Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-09-07
RossER AND MASSEY


Gross Lancss at charIettssviIIs-Jbs
Crowd with Massey
Monday was great day in politics
iD Charlottesville, Gen. Thomas L.
kOsser, who has recently gone over to
the Republicans, spoke. He went over I
the ground already traversed in his
letters He declar. the Democratic |
party In tue South il founded upon tue |
old war grudge, and said il 10 the |
greatest obstacle in the way of South |
ern prosperity.
THE only reason the South il solid
ly Democratic. he said, lis benause
the ankee aud the uigger are nor.
The ankee will cheat you and all
Republicans are cOrrup.,' is the has 8
OF Southern political belief" He went
on to point out The prosperity Of the
North, the uudevelUped resources Of
The South, and advised them tn forget
the old War sOrenes. and aid iu the
general advancement by voting for the
Republican party Ms the party OF
progress
HON. JOHN E. MASsEY'S REPLY
Mr. Massey began his philippe by
say ing that Gen. Rosser had declared
the present campaign to be ~ peculiar
one. Peculiar it certainly was when
a Democrat had To stand no and ans
wer the Republican arguments of a
man, who had once beeu Soutberner.
u Confederate soldier, aud a simon
pure Democrat MIR. Massey read a
recent editorial in the Progress show
ing OF ten. R0sser' + political ihconsis
tencies, and various party changes. by
extracts from his own letters, aud ex-
claimed at the conclusion, "Why, sir,
II had made as many sudden political
changes as you have, l should expect
to find the seat OF INV pants twisted
around in front of me |"
Gen. ROsser had said he wanted to
convert the young men to his views.
Now which set of views does be want
to convert you tor" cried the speaker.
He'll surely want you to follow him.
hut you can t do that unless you can
leap like kangaroo. Does be want To
convert you to the Democratic party
Oh no, that's the party OF Southern
prejudices, idiotic Organism. hlunders,
and general unprOgressiveness. Does
he want to convert you to the POpuiist
party? No. That's sort OF rag-tag.
bObtailed affair, possessing all the evils
Of Democracy aud none of the good Of
Republicanism It's sort Of hybrid
Creature, with no strenuous life In it.
except to chase free silver. Does be
want to convert you to the gold bugsf
No. For the man who votes for tht
'decoy duck, Palmer, will. after to-
morrow, wish he had never beeI
born" Rosser's worldly
Does he want to convert you to th.
Republican party? Well, hardly, but
let's rice. II wish to say that in 10y
OpiniOn the Southern man who fails ii
the poles tomorrow Campaign OF '96
to stand firmly by the white people O.
his State (hrre Mr.. Massey cast Iii
leyes up to the gallery where there wal
u Considerable dash of mauve, let then
linger there moment, and then real
On) and defend them against Sheri
dan s lieutenant, Major Mckinley, VIII,
marched through the Shenandoah Val
ley III 1864 with orch and sword, ant
left it so desOlate that his chief boast
ed" that in bis track, left charred ant
smoking, Crow could not fly withou
Carrying its ratiOus ?" will wisI
that he had never been born"
Il have too much faith in the A mer
lean people to fear that they will eve
surrender the stars and stripes, til,
flag OF their country, to the cross O
st. George and st. Andrew by Nc
kinley,-whO has been bought bod
aud soul by British gold" Rosser'
own words
II Was he (Rosser) opposed to the Span
ish war? Yes, ''he was bitterly op
posed to this War-he was not LOOKING
for bomb proof position, conferrinl
a big name, tinsel aud salary, and q,
had not dropped into line to be count
ed. He WAS unwilling to sacrifice
single young American life for fe,
half breeds of Cubans !" (ROsser's owl
words
And yet, ''the President asked tn
General If he would accept q brigad lei
seneralship. saying he would like t.
make him II major general, but cOul,
not do SO just then. He told Genera
early az possible. General ROsser &C
, cept-d !"
Job hal once exclaimed. declara
MIR. Massey, "Oh ! that mine enem
had written book" He suppose
| tudt 0CuoVdl IOhS0r WAS I0duy 10 CT
out "Oh that had never learned t
write!
General Rosser had declared that b
(Rosser) Was a prophet. Mr.. MASSEY
thought he was one sadly Tin nam
only"
The speaker thought General R0sse
had become Republican from fore
of circumstances. His case reminde,
him of the formation of u queen bee
He Massey had always thought
queen bee was Matched from a particu
lar kind Of egg. But twas not so. Tn
egg was just an everyday one. but tn
grOwnbees just decided they shoult
hatch queen, so they went to work an,
tore out the cells around it to give /
spreading room. aud then they pile,
around it q most delicious kind O
food. As soon as the young bee begu
to partake of the food, it grew to be
queen bee in spite of itself. 1t jus
couldn't prevent 1t! The government
pap had been put to ROsser's lips-h,
had partaken to it-and he was JUS
simply obliged to be a ReDublican