Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-25

TEMPERANCE SPEECH BY EX- Gov.
WIN SMITH The report Of the Balti>
more Sun says, that 1.-THE chief incident
in the meeting OF the Maryland State
Temperance Alliance in Baltimore lsst
Friday was \ speech by ex Gov. VIM.
Smith. Of Virginia Gov. Smith has
heen long known in politics az Extra
Billy" He is now in the S5th year of
his age. He stands erect and speaks
with all the vig1r of former times. He
said he had not smoked cigar since the
first year of bis marriage now SO years
ago-aud had not TAX en- drink of liquor
for go years After retiring content aud
happy from political life, he had sup
posed his race was run, but being sc
Iected president of the Virginia Tenn
perance Alliance. he had concluded to
close his career in this grand work. In
Virginia the temperance men at first
moved by counties. as is being done in
Maryland. Finding this process tedi
Gus, they have concluded to move the
State for the whole column and sweep
the State at once for prohibition. APP
plause He expected the question to
be passed upon tavorahly at the present
session Of the Virginia Legislature
Gov Smith kept close to the line of
temperance argument for some time but
every now and then the old habit of po
litical speaking got the better of him,
and he launched out on States rights,
the relations OF North and South, Judge
Bond and the South Carolina political
trials. He maintained that the United
States was no nation "with q big N"
hut a grand federal Union. GApplause
On the subject Of temperance. Gov.
Smith said it had heen urged that to
suppress the liquor traffic would de-
prive the country of too much of its rev
enue. His answer to this would be that
of Gladstone to the Brewers Association
of London 'Give US q sober popula-
ton to collec. taxes from not drunk
en- one" In conclusion the Governor
asked the ladies to stand by the men in
the temperance cause, for he had found
the ladies always sound advisers, and
husbands rarely wrong when they fol-
lowed the advice of wives. Finally. re-
turning again to politics, he said he had
neen q democrat since 1878. and he
would continue In the faith [Applause]
Highly complimentary resolutions were
adopted by the meeting to the "repre-
sentative Octogenarian and statesman,
x-Gov Smith, of Virginia"
The argus. published simultan eously
at Alexandria and Woodstock, Va -. a
Republican paper, owned and editor by
colored man, declares that it is op
posed ito Mahonites, panderers and 9th
ers when they propose to enter the Re.
publican ranks for personal aggrandlze
ment," and it "trembles for the fate of
republicsnlsm If this Malone adminis-
tration of liberal doctrine is to be the
controlling Influence 1t further says:
The Richmond Mig, Mahone's
own, has boldly declared for the Ad
ministration. 1t will be seen now
whether the Readjusters will follow
their willy leader, and whether the Re
pubIicans who have heretofore borne
the burden and the heat of the Cay, will
consent to take back seats under the
new place. The Wings declaration is
but another bait for Republican votes
next fall They will put up eight men
for Congressional honors, dictated by
Malone, and whip in the poor deluded
Republicans to their support. Will ii
work this timer"