The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-12
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to the cotton States, and pointed out TO them
how they might break the robber-poWe
that ruled and ruined them. But Tor tue
existence Of this party Virginia ana tne
whole South would to-day be the hetpiess
victims OF a mack Of the most corrupt, un-
principled, and cruel robbers, in the name
OF law and liberty, that the world ever
saw The very few detudeds honest men o.
the Radical party in these States wouid nave
been as powerles5 to restrain as feaeheIs
upon the torrent of Niagarai 8 -day t1e
same element of ignorance, Of vice. o. TOD.
berry. and destruction exists In our MIDST.
It has only been kept down by the compae'
organization OF the Conservative party. {
to-day stand Id the midst OF the elements OF
olr destruction, which are kept under cen
troll solely by the organized CONSERVATIVE
PARTY. Break up the. Conservative party an q
we will find ourselves confronted by com
nact: perfectiyorganized party OF radIca,lsn
and destruction that will get control OF our
stote government and repeat upon US t1e
robberies and ruin inflicted upon the south.
ern States. And vet we have a parcel OF
ambitious men, so eager after self-prono'
tion that they are seeking to break up tne
Conservative party under the hope thaG Dy
anew political shuttle, cut, and deal bney
will be able get places of profit ana hoh 70
Will the people OF Virginia be guilty OF the
supreme folly of allowing TINS great aHo
goud party to be broken upI' ~
From the Richmond letter in Petersburg Appea
~ =; - OF yest erday.J
i. The Dispatch very frankly and fairly says
by way OF preface that in case Judge cop
ton receives the Conservative nomination
for Congress it will support him without
regard to his opinions on questions OF poll
CIV that belong exclusively to the state Ee'
gislature." This is the correct and proper
Shirt to actuate all who are sincerely de-
string the triumph OF the Conservative
party, and commends itself with peculiar
force to those run-mad partlsans on elther
side of the debtquestion who VIII not sup
port for Congress man who IS not OF toclf
peculiar way OF thinking on the,debt qucs-
ton. ae 49," '-s
j.. from the Petersburg Appeal 10th.j .''--'
The attempt to drag the financial issue
into the nomination OF congressional candl-
dates. and the threat that no other nominees
willbe supported by the reimbursement fac
ton. no matter what may be their other
qualifications, have aroused the apprehen-
sions. not to say the indignation, of the peo-
nlo. who refuse to allow the Conservative
nartv to be split in twain in the interests OF
personal ambition and personal spleen.
From the DanvllIe Rcgistcr.l
we are not surprised at the movement
which was started at Abingdon on the goth
Of Nav, which had for its object the organl-
zatiors of a clique to run the Conservative
party on the basis Of more sreenbacks and
the reimbursement Of the State debt, the pur-
pose OF the movers being 10 get control CT the
nominating convention and put forward
man OF their stripe for Congress. 1t was
foretold when the Legislature was IN labor
over the debt question last winter that Just
this state OF things would come about.
1t is no ground OF complaint against any
Conservative that he should be in favor OF
a readiustment OF the State debt. 1t is not
patty question. On the other hand, no
SET of Conservatives can with any propriety
make this test in nominating candidate
for Congress. OF course the purpose OF the
ruling spirit in this movement is to get IL
majority OF rea0iuSters appointed to the
convention and then have himself nomi-
mated, for office is at the bottom OF it all.
But the Democratic-Conseryatlve party
should not permit itself to be prosti-
tuted to any such end. The State acpC
of Virginia is something With Whlch
Congress will have nothing to do, ana 1t Is
absurd to test mans fitness Tor seat In
the body by reference to that question.
What is more, we think 1t Is hlghlY pre-
sumptuous for few men, who hold pecu-
liar views Of local importance, to undertake
to force upon the party these views, which
are foreign to its platform OF principles, Ii
a man chooses to run as an lndependent
candidate he can make his platform to suit
l,no c1y fn ~
and supported by the Conservatives, they
should dictate the platform and not he.
from the Petersburg Post Of yesterday
WHOM THE GODS INTEND TO DESTROY THEY
FIRST MAKE MAD.-When it was first an
nounced, many weeks ago (by the Richmond
IVhi0, or some of its correspondents, we
tnink). that the question OF REIMBURSEMENT
should be made leading issue in the con-
pressional campaign this fall. we protested
against it, though an original rcadjuster
ourselves. We could not then see, and cam
not now see, what possible connection there
can be between congressional election and
the State debt. What has Congress to do
with the matter one way or another? Can
Il settle the debt by funding it or readjust-
ING it? Will Congress have any voice or say
in the matter? OF course not. 1t would be
q great piece Of impertinence and great in.
trHsion upon the rights of = State for Con-
gress to NEEDLE with the question at all un-
less it desires topay back to. US the equiya-
lent OF the 100000 slaves which were stolen
from US during the war. That is absurd
and impossible. What then, we repeat, has
the congressional election to do with the
State-debt question? ;,-,,.,. . - !. :.
Nothing in the world, and its introduce
ton or obtrusion into; the canvass in any
way we consider the greatest piece OF weak
ness and folly that. imagination ever in
vented. - ,.,...a..n .G..... J.. -. ~. .
of the readjusters. We see now that the
Richmond State comes out in double.
loaded editorial, full Of bombast, in favor
of making the debtIfUestion the leading
issue in the congressional campaigni 1t
says: (" We must have, in short, canvass,
and on every occasion when the people as
semble on public business the great duty OF
the time should be the subject OF discus
sion 1.-THE debt question.
And the State even so far transcends the
bounds of ell reason upon the subject as to
designate the several districts in the State
and candidates in the field, and TO demand
that they shall proclaim themselves on the
debt question on one side or the other!
Well, now, il the State wants the Conser-
vative party of Virginia smashed up and
scattered to the winds in ten thousand frag-
il it wants all the present able MEM
bers of Congress defeated and their places
filed by Republicans or forcibe readiusters;
il it wants reputation to come as matter
Of fact, it could not have adopted q more
effectual mode Of accomplishing its revolu-
tionary object. z~a
II the Conservative party OF Virginia are
such monstrous fools as to take up the re-
frain Of extreme readiusters on the one
side and extreme funders on the other, and