Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-10-30
Al! From \ West V Virginia.

AID From \ West Virginia.
Hon. Il s. WALKER II SIlUIIOI
SPEECHES AT THE SKATING RINK-A
LARGE CROWD PRESENT.
&C. SC, &C.
. 4On Monday the Skating Rink had an
xnmense crowd in it to hear Mr.. r. S.
Thomas, of Isle of Wight, and Hon. Hen.
~ S. Walker, of West Virginia, in behalf
of old Virginia.
r. S. Thomas.
Mr.. Thomas said the spectacle present.
ed to-day was oAe of the most interesting
character. On the stand were represen-
tatives of old Virginia and West Vir-
ginia, the mother and the daughter. the
mountains and the shore. all united in one
great effort to maintain the affairs of our
State in the hands of those to whom they
rightly belong. Elsewhere in this same
Virginia city. we have strange sp3c-
tacle in the presence of an emissary from
Ohio, revivaIist of the hatre Is Of the
war, a waver of the bloody shirt, a fomen-
ter of strife, and missionary of all un-
charitableness. It had become necessity
to the people of Virginia that they should
control their own State affairs and he, the
speaker, was here from the Eastern part
of the State to beg the people of Augusta
to take an active part in the heroic strug-
gle now going on over this broad common
wealth for self government. The old
county of Augusta had the reputation in
Virginia Of being among the most intel
ligsnt and patriotic of her counties and
he was here to appeal to their Intelligence
and their patriotism. It was the same
fight that we waged in 1869, to rescue the
State from an ignorant and corrupt party,
and we should stand shoulder to shoulder
in it. The debt has been settled, and there
is no more to keep the Democrats of the
State apart than there was in that mem
orable struggle sixteen years ago, when
w Oils 1uu LILO SOHOApo WIN AouoSN' AAS
speaker described the condition of the
black counties of East Virginia and COM
pared it with the happier one of those
of the Valley. He said he came to tbs
men of the mountains for help. He came
as the ambassador Of the white men of
the black belt. to implore the white men Of
the mountains to help them. for it was life
or death with them.
Henry S. Walker.
Mr., Walker was welcomed on his COM
ing forward, with tremendous applause,
long continued. He said he saw that his
old friends in Augusta had lot forgotten
how to cheer. He thought this magnif-
cent greeting Was extended to him as a
native Virginian who comes from his
present home to lay his small Offering up
on the altar of his native State. He came
sharing with the people OF this Common
wealth the devout hope that the outcome
of this election might be the fruit of
peace and good government to The people
of the State. He should avoid iD his re-
marks all reference to subordinate and
local issues, and address himself to the
issues in Virginia which have awakened
the interest and commanded the atten-
ton of the whole country. What was 1t
that had made Virginia the focus OF ma
tional discussion? The country had been
startled during the past few months by the
rkalf wholesale acts of outrage at the
polIs in this State. john Sherman of OHIO,
had taken up the theme and demanded
the Acknowledgement of VirQinians as a
we'll deserved punishment. Scarcely had
the sound Of his voice passed out Of the
Senate chamber before his own State Of
Ohio conf onted him with the very scenes
of violence with which he had been
charging Virginia. At the Presidential
election in Ohio, ex-convlcts acting as U.
S. Deputy Marshals, were manipulating
the vote of the people to the advantage of
the Republican party, and the election IN
Cincinnati was without parallel ia the
history of the Union. From this very
State now comes the Hon. J. B. Foraker
with an indictment against Virginia. Ga
the 81 of November yo1 will be called to
plead to the Indictment. How say you,
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?
For by your votes on that day will you
say to the world whether these things that
have been said of you by Malone and
Sherman and Foraker and Wise are true
OR false Every Republican speaker that
asks you to vote the Republican tick
st asks you to confess yourselves
guilty OF the crimes alleged by
that party against Virginia, and to
throw yourself upon the mercy Of the
court. What is to be Virginia's verdict
upon her own indictment Will she
deliberately vote her own conyiction.-
What reason is there in Ohio's going Re-
publican, to influence Virginia to follow
She has not heretofore been in the habit
of looking to Ohio to set her an example
OF voting. Will she seiz9 this opportuni-
ty-when her own character has been
tradnced as means to carry Ohio, to en-
dorse the SANDER of herself by voting
with that State. VIII she cruelty her
self respect by registering at the polls the
declaration that her people are a band Of
ballot box suffers and assasslns? The
State of Virginia in past years has borne
many trials, but l have read her history
Incorrectly if she has not always stood by
the honor of her people. The ISLANDERS OF
Jno. Logan, and Hoar of Massachusetts.
will be rebuked at the polls by every
Southern State, and by a free ard fair
expression at their pills. The South
will show as she has shown that he
freely polls as large prop ,rtioa