Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-28

| healthy state OF the publlc Scn0Ol tuna uut
| to the operations of the Henkle bill which
was passed by Democrat legislature, ano
concluded with graphic picture of The
result should the coalition prove success
full when the Republicans would say, We
got you in we'll take the offices. Now yor
stop this foolishness and pay the debt
(Applause.)
CAPT. 81. Fl. RIDDLEBERGER
then. greeted by the loud applause Of his
friends, took the stand and addressed the
audience in speech which justice COM
pels US to say was marked with the ability
of an experienced debater, full OF good
hits, plausible arguments and bad logic:
and its weak points disguised under an au'
dacity, in owning up to the most damaging
charges, that was admirable. He was
withal good humored and gentlemanly
throughout and however cratic his argu-
ments or preposterous his position, his
friends seemed delighted and cheered him
to the echo.
ISSUES. NOT MEN.
He said he came to discuss issues not
men and opened by abiding to his oppo-
nent having been an unsuccessful candl-
date in 1859, while he himself had succee-
ded. He then proceeded to an ingenious
defence Of the Riddleberger bill and said
that the courts had decided that the prin-
cipal of public debt followed its territory
and that a State like an individual was
not responsible for war interest. The
Riddleberger bill gave the only chance for
the State to pay out as she could not do it
un6er the McCulloch bill. (Some one here
hallooed. "Hurrah for Daniel" The
speaker--"That' s right, l always admired
that kind of pluck that hollers for the un-
der dog in a fghtl')
SKINNER TOO HONEST.
He then came back to Col. Skinner,
pronouncing him too honest. so honest
that the Lord would take him up to hea-
ven as he did Enoch and leave no candi-
date for the Funders of Augusta. He
(Col. S. only wanted the votes of the col
ored people who did not intend to steal.
He then wanted to know how the Demo
Gratis got Barbour on the middle Of their
ticket.
DEFENDING LEWIS.
He then flew to the defense of Lewis,
following up his line of discussing issues
not men, and said that he did not say in
the Richmond Convention that Lewis
would not get 500 Or 5000 votes in the
Valley, but that the nomination of Lewis
would arouse all the prejudices OF the peo-
pie in every county in the Valley. He had
been combating those prejudices ever
since, and the nomination of Barbour had
helped him. Applause.
THE ALPHABET OF DEMOCRACY.
Where did you get the name Conserva-
tive Democratic from? who baptized you?
Skinner and Hanger did not know the a.
b c. of Democracy or they would not
want to bind State for any sum for 40
years. He had subscribed to the Recon-
struction acts and taken an oath to abide
by them. Ia voice yes, and craw-fished
afterwards.'') (Another voice, -'ten us
about Wise and the duel,-and another
''tell us about the tissue ballots.) Mr.. R.
s'My friendAs you can learn great deal
more about duel by going and fighting
one''
He then proceeded to the vehement ad-
vocacy of general suffrage under all cir
cumst pces. and rdicu ed the idea of At
ricanizing the Stats. and wanted to know
of Col. S. if the revenues were not suffi-
cient to pay the debt would he vote to in
crease the taxes?
THE HENKLE BILL.
The speaker then took up the Henkle
bill and while he seemed to produce
the impression that he had hand in get
ting it up and sent Mr.. Henkel to Malone
with letter of introduction. still it would
have been more worthy of its origin if it
had remained as it was when it left Shen-
andoah with 80 cents on it, but when it
got to Richmond it was shaved down to
IS cents and lie dropped it. But the peo-
pie must b educated and he would, if nee
essary SINK the debt and educate them, he
ncrer acould pay the debt if he had to neg
lect the education of the children.
PAYuP.
Now as 10 putting Mr.. Yost on the
county ticket he would venture the asser-
ton that if he had been put on the Fun
d. ticket not man would have refused
to vote for him. Several voices-I would
not.) He would pay so for the photo
aph of any man who would dare not to
vote for him. Here Mr.. Ben. Hinton, a
staunch and we'll known Democrat stepped
out and said, ''Take my picture; 1 would
not have voted for him." Loud and long
applause and cries of pay up! pay up!''
Mr.. Rddleberger taking the money out of
his pocket, said laughingly, "a Readjus-
ter always pays his debts" and handed it
to him but MIR. Hinton declined it, telling
him to appropriate it to campaign pqrpo-
poses. After some further remarks Mr..
R dlleberger took his seat, saying that he
knew he had to take right smart fits from
Col. Skinner, he had met him before, but
he was ready for HIM.
THE REPLIEs.
Col. Skinner SAID he had Cor the first
time in his life seen what he had so often
heard of before, ''the play of Hamlet with
Hamlet left out,'' He had asked the gen.
tleman to tell him how Malone had gone
over to the Republican party and he said
not word except that Malone was not a
candidate and he was glad he was not. He
hud
gotten into Republican caucus and ne
had told him he had reserved his best
things fer the last. He thought SO from
what he had heard of the gentleman's
speech. AS to his having been a candl-
date before. be was perhaps little more
particular as to whose votes he SOLICITED
than the gentleman was and he was now