The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-27

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ellis and armies and rendered Its history
glorious by their great achievements. IL
was characteristic OF Virginia to produce
great men, and II seemed that at this pc
Rod OF her history she was determined TO
Guido herself, snd while having produced
the greatest OF patriots, she had gone to
the other extreme and also produced the
greatest OF bosses.
THE BOSS SYSTEM.
lie then showed the evils OF the boss
system, the degradation II entailed, ana
the iniquities Il sanctioned. In illustrating
the character OF this tyrannical Boss, he
sketched the history Of the political parties
since the war, showing how the Radical
party has always striyen, in peace, TO IN
flict upon the South laws OF the most out
Gus description, tending even more 10 IN
lure il than hostile armies. and told OF now
this Boss had allied himself with that party,
and when an ex-Confederate applied to
Congress- 10 have his disabilities removed
i'm order that he might hold position i'll
the army OF what is now common coun-
try. tins Ross, himself Confederate gem
erai. whose laurels had been gathered on
the bayonets OF Confederate soldiers around
a crater's mouth. voted to still keep SOUTH
ern patriotism under the band OF Radical
hate. All, said the General, should our
land be to-day menaced by foreign foe
the success OF an application OF a southern
soldier TO serve his country would not
hang upon the vote OF boss.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
Here the excitement was intense, and
amidst the widest cheers could be heard
It tx.ffh -
with the traitor" The General next touch
ed on the material composing Mahone's par
", as illustrated by his caucus-bound Leeis-
lature, which the Boss himself said was so
corrupt that he could not trust them except
under written pledge. He told OF all the
acts done by that Legislature and OF all the
acts attempted by it and foiled by the man.
! hood and honesty of the Big Four" The
commiSsioner-oi-sal bill, the reapportion-
ment bill, the circult-judge bill, and q
whole list OF outrageS attempted to be per-
| petrated upon the people were clearly and
| sharply analyzed and their puport eX-
planned. MahOne's various railroad schemes
to enrich himself and despoil the State, to-
gether with the degrading system OF
making Office the reward OF partisan vote,
were fully exposed aud justly character
! lied. How was it, he asked, that men who
had been staunch Democrats could be so
! blind as not TO see that Malone had gone
into the radical wing Of the Republican
party. and why was it that they were so
foolish rs TO follow him thereF
THE STATES WHEELING INTO LINE.
II was mighty bad time. he said, TO he
! turning Radical when the States, one after
the other, were wheeling into line with
| heavy Democratic maiorities, and all OF the
northern Republican press was calling on
the Republicans Of Virginia to rise up and
crush out Malone. WY, so desperate had
become their prospects chat even the Gov
ernor Of the State and the Boss himself
had taken the stump to try and avert the
| impending ruin. Referring 10 another
phase of Malone tactics, he touched
upon the different circulars sent out
| by the Boss, and called particular at
tention to the one requesting the names
OF Democrats who were " reasonably
open to convictions" stating that It's
true meaning was, il any Democrat was
so debaSed as to be willing to sell his vote,
Malone was ready and waiting to buy him
I'D. To this state OF affairs he placed in
eloquent contrast the principles OF true
government and the traits OF honorable
character, and repudiated the corruption
OF bosSism with all the indignation OF one
who loved his State and respected himself
and his felow-man. As the General pro-
ceeded the enthusiasm became more in
tense. and the crowd pressed closely around
the stand, giving vent to their feelings by
frequent cheers.
THE LADIES PRESENT.
4 number Of ladies were present. who
from time to time gracefully acknowledged
the purity OF some noble sentiment and tn,
hearty OF some eloquent passage. Among
the blowers was handsome bouquet pre-
sented by Mrs. JuniuS Lamb, with a caro-
attac he'd bearing, as telegraphed you, thi'
incription: General FitZ Lee. COmpli
menis OF Mrs. Lamb. IL you have a mo-
ther, wife, and sisters, may God help you
to save our noble old State for their sakes
NAV her tears turn to JOY on the 9th OF No
vember." Thus inspired, il cannot be
wondered that the General grew more thar
eloquent and the boys grew more than en-
thusiaStic. When the speaker closed the peo-
pie were carried away by a perfect storm Of
applause. They crowded around him, shook
him bv the hand, and it seemed as if they
were bent on bearing him away on theil
shoulders in triumph. but the chairman
finally made il known that dinner wa:
waiting, and probably the speakers were
hungry, if their hearers were not. The
dinner-Scene is best described by quota
ton from Jenkins, which says
THAT much good cheer grew small, must con-
fess, .
Not by degrees. but in one great moment less"
jenkins is the laureate Of this section
duly commissioned by the muses.. At pres
ent he is engaged on an address from the
genius OF education to the free schools
commencing, Thou art so near and YET
so FdrT."
Shortly after dinner Judge Isaac Chris
tan made an address that created fresh en-
| thusiasm, and was followed by Mr.. Tyler
Among the many and forcible things sale
by him was that the banners now floating
above the Democratic and Mahoneite par
ties contained legens typical of the charac
ter Of each party. Upon the Democratic
banner is inscribed "This Way, Free
men :" Upon the black flag OF Malone
in the language of John S. Wise, 'Lea(
On, Master, will Follow Thee!"
Mr.. FITCHETT.
After repeated calls Mr.. Fitchett appeared
and made few sound and practical re
marks. lie is a man whose actions speat
louder than his words. He was followed
by Brook, who grouped the leading issue
and impressed them on his audience in thu
strongest manner. Although the enthu
siasm was so great there was no demonstra
ton in the least rude or calculated to shocl
the propriety OF the ladies present. Tht
speeches were enlivened by witty anecdote,
and tempered by the chiyalry due from
Virginians TO Virginia's beautiful women
Indeed, it was at one time hard TO tell who
were to be the more enyied, the ladies WHIT
were being complimented by the speakers
or the speakers who were being smiled
upon by the ladies.
FITZ. SPEAKS AGAIN.