Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-08-24

as 10 the local canvass of this county
which Mai. Daniel seems NOW TO be
making. Bu. l 10 know that Maj.
Daniel failed to appear al GOrdoosyille
last Saturday aud that Col. Cameron
granted him the terms at Rockingham
Which wogld have been his own had
| Maj. Daniel appeared at Gordonsville'
Permit US respectfully TO conclude
this correspondence by saying that yoo
might have told us without tins special
pleading that you did not intend to
divide time with Capt. Rlddleberger.
respectfully,
J. L. KELLER, Char. PIT.
Mai. Daniel was introduced to the
audience. His figure Is striking. His
calm. dignifed temeanOr, his finely cut
features, his noble, intellectual appear
ance. all bined. mark him as man
among men, Virginia gentleman who
would BE iusi a utly recognized as such
wherever he appeared. His opening
sentence was Sufficient TO capture the
the attention Of lis audience which was
held firmly until the closing words OF
his eloquent address. Hesald
1 salute You. fcllow-cl.izeus with the
Grand hailins sign Of our Statehood l
too am a democrat. too am Vir-
Uinian. With all confidence, / con-
graduate you and all of our common
conntry as congratulate myself on the
bopeful auspices that surround US all l
donot csncede that to any political
marty this state OF prosperity is DUE
He would not admit that the coalition
ISIS were prompted by desire to en-
hance tie prosperity Of the State but TO
every thoughtful man it WAS evident
that their conduct is prompted by q
feeling ofhatred to the Democratic party
and disposition to break it down.
They will Give YOU other pretexts. Gen.
Malone is quoted as saying that the
debt question has become secondary
issue. Tie debt question like dra-
matte curtain. is now used to conceal
fine nariits that are behind 1t. The
neople ale most interested in the taxes
that come out Of their pockets. be-
tween Col. Cameron and myself there
is not the shadow Of one cent as to the
amount Of taxes that shall be levied
upon the people. They do not object
to the present rate Of axatien and the
platform upon which stand is opposed
10 au Increase oftaxes. I am charged
with being funder. Col. Cameron is
also A tunder for he is in favor Of the
Riddleberger bill. l will tell ysu what
sort ola funder am.
Virginia came out OF the war barren
and s.ript of everything and for four
years she was uodcr the goyernmeSt oil
military appo,ntees. In 1866, BY one
great aud heroic effort, we reSalned
possession Of the Stale government
and elected our first Legislature. One
Of lhe questions was the settlement OF
the public debt.
When The funding iii was presented,
I thought that Virginia was undertake
mo more than she could bear. My
objections 10 The funding bill was. that
it did not relieve Virginia from paying
what west Virginia should pay.
I ves opro,ed to it because that
LEGISLATURE Was not elected with the
view Of settling the public debt.
Another objection was that i! EN-
bodied the coupon system.
Tie Democratic party has been
arrayed upon the tustinss for having
passed flat funding bill. | am an eye
witness, Iyoled against it and the ma
iolity Of The Democratic party voted
with ne.
1t was saddled upon the people by
that Republican party with which Gel,
Cameron is now ia coalition.
They have told you over and again
that the democratic partyis responsible
for a diversion of the school fund.
1t is not the truth. When the Demo
cratic party elected Legislature, they
went to Richmond and repealed the
funding bill. The difficulty arose in
this wise. The constitution has a pro-
vision which virginia voted for, INC
State shall pass any law impariBg the
obligation Of a contract" Not"ith'
standing the act OF the Legislature the
court compelled the collectors to receive
the coupons.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States has ratified and approved it. Sc
much money was required for the
schools, so much for the expenses o
the government and so much for inter
est on the public debt. When tho cOu-
pons came in there was not money
enough lett for the schools. They hac
exhausted every remady but one-an
agreement with creditors and COM
promise according to all the circum
stances Of the case. For Ten years the
democratic party has been doing ri
that was possible. Here is the platform
upon which 1 stand and by which Zee
sure that this mixed question will reach
a proper conclusion. (He here read the
platform of the party on The debt
question:
| Virginia can pay 3 per cent at tie
present rate Of taxation and leave &
surplus. Some prophets went through
aud told YOU that the valua ion of real