Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-09-26
THE is S U {
A SPEECH BY
One Of The z.
The Question DispasSionato-
ly Argued
FELLOW NIlIulNikSS:

FELLOW NRdlNlASS:
Tho Rcadiustcr party Is asked to stand
up and plead guilty and to follow thHt
not by nbdlcating the government oi Nh'
We arc even requested to name ~ our
eucccspors the Fundcr party, WHOM we
have recently cnught handing. over lne
Kew OF the Treasury to the punllO Creu'-
tor, who WAS to be the sole Judge OF lle
gauge Of taxation. Certain oi our own
number who are dissatisfied NJ 10 lhv
manner In which we have distributor
the public patronage nave gone over W
The enemy aud Joined them In the ellort
90 have Ms quit Virginia ns soon IN we
h.vo redeemed Il. The best robes are
nromIscd those men and NIL sorts of pre-
mIums nrc offered for disloynlty TO our
n,rty. Ne arr told TINT we have COM
nictGd orr work aud should therefore
live mo- longer. That our party lNs sue
cccdcd and should now be u lssolveu,
Let us draw parallel, Lct ~ look
h.rL,vnrd n while and see If this propo-
alton IL n new one. II u ms over pV.1
made mud ncccdcd 10 before " 80 un,
il Inns worked dlsastrously we Wlll "o'
bepxpectcd to repent the experiment
our prcnt liberal movement began III
1860 With the walker campaign llla.
was coalition between the Deuloclin,11
and ",rrur Republican," II sucGcoutul
anI by il virginia wns swung Dhoh INV
ihr nnIon. The military power ul"p'
pcsrc,l md the civil power was lrunE"-
fa,cd. Tho change was IKE mhglv;,,
Every one felt the relief lllu nopc ,En,
aJ up tho skeleton of old Virginia ngOlll'
No sooner had tho Legislature O,'Vn- ,,.'..,
blcd than II wns announcer w wy nnr,l
bons tint the purposes OF Wv l"'u,I nmI
tuorrnipnt hnd been nrrompI'su,,n, VIA ",o
tho marty should M dissolved lnn' nnI uu1
Slslc Ind been admitted to llc Wl',o, l,.,,,n ",n
iLr civil mower had brroWr ,upI'nI,' ""
snd thrss we're MI thp rnrly hnh w W.
In adnniinp the new constitution VIZ @ ,u'
in,LrL,trd IN Il n free ballot anu ,',y, ",
srhnoi systrut. nnd had cNpurEaicu ', wv, W.
a. Jisrrnr,hisrmcnls. The Bonr'mli'
eisin.i thnt this Was nll we ncv"tI'
rbrv autographed the President WV ~, M
,,eiisy had str, prdrd and ftv'rs'u J
machine, Then began 4 career W. ,ary' "
faith that has few pnihllclH :" All br.
llourbonisn seized The sccptor """ fhc
pan 10 lnlrrnch itself III poWu,,,i, ibo
ilrst net Of bad faith whs 10 1 ga,r1ilor
achool system by rlolliihg W .V,'art il
with poWrr by which ne cou,,', cl.,,.aci a,,p wss
4, ,ha ronslitution. \ roltthc, .,uI' WI
svst1pd him by which he coulu wv. hI,',i"ii i.i
/, 1nnronrlnip la hiH use tie lhonpl ,,,,,, uv"
ig.Isd 10 frrr education, n H,li'To o,t
nn,,, ,yas elected with Views s,ltnott iu. iv'
tuur, WHs u.,,,nt V,,t'p 'fhus wns Free hnu
y",o, yI" nf q n" U"SS "SSSSnUInbe institutions Of en, tue
sIsle srp " followed. C The AsyHn, ! n"Sa vys" T%",
down. for the creditor having psCn ,,,n t ttnye.
ihc kew to the state Treasury, ,vn tue At r' HI,
nues of the Commonweall...nl, WV, ,n law M.
ncrry mud he did not scrul'' W
hands ON Inc ASYLUM flihd' ham, vns
This far the bourbon scheen,ii ii.sol
sprrrss o 1bc liberal Party ll9u l,,,t Viii Nil
,uCy''i yaG. rhc bourbon wing uni unilca sod "' n,
Tho wing recently cnlion,.lll',,,,,,,,, I'' bopc
liberal iiepubllcan wing became wi