Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-08-18
Political Notes.

They failed to disable Old Man Massey
at Rocky Mount. The Old Man is again
on the road. He addressed an immense
audience in Danville Tuesday night and
left for Henry county.
A well informed politician told us few
days ago that he could name eighteen
prominent Readjusters of this county
men who have been leaders in their pre-
cincts-who will vote and work for Mas
sey Outside of Charlottesville. where a
little squad still makes loud noise, Ma
hone has but few to do him reverence
Charlottesville Chronicle.
The Fulkersonians whipped out the Ma
honeites at the County court OF Washing
ton, securing full delegation for Fulker-
son to the congressional convention. Ii
this ism t sitting down pretty heavily on
Speaker Fowler were most awfully decelv-
ed. Not single delegate for Fowler
out of the whole number from his county.
Well. did you ever !-Hitlsville Vir-
qintan.
Rev. J. M. Dawson, the Republican can
dldate, whose nomination for Congress
man -at-large by the Republican State Com
mittee has been followed by such distress
ing scenes of confusion in Gen. Mahone's
camp, in letter to the Republican
Convention for the 9Th District (which
nominated D. ]. Woodfn for Congress)
says:
You and all our Republican friends
may rest assured that neither Senator Ma
hone nor any other Readjuster can bride
me to sell out the old party that gave us
everything under the sun that is near and
dear to US. Lam only sorry that those
who claimed to he wise, gave him an op-
portunity to split aud dlsor9anize our par
ty at time when we ought to have done
that work for his (Mahone'sl party"
r. ID. BeckleY, prominent colored Re-
publican Of Alexandria, and clerk In the
postoffice department for several years
past. has been notified that his services as
a government employee will not be requir-
ed after the close of the present MONTH
Alexandria Gazette.
Senator Hale did not allow Capt. John
s. Wise to address the people of Grayson
without replying to him. Mr.. Hale turned
out to be in meeting of his friends, for
the hard questions he put to Mr.. Wise are
reported as being received with tremend-
Gus applause.
The Coalition are assessing black and
white, men and women, in their effort to
carry Virginia this fall. Here IS the note
Miss Bette Bumgardner, postmistress at
Honeyville. Page county, received from
Gen. Malone:
WASHINGTON. D. c.. E:
August 1sr, 1852.
BY the Executive Committee you are re-
uursted to contribute co our campaign
fund two dollars, for the purpose OF the
pending canvass OF the readjuster party.
If you will. please remit this sum by
check or money postal order to =. CLARK,
Treasurer, Richmond, Va, and you are
requested SO to do on or before the 2Oth
of the present month; aud at the time OF
making this remittance you will please no.
tify the undersigned on the back OF this
sheet.
VIM. MALONE. Chairman.
BETTE BUMGARDNER,
Honeyville, Va.
Speaking of MI. Massey, the Richmond
correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun says
of his physical endurance:
He is by long odds the best stump speak
er in Virgins. HIS powers Of physical
endurance are simply wonderful. He can
speak six days IN tne week, auu loaa Ql-
vine services, as he has often done, on the
seventh.
The assaults on Mr.. Massey seem to
have aroused an unexpected element. The
Farmyille journal Dem. which hasper-
sistently opposed him, says;
"ThinRs have gotten to such point
that it now hehooves people to stop and
ask themselves whittier they are drifting,
and what is to be the outcome of such
scenes as were witnessed at NOttoway
Court House. The days proceedings and
the treatment that Massey received, we
are confident made him twenty times as
many votes as his speech would have
DONE"
We cannot speak positively for other
sections of the Stats, but wa can say for