Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-10-12
Can't. John >. WISE


Loot from oto3in the al srnoon au'
aoaln at pight for an hour and nall
He had COED audiences on oo'h occ~
ions Mlny Democrats wept to hes
him from curiosity, and Africa wa
nrcsent In full force TO cheer him on Il
bis reckless assaults upon. the Demo
cratic party and the Anglo'sa1o'
supremacy of the State.
Such prostitution of fine talents IL
. had cause we have rarely known
There was some splendid sophlstry ou'
no solid argument; and wbate yer there
was of brllliancy was that OF the ig"''
fot,ns. which lights only TO mlSiead
and TO follow which Is death.
We are satisfied bis speeches dl'
moro harm TO his cause than good, ap'
tbatasy revival Of spirits the down
hearted leadere here may have exper'
enced was more than Offset by the dis
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favor with which his lavish denuncia
,ion Of the Democratic partJ-to say
nothing Of the rank and offensive All
ran fayer Of bis harangues-were re
cei,ed by many white men present
It would be an easy task, if we ha'
..o snoco IN expose seri0tim all OF nj
allacics. bu. we can only refer blienl
TO a few of .hem. HIS ideas OF parties
were decidedly mixed.
After declaring that he was not 10 o'
scared by the ghost of dead Dem
ocracv.r and when charged with no
beiug a Democrat that he didn't care
a cuss if he wasn't he proceeded o1
an elimination process OF his own u
demonstrate that there was DO Deme
cratic party in Virginia and none in th'
country; still he bad much OF abuse u
bean anon prominent statesmen whc
consider themselves Democrats sn'
whom other people consider Democrat
hrt never a word against the bitter
MALIGNANT. stalwart Soulh-haters' whose
study every hour since the war has peer
70 slander, oppress and degrade oul
p, onlo He could see no difference
between the grand old Jefersonlan par
~ whose sheet-anchor has ever oeen
the constitution, without whose aid eA
tended in time of sorest need the
soutbern States would to-day be as con-
ouere1 provlnces-and the stai"ar
Radical party, whose chief aim Is pO"e'
for the sake of plunder, and whose SOLE
arcument is the bloody shirt. And be-
cause torsooth. William Mahane has
BETRAYED his people, and for the piiiu
price of a chairmanship of a Senate
committee and some pitiful crumbs o
Federal patronage has allied himsei
with our enemies, Capt. Wise mus'
needs defend him and seek to persuad'
viro,nia Democrats to abandon thel
pripeiples and put themselves up 10
sale 10 the highest bidder.
Cant. Wise may see no diherenc'
now. but We tel him the scales VII
drop from his eyes in Noyem5er' "hsl
the upds bauched sovereigns Of Virglni'
deliver their rebuke of such sentiment
at the polls.
Mr.. Wise said that the people {
Vjr.inia were sick aud tired OF belni
f,oled on this debt question: al
op,nion in which all present, who un
derstood the matter fully concurre'
after hearing Mr.. Wise's exposition 0
that rngeniously devised scheme to pre-
vent q settlement of the debt, known a
the Riddleberger bill, Of which he de
clared bimselfthe author. ,.
l. would have been better Tor III
r.nutation. both as lawyer and emori'
statesman, if be had kept quiet as l.
the authorship Of this scheme, and al
lowed Riddleberger to bear the di'credl
Of the paternity OF so transparent
,bam. Harry being bad egg at oe'
couldn't have been hurt by 1t.
THIS bill is in pnlntblank conh'c
with halt dozen plain provisions G
our Slate Constitution. and wouldn'
stand for an hour in the Supreme Cour'
but. assuming that ii could be put
operalion, it can be demonstrated Una
fine loan-certifcate feature alone woul
bankrupt the State government an
close every school-house in The State
unless the taxes were doubled.
Saving in the bill that coupon hold'
can't appeal from the County cour'
p amounts to pothiug. The Constitute
saws he can, and that ends the matte
He gave as a reas on why the caplt'
ton tax prerequisite should be repeal'
that IF YOU can Charge dollar you ca
charge five hundred dollars. and "
=. wondered that lie didu't say 4 milllol
and predict, as the awful consequent
of lbe retention OF this small tax Tor u
schools, the oyerthroS OF free lnstlt'
tions and the erection Of al empire u
MN the ruins. There Na. 10 use iakln
i two bites at cherry. lie might
well have SAID that as to claim that
was the entering wedge Of u money
- arislocracy.'
This talk of 'moneycd arlstocracy
coming from follower oil William Al
RS hone. the bloatcdest bondh older III l
10 Slate, who las By his raillo"d '"recN
Re aeeced the Sia,e Of millions and IS 81
crylpg. like the daughters 0! The hoi
- leech, for NOR, VAS the very acme
efl'routecy.
Capt. Wise further said that VIC We
" in a great revolution and new
o. had dawued, but the old fossils a
D.,.hons d,In,l know IL. and he v