Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-08-28


(Fulcher and Hamilton) to say now wheth-
thew will vote for the candidate for Presi-
dent nominated by the national Democrat
ic Convention or for the candidate nomina-
ted by the Republican Convention? We
would also like for our good friend Of the
Bridgewater Journal to give us categoric- |
al answer to that question. The nominee |
of which convention will receive your sup |
port ?-iStaunton Spectator, August 21st
To the above the Bridgewater Journal of
of the oath replies as follows -
"And now, as concerning the Presiden-
tial election, which will not come off for
several aoeekS yet, we wish to answer our
kind brother, most 'categorically,' both
for ourselves and Messrs. Fulcher and
Hamilton. In the first place, zoe don't
knoac anything about 1t, and we don't in
know who are to be the candidates. If you
know who you are going to vote for a year
and quarter hence you are so much bet
ter educated than we are that we hope you
will pardon us for asking you to name the
man.
/. In the meantime if our brother can bring
out candidate for the Presidency who is a
better Readjuster than we are, we shall
feel very much inclined to vote for him,
whether he be called a Democrat, a Re-
publican, Gen. Wickham, or a Gen. Han
cock. There now ~
Our venerable friend of the BridgeWater
JornM gives an answer that is not "cate-
gorical," but evasive, yet it is satisfactory
to us, as it is what logicians term "nega-
tive pregnant" and its meaning is as well
understood as if afirmatiyely expressed.
He speaks, too, as if by authority, for both
Fulcher and Hamilton. We did not ask
him or them to give the name of the man
they would support for President, but to
say simply whether it was their purpose to
vote for the nominee of the National Dem
ocratic Convention, or for the nominee of
the National Republican Convention The
reply is -
ave don't knoo anything about 1t, and
we don't intend to know anything about it
until we know who are to be the candi-
dates"
Don't know whether he will vote for the
Democratic or Republican candidate for
President, and yet he is editing political
journal.
The voters will understand that if you
and the candidates intended to vote for the
Democratic candidate for President, that
you would not hesitate to say so.
AS the editor of the Bridgewater Journal
assumes to speak for Messrs. Fulcher and
Hamilton as well as for himself, we would
ask them, as they have not answered as yet
for themselves, if they accept his answer as
theirs? '' The voters have right to know
whether they will support the candidate for
for the Presidency Of the Democratic or
Republican party.
The editor Of the Bridgewater Journal
| asks us fto name the man" for whom we
will vote for President "a year and quar-
ter hence" We will do so with pleasure,
without any evasion or equivocation, and
the man we name in that connection is the
nominee of the National Democratic Con-
Yention. AS to his patronimic, we are in
different, and would vote for him as cheer
fully if it were Barbee as if it were Han
cock.
Our venerable friend would feign make
! the impression that he is looking for Re-
adjuster candidate for the Presidency.
''When, the sky falls, you may catch
larks, - and not until then will you have a
Readjuster candidate for the Presidency,
and this our friend knows very well, and
he is presuming greatly upon the ignorance
of his readers in even intimating that as
reason for 'knowing nothing about the
question whether he will vote for the NOM
inee of the National Democratic Conven-
ton, Or for the nominee of the National
Republican Convention for the Presidency.