Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-10-25

THE D1sCUss1ox YEsrERDAY.

THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY.
NER SPEAK ron TWO HOURS EACH ON THE Is.
sUEe OF THE CANvAsS-A LARGE, HAIR
MoNIoUs AND ENTHUSIASTIC AUDI
ENCE-A F0RcIBLE SPEECH BY
COL. SKINNER AND AN INGE-
NOUS ONE BY CAPT. RID
DLEBERGER.
1t would be impossible for us to give more
than bare sketch of the discussion yesterday
at the Court House between Capt. n. n. Rid
dlebsrger. representing the Mahoneites, and
Col. Jas. 81. Skinner on behalf of the Conserve
tlve-Democratic party, as it lasted four hours
and was bristling with statistics, figures and
extracts from the records of various leaders and
parties. The crowd was as large q one as is Of.
ten seen assembled at the Courthouse and
the galleries were filled with the colored peo-
pie. who particularly enjoyed the jokes and
points made by the speakers. and it may also
be said, with an impartiality that was particu-
larly striking,
The terms of the discussion, as announced by
8. Brown Allen, were for Col. Skinner to speak
an hour and half. followed by Capt. Riddle
berger in the same time and each to have hall
an hour in rejoinder. -
Loud plaudits greeted Col. Skinner as he en-.
tered the crowded room, and also as he arose to
speak.
COL. SKINNER
expressed his pleasure NJ having an opportu-
nifty to meet the "Game-cock' Of the Valley,
whose praise was in the mouth of every read
juster, and whose advocacy of q bad cause
was the subject Of almost daily admiration in
the Richmond Wing.
He had accepted the invitation to meet Capt.
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readjusters. and hoped he might be able to do
some good. His speech would not be to his
Conservative Democratic friends, and he would
emily ask them to stand firm in the faith and
victory surely awaited them on the sth of next
November.
He would not so far forget his self respect, or
his respect for those addressed, TO say aught
that would wound their feelings, and II he
should smite them 1t would be In. kindness, and
should he reproach them 1t would be with the
hope of turning them from the error of their
ways.
He asked the democratic people of Augusta
why should they lend themselves willing In
struments to destroy the democratic party to
which they have always adhered? What had
that party done. that they should now separate
from it7 When Virginia had no representa-
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skinner said it has already been drawn in.
Even here In Aug usta that party had put up
on it's tick ct a Republican. and not only . Re-
publican, but. q debt-paylng Republican. BE
referred humorously to the attem ut to place Mr..
Jacob Yost on the ticket and his polite refusal
and then read extracts from the Vauey Y;rof,-
inn tn show what hard things he had said about
tba verv marty that wanted tn placs him on
their ticx ct, These little Inconsistencies were
received with delighted applause by the audi
ence
Col. Skinner then showed that the object OF
this movement was to destroy the Democratic
party OF Virginia and the South. and turn the
Southern States over to Republican rule. by
reference to the course Of Conkling and other
Nothern Republicans, their calls upon federal
office-holders to contribute to the Malone
fund. the speech of Malone before the Union
| League Club at New York and Noah Davis res
| ponse stating that Malone was doing much to
break us the Democratic party.
Az to the proposition OF the readj listers to re-
neal the capitation tax proreouisite he said