The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-04

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gallant one-armed ex-soitier. Captain JOIN
s. TICKER. now mayor OF Norfolk, give
the following. as his reasons for gettlns On
the fence and taking ground against He GU.
-fersf MaHoNE :-"-''
The, E;rqinidn; early in the CAM a thc
onnounccd its intention OF pursuing VIZ
cnmrse II has heretofore done OF havIns -"
Candidate until the action OF the Son ,,,a,,
ton Among the many good ana ao.e TO 20
snnro, ~ Mt that time we were co .i.'oa -
I leave the choice to the represehssa 800 o,,r
tbe people without an eHore "
| nersonai preference upon TUG aad yery
RIO .snect OF affairs has cnan9eu fe.y
! s;nre then. AS long as 1t was nere
| nantnst among men it mattered niue VINO
| ,cas tbe nominee OF the Convention. pun
since then the greatest OF all matters nus
heen dragged into the issue-the laltn oi
tho Commonwealth is at stake, princl-
Mos. not men, are to be decided on. ana tne
V;rginian were false to itself ana 10 inc
state il it held its peace in this the SUI
nren,c moment OF her fate, when Virgin
ians. for the first time, stand hesitating De-
tween honor and dishonor. :. ..t@" :.
General Malone alone Of all the candl-
dates proposes to compel the creditors or tnc
State to AN unwilling compromise. Here -
his own language and it can have out one
meaning: cit does seem to me 10 pe III.
part OF practical wisdom, and IN the oIeet
pursuit of an honest purpose TO aehi Haitly
and Justly with the public creditors tna'
we should seek and insist upon, urge, anu
il necessary, demand, u compromise anu re- &c
adjustment OF the debt OF the CommWealtl'
and OF the annual liabilities thereunaer'
which shall be within the CERTAIN ana req
fho.
meet" What is this but Reputation
What term but that can be applied to the
debtor who demands u compromise FROM
his creditor, believing that he has the
power 10 enforce it. II one man owes an,
other dollar, and demands that he shall
take half dollar In lieu OF it. does he mol
repudiafe the other halt?
But the Petersburg Post itself n few days
ago used the following words: " w nen MA
hone is made Governor there VIII oe no
more difficulty or confusion about the deDt
question, or the school question, or any
other question OF public concern. Lie VIII
nut the coupon man, and the peeler
man. and all other creditors, upon the same
footing, ask the people OF the State 10 pay
all they can pay without increased lana
ton. and il the 'eoupcn man DON'T IKE
the arrangement, Malone will say to MN,
= By the Eternal, sir, it shall be equallZeo /;
Won must lump it or take less" we have
given these extracts in response to the
Posts call '.for anything General ma
hone or his friends have ever written
or spoken that breathes breath OF repudla-
tion." and are entirely willing that the pub
lie shall Judge between us. Ii General Ma
hone is not in favor OF reputation, 1t Is
not too late even now for him to say so ;
and no one would be more rejoiccd to hear
it than ourselves. 4 noble EDglshman
once made use of All illustration in the
House OF Lords which is appropriate here
.tIt is related" said he, "that ut the siege
OF Sardis one OF the Persian soldiers, VINO
had gained access to the royal PAL
ace, was -. about to strike down the
person OF King CrGsus, when Il chnd
OF the monarch. who had been mute
from his BIRTH, rushed forward and cr'ed
OUT, O, soldier! do, not k:il Hang Cr9SuS
II the peril Of father loosed the bonds that
nature had laid upon child's tongue, snail
be silent when my pdtriu, my mother land,
is threatened with destructlon"I so Wheh
the Convention shall assemble in Richmond,
where, stationed like Sentinels around Nlr-
sipia's Capitol, her monumental sons speak
mute but eloquent entreaty in behalf OF the
honor they in their generation kept so
bright, we will cry out to the matriclde,
who in the blind passion OF party STRIFE
would strike down the faith Of the Common
wealth, o, soldier 10 not kill pi1yin1d!.