The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-08-31

again. owe nothing to your party. All thu
cnginery OF its malignity was turned agains
me, and the bitterest, most relentless canvass
that man ever went through was forced upor
me in the last Congressional contest. 1t il
true that l am friendly to Arthur and it il
true that my reason for it is that Arthur il
friendly to us. He is the first President since
the war who has recognized neither section O.
the Union as section He had no Southern
policy. His attitude toward the North was
the same rs his attitude toward the South
He looked upon the Union restored us ma
ton complete. Seeing every disposition on
the part of the President to recognize NO lines
of section, gladly accepted the tender Of
friendship. voted for Keifer over Randall
for Speaker, because did not intend to kiss
the hand ihat had tried to fell me. The Dem
ocrats lad uone everything in their power to
dei'nt me, and dn'tpropose to iawn before
them when my victory had been won. voted
to seat Republicans over Democrats. and my
! reasons for so dong were these: AS mem
Der Of the Committee on Elections OF the last
Congress, it was my sworn duty to examine
the testimony and hear the arguments in the
contested cases. Fourteen cases came up for
decision In eight OF them voted to seat the
Democrats, but Col. O'Ferrall made no allu-
sion to this part Of my record. In the six
cases in which Republicans we're seated, vo-
ted to give them their seats because on the
testimony and argument, they were fairly and
honestly entitled to them. and under my oath
l was bound to SO adjudge. Is there an hon
est man within the sound of my voice who
would have done otherwise? did not stop
to ask which was the white manor which was
the black /; it WAS not my province to inquire
into the private characters OF the contestants.
All had to determine was which OF the two
WIS justly entitled to the scat, under the con-
stitulion and laws OF the country. When my
mind WAS made up on these points, then had
no hesitation IN casting my vote thank God
that am not partizan enough to perjure my
self tor party ends If you want represen-
,ative who will stille justice, conscience and
every element ofmanhood who will cast his
Vote against reason and right for party ad
vantage; who will judge man by the color
OF his skin, and not by the merit Of his claims
then go elsewhere for your candidate. You
can never get me to serve any such purposes
If elected again, shall vote in the next Con-
gIess just as did in the last. Wherever my
judgment and my conscience point the right,
there will CO. Now make the most of it.
Tn aIluI;pfr IN, praoi1optIo vof Of eha
Harbor Bill, the speaker said that the promi-
nent appropriations tor the Southern States
had been recommended by the executive, but
he had refused to sign the bill for the reason
thst it devoted millions of dollars to little To-
cal streams which were unknown even by
name outside OF the district in which they
were located.
Coming down to State matters, he drew u
comparison between the condition of the Com
monwealth in 1879 and 1889, pointing to the
immigration, influx Of capital, multiplication
of industries, increase OF public schools, and
general prosperity as evidences of the results
of Readjuster management.
In closing, he referred to the tariff, coming
out fat-footed for protection, and avowing
that free trade would never prevailin the Uni
| ted States until Europe elevated its laboring
classes to the plane Of equality with the trade
men of America. He compared Pennsylvania
| with Virginia, and declared that in the manu-
featuring districts you could meyer persuade
| mechanics to vote against the tariff. They
! knew The value of protection, and until they
were prepared to live like the mechanics of
| Europe live, they would jealousy guard
against any effort to throw open the doors to
competition with such labor. Virginia of all
the States in the Union has most to gain from
protection.
Paul closed his speech with an appeal to the
audience to lay aside their passions and pre-
JUDGES. great deal of their politics and all OF
their old fogy notions, and join in one supreme
effort to build up the State. Virginia needs
less noise from the hustings and more from the
hammer. She must throw wide open her
doors, bury every vestige of intolerance, and
take her place in the front rank in the march
of progress.
AS Paul finished, chez after cheer, loud
and exultant, went up, and it was some min
utes before anything like order was restored
The rejoinders We're brief and spirited, both
speakers putting in some pretty good Shots
When all was over the bellows brigade tore
themselves into tatters, and the scene that
ensued beggars description. twas pandemo-
mum on dress parade. Men seemed to have
lost their reason. A great crowd rushed over
the benches. and seizing Paul bore him on
their shoulders from the court house, whilst
OFerrall threatened to have his arms jerked
from the shoulders in the mad scramble of
hand shaking.
We have not undertaken to give more than
the barest outline of the salient points of the
two speeches. II was impossible to hear one
fourth that was uttered. Many who came
with the intention of listening to argument
| went away completely disguised with the
| scene which met them. Neither speaker
could do himself justice. Each was constant.
| y subjected TO the coarsest Interruptions, and
there WAS not moment in the three hours in
| which the speakers voice was the only one
heard. From reports OF the meeting publish
| ed here and elsewhere, we notice that the
blame for the disorder is sought to be shout
| dered on parties who came from Rock
ingham. They, it is said, first commenced the
uproar. Ii any man could tell who com.
menced it, they can do more than the wri-
ter of this, who had as good opportunities of
finding out a. any one in the house. 1t began
when O'Ferrall first entered the room, and it
is hardly probable that the Rockingham dele
cation cheered him. 1t certainly reflected no
credit on those who commenced 1t or those
who continued it. and it is certain, too, that
| not one tenth of the confusion was created D.
the mon from Rockingham. Augusta may
well be ashamed of it and try to lay the blame
elsewhere, but it properly belongs to her, and
if everything that is charged against the Rock
inghamers were true, still there would
be no excuse for such conduct as WAS
witnessed on Monday. Ill-behavior ls never
mended by imitation. We hope the like of it
will never be seen as long as Augusta is a
county. aH
| The crowd on the lower floor was about