The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-19
O,FerraIl and Paul ut StsnarusSi"e'
September 18th.
(Reported for the Dispa,c'''l


ri. a,sc,,ss,on nj stanardsyille was heard
hv = large crowd. Paul led off In a speech
-; ,,;,,otv minutes. I'm which he seldom
,,ant,,red beyond the worn and exhausted
eeids ~ Reimbursement. O'Ferrall followed
IN a sneech Of the same length OF time, OF
which the first twenty minutes were occu-
MED in answering Captain Pauls remarks
and showing their irrelevancy to the real
questions now In issue. Colonel OFerrall
then stated that In twenty-mtnutes' time
he had fully answered PallPs whole speech,
and appealed TO friend and foe alike to
iustify the statement, or else to indicate IN
what particular he had failed to do so. No
response coming from the crowd, Colonel
O,Ferrall said he should consider PauPs
spcech fully answered, and he then pro-
ceeded 10 discuss the questions involved In
the canvass. He showed the people that Cap
tain paul had been absent from "a out OF
224 roll-calls during the last session OF Con-
gress-from some most conveniently absent
when vote one way would have injured
him before his constituency, and the other
WAY would have brought down on him the
disnleasurc OF that Administration which
CAPTAIN Paul claims to be for because it is
FOR him. The Colonel then took up the Re-
adiuster saying that p" We are for Arthur
because Arthur is for u.s." and after re-
marking that it was 4 sentiment OF very
questionable morality, and that he should
not be for the devil even II the devil
were for him, he showed that Ar
thur had sold the Federal influence in
Virginia to the Coalitionists TO carry
the negro vote and retain them In Once,
and that the price paid by the Coaliiionists
was the assistance they give in maintaining
high protective tari1, the internal-rcycnue
tax on whislley and tobacco, and other Re,
publican measures, which, while beneficial
TO the New England and other northern
States, where the mass OF the people de-
pend upon manufactures for livelihood,
impose burden oh the people OF Virginia
far greater than the direct taxation OF the
State government even when the amount OF
the debt and the rate OF taxation were
highest. The Colonel advocated tariff
for revenue, but not for the benefit OF
northern manufacturers and monopolists.
Colonel O'Fcrrall said he knew man to
be Republican when he acted with them,
voted with them, and endorsed their mea-
sures. Applying this test to Paul, he
proved him to come fully up to the stand
ard OF 4 Stalwart Republican. He paid his
respects to Malone in vigorous and truthful
language, denouncing him as the real traitor
and showing the absurdity Of applying
that term to Massey. Paul interrupted
O'Ferrall several times with the air OF SUI
pcriority which he seems to think a great
VI. {. like himself possesses OYER a private
citizen. He was so snubbed by the Colonies
repartee that he soon subsidized. Paufs re-
ply was devoted solely to the defence OF n
prohibitory tariff and OF Malone. a pro-
hibitory tariff, he said, enabled employers
OF factory hands to pay them good wages
Il pretty argument for an agricultural COM
m,nity. O'Fcrrall closed the discussion.
lie said Captain Paul had voted against a
measure looking to the repeal OF the inter
nal-revenue tax. Paul denied it, but the
Colonel drew the Record on him and proved
the assertion.
Colonel O'Ferral said that now was the
time, with S1j0,O00,00O OF surplus revenue
in the Treasury, TO abolish the internal-rcyc
nue. system; but that that system was main--
tanned by the Republicans because it forms
the most valuable part OF the political ma
chinery for pcrpcttating it, own existence.
1t was generally conceded by both sides
that Paul was badly wOrsted in the discus
sion. The ic-Rcidiu OF
Greene are solid for O'Ferrall. They say
they can't stand Malone. ID.