The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-22

q Stripes, i instead 81 marching in gray hndar tn
: stan and bars 81 And now the most excith
n seeuesI have WITNESSED on this floor are III
n ldiseussjens between gentlemen who Were civ
liaps i'm war aud are warriors in peace, I'll
! Visible IN war, invincibfe in peace" Laughter
( he 70 wirich party furnished the greater nun
4 Der af soldiers to subjugate the South Laugh
Il ter ssAnd have seen old soldiers, sitting o
either hand, smiling as these carpet knight
7 told how other men fought Desperate battles
sb6ldI vete9Aris from the siNerth and South VIII
had fuusht mofc battles than adj sofahcse dis
4 putapts put tQgether ever saw days OF, serbic
Now, Mr.. SpGaker, 7 liase prssleeatefthe eas
hon this one poingsn Myifrlend from Pen syi
wanna (Mr.s Millerls discussed.bA before the, Hdus,
SO Ehrly, SO clearly AND 80, tplyothe FACTS hnl
the merits OF this case that i think, withlth
presentation Of the point haye 'endeayored u
make, this HouseEw illarfive at the CONCLUSION
that it is,its highsduty 10 give this imam. TIL
contestant IN this, case, his seat. ,,lt ,a. ! =
Think 1 have Alright to speak here for {
free ballot and a fair and honest count Vi
4 represent the party IN Virginia that has showr
to- the couRtry thatit is,always the.best policy
TO be honest viii all men. ,.ai s.,,.s l.-a :.
! Mr.. Evins-WTat about the payment of The
public debt?
! Mr.. Paul-Iam glad to hear you say that
South Carolina haunting Virginia with not
paying her debts! Laughter and applause Oh
the Republican side. am glad Of this oc
caslon, and l sincerely thank the gentleman
from South Carolina for giving it to me, and
shall at least strive to reply to the many char
ges have heard made ON this floor against
| Virginia and against the dominant party OF
/ that State, that it is party composed of repu-
diators. ftq>
Mr.. Tillman-Will the gentleman permit me
| to ask him question?
Mr. Paul-Certainly..
Mr.. Tilman-Who repudiatet the debt OF
| South Carolina? ..tf4r
Mr.. PAUL. do not know.
Mr.. Tillman-I willtell you. The Republi-
can party and we are paying the debt as they
lent, but we are paying it. If any has been
repudiated the Republican party die it, and no
| Democrat had hand in it.
| Mr.. Paul-Have you put 1t back to where it
| was? 1f lr
Mr.. Tilman-We could not do SO, because
| they have destroyed or obscured the evidence.
Mr.. Paul-The creditors have the evidence
They never lose their bonds. Just advertise
for the creditors of South Carolina to come
and bring their bonds, rs you want to pay your
debt, and none of them will be wanting. ihey
" ~ S''ihS HuiSAiy dIll tlllCklv CIOuSIl.
Laughter and applause on the Republican
side.
MIR. Iillman-The evidence to support their
claims would be doctored like the testimony
IN this election case has been. Applause on
the Democratic side.] Besides, most of our
debt was originally fraudulent and was Great
ed by the Republican party
Mr. Paul-The gentleman from Kentucky
MIR. Blackburn has said something on this
subject to which wish to refer. Why when.
some gentleman referred to the. gentleman
from Texas Mr.. Jonesl and to MI. Paul as
the Readjuster from Virginia. the announce
ment was received with laughter and derision.
And wish to tell you one thing before for
get it.. The Readjuster flag, when we unfurled
it and flung it to the breeze and began the
movement Of liberalism, we nailed to the mast
head and put it there to stay. Applause on
the Republican side ..
Mr.. Blackburn said as follows:
But whatever sins that party may have committed
Die to criticism, for party is perfect party is
absolutely pure, there is one consolation which
every Democrat recalls with constant and abiding
satisfaction That is that there is political deg
radiation to which the Democratic party has
ends Of a Commonwealth's politics, without regard
to antecedents or history, gathering the cOnfede
rate and the Union clements black spirits and gray
and making conglomeratfon like Fecate's hell
broth of 'ongue of dog and toe of frog and sup
plementing 1t with the dishonest regulators of
honest debts in order to gain ases9d9naY IN Fsds
Reputation, befouled the untarnished escutcheon
of a proud old Commonwealth upon which during
a century had been traced the story Of nations
glory; Applause on the Democratic side She new
er held power in either House Of the Federal Con-
gress as the inevitable product of such foul and
unnatural coalition. (Continued applause.l
Yet we gave Governor Cameron nearly thir-
teen thousand majority last fall! 1t only shows
the unbounded profundity of some peoples
want of the most general information. Laugh
ter.
Did any of you gentlemen from North Caro-
lima applaud? Did any of you applaud from
Georgia, although you cut your own debt
down from thirty millions to ten millions ?
Did any of you applaud from West Virginia.
that refused to pay single dollar of the debt
she honestly owes as contracted when she was
q part of the State of Virginia?
Mr.. Speaker, these constant assaults upon
the character of the Virginia Readjusters are
wrong cruel, and wholly unjustifiable, and i
will allow no man on this floor to constitute
himself the guardian OF Virginia's honor, or to
assail the character or to reflect upon the hon
esty or integrity of that people whom l have
the honor to represent on this floor in part.
The party which now controls her destlnies
consists of men who have proved their devo-
ton to her in war as well as in peace; they
have the brain to govern that old Common
wealth, and you MAY rely upon it they will
have the necessary nerve and deyoti n to her
honor and interests Applause on the Repub
lican side. 80
lney are men VINO nave SHOWN their cOur-
age to be equal to every occasion whose hearts
have never unailed in tho nracanca of any, foo
WIZ . - :, =, aaa~ryt - -. ~ r. $500 X ~ -
We aio 40 uoVoocu 70 Iuc nonor ol our otate
as any other people We love her with an af-
lection second to none. We have bent our
energies to her development, and The building
up OF ner waste places; to The education OF
her children, white and colored. We are
nartv Of life ona ,,rorroeo W. live ;, ~ j.; ~
80 ~ A piot3ioan' =" NV n.y. III tiio
ueaG past. we live tor the living and not tor
the dead ; and we most honor the dead when
we d,, rood to tho l;y;nr fAprl,,,eol
-, g N-pf'l
n uiSeiiSuioheu Scltelltn lIoHl helSn-
.DOrlng Stale, short time ago in the Senate OF
the JTnitod Stotao oxnraeeoJ ,rro,+ ,,,roh,,, ,,
sion that the Republican party by indorsnp
the liberal movement Of the Readjusters in
Virginia might ultimately come To ndont the
nol;oy of ron1dot;no' ~, ,,,t;a.I III. M
S1Sy " SP'i's ny ii'.non"i "0oo' NJ.
speaker, tne pest evidence, II evidence IS de-
handed Of the good faith of the VIRGINIA peO-
nla no IN tho not;onol dnht 10 INC G,o, that thay
- III. =, " ~ low 'e'o my
a[e Willlng 10 pay, doliar Tor CELLAR, every cent
that thew honestly owe of their own ohlioa-
slonS. VOW ns'e,i 10 VIVA. thls ulsGlhe
soh'i'7nian says. quote lroni tle hecoro'
The public debt, too must be paid; and while the
sea.0r rom vermont does not want It paid 100
show that our noey and
nnalterabe In the light Of recent eyonts, admit
have a revenue official in Virginia but a year