The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-07-27

ADDRESS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL BLAIR
ELECTION OF DELEGATES &C.

Coalition Meeting.
ADDRESS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL BLAIR
ELECTION OF DELEGATES &C.
| Notwithstanding the irresistible attraction
of the circus, the court house was well Iilled
on Monday last, the day fixed for the election
of del egates to the Coalition Congressiona
Convention which meets in Harrisonburg on
the 10Th of August s. Brown Allen called
the meeting TO order and explained its object,
after which committee was appointed to
nominate delegates, present resolutions &c.
| Upon the retirement of the committee,
ATTORNEY GENERAL BLAIR
was introduced to the audience and made q
| few remarks He stated Tint it WAS not his
purpose to make speech H. came I" Staun-
ton to meet and clasp the har's of The Li'"'r-
ais of the city and county ard bad them God
speed in their work. Later in The canvass he
hoped to have the pleasure of standing in the
/ same place. in advocacy of the liberal move
ment, and when that time came lie would like
to discuss the issues with representative of
the opposite party He recognized the fact
that StauntOn WAS not regarded rs the strong
hold of Liberalism. The men who compose
that party are not those whose toll consists OF
whiting dry goods boxes and lettering ON
street corners They are men who guide the
pillow, who direct the manufactures and who
| add to the growth and prosperity of the coun
| try by the labor of the hand and head. They
are the men who have braved the fires of per
sccution, aud now stand forth fearlessly, alike
Indifferent to democratic bombast and that
miserable narrow -mindedness which recogni
yes neither virtue nor worth outside of the
limits of its own little circle.
The Readjuster party comes before you in
this Congressional contest, and asks that you
manifest your approval OF its past course in
the vote you shall give in November next 1t
points to its record rs the best guarantee of
the future. 1t points you to the fultiment of
every promise that it made. so far as 1t lay in
its power. The reduction of the rate of taxa
ton, the curtailment of the State debt from
$50 200, 900 to S23 900 900. and its final settle
mrnt, the vast increase in the material pros
the number and efficiency ofthr public schools,
the reform instituted in the various State Asy-
| lums and their enlargement and increased ac-
commOdatiOn; the excellent condition of the
State offices and the prompt and faithful dis
charge Of every obligation imposed upon those
in charge the honest and efficient admins
trxtion of the public trusts from the Gov
ernnr dOwn-these are the fulIllmcnt of the
promises made you in the last campsign, and
cOnclusively show that your confidence has
not been misplaced. And this record would
have been made complete by the enactment of
those measures adopted by the causus, and
which are familiar to you, had it not been for
the treachery of the big Four" led by that
Prince Oftraitors. John E. Massey, who is now
the leader of the great Democratic party. His
reasons for that leadership are three: LIST, be-
cause be failed to beat Cameron for Governor;
end, because he failed to beat Rlddleberger for
the United States Senate and ard, because he
failed to beat Brown Allen for.the Auditor
ship. Driven to the last extremity, and at a
time when in all its ranks there was not one
to take up its tattered banner. the Democratic
partymakes a corrupt bargain by which they
have fastened upon them as leader man
who, scarcely year ago, they held up as the
embodiment of all the crimes in the calendar.
The choicest selection from the vocabulary of
Newgate was inadequate to do justice to the
moral social and political dellnQuencies OF the
parson when the parsOn opposed them. But
| WI to 10 ipoao cd h.,
adds the blacklist of all-treachery-he be-
comes in their eyes very God, and in the
dust of humiliation they fall down and wor-
ship him. And this is the great party OF hon.
or and honesty"-of boosted intelligence and
moral worth. Could anything more clearly
prove its hypocrisy, its pretense, its sham and
its fraud? But its day is done. Disintegra-
ton has well nigh completed its work. It has
lost all enthusiasm; dispirited, torn In pieces
by faction, betrayed by its friends. and humil-
lated in the eyes of the world, it presents a
picture pitiable in the extreme 1t has alrea-
dy abandoned hope in the coming contest
On the other hand the Liberals are gaining
in numbers, in confidence and in enthusiasm
every day. They are now better organized
than any party in the history of Virginia, and
are marching with flying flags to certain VIC
tory. The Ninth Congressional District will
increase its majority from 5000 to 10000, and
from every other section of the State the good
tidings will come.
Before CLOSING g, the speaker referred in hand
some terms to Hon. John Paul, and his efficient
service il Congress. fe alse took OCCASION
to congratulate the State On having secured
an officer SO capable and faithful as our coun:
lyman, 8. Brown Allen, LIST Auditor.
Mr. Blair's address was attentively listened
to and warmly appauded. The speaker is an
enlarged likeness of Governor Cameron, hay
ing much the same general appearance, His
mannerism is somewhat similar to thatof Hon.
John Paul, and his voice pleasant and sono-
rous. ..tff.. ,fI.E
At the close of the speaking. the committee
reported the following delegates and resolp-
tions, and the report was adopted,
| DELEGATES.
The following are the delegates TO the Harrison
burg Convention: "
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