The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-19

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,,evoid Of any feature which can coal-
,,,,,sa '.he,,, or suggest any advantage from
cn1,,eration with them. Forciale reauaus.-
/, mont IS III the threshold suggestive OF
wror p--tbat something is to be done by
sarce FOR the want OF the concurrence %
thoaesy.ho have some rights to be affected /
nc il. Governor LETcaER called "forcible
adjustment 2 an absnrdity,' as 1t certain
" il. and he might have styled those IN III
vor al /. as af,ibusters,' for espousing an
enterprise against law andinyasive OF fisht. |
Now, what political party can find pfin-
chile and eNpediency in such a thing SUM
Gent to invite them to an alliance WITH the
cnynpalsory readiusters. The followers OF
the .siorcible reimbursement flags lay some
r,a;yn 10 Conservatism, when their very
name puts Conservatism to tight ana ae-
ssroys all pretension TO the calm justice o.
\ tina, respected name. They are not con-
serySng ANYTHING that is worthy OF consefV-
mo 5They are certainly destroying tue
nnhhe credit and peace and the prosperity
~ Tin. people, and are therefore dessfuc-
t;yes. not Conservatives. IhcV can 'ia.e
no title to the name OF the illustfious parry
,ybich saved Virginia in her hour OF greatest
,,er;, and has kept the government 10 tnis
time in the hands Of the people entitled ana
canabie to govern.
II we turn from our State and the iocal
Marty which is so ilustrious for It's iocai
achievements, what outside OF virginia IS
there in the line OF affinity with the forcibie
resdinsters. The Democratic party mas
fame that is utterly hostile to all forms OF
sa;,hlessness to public obligations. 1t was
the gold party in days when there were
foods OF paper money, and it was the army
fighting against the banks that was ieu ny
Old Hickory and TOM BENTON. Ihey
never grounded their arms, put were
mn 70 the time OF the civil war tue
party that opposed excessive trading ana
paner-money manufactures, and the whoie
horde OF "rag barons." There is not
orincip,e OF the old Democratic party that
gives the slightest encouragement 70 Tie
crusade against the public credit-not
marty Droyerb that can be strained into Il
urecept for iaithleSsncss to debt, OF TOT
impairing the value OF the money IL WHICH
it is to be paid.
II not place in the Democratic ranks Is
TO be found for the wayward steps OF the
.sforcible readjusters," what chance VIII
thew have in the ranks OF the Republicans :
Tnat party is famed for its persistent affirm
alton OF tie duty to pay the public debt.
Amongst them all no man has gone iurthcf
away from the s'Simon-Pure Solo-Wor-
SINNERS y than to claim that part
of the public debt OF the United States
is Justly payable in gold or silver, at the
option OF the Federal Government. There
can be no affinity between Republicans, no
matter OF what phase OF opinion. and the
.:forcible readjustels." Have any OF them
proposed to pay in silver: Have they pro-
posed to pay without compulsory reduction
of the debt at all? We see no place for
them in all the country.
There is one fact, however, that we should
remember, and that is that the organization
in Virginia OF new party, tending 10 the
npbIic disturbance and destructive to the
general welfare. cannot fail to complicate
the general politics OF the country. We
NAV reasonably apprehend that such COM
plication will be of no advantage to Viz
cinia or the South. Recruits from such
partv will be received with doubt and sus-
picion. Such forces from Virginia may do
more harm than good to the party that re-
ceiyes them. They certainly cannot carry
with them the high Virginian dignity that
was wont to commend Virginia and swell
her influence in the national councils.
We feel the sad situation, as we know so
many loyal Virginians do. We would that
all her statesmen kept their positions OF in
gtegrity unimpaired by doubtful creeds and
detrimental expedients. Virginia is too
conspicuous amongst the States-she is too
near the Federal capitalize permit her high
name to be DETAINED by public taunt and
her credit to be lowered in the mar
kets OF the civilized world. What
az fail indeed there would be should
she be reduced to the low stage
where none OF all who ;dolized her name
in former times would be ready to do her
an honor. This we may avoid; but we
now have reason to tremble at the appre-
hension that such may be the case. Sad
would it be to see persons representing the
old Commonwealth whose characters bore
the stain Of public dishonor. How would
such representatives compare with such
men as WASHINGTON, and MADISON, and
MARSHALL, and their contemporaries
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