The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-14
Floyd Stirred ZIP.

NOMINATION For THE HOUSE BY THE DEMO-
CRATS-MASSEY AND CONRAD IN JOINT DIS
CUsSION.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
FLOYD COURTHOUSE, September -, 80.
Though pressed for time and wearled
with travel. yet | must stop long enough to
rive YOU an account OF the Convention OF
orr party at this place on Tuesday last. and
Of the discussion which took place between
Messrs. Massey and Conrad.
The Convention was an exceedingly large
one and actuated by the patriotic spirit OF
selecting the best men TO be found. After
the freest and fullest canvass Mr. Peer
Willis was unanimously nominated for the
House, and accepted the same in lew
words marked by good sense and admirable
taste.
Our friends are satisfied with this man as
their candidate, and with thorough or
ganizauon they will carry this county,
gam delegate, and help to elect Hale, one
OF the Big Four, to the Senate.
The utmost good feeling and enthusiasm
prevailed. and everything looked to the
best work ever done in the county for our
cause.
The discussion followed Immediately
upon the adjournment Of the Convention.
Mr.. Massey led oil in a speech OF an hour,
marked as usual 10y great force OF argu-
ment and bright, sparkling humor. The
main point OF his speech was that now
that the debt question was settled, MS ac-
knowledged by Riddleberger and other OF
the Readjuster leaders, by the Democratic
party in convention assembled. and by all
Of its papers and speakers without eXcep-
ton, II was the duty OF the Democratic
Reidjusters to come back TO the party OF
their former allegiance and vote for the
nominees OF the Democratic party. He es-
pecially called attention TO the fact that
when the debt question was an issue, and
while the R.adiuster party was working
for its settlement, they were repeatedly
tainted with the assertion OF Funder ora
tors that they were Republicans, or
were paving the way into that party.
and that he aud all other Democratic
Readjuster speakers repealed the accu-
sation and denounced the charge. Now,
he wished TO know who told the truth
then-the Funder orators or the Demo
cratic Readiusters? As for himself, he had
made good his word, and he hoped every
other Democrat that stood shoulder to
shoulder with him in that struggle would
do as he had done, now that the debt was
settled-take their position in their old
party. Ii would be more than / can do to
follow HIM In the argument OF this point,
and in the many and forclble SMILES he
employed to iasten il upon the minds OF
his audience. heard around many plain
farmers, who listened with breathless at
tenlion to all he said, say it was the clearesi
and most satisfactory speech they ever lis
tened 10.
Conad's reply OF an hour and half was
a very clever. and in some respects forci'
BILE presentation OF his case, but he laid
himself open all along to the sharp and
cutting reply Of Dir. Massey. Especially
was it so when he denounced the Demo
cratic party Of Virginia, took up its vari.
Gus acts from the election Of Walker down
through that Of Kemper and Holiday, the
voting for Greeley, Tilden, and Hancock,
and declared that in all of them the party
had shown itself totally unfit to control the
State, and that he was not, never had been,
and would never be Democrat.
Mr.. Massey was especially happy and
forcible in his reply to this remarkable
acknowledgment, that while Conrad voted
for and sustained the party, yet he was ut
| heart against il that he was, in fact, q
sheep in VOLTS clothes, and he preacher.
Our friends were delighted with the re-
suits OF the day, and believe that they were
very much helped by the same.
John Goedc, Jr., fn Accomac.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatcb.l
AcCOMAC COURTHOUSE.
September 10. 1853.
The first meeting OF the campaign in this
county ,vaa held nj Woodherrv thriving