The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-31
Singular Sentences from the Son OF I"
statesman.

rCorrcspondence OF the Richmond Dispafch.I
WuII.xsBuRG, October 80. 1882.
The "great Coalition barbecue" herald
cd FAR and wide for some weeks past, came
OF i'm this town Saturday. They had
crowd. and the crowd was with them-not
very remarkable fact considering that
there was free treat, and that their
.Dusky rabble was drawn out
From many s county round ABOUT
Uampton an the one side and New Kent on
the other furnishing their quotas TO swell
the numbers. A Coalition band was TO
have discoursed melody for the occasion,
but the "tinkling cymbal and the sound
ing brass" appeared not, to give respon-
siye echoes to the party's lead-horn. AT
few minutes past II
CAPTAIN JOHN S. WISE,
followed by the beloved. proceeded to the
courthouse, when he was introduced by
DR.. X. A. Wise. He opened by saying
that he alone OF the candidates at large
was the nominee Ola party; that Massey
was traitor, connivng at the impost,lrcs
Of sBourbon Fundcr fossils" Dawson
was alluded to in some doggerel coupletS
as being the offspring OF political prostitu-
ton. lie then launched into readtustment,
reviewed at length its "glorioIs" deyel-
opment and the mighty works performed
by g the great party"
The speaker discussed
THE SOCIAL PROBLEM;
acknowledged political equality, but said
that social equality could not be enforced
by any law; did not favor mixed schools
never saw an intelligent colorcd man who
did. On these points colOred Coalition
speakers certainly differ from the Cap
tam, and the late school troubles in
Washington and st. Louis prove banker
ing in that direction. Various reasons
were given why the judicial circuits should
have been reduced, but the reasons why
they would have been increased again after
the Democratic judges had been turned
out were minus. lie was in favor OF sweep
ing every Democrat from every department
Of the Government.
"TREAsON N TIE CAMP
he gave as the reason for the failure OF the
Boss plans. The Big -Four" forthwith
became the objects OF the candidates wrath.
Lybrook was characterized is drunkard
who lay on the sidewalks in recent visit
to Richmond; Newberry figured As crazy
man; Hale as sickly little chicken; and
Williams was denounced as first pandering
to the filthy tastes OF Massey and then de-
serting to Dawson, the Richmond Tobacco
Exchange having paid of a mortgage on
his farm. Dawson furnished Il subject for
the harshcst ridicuIe, Wickhams mig
ger" being the piyota! cpithet. y party
which. he said. was composed OF
THE L" BEST PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA."
YOU NAV be sure elected some interesting
4 VIZ
posed OF Stick-whittlcrS, cross-road loafers,
dcfunct maSSbackS, Bourbon,, who lived
on pedigree and past rccolectiOnS. For
one who exists on expectations, the Cap
tain exhibited a wonderful weakness for
making pOSt-W0rtem examinations OF the
deceased debt question. Two terrible APP
partitions seemed to be stalking towards
him from futurity. He fears "moncyed
aristocracy" and Virginia sinking into the
present condition OF Spain
THE C0LORED PEOPLE WERE TICKLED THUS
81 did not want you to be freed; fought
against it the difference between BombOns
and myself Is that have realized that you
are free: they won't believe il until they
have another war, in which they will get
licked worse than before" Replying 20 4
statement of Laws about MS being the son
OF the man who hung
JOHN BROWN,
he said that John Brown was hung accord
ing TO law, deserved to be, but was =
noblcr, tl1ler, and Drawer man than any
" sinking. p0t-bcllicd, shirt-rullcd Bour-
bon Funder in the State.v Boldly an
nOunced himself a Republican,; supported
Arthur, whose administration was Viz
only bot Wi ba It1
for Grant, Some people recOlect something
about his Living and dying Democrat"
" Malone, backed by the North, had freed
Virginia." Continuing, he proclaimed
himself AS one who wore
MAH0NE's COLLAR,
and INDUCED in some top-lofty sentiment
about golden collars OF affection encircling
grateful hearts, &c. Before closing he re-
qucslcd not to be misunderstood or re-
ported as dealing in
Low ABUSE OF Mr.. MASSEY.
The correspondent Of the Dispatch gave
him the Strictcst attention and recorded
the following epthcts applied to Massey:
"IyprOclte, fraud, liar; one caught buy
ing members Of The Legislature" Captain
Wise diScantCd for about three hours. He
speaks well, and tells an anccdote with the
most humorous effect; his argument, how
ever, seems to be somewhat like unto the
comets tail-cXceedingly thin and OF ur-
usual length.
We have information from undoubted
source that the Mahoncitcs are Offering -
and captation-taX paid for colored voters
in James City county--the number regis
tered for Williamsburg on the 2Sth were
IL; jamestown township, IL. W.