Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-24
ELUYANNA COUNTY.
A splendid Speech From James \. Dunlop
How IL Was Received.
Correspondence Of The Richmond Dlspatch.)
FLTVANNA COuRTuOuer.

| Correspondence Of The Richmond Dlspatch.)
FLUvANNA COURTHOUsE,l
September -. 1884.
In pursuance Of az appointment mad
by the state Executive Committee the Hon
James y. Dunlop was on blnd today ant
maniully champlOned the cause OF DemOc
facy.
Colonel ID. J. Goodwin, who was On thu
! Republican bulletins for a speech here, did
not put in an appearance.
There being no business In court, Mr.
Dunlop had the day oil TO himself. What
! is rather uncommon on the husiingS, mi.
| style Is Of the classic order, hut il wa.
marked by such caInestne>s Of mInner and
such thorough conviction in his mind OF
the truth Of his utterances tat he com.
| plCtely captivated his audience.
The speaker first presented some OF the
underlying principles both OF Democracy
and OF government. The cry Of his party
Is. he said, for freedom and reform. One
Of the fundamental principles OF Demo-
cracy is the exercise Of the smallest power
consistent with the preservation Of order.
Absolute freedom and dcspolic power are
extremes 10 be carefully avoided. He
spoke of the Republican party as using the
power, patronage, and emOluments Of Off
cial position for private and party advance
ment; ana referred 10 our platform ~ one
on which all good Democrats can stand.
He next pictured Cleveland as the
prosecutor and Blaine as defender OF
the betrayal OF the high trust OF
the sDCakcrship. II was at this point
that Mr.. Dunlop eloquently portrayed the
exalted dignity and importance OF Speaker
Of the House Of Representatives, and APPLY
conir0stod il with the authorship OF The
Mulligan letters. This brought down the
house, Is did his reference TO the Republic
can prcicNt Of "ciyil-scryice REFORM" and
to how officers Of the Navy Department
were enriched by contracts.
After very appropriately giving an eX-
PLANTATION Of the meaning OF "Credit
Mobilier' hy exhibiting is relation to the
Union Pacific. he passed to pay ms respects
TO the great fraud Of 1876, when the .'yio-
lonce Of force. added To- the Vaccinations
Of fIaud.' resulted IN the murdered ma.
iosly Of free people"
The speaker W heartily applauded for
his eloquent tribute TO the Hon. Samuel
j. Randall for his heroic services for the
South in the golden days OF carpet
baggery."
Having paid his respects to an array Of
1
OF & political pandcmonium. he declared
he would be guilty OF the monoiony OF
tedious repetition" were be to undert Ike
10 enumerate their acts OF official venalitv.
abolish the inicrnal-reycnue SYSTEM"
said be. land YOU will have no trouble
about the tariff
Your correspondent regrets that he can
not give 4 full summary OF this excellent
speech. which seems to have given salts
faction TO e'cry Democrat present.
ON the 18th instant Colonel Samuel +.
Coleman, the war-hOrsc OF Old Cumber.
land. hearing that Brown Allen was book
cd for a speech N Columbia on that day,
came over and champcd the bit in vain for
n fight. At night, the eX.Auditor having
failed TO meet his appointment, the Demo-
cratic hosts pressed the Colonel into ser
y ice for q speech, but being loaded 10 the
muzZle for game. his fire was not sltisfac-
tory TO himself, but highly entertaining to
hls auditors.
Although Coleman lives IN the "blacK
belt,' he never fails TO NEE. the demands
of a canvass by heroically ShouldernE his
baitle-aXe for the cause OF Democracy.
The indications are strong that Fluvanna
will give her usual Democratic majority OF
about two hundred. ZIP.