Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-11-01

responsibility Of the country down to the
earth that thieves may reign
''The time can never come when I will moi
pray from the inmost depths of my soul thai
there may be somewhere, a pit, deep, black
dismal and hot enough in which to roast
through endless time the souls of Virginia
scalawags, who basely desert the dear ole
mother in the hour of her trial and follow
false gods for ephemeral prominence and q
home in perditiOn.
'And as Virginia democrat, cherishine
the doctrines of the party, revering the memo
DRY of the founders of the Republic, with un
dying hatred of negro equality and of negro
suffrage permit me to say, in conclusion, that
the time can never come when the Utmost
depths of my soul will not be moved by the
dulcet notes of 'DiXie's Land"
1t is hardly any use to report Mr.. Berke.
ley's speech for the information Of any one
who reads the above. The utterances OF
politicians who leap from pole to pole in
their vacillations, will not command conf
dence enough to merit perusal.
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democrats assembled in front of the
Courthouse portico and there Hon. John
T. Harris Of Rockingham addressed them.
He opened by saying that he could hear the
death rattle of the Malone faction proceed
ing from the interior of the Courthouse.
[Great laughter. It was the death rattle in
a fight between Malone on one side and the
Virginia people Of all politics and all colors
on the other. He was a great man in his
management OF men, and yet he had broken
with every prominent friend he had. He had
broken with Gov. Walker, with Gov. KEN
per, with Gov. Holiday, with Gov. Came
ron. He had broken with Senator Lewis,
with Senator Riddleberger, in short, with
every man of prominence that had been his
friend. Was the one man, Malone, in fault,
OF were all the other many men in fault
He yet has one prominent man as his friend
and that is Col. Lamb. This is caseo of the
lion and the lamb lying down together. But
the lamb in this case lies down with the
lion because the lion has him in his belly,
and when he lies down the lamb lies down.
Laughter.
Judge Harris said that when he spoke
in Stamton during the Presidential can
yass, some Of his friends said he gave too
much Importance to the danger Of a Re-
publican congress passing laws to take
charge of State elections. Time had vim
dictated his dwelling on that as the greatest
danger to be averted by electing Demo-
cratic President. 1t is now boldly propos-
ed by the Republican congress about to
assemble in December, to pass such law.
A paper at Richmond, the Planet, edited
by Negro, advocates it, and in the article
advocating it says that the leading white
men in the South ought to be in the peni-
Tertiary and wearing prison uniforms for
their violation of election laws.
In his speech in Staunton Gen. Malone
had spoken of his intense devotion to Viz
ginia, and yet had sat in his seat i'll the U.
S. Senate and permitted his mother State
to be abused and slandered by Senators
from every section of the country, without
opening his mouth III her defense. He had
even joined in with them and demanded
that a committee of investigation be sent
down to investigate his native State.
So unpatriotic and so partizan was he,
that his friend, Col. Lamb, comedies the fact
that he refused to vote for the Blair bill for
the education Of poor children in Virginia,
because the Democratic State government
would have had the distribution of the
money coming to Virginia under it!
AS for the debt question, Malone knew
no more about it now than he did years
ago, and he only wanted it as trap to set
again to catch votes.
Judge Harris predicted that the Malone
ties would be defeated. He had come up
on the train this morning with one that
was already sick, and looked as forlorn as
Scotch herring with the interior taken
out.
MI Edward Echols followed Judge Han
ris and Mr.. Maryatt Steele followed him.
A Brief Joint Meeting.