The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-11
The Comfy NOlnina tons.

Among the nominees on behalf OF the
Conservative party for the approaching elec'
to, are Colonel WILLIAM WATTS, Of Roa-
Ike, and Colonel CHARLES A. RONALD, OF
Montgomery county. They are true men,
bo!h sound on the debt question, and relia-
BILE men whenever an eXigency in the affairs
f,he State arises. Colonel WATTS was the
G:s, man TO give decisive blow to the tur-
BID wave of reputation in the lovely valley
OF sae Roanoke. Since his nomination there
baye been protestings and threatenlngs
amongst the class that don't want to pay
tie public debt because they do not want
10 oay their own debts, and there has been
also much communipg amongst such people; ;
tu'. we eau hardly think there will be any
serious movement against Colonel WATTS
SO prominent, so serviceabe to his lmme'
d;a.e neigh ors and to the State.
colonel RONALD is Il gallant as we'll as
lo,al cilizen-loyal 10 his State and to bis
ccuctry. We trust that both RONALD and
WATTS will be trlumphantly elected. Their
election would do much 10 maintain the tn-
teg7i;y of the relations of their people to the
. Common wealth. The ChristianSburg Mes
sen1er earnestly suStains them, and the Mes.
seager declares for itself that it is opposed to
repu liation because" it says, we believe
in honesty aud honor"
We have faith in Southwest Virginia
Washington county has been the leven that
threatened to talnt the whole region; but it
has failed to do so. In that county, strange
to SAG, the asplrauts to the Legislature seem
to IL carrying on rivalry with one another
as to which Is the most thorough repudiator.
Aud tha;, too, while Governor kEMPER,
up,a bis responsibility as the executive 9TH
Ger OF Virginia, announces that the debt Is
uoder control, and that the interest upon 1t
may be met without any increase OF taXi-
tion. However, Washington county, which
did as much as any other county in the State
towards mourning the public debt, seems to
have code of ethics of its own, and set
OF zsalots that are devoted to them. Are we
wrong In supposing that the empty dema'
gogical bubble would readily burst Were
some gallant gentleman to stick u pin in it
Turning away to the East, to the valley OF
the Rappahannock, we find that there, too,
reputation has raised Its crest. Last win
ter the :" Gemini" of reputation came from
Spolsylvsnia and Washington. a meeting
wa, held at Spotsylvania Courthouse OF
Monday last to adopt regulations for nom
na.ng convention. at the meeting, Colo
mel GOODWIN made an essay to cook hasty
pudding of Reputation. He offered repu-
dii.ion resolution, the purport OF which
was to instruct the representatives of tht
County to vote for no taxes except to carry
on The State Government and free schools.
Sub O resolution was well calculated to
prompt the reporter for the Neps to
ask, Can this be Spotsylvania
Are these our people?" JonN MINOR
HOLIDAY, a rising young man aud true
Virginian, attacked the resolution with & ga!
force. After being we'll cgoss-h1ck'ed !: MAS
indefinitely postponed. HORACE LACY tie
delegate from Spotsy lyauia, who reocr!. d
hims IL SO famous last winter, xnuoun, ed
hi,n.elf as up for reelection. HOLIDAY
opeacd his (LAcY's) 1ecorl, and ch.i.ens
hla 10. discusso J.
IL Is only here and there that the question
Of Reputation is brought up. We bave no
doubt that the Legislature next wi lter will
crush the head Of toe SERPENT.