never yet Fast Re
publican vote"
Here some yelled "Trigg! Trigg!" and
some for Wise. A United States marshal
commanded the peace, when a RCadiuster
struck him. A general row was imminent,
but was quoted upon Wise's apOlOgizing,
and he proceeded. So after the Radical
Coaiitionist and the Readjuster by mis-
take had fought, Wise proceeded to read
Mr. Barbour's letter; tried to criticise il
but it fell fiat as mud. When he got
through Mr.. BarbOur's letter he told an
Irish joke. Then proceeding to Blair said,
""They saw Blair said Honor won't buy "a
breakfast" It's lie. lie said " Funder
honor won't" sc. GFaintly checred.l
"They boast Of pride OF ancestry. Why,
| do not want TO rattle the skull OF my
fafiop apoit,sf fto fbisrI -1o,,a Of
my grandmother. But, sirs, mn father,
Henry A. Wise, was the first ReGdjuster
Virginia ever had, and ] am the executor
Of his political will. lie was elected under
the old-time Democracy" Speaking Of
his war record he said 81 was in the war,
and fought the Yankees, and was wounded |
IN the head. But, Mr.. Barbour, where |
were your" When
BARBOUR CAME TO REPLY
he said ii the gentleman would excuse him |
ne would say that he had ever been at his |
post OF duty during the war, and vet did |
not happen TO get wounded; but that he |
could see 10 effect of the wound on the /
outside OF his Or. Wise's) head, but after
listening TO such a speech as ne had Just 1
made he concluded that "it must have !
added his brain a little"
In speaking of the different topics-you /
know them quite well-Wise made use Of |
the following extreme language and senti- |
ment: "You talk about getting the con-
sent OF the creditor; why, reimbursement is
no reimbursement unless its forcible.v
" Ours is a pure ticket; we haven't rot a
desarter on our side" Here he made a
very brief aud weak effort 10 defend Lewis,
which was not well received even by his
own side. Our people have great repug-
nance toward Lewis. 81 am Of as good
blood as any in The State. AT the sound of
war every man named Wise went in"
81 But the war is over-the negro is
free; yet these pot-bellied Funders
speak OF negro rule; yet they say
OF themselves, 'We are the Democrats
We'll, ii they arc old-time Democrats, here
90 the darkies) is man turning to Bar
bour) who wishes to put you back into
slavery" Even the colored people did not
endorse this sentiment, and 1t was spewed
out by the better portion of ALL Thus 10
try to uDiustly excite prejudice Is a spe-
cies OF dcmagogry which our good peoDle
will not counlenance. eli YOU say Won
are in favor Of poll-tax prerequisite, why,
you can make IL s. If you wish" "Why,
Henry A. Wise was not elected Governor
OF Virginia under any prerequisites"
f" What do we owe to bogus Democracy?
Nothing; I'll vote as please" "The true
poncy forthe State Is not TO sell us out, but 10
say to the National Democracy, We have a
rock under our head, remove It, put nil
low there, and we're for y01i." "Then saw
70 the Republicans, Wash the blood of our
nose, and we are Cor you. Thus we can
assume some importance" "Those who
VIII night Readjusters least and do most for
them can get their support" But I viii
not follow him any further. He told
great number OF anecdotes too smutty to
repeat.
BARBOUR, IN MS REPLY,
IL. j. 4