Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-11-05

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dignity of she old Commonwealth. Hewas
met i'm the suburbs of the town by crowd
accompanied by two bands of music, the
I horses were unloosed from the vehicle and
strong arms drew it into town amidst the
cheers OF enthusiastic patriotic people. He
was introduced by Hon. +. Holmes Boyd as
"thc gallant soldier, the Distinguished
statesman and. by the grace Of God and the
votes of tae people, the next Governor Of
Virginia. For nearly three hours he spoke
arandlv. indescribably. The Winchester
7 Time, gives an interesting synopsis of his
remarks, and concludes
"To describe tue conclusion of Major
Daniel powerful and surprisingly brilliant
speech would be impossible. As De pro-
crossed be grew by degrees more and more
eloquent and his description of the scenes
enacted I'm the ReadiGster Legislature, when
honorable and upright judges were turned
out % make place for Shysters and black
+ legs. was perfect thrilling The scene, SO
graphically depicted. of those manned SOLE
dicfs-uil. Cottrei and cuilWaG-whom
the Rcad.uslers turned ou- OF the Capitol
to make place for their Incapable aud cis-
honest apraiu.coS. 50 moved tbc audience
chat talrs flowed from Che eyes %. strong
mea sit they hal been children. DO YOU
think. SAID he when 7 lay upon bed OF
sickness iB my home 80 LynchblrE, suffer-
Ing from the wounds received iu bai,ie-
ana heard the roar Of oar cannon as my
brave comrades sl,Uicd for the last time the
Gag which they had followed and loved,
and sass their blood-,taiuod faces as they
slowly and mouraiuly passed up thc streets,
and knew that our cause was iosJ--t-as !
suffered any panys OF modification aud
shame Oh. mo-. those paugs were reserved
for che dark and sorrow.ul days when ! saw
those ,aree crippled soldiers ruthle,sly
driven rom Che halls OF that building which
should have been ,hcirrciUgeof shelter and
ticir fortress Ot safety.
so ueht forcible, convincing, eloquent
spectacs were made by Col. James u. skin
n,r Gu. e.. +. O'Fcr.u and Dr. S. Il. Mof-
ctt
The Taa ys Alth ugh Che hour w.s
,at, when DR. Aolictt concluded. the crowd
was 10Th Oh depart without hearing again
from Major Daniel. and in response -o @
general cal, Doe came forward and delivered
b short uceeb that cNce.led ia c.oiuc.ce,
e. such thing were possible, his speech ~
thc afternoon
To 1879 Green T. Rasm, Commissioned
Internal Revenue at Washington, wrote the
following letter 20 Van Aukeu, federal of
Gee holder.
"S.r.-Tl;s Office Is Informed that you
are cNeriug v0Ur influence for the rc3dju7t-
mgut, ald thereby the rcpudiatioa of tae
State l.btoi Virginia. This Is .21tet UIoa
f. Hnt'ar mel os i4Horo, 0a4 tlerc'orc
-. at un Tee dignity ~ ave o5'cU.-
Please inform this clsCe upon receipt OF tins
letter. whether this De true or not, and If
true accompany your statement with your
resignation. Respectfully,
GRrES p. RtUN,
Commissioner
Washington. oct 49,
4 few DAYS ago this same Green 3. Baum
was I'm Virginia advocating tie Malone
coaItiou-rcrulia,;on cause. Evidently he
has lost his grip, if De ever had amy, upon
morality and consistency say nothing of
the dignity of am official" lie isn't f'
food Tor the Noousbiners"
This same Green B. Ra0n, who can play
fast or loose ais circumstances TO him seem
to require. I'm recent letter said:
elm regard to Tie debt question it + Wei
known Chat hundred, of millions of dollars
have been renudiated since the aces. son o-
tine Bourbon Democracy to power ON Che
ID.