Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-21
WEAvER'S RECORD.
SNG FAMOUS HOUSE rEBArE M
WHICH n WAe eaouoHT our.


fffon Our Regular Correspondence
Wksuxorox. August 2o..-Iho day after
General James b. Weaver was nominated
for the presidency by the pecpie's-party
convention At Omaha. Hon. Charles I.
0'fefrAll gave othe DfsrArcH correspond
ent : portion Of the record OF the nominee
which made very interesting reading in
the South, and which was extensively
copied. The Democratic Congressional
Oampaien Committee has had printed
fuller statement for distribution. and IL in
oludes oil OF the debate between General
David Is. Henderson, OF Iowa. aud General
Weaver. General Henderson is q radical
kepablican--on Of those ardent wavers
Of the bloody shirt" General Weaver
has been In oil OF the parties aud has not
stuck 10 any very long. He Is sort Of
political TEA Yon can't keep up with
him. lie hons first one way and then the
other. A. so many people are sending to
washington tor points on his record the
tuli text ct The document Issued Is given
below in order that VIRGINIA and North
Carolina Democrats may obtain from their
tevorita paper every word of the memora-
bic dabate between Henderson and
Weaver. which occurred in the House on
Tuesday. July 10. 1888;
THE DEBATE.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa: Mr.. Chairman.
! did not apply the term "demagogue" TO
any ono In this House. but one member in
this House has had the wisdom to make
She application. Laughter on the Repub-
hcnn slde.l When consistent records are
spoken of by my worthy colleague he in
PRODUCES rather q dangerous theme. i
think not for me. have had an IN
broken record since was born and started
IN a black abolition underground railroad
FANNY. of which l am not ashamed. My
friends record would not dare TO trace.
Time would not enable me to follow its
neanderings. The gentleman has been
pleased 10 give US little literature TO
read. II has been suggested 1t was stolen
letter.
Amsmber; A forged letter.
Mr.. henderson: / will not say il was
forged. do not think il was. But 1t was
stolen letter and those who want to use
letters of that kind are at liberty TO do 50.
since we are reading letters and looking
cp the records Of great men send to the
desk TO have read by the Clerk some ex-
tracts from speeches made by my colleague
from Iowa. which l think will be appre-
ciated by my Democratic brethren who are
always double-shotted with applause whom
nv colleague he's something TO offer that
may In any way disturb his Republican
brethren.
The Clerk read as follows:
1HEsE ARE SOME or wEAvERs UTTEBANCEs ON
The DEMOCRATIC PARTY MADE IN PUBLIC
sPREcHrs.
He said ut Abba on July 1s. 1866:
Il want 10 congratulate you first, fellow
citizens. on the suppression of purely De-
mocratlo rebellion, gotten up by Demo-
Gratis for the democratic purpose of DIS
eevoring this Union and perpetually estab-
lishing human slavery. Now and forever
IL is establishing as an external truth that
- ~. Ia x.las - fAka onsa
ever be trusted with government. AS
party u should disband, just as section
Of II did at Appomattox."
He said At Centreville in 1867:
Again has the Democratic party of Iowa
spoken. Why. sir. / am astonished beyond
measure that q party with record so
utterly vile and wretched and wicked
should be so lost TO all sense OF shame and
decency as to make an appearance before
the loyal people of Iowa.
"They should be trampling in the
wilderness of oblivion, and never more re-
turn" Laughter on the Republican
side.i
He said in joint debate with Colonel
II. II Trimble at Bloomfield on Septem-
Here we have the old fight over again.
The Confederate Democracy. North and
South in which the Infamous Copperhead
division OF Iowa appears, are again con-
Unica. As at Donelson, he proposes to
move on their works at once.' and there
is no escape for this rank, traitorous
horde. except In another surrender.
Charge on them. neutrality-suspicious. and
spare not one. not even u deputy road SUI
pervisor, from total political annihila-
fion."
Laughter on the Republican side.l
He said. in bloomfield on September 20.
1865:
"what is the use in further arraguing
the defunct Democracy, with oil its noary
crimes, at the bar OF public opinionf We
know that its acts comprise murder, trea.
son, theft. arson. fraud, perjury, and all
crimes possible for an organization to con-
hive At"
Renewed laughter on the Republican
side.l
1T would be a mercy to put its record
million miles deep in the pit that - men,
tioned In Holy Writ; and / may add that
II a large and distinguished assortment OF
its alleged statesmen were sent along 1t
would only be common justice"
Applause on the Republican side.
He said in Fairfield September Is, 1870:
The Democracy, as usual, are loud in
fhen opposition. but what did they ever
do when they bad a CHANGER Here IN Iowa
they stole the school fund, and nationally
they stole the arsenals, the navy, the
Treasury, everything that was not red-hot.
and created the very devils rebellion.
And these men appear and ask for your
support. They should come on Bonded
knee ASKING your forgiveness for the uu-
speakahle crimes they have committed and
the wretched misenes they have inflicted
upon our common country"
loud applause on the Republican side
He said in keokuk September 10. 1871:
The record of the Republican party
appeals TO the candid judgment OF ell men
as unlmpeachable, save perhaps, that 1t
was too lenent with the leading Demo-
cratic conspirators. The same old gang,
save those who were shot or hung, ore
again conspiring TO get possession OF the
the loyal hosts vii crush them, and crush
them forever and forever out Of all posi-
bic danger OF such misfortune to our
common country"
He said in Oskaloosa, September 25,
1872:
mo Republican can ever. under any
circumstances. have any part or lot with
the hungry, rebsllious, man-heting, wo-
man-selling gang corporated under the
name of Democracy, name so full OF
stencil and poison that il should be blotted
from tho cabulary of civilized man and
handed over TO the barbarism that 1t so
ftiy now and in all the past has reore-
fented.n
prolonged applause on the Republican
He said at Stiles September IL. 1873. in
referring TO the financial policy of the
Democratic party:
"But, then. what could You expect from
the poor, blind. diseased, dccrepit, dismal
Did old Democratic psrty?n
Prolonged laughter on the Republican
He said at Monona September, 1874:
"There can be no doubt about the ques-
ton nj all. With greenbacks and national
bank notes our business needs are well
met. There can be no better unity of tho
paper currency than these. But the as
saults OF o party which through its 6nan-
eial legislation inflicted untold wrongs and !
robberies upon the people by permitting |
banks without solid basis to issue q cir !
culating note. The fact is, gen. |
tlefnen, the Democracy never has been |
able 70 comprehend the financial question. |
Between ite inherent dishonesty and APP
parent senility it makes petty but not |
unusual exhibition OF its corporate, con-
solidated idiocy.
(Renewed laughter on the Republican
side.l
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, Now, Mr.. !
Chairman. withdraw the motion to strike |
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