The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-16

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M6xpAY, Se ptenber 12s 1881. ).
A beautiful rain last night, making the
rcsas free AZ dust and re7iyiDg oaf paFched
setis. sstbe whole county In COED humor
10 n,Sef Messrs. Tucker and Flckien At eur
rn,rr.uurrsa Today, wbefe Trey peen
'edyertisedt TO address the Boteteprt Dsmo-
rrscv. The Mahoueites had Coionel IL. ~,
Cegrsd.-e Of Montgomery county, on 'nc
ground 10 defend their failing cavse;
Terms OF discussion were readily Acceueu
10 by Major Ffckfen-yiz, Tucker 10 speah
one and a half hours. aud then a tlt De,
tween Conrad and Ficklen. The crow
was very large-estimaied al SOY 10 l,VVy'
Including $50 OF B%otetourt's fairest daugn-
ters. Tucker, as usual, made a speech
brlstling with facts and figures lnas
looked like q sstone wall" and received
The applause Of the vast crowd 10 DIS c,ose.
n Colonel Conrad was then introduced by
the Hon. MFR. ~Llnkenhoker and ut once
commeneed 10 sneer al Bourbon Democracy,
smoke OF Tucker as an old fogy full OF az
siractIons. and said he came to represent
new Virginia with new men, new IDEAS,
&e.. &c. He smoke OF the colored people
nv saving the Yankees came here and look
orr niceers.v He alluded 10 DR.. Il. IL.
Dabney and Ciyis as representative men OF
the Democratic party. His speech was iuIi
OF errors and damaging statements.
Ficklen rose to reply with a repu'
tation made here last fall for the
best speech made in that canvass
and calmly surveying his vast audience,
said in tones that tingled in every nerve !:
0Tbe shadow OF these blue mountains
around me, the fair faces Of these pure
women and The stalwart forms OF these
Bolelourt freemen, all te1ch me that am
speaking in Old Virginia" and then
turning 10 Conrad, he said with a wilmer
ing manner: "Whence contest tnou :
Where Is thy homer Who are thy people,
and what is thine OccupatiOn!" For an
hour before an audience In entire sympathy
with the speaker, and with every weapon
used in debate, he tore Conrad ana MS
marty TO fragments. so overwhelming was
The applause that Ficklen begged Mr.
Tucker 10 appeal to the crowd 10 listen ana
not 10 applaud, ms il consumed his time;
but there are some things that even RaD'
Tucker cannot do with the BOtetourt peo-
ple, and one OF these was TO still tDat au-
dience.
Conrad had alluded to the drought in a
p%oliticaI sense, and connected 1t WIN othef
matters in his talk on the debt question:
Ficklen. in commenting on this, sald: 40
YOU charge that, too, on the Democracy :
Does your little king, Billy Mabone, nolu
the clouds I'm the hollow OF bis handE nat
right have you 10 CoDrad), poor weak NOR,
tai. TO find fault With Him who has PROMISED
seed.time and harvest, and who sends tbe
rain and the snow or withhoids lhem at us
WHIP Then turning 10 bis audience with
n burst NJ INDIGNATION said any country
men, when | reflect on Boo lDgersoiI
preaching that there is no God 10 love ana
no Heaven 10 hope for, ana these miserable
teachings which | hear to-day, | tremble lOf
my country. .o -.
Conrad hardly attempted 10 reply. He
said Mr.. F:ckleD had misunderstood MN
did not state bis position correctly; com
menced 20 compliment Tucker, which pro-
duced great applause and brought that gen
tleman TO his feet TO acknowledge II. Flck-
len had the close. lie asked Conrad two
questions and demanded an answer:
Isl. Do you sustain Your party In renoy-
ing a. o. sullivan aud putting COOK IN Ills
place? Conrad replied, "No.'
%. Do you desire my success 10 nnDer-
land and Buckingham, or that OF shed
Duncee, who f. IN favor Of altering the
Code OF Virginia 10 allow intefmarriage
between the races? Conrad replied 81
would vote Tor you. can't so back upon
my Anglo-SiXon blood"
or course after this our chiyalric cham
Mon could 20 no further, and invoking The
people OF Botetourt to stand by the faith OF
their fathers, TO rally to the fl,g upheld by
the 'pale, crippled soldier. boy Daniel"
Mr.. Flcklen sunk exhausted into the
chair behind him; and then such Q scene
occurred as | never before witnessed. Old
and young men and women crowded around
bin, Offering their assistance, and saying
Good bless you" The scene cannot be
described.
Botetourt will poll the largest Democratic
majority for its population OF any county
In the State. "CITIZEN."