Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-01

IN msosesment Of the free schools,
when i i ! wsIl-known fact that what
ever success has attended their efforts
has been due 10 the Hsnkel bill, . DEM
ocrst;c measure and adopted by Demo-
cratic votes.
The record Of the Republican party
NJ this State in criminally spending
and losing to the State large sums Of
monev. as In Bamilton's $1,000 collec-
ton, ESQ. 900 Kendall Bank-Note Com
pany business, the Petersburg BANK
Attorney General Blajr's bulging fees
all these and more were touched upon
and forcibly used as illustrative OF the
fsllacy Of putting any trust in Repuo-
licsn promises when their past deeds
conf ont them in such terrifying plain
ness.
And now, continued the speaker
have to approach topic which Is more
dissgreeablc than any previously re-
ferred to. do not wish to be harsh,
but have apublic duty to perform.
The Republican platform speaks OF the
Democratic party as brutal, venal, and
corrupt in the South, especially in Viz
ginia, where it is perfdious organized
element Of regulators. ballot-box
suffers, and assassins. Those are the
terms and the words which General
Malone and his associates see
fit to describe the people OF
this State, and if there is in
the Democratic party one ray OF
manly sentiment it will arise and con.
sign these traducers to their merited
disgrace and obscurity. And who are
these men who thus speak to us? Are
they Old-Line Republicans who have
borne the heat and burden Of the day
for the sake of their honest principles?
No, sirs; they are latter-day saints,
whose Republcanism does not ante
date a year; who ought now to be
mewling away in the nurses arms the
infancy Of their new faith They ought
to larry at Jericho until their boards
have grown! Look at the similarity
the identity Of the bloody shirt OF
Sherman and Foraker in Ohio, and
that of Malone and Wise in Virginia,
and their supreme efforts to arouse and
excite bitterness, prejudice, and sec
tionalism. Why, John S. Wise has de-
clared from the stump before Vir-
ginia audience-just think of it-that II
he is elected Governor, and another
Danville riot occurs, he will send State
troops to that city and "wipe those
people out -, | make bold to say here
that if in an evil day such thing occurs
as John S. Wise's election, and the cir
cumstances he alludes to arise, he will
have to procure his troops from Ohio,
the home of Sherman and Foraker, for
never, nerer, will he be able to drive
true son Of Virginia to such dastardly
and bloody work. Tremendous APP
plause.l How refreshing and soothing it
is to turn from such pictures as these to
the kindness, benignity, and elevated
craftsmanship Of Governor Hoadly aud
his western and northern allies.
Here the eloquent orator electrified
his audience with burning sentences in
contrasting the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties, making an appeal which
will not soon be forgotten to the peo-
pie white and colored) to stand up for
honesty and peace in their government
State and national. "Sirs, | love my
native State love her every crystal
ST. cam, every murmuriDg rivulet
that pursues its peaceful way to
the ocean | love her hills and dales,
her meads and mountains, and | want
to hear in November that the people Of
Halifax agree with me. | want them
to stand true and steadfast to the great
and noble principles which animated
their ancestors, and my voice is for the
peace and Cancellation offered by De-
mocracy. There is now in this land
redeeming spirit coming out of the
bloody chasm Of the late war-a
spirit that will govern us with all
the blessings of lasting peace. We
have before us a sun of greater glory
and the dawn of brighter morning
that will encircle this land and fulfil
the dying premonitions and wishes Of
General Grant, Notwithstanding the
efforts of our enemies at home and
abroad"
COLONEL CABELL
was introduced by Mr.. N. 7. Green
at the conclusion Of Judge Staples's
speech, but | will have to reserve a
report of his excellent speech for my
next letter. PHIL.