Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-05-03

| That seems to me proper. But as Vir
ginia has place in the Senate officers
want to maintain that possession. -
Hence | said to myself and | said freel,
when the proper time came, to others
shall vote against Colonel Pevtor
and | shall vote for Captain Riddleber-
ger for Sergeant-at Arms. Ie is one OF
the best and one Of most prominent men
in the State. did not care who nomi-
mated him, determined to vote for him.
There is no reason why the Democrats
should not have nominated him. He vot-
ted for Hancock, but they stuck to Pey-
ton and opposed Riddleberger. An
right. | oppose Peyton and stand by
Riddlebergeg, that is all. The Republi-
cans nominated Riddeberger, and | am
obliged to them, and if they had not |
should have voted for him just the
same"
THE SENATE DEBATE.
care you satisfied with the results of
the Senate debates"
"More than satisfied. | have been
given an opportunity to meet before the
whole country all accusations against
me. The charge that | was an apostate
from the Democratic party has utterly
fallen to the ground, even the Bourbon
press at home c0nceding that the caucus
Democrats had no claim upon either my
vote or my sympathy. Again, the SEN
ate debate on our State debt, for which
| was not responsible, has satisfied the
country that our scheme Of Re-Adjust-
ment is fair and honorable. Certainly
there is nothing in either its basis or
methods justfying criticism at the hands
Of Senators representing States that
have in one form or another composed
their debts. Virginia alone lost Terri
tory by the war, She pleads no loss of
slave property or other property as JUS
tifying reputation of her antc-helum
debt. Her scheme Of REIMBURSEMENT nc
knowledges her full territorial share Of
that debt, and proposes to pay ou the
principal thus equitably established the
highest rate OF interest her industrial
resources will enable her Ia pay. The
method Of our plan is founded in the
precise language of the Supreme Court
of the United States In the ease of the
State Of Tennessee Us. Snecd, which
the Supreme Court Of the United States
have unanimously adjucated into con-
stitutional law. Yes, | am fully satisfied
with the results Of the debate in the
Senate and with the outlook in Virginia.
| am particularly pleased that the
country's attention has been drawn
to the intolerant, violent, pro-
scriptiye spillt shown by the Bourbon
Democratic Senators in this debate. |
have been surprised at 1t myself, but 1t
deserves the attention Of men of both
parties everywhere. Wien such a spir-
IL is shown here In the open daylight Of
the Senate, what must 1t be In the South
crn States, and whose not |, Il Senator,
am the object Of it, but the poor, igno-
rant, weak and helpless among the vo-
ters, white and black, Bourbon intolcr-
aucc hereafter needs no description. The
Senate debate shows It in its mldcst and
least tyranuical form. Every free man
and every man and every man who wants
u free ballot can judge for himself what
It must be where il Is exercised unChcck-
cd by the forms and restraints Of the
Senate and by the publicity of lcgisla-
tive proceedings. The debate, in my
judgement, has been Of the greatest use
TO the country"