The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-14
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Tucker Meets Bfves In bOtctO
RAN. TUCKER, IN gEPLY TO "LoNo, rnooi'
n,uI. rougu, AND UyINTEBEsTISG - HA-
p,yorE PROM RIvEs, SPEAKS IN WORDS VI
"puRNING ELoQUENCE "--BIVEs RoOTEp-
Iouy w. DANIEL AND MR.. TUCKER SPEAK
AT NIGHT.
rCorrespondcnce OF the Richmond Dispatci.I
FrycAsTLE. VA, September III, 1882.
Not often do two such speakers rs Hon.
7 Rondolph Tucker and Major John w.
DonicI sneak i'm our town In one day.
There are no two men in the State that our
neople more delight to- hear or would more
Gladly honor with the highest gilt In their
mower. II was not surprising, then, that
In spite OF rain and mud and swollen
streams the good people in large numbers
gathered Mt their courthouse and lllled thc
building 10 hear the discussion that had
been agreed upon between two OF the can
didotes for Congress from this district, j.
Henry Riyes and J. r. Tucker, (Mr. Wood
fin not being on hand, as had been adver-
tised, his absence being accounted lor ny
rain and high water, / presume, though
the Mahoneites ndustriously circulated
the rlrmor that both he and Dawson had
withdrawn from the contesto
At five minutes to l o'clock
REVENUE RIvEs
becan his speech by SAYING he proposed to
discuss Q) the tariff question; ~ the aboil.
ton OF the veXatiOus internal revenue TAX
(:N shall we sustain the RCadiustcr party!
He labored hard to show that Mr.. Tucker
could never be prOtectionist, for, in his
speeches on the tariff delivered III Con-
gress lin reading extracts from when he
consumed a great portion OF the hour ana
a half allotted to him), he had declared tue
whole system OF tariff to be unconstitu-
tional and, said he, "Mr. Tucker Is an
honorable man and a gentleman, and can
never recant his views. And he is the
great constitutional lawyer OF the country
At this deserved compliment from an OPP
ponent the house almost shook with ap-
plausc. But it did not come from the ne
groes in the galleries, but from the Gun
bought and unpurchaSable frcemen" that
crowded the lower part OF the building,
save here and there sad and detected
looking Mahoneite.
Mr.. Rives spent his whole time in dis
eussing the tariff IL subject, by the way.
which many OF our people consider OF
minor Importance, and left us curious to
know what a man that had been
PATCHING OFF TIE INTERNAL-REvENUE
SYSTEM
would have to say IN exposing the enormi-
ties Of that infcrnal'' system. And we
should like for him also to have told us
what good the COdltiOnists had done to
entitle that party to our support: but he
was silent on that point. Major Daniel
well characterized the speech as "lOng,
prOsy, dull, tough, and undressing.
The best part Of his speech consisted in
long extracts from the Congressional Re-
cord and newspaper accounts OF the suffer-
ngs OF labOrers in the factories OF Eng
land. but even these extracts failed to make
an impression. for Mr. Riyes is even 4
worse reader than speaker. His ignorance
OF the tariff question was eXempliiied when
he named Calhoun, Madison, and such as
these, Us great protectionists. The fact il,
the speaker saw and admitted that the
crowd was against him, for with the eXcep-
ton Of "Dat'S so," "You is right"
Talk on" &C.. thrown in with ridiculous
appropriateness, his speech received
scanty applause.
Mr.. TUCHEB's REPLY
was complete and overwhelming. He can
compress more in short speech than any
man | have ever heard. Doubtless Mr.
Riycs thought that he would induce his
opponent to fritter away his time in dis
cussion OF the tariff. and thus draw OF an
attack from his political record, Just rs the
parent bird by her arts decoyS the hunter
from her brood OF young; but in thi, he
was sadly mistaken. Dir. Tucker bean by
saving. " IIcrctoiOre | have had men 70 op-
pose ne: this time it is the internal rcye-
nue." lie showed how hardly il would be-
expected for An acknowledgements officer to
oppose that system, thus knocking the
props from under Himself and leaving him
without a seat in Congress and without his
office. "This man i, Republican. and
am 4 Democrat. That is the real issue be-
fore you" He showed that his opponent
only Topped over to roadiUstmcnt when
the ReadiustcrS had gotten into power;
that he had refused to vote FOR Frazier two
years ago when he was running for Con-
grc>s as Rcadju>tcr. The speaker showed
up in
BURNING ELOQUENCE,
in language | shall not attempt 10 repcat
and am unable TO describe, the DEGRADING
dc,potism Of Malone b0esism. and Illus
trated by John Volt and others, that how
ever good a Republican man might be, !
yet il he refused to bow the knee to Ma |
hone he had 20 be cut of. In obcyine thi, !
tyrant he had TO renounce personal liberty. |
While he was denouncing boSsism in burn |
inc words, and the people were listening |
with profound silence, Federal office /
holder cried out, "IIurrah for Mahone," |
Not another voice. If the only people /
who support Malone are those who hurrah |
for him, then he Is very scarce in thS |
crowd" He told how the Malone nomi- /
nees for Congress first 90 to Washington.
where the Boss has his HEADQUARTERS. and |
10 Philadelphia, the centre OF protection
,ts, as soon rs they are nominated. Said
he: 81 appeal from the gold Of PennSyl-
'anla to the unbought and unpurchasable
freeman OF the Sixth congressional dis
riot; to the 10000 men who have never
bowed the knee to Batl." lie then pro-
'eeded to show up
MAHONE's TREACHERY
II the United States Senate in supporting
he radical measures OF the StalWart wing
If the Republican party. He told how his
opponent, as soon as he had dotted the Con-
ederate gray, joined the Republican party
n its raid upon the South, and how the
Democrats in Congress had stood up nobly
II our defence. He spoke of the Injustice
lone by the Republican party to the Next
an veterans. OF their opposition to general
OF the force bill, of Stationinc
oldiers ut the polls to intmidate our
oters, and Of what the Democrats had
lone in securing for our county Judge
air trial when he was indicted bv one OF
Judge Riyes's grand iuries. Then he
poke OF the brand put upon Confederate