Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
The Preservation Of the Publ, credit

Is the title of a handsomely gotten
up pamphlet now being circulated with
the compliments" of certain so called
honest gentry Of the general assembly.
A glance satisfies any one that it is a
jobber's or agents document. 1t is
printed on good book paper. with glazed
backs and abounds with aOn-pariel type
notes. 1t is headed on each page Senate
Doc. Number XXIY, which would
Justify the conclusion that the body of
Of the pamphlet WAS printed at the ex-
pense Of the State treasury, and only
the pretty backs paid for by somebody
else. The whole is a SO page report Of
Bradley 7. Johnson, who subscribes
himself Senator from the City OF
Richmond" on the "Pnblic Debt Of
Virginia.
We read the Doc. No. XXIV, all the
time wondering who paid for its print
lag. The proper committee Of the
House reported the debt with the ap'
prevail Of the Auditors, and sent it
abroad'in the plainest style, without
backs, and on only half dozen leaves.
This extrayagant pamphlet is designed
to counterfeit the effect Of so much truth
officially authenticated, and hence, we
suppose, the gaudy-green-glazed back
and the imposing entitlement, Bradley
7. Johnson, Senator from the City oil
Richmond"
All that is absolutely correct and
truthful in the SO pages could be well
condensed into one page, and the
absurdities Of the balance could well
be elaborated by much less ola paralo-
gist than bradley johnson Senator"
&C. into volume as large as the Code.
First, Bradley strikes down the interest
on the literary fund in defiance of the
constitution and the laws. Then he
gets away with $4,000 of criminal
charges before the bill that is to &C.
complish this has been even so much as
reported from committee. Then he
deducts cool million as the present
worth Of the States claim against the
United States, at which the United
States bas been laughing fer years and
decades. Then lac deducts two millions
as the value in bonds OF the four millions
second mortage on A. NJ. & D. h. r..
which Bradley 50 recently rejoiced 10
see pass into the hands OF foreigners, and
with it the vanishment Of the last hope
Of everrealizing a dollar to the State.
Then Bradley can get us 4 million for
eur interest in the R. F. & P. and 4. g.
D. railroads. (Had not the Board OF
Public Works better make another con.
~>tract with Johnson & Poe to do these
things p
Not long since a commission COM
posed Of three able and experienced
lawy ers, James q. Field, j. NJ. Forbes
and B. w. Seawell, reported that
Bradley johnson and his colleagues had
the best OF the State absut 100000 and
recommended legal proceedings to re-
cover i. The chance Of getting some
thing out OF this is about as good as the
L. 5. Claim, and yet We see no deduc-
ton. Why's this thus: Perhaps this is
embraced in the incomprehensible fouI
millions deducted on page % as "bonds
exchanged for assets" Ifnot in this,
then in the language Of Alexander
Hamilton Shall Virginia be deprived o.
an indemnity which she endeayored &c
secure by so proYident an arrangement
as the contract Of the Board OF Public
Works, Questions Of this Sort" say
Hamilton, as quoted on page 80 0
Senate Doc. Number XXIV, ION a clos
inspection, multiply themselves withOu
end, anu demonstrate the injustice OF ;
discrimination (tgaInst the UniteC
States even on the most substile calcu
lauons OF equity, distracted from th
obligation OF contract"
BIadleys debt literature does no
work miracles in these parts, not TIN
SIDE OF the Blue Ridge. Nevertheless
the position OF Senator from the CT
CT Richmond" clearly entities his work
to 4 recognition and review by tn
press. If our notice is little extended
ii is because we got two copies OF til
Doc.