The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-08-25

that were not Democratic, and those were
when voted along with Maj. Daniel for Gil
bert c. Walker IN 1869, and for Horace
Greeley in 1872. l am Democrat now in all
that constitutes true Democracy.
Maj. Dansel:-H says he was born Demo
crat Eve was born innocent. What is asked
him is not what he has been in the past, but
what he Is now. When a man has to 60
around the circle to answer plain dire ct
question, then from all such Democrats good
Lord deliver US. Fresh from his own lips
have it that he is Democrat, and that he is
q Republican Democrat in the cool, Repub-
lican in the cool, Re-adjuster in the cool and
when this canvass is ended he will be candi-
date in the cold. What kind of Democrat
is he who endorses the course ofMahone? Ma
hone who never cast any but Republican
vote in the Senate! who voted for Kellogg,
and with Conkling, and against his own peo-
Pile. The man who DETAINED his own State
and published to the world that here in Vir-
: LILO buClC w as III 5uCu GulAS 90 q ACO boi
lot and fair count. There may have been
some ground for the accusation, for have in
my hand (holding up ballot a ticket that
was circulated in the vicinity Of Petersburg
during the last election. 1t is headed Gear
field and Arthur" and the electors at large
are VIM E. Cameron and H. H. Riddleberger,
followed by the entire Re-adjuster electoral
sicket-a ticket that was pledged to vote for
Hancock and English. do not believe that
Col. Cameron had any personal knowledge Of
this ticket, but the fact remains that it was
circulated for the purpose of deluding the
,olored voter And let us see how the coali-
ion champion looked upon the colored voter
IN times gone by. In an editorial penned by
als own hand l read these words: "Negro
suffrage is bludgeon in the hands of Congress,
20 brain the whites of the South" The speak
sr followed this up by reading number of
extracts of similar tone from the writings OF
Col. Cameron, and continuing, said in sub
stance My competitor will tell you that he
wrote those sentences long time ago when
ne was young and inexperienced. In other
words plead infancy. Jno. Randolph once
mad valuable book ruined by dog. As an
apology for the wantonness of Fido, the great
statesman wrote on the margin of the defaced
volume, "Done by Fido when puppy" And
then as another evidence OF free ballot and
AIR count, call to the witness stand the
great head of REIMBURSEMENT, Jno. E. Massey,
who declared that he could have bought forty
votes in the Convention which nominated
Col. Cameron, at $40 apiece. This is nice
OF to talk about free ballot and fair count.
After stating that the main difficulty about
the debt grew out of Mahone's lobbying the
his roads, Maj. Daniel concluded his address
by declaring for settlement Of the debt
support of the public schools, and equal and
exact Justice to all. am Democrat and not
Republican. do not propose, he said, to
larry Africa into the war, nor have any war
% carry into Africa. l want to see prosperity
.mong all classes of our citizens and freedom
If thought and freedom of speech everywhere
.eign want to see hatred extinguished and
liscord healed, and with all emphasis and
say, Let us have peace.
COL. CAMERON
vas introduced by DR.. Robson. His appear
lnce was the signal for loud applause, and
rom every section Of the crowd it was given
With will. He commenced by stating that
he came before the people not to preach in
not to arouse passion and appeal to
but to present in plain. straight
Onward, simple manner the issues of the can
1ass and to leave the verdict with those 80
we'll qualified to judge of the merits of the
,ase. My competitor, he said, has eloquently
depicted the prosperity he alleges on every
tide abounds, but if you could visit the eastern
portion of the State and see the scorched to-
,acco hills, and burrows without corn, you
iced not be told by me Of Maj. Daniels fertile
ancy. Maj. D. pointed to his consistent rec
,rd. Yes, he is the embodiment of consisten-
". As true to the line Is the sun or the plan
It's of heaven, until comet in the shape of
nomination swerves him from
he path. 1t isn't the first time your ears have
'een vexed by Funder pictures of prosperity.
You were told in 1879 that the revenues were
efficient for all the purposes Of government
nd the requirements of the public schools,
'ut the wave that swept the old party out Of
,ower and nearly out Of existence, laid bare
he hollowness of their pretences. When the
,ower was wrested from them, we found this
wealth to be all visionary the State was bank
upt and her credit was being hawked about
he brokers' offices for loans sufficient to meet
current expenses. And we found great many
'ther things, among them a certain copper
'late gotten up for the purpose Of issuing tax
eceivable certificates to borrow money at FIVE
yer cent. per month. Maj. Daniel won't men
ion this little circumstance when he comes to
ddress you. He only touches upon the salient
POINTS of my remarks, and this he does not
consider one of them.
THE READJUsTER POSITION.
You. all know exactly what the Readjusters
propose to do. Their platform admits of no
wo constructions. They propose to pay
bout 100000, at three per cent. That is
IL the State justly owes, and that is all it
hould pay.
do not claim to be q Democrat in Organi
alton, but hold to Democratic principles.
LAST year your National Committee read me
tut of the party. l will be the guest of no
nan who has shown me the door. You have
he empty name, and you may keep it, and
it if you will, to the service of the
dcCulloch bill If it be democracy TO take
rom the people their rights, then 1 am no
Democrat. You proclaim me Republican
low, and hold up your hands in holy horror
It the idea of coalition. Republican support
vas fine thing in 1879, when all the power
nd influence of Mr.. Fraudulency Hayes and
lis administration was linked with your fun
lerism to defeat the will of the people of Vir-
,inia.
In 1877 gave the debt question thorough
Investigation, and have made no change since.
daj. D. does Eot deny that bribery was used
q the passage Of the Funding bill, and fraud
fitiates any contract. Ii the McCulloch bill
8 such benefcent measure, why do its ad
locates so studiously avoid it?
THE CoLoRED VOTER.
In 1868 l declared that would never sub
nit to negro suffrage, and under the same Cir