Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-27
VIRGINIA.
What the Press OF the Old Commonwealth
Have TO Say About the Proclamation

The Norfolk T[2gmiol and the
Lynchburg ViTginiG1l discourse in the
following strain upon the prOclama-
ton:
1.-The disfranchisement and test
oath clauses are those decided on; but
that authorizing county organization,
under which the expenses Of the State
will be increased many millions of
dOllars---nine million, we believe, is
the estimate made by Mr. r. 7. Dan
iel---is not to be submitted to the peO-
pie. Thus, having asked for bread,
the petitioners received stone; having
begged for a fish they are threatened
with the fangs of q serpent. And
those who have been in contact with
the President have all the more rea-
son to complain at this, because he
has always avowed his objection TO
this particular section. But we see
that those who hoped this measure of
grace from the Executivewerel leaning
ON broken reed which has pierced
their sides. Now the question arises,
is the wound to prove mortal The
county organization must be our ruin
if adopted, and, as we understand the
AOtCs NllCIG L. Dul Ollt W dlf ~ CSGtltC H.
Every one who reads the VjrqinidR
knows what that simple method is.
Register to q man and rOte d'Oig71 the
Constitution.
''But we prefer to fortify our posi-
ton, strong as it is, by the language
of a paper which is well known for
its prudence, and whose able editor
has given his honest adhesion to the
new movement from the days of the
Committee of Nine down to the pres
ent hour.
SIN discussing this particular see
ton, the Lynchburg ViTg3,idn holds
the following sober and impressive
language:
We regret to learn that the feature
of this constitution under the head of
county organization, or article sew
en-, has not been put upon the same
footing with the test oath and disfran-
chising clauses by the President or his
Cabinet counsellors. We have the
testimony Ofthe President himself that
it is one of the most Objectionable fea-
lures of the constitution, and would be
ruinous to the State. 1t provides for
a multiplicity of officers, and involves
ttl1 Ca ApClloS W UlCit lllt DGODlC VI IL
ginia cannot incur at this time, with
q debt of forty-three millions of dollars
entailed upon them. 1t will drive
them to Reputation if it be adopted.
Besides, the township provision con-
tanned in it is wholly upsuited to a
sparsely settled country like ours. 1t
may do quarter of q century hence,
when the State is more densely popu-
lated, but not now.
"It is intimated that this clause
may yet be elassed with the other, to
be subjected to separate vote; but,
as we are told, the pressure is very
great to have it stand as the text of
the constitution, to which the pruning
knife of excelsior may not be applied.
If such be the decision of the Presi-
dent, then we shall feel bound to OPP
pose the constitution, and to procure
its rejection if possible. We do not
wish to be reduced to this extremity,
having made up our mind to swallow
other Objectionable features of the In
strument for the sake of compromise
and peace. But we cannot advise our
people to accept q constitution that
will bankrupt the State, and produce
a war between capital and labor, If not
between the races inhabiting here"
From the Lynchburg News.l
We have neither the time nor the
space for extended comment this