The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-29

SONS CHARCES-A HEALTHY CHANGE ~
POLITICAL SENTIMENT.
FLOYD COURTHOUSE, Va, !
August Il, 1882.
TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
According to previous notice, Hon. John
Z. Massey addressed the citizens Il this
county at the courthouse on the 23d in
slant. The audience consisted Of about
two hundred good, sober. substantial pcO-
pie, and i'll addition TO these = few Of our
best women. Mr.. Massey spoke about two
and half hours, Gna was listened to with
great attention. Democrats, Republicans.
and Rcadj busters were present, and all cX-
ccpt Il few who had on the Malone collar
were pleased.
The speech made good impression, and
] think can safely say il made votes for
Mr.. Massey. Our people begin TO see that
Malone wants to sell them TO the Stawart
Republicans. That don't suit the taste Of
white men in Floyd. We love freedom up
here; we don't like Bossism: we don't
! like to 20 and come at the beck and call OF
one little man, who sits Oh lis throne ut
Washington city and issues orders 10 his
satrapS in Virginia. Mr.. Massey during
his speech was interrupted by VI. c. Dick
crS0n, who calls himself chairman OF the
Coalition party Of Floyd. This VI. c. Dick
erSon is a nephew OF the famous Amos
Dickerson, whose name will 90 down to
posterity connected with the name OF Ed.
| l'arr, OF Patrick.
Amos would not, or at any rate did not.
see fit to face Mr.. Massey and make GOOD
the charge Of bribery. But the aforesaid
VI. c., the learned young judge-elect Of
this county, told Mr.. Massey that his Uncle
Amos told Linn that he Massey acknOw-
lodged In the presence OF the said Amos
that he (Massey) had offered to loan Parr a
sum OF money. Now. how does this ac-
cord with the written statement of Brother
Amos? This VI. c. Dickerson wrote TO fine
Vhg not long ago and informed the pub
lie generally, at least those who read Alc
wing, that he had not heard a man i'm
Floyd say he was going to vote for Massey
or Dawson. Will the said VI. c. be so good
now as to write to the Wing again and tell
what he heard and saw here on the ODD in
slant: | am afraid N. c. has been nap
ping OF late; but ! tell you MASSEY woke
him up on the 23d. Malone had better re-
woke his orders and tell his little children
to be quiet unless he wants them all ground
into powder.
Wise will get no Democratic votes here
Dut most IL not all OF them will vote for
Massey. Many who were RCadjusters in
STATE issues here are for Massey. have
heard several OF the leading Republicans
OF this county say they would not vote for
Wise. My information is that Wise
lost strength by coming here. He told orr
people he was for Arthur because Arthur
was for him.
Mr.. W. Scott, OF our town, was. rs Won
know, nominated ut Franklin Courthouse
on the I'D instant as the Administration
candidate for Congress in this district. Mr..
scott was brought up in this county. His
education and general information is very
limited. If he ever attempted to make
public speech | don't know it. He is about |
thirty years old, and has ALWAYS been an
compromising Radical / understand he |
got the nomination chiefly bv Rad. |
lcu votes. lie has none OF the |
elements that make a popular man. lie
VIII be burden on the shoulders OF his
party. In my opinion he can't carry his
)wn county. heard that as soon us Mr..
scott got the nomination he departed for
fichmond and Washington city. Some
ay he has gone to hunt up Colonel CabeIrs
ecord in Congress; others are SO ungrote-
III as to say that he has gone to get the
'oss TO put around his neck big new col
ar, and also 10 get the Boss 10 write him
peech to say when he starts out on the
ampaign.
Colone! Sims has left us, and most OF us ,