The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-23
.r,a Public Gredit-The Conservatives.

.r,a Public Gredit-The Conservatives.
The party In the House Of Delegates no"
.ssailing the State credit and endea'o''ns w
sct at navght the decision OF the 'o"i' y,
Annaa,s are FAR more cunning than wise anu
nractical. They have fncorpola.eo s.'
.n,.rs into the tax.biN Intended to discrco''
the coupons to the bonds issued onoe, .ne
f,,ndtpg act, aud 10 some cases 10 REJECT sne'n'
T,e legislature cannot constitutioEa''y 90
.n-,p,nc Of this Kind, and the schemes OF
,hs re,,,di,tors mas. tail We casnot think
81. ,sose provisions can pass through both
h,.rcbes of the Legislature and receive the
.,nroysl OF the Governor. We nave hardy
a doubt that they VII fail.
But suppose they shalt psss-~has then
The Court Of Appeals will unquestionsoay
sustain its own suegment, aud the tricks TO
impair the public credit will be defeated;
Int assuredas the show Of hostility to rnaIn'
tanning the hoaor Of the State BY large
BODY 10 the present Legislature will do the
Commonwealth vast deal of injury ioTe-
nels Immigration aud capital from tsse 'State
IN a fearfr,l extent, and Is steadily e,imf1:st,'
ing the me.sss o. the people to redeem the
nnh,ic honor, and thcs to increase theife~n
prosperity.
Worse et,H, it fosters and infnnes a'sRrt
of autagcnism between the 'caordsHa1e
branches Of the Government and scHects
our poas,scal system to strain that must be
hur;fultot.
No cilu aud sagacious statesman can re-
gard ttls mastg with anything bit the
deapess anxiety. We behold the ConserVa'
tive party weSsrned on the snostVita' OF all
the questions of State policy-the GoEserVa-
tive rastority'in the House OF 'Defegsses DE-
feated by scombination t'tweeH anE'norl1y
of that party aud the Gegroes anu othes
Radicals. iIs'there not cause in tsst to sug'
gest apprehension? Does any nan suppose
that there IS no keen-eysd .ahd -watchsul
politician 70 observe this, aud et1 form
scheme to profit by It, GfanybeHy consoles
bin,self witt, the idea thst thercets no such
observing political spectator he knows
little of political life.
Tbereisauite enough dn'tbe' dcmoralizing
and disrupting tendencies Of the present
state Of things in the Legislature to oil the
minds of sensible men with Hpesslness. The
CAUCUS has been actively emplo5Noa In framing
schemes to impair the State honor and
binding gentlemen to rste for them. The
caucus s dangerous ma chine, and is sell
dom unsuitable. Certasty where important
measures of local State policy alc under con-
sideratien the represe to be LETT
free to exercise his own Judgment and act
under the guidance Of his OWL conscience.
The caucus is the iastro Dert Of party dis
cipline, often for bad purposes as we'll as
good, and is an everett ,ent,esent of party
tyranny. That it is broughtto bear upon
questions of State finance is Etterly improper
and hurtful to the public Interests.
The Legislature has not long to sit and the
plotters but little time te'coek up their OBJ
iectionabIe schemes in the'csacus cauldron.
But that little time may he employed to adj
vantage by prominent Conservatives in
using their Influences for maintaining the
integrity of the Conservative party and
shielding the State from thelanser Of falling
into the hands of a motley coordination that
that will bring the Commonwealth to tbe
very worst condition Of 'dishonor anu