The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-22

NArIoN-A RINGING SPEECH PROM Mr..
MASSEY.
TRcported for the Dispaich.l
CHARLOTTESVILLE August 81, 1888.
Pursuant TO a call by the Executive Com
mittec. the Democratic County Convention
met at the courthouse at IL Nj. yesterday
10 nominate candidates and reorganizc the
party In this county. Colonel Is. III. Ma
gruder was called % the chair. aud Colonel
Bennett Taylor and Mason Gordon, Esq,
were appointed secretaries.
~ The Convention having organized, the
FIRST work was 20 appoint new county
committee, whic b is as follows Charlottes-
vile district-J. l.. Walters, W. II. Duke.
WV. X. Smith, y. c. McGehec. Sam
uel Mller-M. Durrett, W. L. Wallace.
whitehal--C. II. Parrott, Il. q. Garth.
Riyanna-A lvah kase, DR.. c. 5. Bowcock.
Thomas :. Martin. Isaac r.
Barksdale. This committee selects its own
chairman.
by ACCLANATI0N.
Nominations OF candidates for the House
OF Delegates being In order, a. X. Blakey,
Esq. moved that our late representatives,
John Il. Moon, Esq. and DR.. William VI.
Dunn. be nominated by acclamation. This
motion was carried unanimously, and a
committee appointed 10 notify these gem
tlemen Of their nomination and conduct
them into the Convention. This took
nearly an hour. In the mean time the
Convention took recess. Upon again as
scmbhng, Messrs. Moon and Dunn being
i'm the house, the Chairman i'm a compl-
mentary speech informed them OF the action
OF the Convention. Loud calls were then
made for both, and Mr.. Moon assembled the
stand and in brief but ringing speech ac-
ccpicd for himself and DR.. Dunn the COM
plimont thus rendered. lie was, he said,
going in to win, though he had not desired
nor expected the nomination, and in doing
so he was simply yielding his judgment 10
that OF the people. He then set forth the
issues briefly upon which the campaign
was 10 be conducted, and retired. Loud
calls brought DR.. Dunn forward, who
made one OF his vigorous, pungent adj
dresses, saying that though he did not eX-
pect the nomination, and that ii was per-
sonal sacrifice 10 him 10 accept it, he would
do so with the intention Of gaining victory
in the contest. The acceptance OF these
gentlemen gave hearty satisfaction to the
Convention, which testified it by rounds OF
applause.
HON. JOIN Z. MASSEY.
Hon. John T.. Massey. who was present
as a spectator, was then called out by Judge
Cochran, and by invitation Of the chairman
took his place upon the stand and spoke
for about one hour, delivering one OF the
best speeches he has ever made. He spoke
of the era OF good feeling prevailing among
Democrats upon party issues, and his con-
fidence that the men who had followed him
upon local issues would continue TO do so
in national and party ISSUES. He had been
among the strOnghOldS of the ReadiuSters
a., "a - lys nj no hot
n very small percentage OF them would 90
with Malone. He showed it was impossi-
bic for Malone to succeed If the Demo-
Gratis, with their yelwhelmng majority,
would but do their duty. lie was giving
all his energies to aid the men whom he
had honestly fought on the State-debt
question, and declared that he had met
and resisted rs best he could one OF the
trucst, nObleSt, most patriotic OF Virginia's
sons on many hastings, but he could now
enroll himself under the banner of John
W. Daniel Is heartily as that Of any man
on earth.
But TWO PARTIES.
There were but two parties-it was vain Z
for MahOneiteS to shirk behind fictitious !
names. The debt question was settled. |
The issue was the old one OF '69-Demo- !
crat rs. Republican. AS for himself, he
would rather take the lowest place in the
ranks Of Democracy than to occupy the
highest seat in the Republican camp. He
cOunseed work as the means TO accom-
plish our ends. Apathy will lose Us the
State. Do not undertake the strength OF
the enemy, he said. Because there is more
matter than mind in that party does not
make it less formidable. The matter is
massed as one man, controlled by one
4 Il. al 4
unto one Go. and he goeth and to another
DO this, and he doeth it. 1t is not so it, the |
Democratic party. Every man is thinker
and stands Independent Of his fellows. !
You cannot mass mind. Therefore the ne I
cesSity Of unity and cooperation in matters !
of general and vital interest. He could .
conceive OF no greater wretchedness than /
would beiall this State ii Mahone's crew 4
should succeed in carrying the election this |
fall. Our children and our children's chill !
dren would not be able to shake off the I
yoke. We must not trust TO the justice OF /
our cause, but work, and leave no stone /
unturned to accomplish our work.
THAT MESSAGE TO MALONE.
In the course OF his address Mr. Massey /
had occasion 10 refer 10 his recent speech 1
at Louisa, and he here reiterated his state |
ment about the message which Colonel I
Sims had asked him 10 deliver TO Malone. |
Colonel Sims had since denied it. He was
sure the COlonePs memory was short, but |
the three or four hundred people who
heard II had not forgotten ii. He then |
showed up the ColonePs record.
The Convention adjourned, having been |
the most harmonious political meeting ever
known in this section. Everything was
unanimous. Cool, deliberate. stern, pa
triOtic men were there for the purpose OF |
meeting great crisis, and well have they
prepared for 1t. QUIP.
Smyth County.
JUDGE RHEA AND BLAIR-A LIVELY DISCUS |
sIoN-THE CoALITI0NIsTs DISCOUNTED.
Reported for the Richmond Dispatch.l
MARION, Va, August 20, 1888.
There had been notice for several weeks |
that Captain Frank Blair would address |
the people to-day (court-day), and every |
effort was made 10 get up a crowd. Ii |
looked like all the negroes in the county |
bad turned out TO hear their champion
Captain Blair arrived on the freight tram
at II o'clock. Judge Rhea was on hand,
and terms OF Joint discussion were agreed |
upon for this and the next two courts
before the election.
About O'Clock Judge Rhea opened the
discussion before large crowd on the
c0urt-green, where q rude stand bad been
prepared. lie spoke pleasantly and senSi-
bly,, giving good, sound advice, and urging
the people 10 stand by tie Democracy. He
showed that Blair a. Co. were Republicans,
&c; read the Democratic platform and
commented on It. and made splendid i'm
preston. He was very mild on Blair 4