Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-04-16

that they stand s for the hondhoiders
aud 8 Tor the p ople, What is The ih-
ference .
There Was potency IN the hunter 8
OF :, Tor the y had the game IN Their
now hands. In the latter case The 3
represents the bondholders, the shy
locks. the COUPON brokers aud the
/ Court House rings, and are oweriess,
while the o represent the nineteen
twenlieths of the people OF the Dis
trict, and are all powerful.
There was a time in the history Of
a o Commonwealth when the public
press was the exponent Of public
upinion, but since the passage of the
Flu ding Bill, ard the hondhOiders
have dotted the rural dist lets with
newspaI ers. the press has ceased to be
the common Denomination of public
opinion.
The Funding Bill was a fraud, and
can only he sustained 10y fraud ard de
ceptiOn. Thank God. the people have
their eyes o. Ell at last. aud they viii
no longer be humhugged by the ts-
Enlistment of Funding papers in the
rural readjusting Districts.
"Mu der will out" and the wonder
is hat the bondhOlders were not sharp
enough to know that a spurious pub
lie sentiment in their favor, created
by a hired press would he short lived.
Public sentiment was fairly tasted
in the 9Th District in. the election Of
delegates last fall. The only issue was
Teadjustment, and in spite of the
hoasIed s funding papers. and a~libe-
raj use of the bondhOlders money to
ma fanifatinR 4n< IN Inv Nnfas for fIa
funding candidates, the counties of
Lee, Wise and Buchanan. Scott, Rus-
sell, Washington, Smyth. Wythe,
Blaid Pulaski. Tazewell. Craig and
Giles, each sent readjuSteIs to the Leg-
~isIatufe. and Montgomery and Roam
nke, the other two couitties cO,upOs,
ing the 9th District. intended and
thought they had elected realjusters,
hut their delegates proved 10 b9 4 the
~"feetle sort" or were demnraliZed af-
ter they got to Richmond. these
faithful delegates reflected the will ~
the people then. NoaC the readjusting |
sentiment has lieen so intensified hy
the veto of the Governor, md the de-
cision Of the Court OF Appeals, that ii
is akin TO reputation.
think these papers DO. not repre-
sent the honest sentiments Of 100 vO-
tiers in each of their counties. outside !
of the Court House Rings. and if the
readjusters would Withdraw their sup |
p0rL from these papers, as the flanders
do from the readjusting papers in the
cities. the papers would starry To
death in six months. unless the bond
holders am TO their rescue.
If the eight papers will perSist in
devOting their time and their energies
10 the interests of the houdhOlders, Ia
The injury of the people they should
tie made To rely exclusively on them
for their support.
II these papers have paid their W
honest debts, and thus pared them
in a position to advise other
To pay theirs, and especially
the public debts, they should advucafe
an increase of taxation, for in no 9TH
way can the requirements Of its pet,
the Funding Bill, be met.
If the Standard means to he sin
cere. let it call upon the people {" rally
At the Court House at All early day
ANA have them. in mass meeting IA
sembied. to instruct their Senator and
De egatPS to vote for such an increase
of taxation next winter as viii pay
the interest on the public debt IN full.
Here is a fine field for an honest eff
fort. Let the call be made. r.