The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-11

but you want good men to carry out good
measures. The crying need Of the hour
is for men like Morrison. of fixed and
stable views. You can not trust bad men
to advocate worthy measures. No party
need or should want y man unstable as
water, who changes his political views as
often as the many tinted chameleon
changes his hucs, who stands on every
side of every question, who lays aside his
principles as easily as he changes his
clothes.
"Grcatncss not 50 mucl in gcnirs lies,
AZ in ability when occasions rise
Lille long convictions TO comprise.
Your choice is between Morrison, firm
in The convictions of lifetime. and a
man who has cspoused every side Of ever
question presented TO the public and chi
braced ali crecds and condemned every
faith without discrimination OF modcra
ton, and who is without a party or plat
form recognized beyond the limits OF this
district Lucian Gleaves nominated Walk
CT ana referred to Alexander Dickinson
as the Young Henry of Navarro. Does
Alexander call Glcnves "Lucian of Ma
varre"? And is Walker The candidate oil
the Navarro party? The three Navarccs
thought the Democracy was dead and they
essaved 10 pick lis carcass. They remind
me of the fable of the lion and the skunk
The skunk cmvied ihc lion because ne was
the king Of beasts, and when lie roarcd
the skunk must croach to earth The
skunl; found the lion sleeping and
thought him dead ana bit him. The lion
aroused from slumbcr and put his paw
upon tho skunk ard there was nothing
left Of that skunk but a greasy spot and a
stench. The linn Of Democracy will put
his pnw on the party Of Navarrc's on the
idcs OF November next, and nothing will
he lcr. of thcn bat Il greasy spot and
enough stencil to make the man in the
moon hold his nose.
James A. Walker was former adTo-
cate Of the principles he nov bitterly de-
nounces. The big stock Of anatheman he
hurled at thc Republican party for " mum
Der of wears is available for his present
purposes. He has appropriated the ster-
ootypcd Republican, arguments he rcpndl-
aied and spit apo, in the past. lie Aea?ed
mon is men and measures inHcctive anu
remuneration, limited only lay his vac"bu-
,ayy. and posed as the special champion
Of Democracy. Thieves, scoun1rels, van
dals. robbers. pirates, carpc',bas
scamps and scllawags were mild e9ithet'
70 s,;sma.izc thc Republican party. Sui
now wootsy loves tootsy aud 'oo'sE loves
wootsy and toots loves woots, hut its go
inr 10 take lots Of footing TO foot ~ootsN
Through His allegiance to the Democrat
e party did not fail until he was dete''c0
for encouragement by Gcn. Ayers III
1857 That was the last straw hat broke
,,o c,,ocls back. Ii was then that wooisy
,oarnp1 10 love tootsy. President OicVc'
land broke j. Hampton HoSe's po'i''c"
hack and Gen. Ayers broke the politics"
,,.,. &c ,hc Navcrre nom"cc. The Ne-
n,ocr,cy is under eternal obligations t(
croycrand Ayers, lis great breakers OF
rrsouna political backs. After the detea'
hv Gen. 4 vers he came before the e0aTe"-
tjou and pledged qndyi"s deEo''o" 10 '"'
o.t, and said that while he was GisaP-
noirted he knew that he was in the house
ofh;s friends, aad the Richmond D'sp0'cn
,,,lsa him Big hearted Jim Walker
nnt scarcely had he shook the dust OF the
city from his feet before he was '0"s''s
thc Old Democrats
~ s,vs that he voted for Clerelard III
1875. Bctween 'S4 and SIS, like Moan 5
dave. he found no where to rest the s'''
ofL;s political feet, uor even an o!' .'. ~"
to boar back from the wS"SF vase y
~ .,.r. 70 safety n she ark of the Demo
or.t;o party; but like the lone A''a'r0',
, far. from friends bcwailed his po''''1'
:. l"' - 1883 he sought refuge in TIC
ro,,iy;,on party. III '9e the sp'''' .;
nnrost drove him to support iAsff'so' ''''
tbc force bill With all that 'e','' ,' w. ' ~.
southern people, and yet he |"ia s,a' aT.
elars. that he stands where he AWAY ",
stooa. That is true, he has SOU ~, :,
nimsc,ftrst, last and all the time =.
do i the Republicans want with i'm, Il, y :, ~
stands where he always stood: " 49,, :.
does he stand, anywhere ev'r'""
Ne saws he is for a protective va 'a'I u.
When did he adopt these views. WIS ".a :,
-, an ardent Democrat UNIV ''e". ,ss.
l,y,.tc,. .,,u Tor nttorHsy-se"a@a' - ),
md ap, I'D lie uot .evcpp' office at liz parry