New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-19
VIRGINIA.

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constructions placed by the statesmen Of
Virginia upon the common constitutions,
none can deny the open integrity of all her
political action. She is no conspirator.
No secret organizations can grow upon
her soil. Outspoken and candid, she has
always maintained il the field the doc
trines adopted in the council. She fur
nished to the Confederate war some Of its
most able leaders and some Of its bloodi-
est battIefelds. She laid down her arms
when further resistance would have been
the suicide Of her helpless people. The
federal General was touched by the
| heroic defense, even of cause which he
condemned He proposed terms for the
surrender of the last armed force, which
their commander accepted and signed
without the change Of letter. The federal
General in command was not present at
the formalities Of surrender, nor was the
Confederate commander or his soldiers
subjected to any Lumiliating conditions.
The parole given by Virginia has been
kept. Shorn of half her territory by the
events of war; deprived by emancipation
Of much that she had regarded as
property, Virginia has never de-
graded herself by complaint, nor sought
in charity relief for misfortune. She has
addressed herself resolutely to the repara-
ton Of her interests. Diminishing the
ignis fatuus of federal politics, she has
sought to organize domestic government
without regard to the party opinions Of
her public men. Her first step was the
election of federal officer as a Governor
He has proven a just man. and has not
abused the power reposed in his hands.
The next result was to place in legislative
and judicial stations the best men without
regard to their political antecedents. The
colored people have been convinced that
no mischief is meditated against them
and are contented. The militia has
been reorganized, and in compliment
and confidence towards the courageous
men who gave their parole at Appomattox,
almost every brigade is commanded by an
ex-Confederate soldier. Society is thus
reconstructed on the basis Of ancient prin-
ciples applied to modern exigency Inns
from the Northern States and
from England, is flowing in steadily.
Foreign capital has just completed mag
nifcent railroad, stretching from tide
water on the Chesapeake to the Ohio river, |
Cincinnati with Norfolk across.
the best mountain grades between the
East and West Another railroad unites
the Chesapeake and the Mississippi,
and has, last year, transported
three and four hundred
bales of cotton on the voyage to
New York and Liverpool. In legislation
Virginia has pursued the same honest and
;andid policy. She has not Hc~eased her
1uJlic debt one dollar since the loar. She
las refused to fund her back interest.
She says her creditors knew what she
vas worth when they trusted her. They
NOV what she has lost. She will neither
epudiate nor increase her inability by
.dding usury to just obligations, Her
reditors must sympathize with and aid
Ter. She has refused in her poverty the
nost tempting appeals for legislative fran
hises. She has indicted mayors and
legislators, and driven the herd Of lobby
SITS elsewhere One of her laws may
e well copied elsewhere. Seeing that
peculatorB infested her Legislature with
ills to secure corporate privileges for
rivate advantage, and that the, considera- ]
ion Of those bills occupied the time of
he Legislature at great cost to the people,
he exacted the prepayment Of one-half {
er cent on the capital Of every joint {
took company
A policy SO open andso stern has driven ,
ullock and his compeers to pass over the
Id State and alight on others more di-
ided and less sagacious. The example I
Virginia has never been disregarded by f
u DOuInS1u Sl5ISL5' 1G uil0 1SN6I D6eu
ED dishonorable to follow her lead in war. {
can imply no humiliation to initiate q
9r candor, her integrity and her courage, f
hen q common adversely has befalIen S
er. They should look respectfully upon {
9r, standing like stone wall against the a
Il artillery of misfortune. If she in S
,ked the war, she bravely pays the stake, b
ithout murmur and without evasion, 1t b
IS the spirit which inspired the mag c
nimouS demeanor Of Grant toward Lee n
was this respect for the sincerity Of q
ave foe which caused him to interpose f
r their protection when President An a
ew Johnson would have consigned them a
a casemate. Revering the reyolu- e
mary services Of her great statesmen t.
d soldiers, she cam not forget that her a
/ wounds are 50 near her new" and
lcerely rejoice that She has taken a
urse which even those lately in array K
ainst her can appreciate and respect q
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five per cent ON all such capital stock =
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