The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-05

(IfAHI0IIESNIlIEs ONAVh'A - '''f'
To-day being court-day there was .
large crowd In town. 1t was announced
that Captain John Paul and Attorney,
General Mckinney would speak ABOUT IL
O'Clock. Long before the time appointed
the courthouse was crowded 10 us utlIlo,t
cauacitv. The galleries were crowded with
negroes. Quite a number Of Readiusters
were present. The discussion was opened
by
CAPTAIN J0HS PAUL,
who. in opening, divided his speech INTO
four heads-viz.:
1. The public obligations.
,. Free ballot and an honest count.
3. The public schools.
4. An honest and economical govern
ment. -,
In the first place Captain Paul discussed
the question OF public obligations, WnaI
they were, and how they were TO DE as
charged; drew comparison between lhe
administrations OF the FundeiS ana he-
adjusters, and OF course made hAppear 10
his followers that the Readlustefs llau
always been true TO their pubic oDilSa,
lions. and that the Funders had betrayed
their trust and had never been true 10 any
Obligation, either public or private.
lie next takes up the free ballot ana a
fair count; said that II was the old prlnci-
pies Of Democracy, and we are advocating
These same principles to-day. said he:
do not know that the gentleman who VIII
follow me will oppose free ballot and
fair count. but they did not declare
for If until the Baltimore Gazette and other
newspapers declared for it-they ana not
dare TO em5ody anything in their platform
about il. Why" said he, "Take an IN
stance: A man who owes SloO, when ne
comes UP TO vote he has TO pay 81, or one
hundredth part OF what be has before he
can vote, or one cent on each dollar; but
the moor man who has but one dollar, all
that he has i'm the world, yet when he comes
ND 10 the polls to vote he has 70 pay all the
money he has in the world before he can
vote. Now, is this right? l. the poor
man to pay all he has 10 vote while the rich
man has only TO pay one cent on the dollar
to vote! say it is not right; it Is not
right. Much applause from the negroes in
the gallcry.l | want TO call your attention
to another fact. \ man who lives in the
country from the time he is sixteen until
he is sixty years OF age has TO work two
DAYS ont OF each year, and when he has be-
come twenty wears OF agc-Old enough to
vote-he has paid so in taxes; yet he can
not vote until he has paid his one-dollr
capitation tax. on the other hand, take
the boy i'm town. They can sit around and
white dry-gOods boxes and loaf around
bar-rooms. and do nothing until the time
OF the election and then they 90 up to the
polls and pay their dollar capitltiOn tux, or
have it paid for them by some candidate
for office, and they 60 up md vote. Look
at the poor boy in the country when
the provoking officer comes around.
They don't ask him ii he has
paid his capitation tax or anything else,
but they take him right into the army, and
there he has to stay until he gets whipped
out or shut out lie has no money 70 hire
a substitute or 10 buy himself a place in
the commi,Sary department, or Il, an or
DERBY on somebody's statl. Yet, now, when
this boy comes up 10 the pOlls-this boy
whose deeds Of yalor have made the whole
world ring-and asks 10 vote, he is told 10y
some old hOmb-proOf or by some little
whipper-Snapper: Gou stand back; YOU
can't vote, for you have not paid your cIpi-
tatiOn tax"
But leave this subiuct Tor your con-
sidcratiOn and turn my attention 10 the
free-SchOOl system. ] need do no more,
friends, than compare the state Of the free
schools under the Fndcr and Readiu>tcr
rule i'm the past eighteen months. The
people eau see at a glance what the Re-
adiustcrS have done for the schools, and /
know that the colorcd people will sustain
that party which has done so much for
them. lie then gives list OF schools,
teachers. and school children and COM
pares them with those OF the Fun
der rule. with the difference i'm favor
OF the Readjusters, OF course. lie
attributes this increase in the number
OF schools, teachers, DC, 10 the honesty OF
John Z. Massey and his administration Oi
the school fund. He states that it i all
the result OF q hill offered by himself re-
curing that $4,000 be set aside for the
public schools. said he: cit would not
do for me to charge this party which boasts
OF its honesty and integrity with stealing,
but they have made way withdrawing,
they call it-SljO,000 OF the school fund in
some way" lie next takes up the
manner in which pubic affairs have
been administered under Rcadiuster
and Funder rule; said that when
his party came into Office they found
a bankrupt treasury, with thousands OF
dollars of unpaid debt on their hands. 1t
was then that the taX-receiyablc coupon
was brought to light. "And what do you
suppose they were going to do if we had
not stopped thcm!" They were going TO
pay s. per cent. a month to pay 3 per cent.
a year. lie then paints a most horrible
picture OF the state OF the lunatics in the
State when his party came into power, and
said that the Rcadiusters had corrected all
of this, and told how many had been re-
moved, and how much had been done for
their comfort and maintenance. Speaks OF
the penitentiaIy; said that il was not only
not self-suStaining, but it was bringing the
State in debt every year. Says that the
present prosperous condition is due to the
efficiency Of a Mr.. Samuel Williams, a gem
tleman from his district. Said that Mr..
Williams told him a few days ago that
the pententiary was now not only self-sus-
tanning but that it would yield the State a
revenue OF upwards OF $4,000 per year.
Here he was interrupted by being told that
his time Zone hour was up. So he gave
way and Captain Mckinney came forward.
have witnessed many Oyations, but have
seldom witnessed one more ilattering
than that which greeted
CAPTAIN PHL. M'KINNEY
as lac advanced to address the people.
Captain Mckinney said that he felt doubly
nattered 10y the welcome reception accorded
him. for he had never before had the honor
Of speaking to the people Of Albemarle, but
he believed from the reception he received
that his name was not altogether unknown
to this people. He said in the commence
ment that he took issue with Captain Paul
when he commenced his philippe against
the great, noble, and one-armed Governor.
lie said that it came i'll from Captain Paul
to thus asperse the character OF his neigh
Dor, Governor Holiday. Who, sir; who,
l ask turning to Paul. put HIM in his pre-
sent positions What was the cry which
defeated the noble Daniel in that Richmond