The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-03
A par,,lia- Contest.

The intelligent reader cannot lait I" h'''
observed that the contest now gong VI" ~
virginia is SO peculiar in its nature rs 10
h,yn caused those engaged in il TO lose siShI
OF questions which in other states ''o
deemed of much importance. ms lac' o"es
No, ,,rovc that the tariff question Is one %
ny moment: nor that The grievances III
tended 20 I've put down by farmers sr"''se>
ore no: real as we'll rs rcmediabc: nor '''''
the abstraction Ivy congressman OF d ~ :.
amoun: OF money which ought 10 nave '''''
LEFT il the public treasury was a ''e',"'.
,ha; commcnd> iisc: TO our apE'!oo'''""
nor ,sa, the CrGdii-Mobier frauds nave bo'
.,,ra.,ea orr attention: nor that we arc lS-
nor,n, Of various other matters when cia'ii'
the notice OF political parties in other Sta'e>'
We have had an eye TO all these things. h"'
they are dwarIed i'll their proportions D!
considerations which are more Important
and 10 which too much tine cannon Ut
given.
Why should we trouble ourselves ABOUT /"
HIGH or a low tariff wien the kadicai "o'
Il " u
len. Of millions of dollars per ahnum upon
oar tobacco. whilst the tariff touches ts 81
lightly as 10 b. almost unlclt: "h; u''
nouncc "protcction Wien we arc III "'''
..cr of i!ayin. nothing left to us 10 hccd pro
lection: WHY clamor about fc" ccn'S
more or less of tariff upon our clotheS' VI
o,r wires. or our hardware. when we HAY
hyr,-l.ctiuy to vote suilcr our S>a'c gov
,rnm.n, TO fall into tic hands .; a party
whose acts would render our very houses
ard tlud> almost vaiuclc>>:
The cost Of transporting Our agricultural
products 10 markets might lac Il ioiic W"r'
thy O; our consideration under some CIR
c,ur>taure.. - il i cvIrmiy deemed one OF
ya>, import by The farmers oi III" "c't' WHO
hayr formed Themselves into oranges ioF Tie
Duii.asc =: reducing tliat cost. bh WIFI
Io,v Eod.d il rot br IN IL 10 vast" on tlsii'
in discussing such Il question v ne! l"i'!
i -, i y. 10 gain power III Virginia when
wu,.i:. - d,mIgr our Ea;cG",i interests IL
ina; =. should probably have nothing ic!
10 ,g.an>;0rt 10 market in four yciis alter IL
,3o:.H .l,y. acquired the right 70 rule u:
!; - very wrong il Congress to vote
hye thousand dollars Of back II! 10 rar:! OF
lis Ic,ui,,iS for services which hdd .st'aGi
i,c..n raid for once; and We arr far from
iy>ii,,iu- any member Of that body, hcpub'
Lean or Democrat, who voted tor lie mi.
I,t,. i Houlu he itlc les than MIdnc>s ~
liz 10 allow ourselves 10 j." lea OF upon such
Il trail! is this. Nir.inia'> members received
1iity thousand dollars OF this gralI-m1ncy-l
sim not one-tcnth part Of what Richmond
city alone would probably lose as result OF
the election of the Radical state ticket
so we might 60 on indefinitely. We are
mcuaced with The destruction of our mate
rial interests We are Threatened with ne
.rro officials, nero policemen i'll our streets,
nero iu>olcncc in every form. Tie public
>yhoul system Of the State is i'll danger. The
establishment Of mixed schools, which al
most every negro is in favor OF, would I'M
urta,cy destroy the entire system. We are
fearful OF such taxes as have made South
Carolina and Louisiana real estate hardly
worth holding. We are in danger OF social
troubles of every sort as natural conSc-
a,lcnce of the aScendancy of aparty nine
tcnths Of whose adhcrents and supporters
are negroes, and too many of whose leaders
arc unprintiplcd white men seeking power
not INA; they may benefit the public, but as
Il means of pocketing peI.
What wonder, then. that the contest III
Virginia should be a peculiar one: As that
nation is happy one whose annals are dull,
so NIrginians will account themselves iortu'
nate indeed when their circumstances shall
ha,c>o changed rs to make it possible for
them 10 divide upon such questions II sepa-
rate into political parties the people OF States
which are already so happily conditioned as
t. have nothing more important than tariff
and transportation issues to engage their at
tcn!ion.