Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-01
OLD AUGUSTA AT THE FRONT.

OLD AUGUSTA AT THE FRONT.
THE COURT HOUSE NOT LARGE
ENOUGH FOR THE CROWD.
THE DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION MEET
ING, MONDAY-SPEECuES OF HON. w.
D. HILL, OF OHIO AND HON. J. R.
TUCKER. OF vIRGINIA-THE CROWD IS
SO GREAT THE MEETING Is ADJOURNED
TO THE COURT GREEN.
The county poured its thousands into
the city Monday and it was one of the
largest court days that we remember hav-
ing seen. Judge Hudson vacated the
bench at half past IL o'clock, and by noon
the Democratic meeting to ratify the
nomination of Cleveland and Hendricks
was in full blast. Capt. James Bumgard.
ner, Jr., Chairman OF the County Commit
tee, called the meeting to order, and on
motion, Col. James H. Skinner was chosen
to preside over it, Col. Skinner, on mo-
ton, appointed committee of three-Hon.
Marshall Hanger, Col. John II. Crawford
and Capt. Chas. Grattan to apprse the
speakers expected to address it-that the
meeting was organized. While awaiting
the speakers, Alex. F. Robertson, Esq.
read the resolutions prepared by a sub
committee of the County Commit
teen essrs. Absalom Koiner, W. A.
Burke and A. F. Robertson-for presen-
tation to the meeting, as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, the administration of the Fed eral
government, now in the hands of the Repub-
ican party for more than twenty years, has
grown so VIGOROUSLY and dagrantly corrupt as
even to shock the sensibility of the better por-
ton of that party and lead them to revolt the
frauds, populations and appropriations of
public lands and other property to the use of
Individuals and benefit of corporations in
which government officials are directly, or in
directly pecuniarily interested; the pretence
of trials of vioators of law, when high public
functionaries are involved even, at times, to
the inculpation of the incumbent of the Presi-
Dental Office; the unwarranted assumptions of
power not delegated to the Federal govern
ment, practically changing our constitutional
system into despotism only limited by the
WILL VI Iue ptsIby, WHlOH LIS uii OttAy
refused the Presidency and Vice Presidency
to those called to these high offices by the
clearly expressed choice of the people; the ar
rogant intervention, in purely local State ques-
tions delegating to ambitious party leaders
the employment of the patronage and power
of the federal arm for the promotion of parti-
Fan and individual purposes; the profigate
expenditure of public money from redund
ant treasury raised by high and unnecessary
taxes, the baleful effects of which are daily
shown by the decentralization of officials and
fraudulent transactions; these, and many other
causes, have aroused the apprehensions of the
people to the imminent peril of our dearest
rights and the safety of the government itself;
they demand that honest and trustworthy
men shall be chosen to the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United States There
fore, resolved
1. That the nominations of Grover Cleve-
land, of New York, for President, and Thomas
A. Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice President
of the United States meet with our hearty APP
probation.
2. We recognize in the nominations of
Cleveland and Hendricks a purpose on the
part of the Democratic party to make o de-
termined contest for an honest, economical
and constitutional administration, and at the
same time to rebuke the crime inflicted upon
free ballot and fair count by defrauding
the people of their duly elected President and
Vice President in 1876.
3. We invite all who are in favor of honest
ard constitutional government to rally to the
support of our standard bearers in the great
conflict for the re toration of the government
and preservation of constitutional liberty.
A. We endorse the Democratic National plat
form as sound in principle and just to all
men.
5. Justly proud of her past record, we
pledge our best efforts to make Old Augusta
the banner county in the Commonwealth in
November next.
The resolutions we're unanimously adopt
ed. The speakers then arrived, escorted
by the committee, and Col. Skinner Intro
duced
Hon. WI Hill of Ohio.
who addressed the audience. He spoke of
having participated in the congressional
canvass in Virginia, two years ago, and
said it always gave him pleasure to meet
with friends of his native State for while
he lived IN Ohio, and had lived there for
forty years, he had always remembered
with pride that he was a son of Virginia.
But in great national contest like the
| present there were no State lines It had
been his fortune or misfortune to have at
tended several conventions of the Demo-
cratic party. but he had never seen such a
body as assembled at Chicago lately. 1t
was representative body, deliberative
body without hurry; and the fullest dis
cussion was allowed-no matter whether
| 1t was the availability of candidate, or
the principles to be put in the platform
which were under consideration. The re-
| suit was not what Mr.. Hill, personally,
wanted. He went there seekin the no.
mination OF native of Virglnia-Allen
G. Thurman of Ohio, the modest Roman
of them alp (applause.) He, and those
with him, waved the "old red bandanna"
in his behalf, but the majority thought
differently and nominated Cleveland lap
plause) and he was perfectly satisfied.
They also adopted platform on which
Morrison, Randall, Carlisle-all could and
;; did stand, with determined purpose to
sacrifice all individual opinions to the
common end of success (applause.) 1t was
a platform that true men could agree
upon, ought to satisfy all reasonable men.
and the speaker did not think that there
were many men in the Democratic party
who we're unreasonable.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
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