The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-09-11
DEBTS IN 1870.

| Conservative Southern States in one class ana In
| Republican Southern States in the other, as fol
/ lows:
/ DEBTS IN 1870.
/ Conservative States.
Virginia net after assets, $44, 0OO, 00t
| Tennessee. 1855, 80:
/ North Carolina, sc. 6ol. 40
| Louisiana, IVA mouth Greeley, 24,093, 4Oi
Georgia, s, lo55o(
! Total $144, 746, 69(
Republican States.
Alabama, SIS, ,01s
| Arkansas. 5,545, 05(
| Florida, 1,2S6,69l
! Mississippi, .(now nothng.l 2,670, SIS
| Texas, (Democt attic State,) 2,289,7lf
| South Carolina, 1865, 90s
Total. $26, 987, 1865
This exhibit of Gov. Walkers, said Colonel
Hughes, is a disastrous one to the Conservative
speakers. 1t shows that Of the whole Southern
State debt, aggregating $172, 484, 654, the Con-
servative States owed by Conservative procure
ment $l44, 546, 696; and the Republican States
by Republican procurement only $27, 937 .95S,
after throwing the Texas debt in mercy to Con-
servatives.
Col. Hughes hoped that we should hear no
more about Radical debts and extravagances I'M
til our adversaries had explained away Govern
or Walkers figures.
He did not pretend to deny, however, that there
had been corruption in the South Carolina and
other Southern Legislatures of the kind, but not
by any means to the degree that there had been
in the Virginia Legislature under railroad ausp-
ces But he read from document to show
whether the Conservatives of that State could be
exempted from full share Of the blame. For
instance, on 1884 page of the Ku-Klux Report.
cdr. r. NJ. Smith, Of Spartanburg county, an
old citizen, Democratic member Of the Legisa
tire testified through the sub committee that he
could see no wrong in bribing public officer.
and compared the transaction to the purchase of
q mule
s'And Mr. T. T. Marley, of Darlington county
an old citizen OF high standing, said: Public
| frauds would not exist were it not for private in
diyidlals who act tue part of corruptors. We're
none of these engaged in bribing members of the
| Legislature. we would hear nothing of such
| frauds as the one have endeavored to expose.
One promising feature in this transaction is the
| part the Motive Carolnians have playe in it, \
| / say it in sorrow that some of house
Ihold-nen who the State in the past has delight
ed to honor, but whose honors have been withered
! by the atmosphere they breathe-are involved in
! this swindle / cannot conceive how these men,
| thoroughly acquainted with the negro character.
"nu i'n 'nc " 'i 80. ~ "
date sIffooncea me negro 'heh III slavery
coolu ~ ~ oaon
to political power, and by appealing to their Gu
| nidity and avaricc make them their lnstrumen Is
| to effect the robbery OF their impoverished white
brethren. The highwayman splrns the idiot,
Inc pirate mas mercy oil ,ne iooi' Va. 'nese oui
own peope' uSe ioioc a'u ~ ~iiAo " ooAe. =,
n.ase ,ne'f scnelea VI spo,iil'lon ann punue.
ech IS ene 'es.ileny ~ wy n,sn ~ aot =
Ia 10 - ~ -
s'aae "'ie 'aNe " ,ne ~
lae'llty o. 'ie sihiple nesio ~ w 'netl
ola'e, ~ We nv 80" 80 80 u $500! ~
ears oeen uea4 ~ vs. 'la' ~ $50 a0o
Ivy ahsG5 n W. - ~ ~. -
10y NV ''nN wy ~
sia' VIM %
~ w a ~. ' ~. ~ N'oii ~ - 90 CO
"iille 'ouN a. many tnous''nas ~ 10y .
~ = W.
sroes any 90 800 49, ~ %
cep1 at large price,, "srle .iiu ha'lse "ni'ss
couiu oe ilau iof son .u nv -
sh!on W. oAnno' snus oul eys1 ~ w.
eais, :: uoos ~. ~ 100, 49, 49,,
III Puoiio c'rlup''on W " a.'>. w.
pet-oasgefs tne soafesos'sS 10. 'neii e,1a no1
uoes y peoone eNe'i ~ sood aeae ,Iaa ~
"hose so'iis Pop"'''io, y, - ~ e., =.
as hohese ~ any u, ~ "o'iu, - ~
nes'sla a. ~ 'nio" 0'ono a'
oouVn oalolin". III
eolonei iiuSuos sao en"' tno ~ ~. .
speakers ',ot VI ,oo, , sN ~. 49,
cohplaineo VI "as'7 VI PM -
lana Ana oo'''" ~ ~, oi'A' -, ~ '' -. ~ =. t
ofieana "as ~ .,.-y - stat 49,
pait % " "~a NY .1., o' -, -
as 'he - fnlt -, ~ =
uufs. a"u o. sie0 auoata I5s.,t
| one ohy si@ 10y sH" VI, n,1:s 49, .
ana me oniy cry IL "nioh 'no , e psi
cohtfols') 10 n'"'y iioii an my - oA
taxation.
II IS true mat the conservative PhfIy q ~
glha mas noe lhcfssseo 1he VI .ie o'.A''
ceot. put enis mas oeeh o"ins ~ NY iao' ' Ia
.he hepuoioan oonSen'iou "Iio't = @nou W.
a'a1e cohss'eu,la ise,eu oi'uss - .naS -
s,iulneh' "nsoiu,s,y ~ 10y ~ ~
me oepe Du' s.'no"en .i' p"tSy W, 80
PfeVen'eo lroi i%''1,s iouey W o,@.0 ooAos ~
purposes OF lraun eiu 10y a,e ~
snaiheiGAy pfonis"'o - .no oVaoi u, ~
FROM d careful pesus9l ooH .u
lhanc-al message " iofo' II WI oe seeli 'na
;na ~ mands Of se5 onn "a nesr1n OIL Of
wbioh arean+ thot mart ranresertad Nv bar ex
ron5;t,,ra ~ ~ fg.nas n;var ana ganayb,
ranal ao,,ld ia haan oonver+ad ;ntn Sat-
bonda ~ no r.ta ~ "a h 100 nov cont Wh.t
has hecon,a Of tbis So5 900 ono which is now
n,;ss;nr f.on, tba ava;l.hla assats IF tho Stota
/ We al Lnoy, ,bora # h.. oopn The great hnl,
Of n has haen listrhuted among The nowerf,l
| ra;Iroa,, oo.naro, ;o,e ~ IA sos n bas hoa,
snn,,,aorad ,,a ~ ct.+ ] o.r,,r, ,,a, ,gh., H.
sets exceeding two or three millions Of dollars =
Wa all know that tho Stat, i{aht is So 600 900