The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-13
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nrospcct portentous that eplotaeioi. -, a.
Eionr he tie i,obby of the den1agoge anu ,.e
tbaalecry OF the mob, when every 49, TN -
and unprincipled politician, VINO Wa,,,s md
fee at nny price will mount the STUMP .A, NJ
seel, to dcr,oralize and degrade me lG; tho "
Virginia by seducing them to AVOID sisni ~ ~
taxation hv robbing those VINO Soln ,,,o,,ar
the honor of the State ard ioalleu IN; ,'o ,,nIy
when she needed il. That TINS q !osad l.,
ac;ta,ine the public mind. II alcu s;,na,nd
the incorporate spirit which a, mas s a'', .o the
some of the participants, VIII les'u " ,,o1tv
speedy segregation OF the CrhseI ,. annareut.
IN this State, Is but TOO palhun c,t ae On the
The attitude of the Radical party o e and
ara.,;or is significant Of their purpose anu
tto;r nr,,ectation. True to their want OF Pr
. or thav are for anything ana evciy.n.hs
" ,tst of'ce and obtain power, SezIus .sle
" 81 so indy riyen them by the kicninono
W. and led By the wind-gauge OF Tue
e., Icy Io,,rnol they are even. now preparing
:. 5s" tete mn the rallyins cry of Repudi1toh
nuJ ,vbo does not see the threatening fios-
,,nct before us that the vote OF the negro
1nob the "in-taid capital" Of the carpet
ha0rers-aided by such CONSERVATIVE VoIes
~ NAV be bought with the syren song OF
~reIiefn NAV elect Radical Governor anu
Legislature in 1873? Let these fasaoonuS
and harDies ret possession OF our otate ao,
vrrnuent and the fate of South Carolina wiz
no o,Irs. Like their kindred thieves Ia tli.'t
nnhanpv state, they Will tax our lands out Oh
our nnssession to sustain their greedy noroe
Of otht,ce.seekers. and the people Of Frglnia,
comnclIed then to pay treble the amount OF
tho interest over which they are now nag
clinr nav well pray for relief and sigh Tor
ssnntHer renudiation, These sleek, oily gnn-
mons are only too anxious to destroy the
honor and credit of Virginia by roDD!ns neI
lust creditors to put money IN their own
nockcts What care these aliens ana nI'-
randers for the honor and welfare OF the
state so that they fitch and steal their ior-
times from the people who SO cordially oes-
pise them3 A., ..,o
Rut of the Conservative party-the true
citizens of Vireinia-wc expect far dlliercht
Conduct When the "funding bill" was
unIIer consideration in the Legislature, then
WAS proper time to riise the storm OF oe-
nunciation against it which the hh'2 anu l,s
followers have postponed TO TINS late anu
unpropitious day. 1t hts long since become
a law, and more than two-thrds OF Inc
nublic debt has been funded in ACCORDANCE
with its terms. Certainly none out ulose
serious objections should now cause rep,,-
diation of the contract deliberately maze WIN
our creditors and executed rs to t"o-lnlras
of them. We have been unable to perceive
these controlling objections. Not one Of the
opponents of the bill has yet, within our on-
seryation, designated any substitute Tor tnls
measure. The purpose Of those who oppose
it seems to be simply to refuse to pay the m-
terest due on the list of january and to stop
the funding of the debt, and that, too, when
n surplus now remains in the treasury OF
nearly two millions Of dollars, and the fund
ing is well-nigh completed. If this surplus
could be returned to the taxpayers, more
credit would be due their representatives IN
the Legislature for the course they seem ae-
termined to pursue. But Of these taxes al
ready paid into the treasury it may truly DC
written "nulla vcstigia retrorSu'a." Ihat
money will never return to them, ana they
can make no more honest, sensible, and bene-
fetal use of it than to ply their just and IN,
cyjtablc public debt. There is no need ana
certainly no disposition in the Legislature TO
increase the rate Of taxation to pay the inter
eat on the debt in accordance with the fund
ing act On the contrary, there is reason 10
Anticipate that both State and local taxation
NAV be reduced and yet that the interest on
the public debt may be promptly and resu-
larry met.