Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-31
THE CAMPAIGN.
PATRICK AND HENRY.

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MARgfNsvrLEE, Oct. p, 1888.
Yesterday marked glorious triumph
for the Democracy in this and Patr'cs
counties. Major John W. Daniel "en'
up 10 Stuart on special train run
for that purpose, and delivered voc '
most powerful GRAFTON ever MADE 70 'n's
people 70 IN immense thronS %
voters. lie spoke in the open ,or
nearly three hours, and heiu ms
aud;ence spell-bound. His arraign,
msnt Of the Republican party ana
M expoSnre OF their trickery and cor
ypn,ion WAS rich. rare, and racy. lie
handled the grave issues Of the cam
naien in mastery and eloquent man
n.r The words Of burning eloquence
90 ,bev feIl from his lips received tre-
n,sudous applause. lie branded as
lar whoever charged that he was not
a friend 70 the free schools, and, strange
10 say, in fifteen minutes after he had
thus denounced the man who would so
nisrepIesent him, your correspondent
heard John S. Wise tell the people oil
Patrick that Major Daniel opposed Pno-
lie schools.
At the conclusion OF Major Daniels
speech at Stuart the ladies OF the town
presented him with beautiful bouquet.
Hon. John S. Wise had gone TO Stuart
the 6ay previous, and he and Asa
Rogers, who is supposed to be distri.
buiing the campaign money, and several
other emmissaries Of Malone, had ln-
duced good many to go to hear wise
speak. Wise entertained them Tor
some time by abusing the best people
in the State as ballot-box stulierS
and assasSins-told many yni-
gar anecdotes and appealed to
the prejudices Of the uniformed oy
asking them if they were going to ior-
get the charred bodies OF their luna
Tics - and 1.-THE debauched bodies oil
their female lunstics. lie so disguised
many of his hearers that he lost rather
than gained votes by his speech. His
entire speech consisted of Jokes and
vituperation. He said he wanted to ex-
plain why he was q national Republic
can and not a State Bourbon. a
shrewd way Of putting it, but the good
people of Patrick will not be gulled go
easily. -,
Major Daniel returned to Martinsyille |
last night. The 0rinoco warehouse
was arranged for him to speak in. by |
s o'clock nearly thousand people had
gathered. AT least three fourths of
this immense crowd were qualified, and |
Of these about 100 were colored. The
others were ladies and children. The
Major, after taking tea at Hon. 5. &.
whites. was escorted by the brass !
band 10 the place Of speaking, and the |
cheering that greeted his entrance was |
deafenlng. lie fairly surpassed himself,
and made the grandest speech OF the |
season. We have been peculiarly for
tunate in having many good speakers
here. This county was never so tho
roughly worked up before.
The Republicans are driven to ex-
Iremites. They see they are beaten
already, and they are resorting to
that are not altogether sane
toned by fairness and honesty. The |
negroes that have had the manliness to
come out boldly for our ticket and say |
hey would vote their sentiments have
been ostracised, abused, and intimi-
lated by their race. On last Sabbath,
1t the most popular colored church in
His county, their minister was abused |
a -ossly insulted because ne had !
nu :, Nimself a Democrat. The |
sohono regro,,s even went so far |
a"nOnV - q st;cr over his head |
n threatening manner, a." pe was
old not to ill his appointment at - +,
ain other church. Will the National !
New York Tribune ana
,tber protested advocates Of freedom o. !
speech. free ballot, and fair count note
his and cast it abroad, as they would
do if the facts were reversed: by the
way, these same organs lie low on the
occurrence Of last Saturday, when the
chairman Of the Republican party shot
a Democratic negro because, it seems
the negro would not tell him how he
was going to vote. This was a most
unfortunate occurrence. Mr.. u. l..
Gravely comes Of the most respected
people in this county. He was defeated
by il. G. Peters for the House OF Dele
gates, and has been the county chair
man Of the Republican party for some
time. He has had his preliminary
trial, and the facts, as developed, do
not warrant or justify the means to
which he resorted in order to redress
his supposed wrongs. Messrs. White
& Anderson represented the Common
wealth, and Mr.. Peatross, of Danyille,
and William NJ. Peyton, of this bar, the
defence. Mr.. Gravely was bailed in
the sum Of 10000 for his appearance
and $1,000 to keep the peace. Such
occurrences as these are TO be depre-
Gated, and our people frown upon them.
CoLFAX.