The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-02-02
twere better for us to have milestone
tied around our necks and cast into the

twere better for us to have a milestone
tied around our necks and cast into the
middle of the sea.
MIR. Breckenridge has told you that
Grover Cleveland loved the common
people, and l tell you that if there ever
was time when the common people
needed lover it is now. If Mr.. Cleve-
land could have been with me during
this compaign and seen the hopes of q
crushed people his heart would have
throbbed as it never has. | have never
so gratifed, so elated, as they were at
this last Democratic triumph, and if we
do not see some fruits our condition will
be worse thad that of Jim Robinson. |
don't know whether or not | ever told
you about Jim. He's no kin to Leigh"
Laughter.
Here the speaker told the history and
experience of Jim Robertson, which Gre
ated an outbnrst of laughter.
''As Colonel Breckenridge said, the
abuses of government under which we
suffer to- day have been the growth of
thirty years. l warn you not to expect
too much of US. But, fellow leaders,
laughter | want to warn you, too, that
if you do not undo these governmental
abuses the fate of Jim Robertson will be
an enviable one to YOU"
Continuing, the speaker said: Il thank
the distinguished gentleman from New
York for what he said about that man
from my own State who now lies in his
last sleep. Justice Lamar was a Con-
federate and a secessionist. I'll repeat
what | heard him say once, and | know
| lie felt it when he said it, The words to
which refer were: L only want to live
to see this government take its hands off
| my people, l thank God that he has
| lived to see it. [Great applause No
| heart ever beat truer or looked more
fondly and eagerly to the restoration of
| his people to this full Union than that
| man who now lies dead in Macon, Ga,
! and | am glad that the distinguished
| New Yorker has seen these traits which
knew Justice Lamar possessed.
| II am glad to be here with you to-
night. | came to your city to day, rode
through your streets, and witnessed its
remarkable growth | have been the
guest of one of your citizens major Gin
| teri, and / want to say that | was there
accorded all the comforts and pleasures
| that could have had if | had been in
my own home. in Mississippi.
| Nov, gentlemen, | desire in closing
| to say that spent some of the best days
of my life in defending Richmond, and
if you ever need me again call on me-"
/ AL CD1S There was tremendous OWL
burst of enthusiasm, and when Mr.. Allen
took his seat some one yelled "Three
cheers for Allen and Ginter." The re>
spouse was spontaneous.
Ex-Governor Fitzhugh Lee spoke to
the toast: Virginia." in felicitous
manner
This banquet was one of the most
brilliant ever. held in the city of Rich
mond, if not in the entire South.
The argus is to be the first newspaper
in the city to be published from it's own
office. Weather permitting, Editor
Burwell this week commences the pre-
liminary work of erecting three story
brick Office building on Greenville Ave-
nue., opposite Lynn & Co.'S. warehouse.
We congratulate our newsy neighbor on
this additional evidence of prosperity,
aud hope it may long merit and receive
the patronage it has hitherto enjoyed
/ Yost's Weekly.
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