Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-20
Speech Of Judge Garrison In Accomac.

From the Conservative Democrat of the
10th inst, we extract the following from
the report of the speech of Judge Gar.
rison fn reply to the speech of John S.
Wise. After discussing the debt ques-
tion, he said, as reported in this synop-
sis of his excellent speech =
"But above this matter of the State
debt is one of far more vital Importance,
and that is, whether you will hand this
State over to the Republican party
which party, in this contest, means the
negro. This issue has been brought up.
on us by the Mahoneites-by Cameron,
when he declared he intended to bring
Africa into this war, and, then, by their
whole party, when few days ago they
made their unholy coalition at Lynch
burg. (Applause.) propose to prove
that every man who votes for Cameron,
Lewis, and Blair, does so in the interest
of the Republican party. To do this,
let US go back little:
1. The late Malone Hancock electo.
raj ticket was in the interest of the Re-
publican party. The only effect of it
being to divide the Hancock vote.
2. The votes of Malone in the United
States Senate were all with the Repub-
licans upon purely a party question,
and those votes have all been endorsed
by the convention which nominated
Cameron, Lewis, and Blair, and when
you now vote for them, you also en-
dorse those votes.
8. The nomination of Lewis, who is
an out. and.out bitter Republican, hold
ing the Federal office of Marshal of the
Western District of Virginia, a man
whom the Democracy have long since
spit out. is direct evidence of the pres
ent tendency.
4. The declarations of Cameron to
"bring Africa into the war;" and of
Malone ITO obliterate forever all race
distinctions" and the declarations of
all their present speakers-sweet, hon.
eyed words to the negroes, and the bitter
as you must see, in the interest of the
Republican party.
5. But the most positive evidence of
all is the recent unholy alliance with the
black. .and~tan convention at Lynch
burg.
6. To see that all this is done in the
interest of the Republican party you
have but to return to the speeches of
the Republican senators at the late eX-
ira session of the Senate-such men as
Logan, Dawes, Conkling, Frye, all bit
ter haters of the SoHth-all anxious, at
whatever sacrifice of principle, to break
the solid South, because it is solid Dem
ocratic. If it was solid Republican it
would be all right with them. These
men at this extra session abused you in
the bitterest terms. Frye, of Maine,
actually declared that you are unciv.
ilized barbarians and there sat Senator
Malone, who not only never raised his
voice in your defence, but who affiliated
with your traducers, and actually voted
with them day after day.
What is to be the end of all this, if
the unholy alliance succeeds? The
final result will be to place the negro in
political power in this State, &C."
FACE TO FACE WITH A LEOPARD
No sooner had we camped than Tommy
hurried off to find out where the noisy
flock of Iris-crows were perched.
Menito, meanwhile, had watered our
mule, and reported that, farther up, the
rill was as cold as ice, SO 1 picked up
the drinklng-c cup and accompanied him
to the spring. We had followed the
windings of the glen some five or six
hundred yards, when suddenly the boy
seized my arm, and by sort OF instinct
at the same moment my eyes met those
of an animal crouching behind fallen
tree, not more than fifteen PAGES from
where we stood. Don't STIR" whis-
pered: "that's panther! the least
movement, and he will make spring."
Menito stood as still as statue, but I
felt his finger nails, piercing my skin
be began to realize our situation, for
even through the gloom of the ravine
and the Intervening branches of the
fallen tree we could see that the animal
was getting ready for action; inch by
inch it advanced its fore paws and low
cred its head. Two instants afterward,
the panther had vanished--a single leap
had landed him on the other side of the
creek, and with the second jump he
was away and out of sight among the
bowlders Of branch ravine.
"That was Tommy's shotgun" said
I; "he fired at the rookery, 1 suppose"
for once more the hills were ringing
with the croaks and caws of the Iris
crows.
Menito made no reply, but still
clutched my arm, and looking into
his face, saw the tears rolling down
his cheeks-the first and last time I
ever eaught him crying. I never saw
a braver lad of bis age, but the excite
ment for once Overstrained his nerves.
From "In Natures Wonderland" By
DR.. r. L. OsaOdld, IN ST. Nicholas for
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