Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-08-12
Meeting Of the Cleveland and Hendricks
Workfngmen's Legion of StauntOn.
GOOD SPEECHES AND A GOOD TIME.

WOrk1nSmcnS LeSAO "a
GOOD SPEECHES AND GOOD TIME.
In pursuance of the notice given by Capt. Jas.
Bumgardner Jr., on Thursday evening in the
Opera House Just before theadjournment OF the
Congressional Convention, O large and en-
thusiastic meeting was held in the Club Room
of the workingmen on Augusta street at night,
which was an appropriate finale to the brilliant
performances Of the day in the Opera House.
Mr.. John M. Hardy. President ofthe Club. called
the meeting to order. Loud calls were made
for Mr.. ]. H. Sherrard, of Bath county, and in
response he said he appeared before them with
unfeigned embarrassment and In probation
airy state, having once been in favor of readju
ing the debt OF the State. [Laughter.l However,
in principle, he had always been a Democrat
He was both surprised and mortified to see In
the Dispatch that an alternate from Bath. had
said he had not seen any Tucker men in that
county. He would assure them that Mr. Tucker
did not have many opponents in Faith, and ev-
cry democrat there would cast hi' vote for
Cleveland, Hendricks and Tucker. Applause.I
Capt. Bumgardner introduced Nj. VIM. M.
Cabell of Buckingham. who said he came from
one of the blacklist counties in the black belt.
and it was with intense satisfaction that he ap-
peared before an audience whose feelings were
in unison with those of the white people of his
county. Ever since the war, the Republican
party had treated us as conquered people. 1t
was party which had for its leader in this
State Catiline and Il Judas Iscariot.
Wenow have two democrats In the field for
President and Vice. President to whom we can
safely tie. Mr.. Cabell said he wanted to break
down Internal Revenue, and in doing this he
would protect labor and not build up monop-
olies. The question with hin, and the white
people in his county was whether or not decent
society was to be swept away by class of
mushroom demagogues who would not work
for an honest living. They have had control
in Buckingham now for sixteen years. After
the war he returned home to fiud his house and
library in heap of ruins. having been burned
by Sheridan. After the war, they had
existed for awhile under military rule, which
was far better than anything they had enjoyed
since in the form of government. A negro had
represented them in the Legislature who said
it was the duty of the negroes to degrade white
men. Mr.. Cabell then enumerated some of the
evils which rendered existence almost intoler-
able under the sway of negroes apd white
scalawags. He had con victed one of the latter
of stealing an OLD SOW and shoat, but the thief
was afterwards elecLed both supervisor and
magistrate-the one office was given him, he
supposed, in memory of the SOW, and the other
of the shoat. Another magistrate was indicted
for embezzlement in eleven cases. He was tried
and convicted in the first case, and confessed
his guilt in the others. This was for fines that
had been paid into his hands, but which ne
kept. After conviction he paid up, and was re-
leased He was pardoned by Gov. Cameron,
and was afterwards appointed by him a collec-
tor of delinquent taxes Ignorant negroes were
the dupes and tools Of mean and INSCRIPTIONS
white men. At meeting In buckingham
Frank Moss. since dead, said the negroes had
been assured by Malone that they should have
mixed schools and would be permitted to
marry white women. and that he had put away
bis colored wife to marry a white one. This
disclosure as to the ultimate purposes of the
negroes evoked from MIR. Cabell's audience
manifestations Of Indignation. But said
Mr.. Cabell "a good time is coming" Conquer
we must SHALL and will. Cleveland and Hen
bricks would be seated If elected. [Great APP
plause.l
Capt. Bumgardner then introduced Mr.. R.
Breson, of Amherst, who made the humorous
speech Of the evening. They had nominated
Mr.. Tucker and were now going home to enjoy
little rest. Individually, he expected to go
home to work. He pretended to be no orator
but illustrated the truth tina t words fifty spoken
were like "apples Of gold in pictures of silver"
When Mr.. Tucker was first nominated in the
9Th district, Hon. Thos. Whitehead, his pre-
decessor. remark ed that he would not again be
moested for fifteen years. Laughter
He was sorry to hear from his friend, Mr..
Cabell such gloomy account Of the State or
affairs in Buckingham. In the old Banner
County of Amherst, If a negro came along and
behaved himself, he was treated accordingly,
but If on the contrary. he was gnilty of any
rude and insolent conduct negro's treatment
was melted out to him. [Laughter.l Slipping
glass of water, Mr. Breson remarked that it was
rather dry drink, but Mr.. Tucker had assured
him that he should be allowed to distil under
his own vine and fig tree. [Laughter.]
Mr.. Harry Tucker said in response to many
calls. he would most respectfully ask to be ex
cused from making speech as there were dis
tinguished strangers here who would entertain
them. They should hear them now, they could
hear him at any time.
Hon. ]. R. Tucker, was loudly called upon for
aspeech, and in reply, said he wished he could
speak to them, but was so much agitated by
the occurrences of the day that he was in no
condition to speak. After a few discursive pre-
to exhume Know-nothingism, but a close
scrutiny of Blaine's record would indicate that
he had been an enemy to the Irish people and
foreigners generally. In reply to some gentle
man in the audience who asked him not to in
troduce religion into politics, Mr.. Tucker said
that it was not his intention to do SO, but as a
Presbyterian himself he had canvassed and
spoken to aid in extinguishing Know-nothing-
ic, in ito in bo bod
proposed to tax the incomes of rich men. which
encountered the opposition OF that class On
all articles necessary to poor mans comfort
he paid tax, equal to 10 per cent. of his wages
while rich men paid only per cent. of their
income, which unjust discrimination he had
struggled to prevent. He was in favor of
abolishing the Internal Revenue system. The
manufacturers of the country grumbled because
they were required to pay living wages to the
poor man; and then urged a high tariff in order
ing of monopolists, Mr. Tucker said that enough
public land had been given to corporations to
create territory larger than the New England
States. He had advocated a bill prohibiting
Chinese labor. He favored the coming among
US from the North of class who would not
come spies, but who would invest their
money here and become bona tade citizens. and
not hurry back to the North as soon as they had
realized a little money.
Mr.. Tucker said furthermore, he would ask
any Republican in Congress to say If he had
ever uttered any sentiment which was calculat-
ed to engender sectional strife. But he would
say that after the lapse Of twenty years the Re-
publican party still cherished the bitter MEM
cries resulting from the war.
MIR. Tucker concluded with grand encomi-
UNI on the Democratic party, under whose rule
American citizens had been protected abroad,
and said that it was now united at home and
| its success would ensure national equality. At
the close of his speech he received another
ovation from his friends and admirers.
! This was the largest, most enthusiastic and
most successful club-meeting which has yet
been held in Staunton and it would satisfy the
| most skeptical that the hearts of the honest
Workingmen are warmly enlisted in the work
| before them.
ARRESTED AND DIscHARGED.-A young col
ored boy, who is employed in the Burns build.
Ing to keep the rooms in proper order, appro-
prlated pocket-book belonging to one of Mr.
| BurQSS puestS SATURDAY. noorpi,c xu1.;.,