The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-25

SATURDAY Eoi,Et s. e As' &
81 3, ,,.rnd,a.,on a chapter nom the Past.
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... !. sr Is the lessons and incidents 9.
!, ,sa 800 r,s,. that we may learn TO be wise ING
!. All All narniently In the present and the iasalf'
+ we showed yesterday the lasting ana Dig ~
inc effects which the single act OF repua.s'
Hon some forty years ago inflicted upon 'ne
credit and reputation Of the State o. MISSES.
s;nni. and how unerringly the world mas y
i Since n>inted its Hnger OF seorn az tna' ass
~ hpu,,,;a,,on and disgrace. We appfe-
bend NO danger Of such calamity ever W ":
fall,ns virgins, Notwithstanding tne mose
...annaps efforts that a corrupt and danger
ere Gang or ireebooters are now making
amongst as TO produce that result; but IL Is
weIl. while pointing out aud denouncing the
dangerous principles and infamous designs
OF these so-calied Readjusters, who discaim
any intention OF Republication, to snow tnaS
their conduct and doctrines are identicaiy
the same as those revolutionary and agra.
rian doctrines proclaimed by the repudla.
t;onis,s in the great Mississippi struggle De-
tween State reputation and dishonor.
Among their very first acts 10 the miss's',
sippi Legislature was to lay down anu au.
nounce a platform OF principles, the revoiu-
tiopary and dangerous substance OF which
is embraced in the following closing resolu-
t;on of the General Assembly, :a-sant.
8 9. Reso,ped by the Legislature Of the State
of M;ss;ss;ppi. That from and after the
massage OF these resolutions 1t shall oe
deemed lawful and competent TO aiter,
amend. or abrogato any act OF incorporation
which has been or may hereafter be granted
nnder or by the laws Of this State, or whlch
ia or NAV be found to exist within the Ter
ritoriaI limits OF the same, under any naiue'
or for whatever purpose, whenever, in inc
: oniniop of the Legislature, the pubic gooa
NAV REQUIRE such alterations, amehonen''
or abrogation."
This resolution was adopted by the Re-
nudistiorists In the House Of Delegates OF
Mississippi, and formed the basis OF their
revolutionary aud agrarian. creed 10 tnaI
State. They claimed then, Just as the Agi-
tators here claim now, that all power ema-
mates directly from the people," and that,
therefore the people have tae right TO 90
or undo Just what they please, regardless OF
all legalzed contracts or oblis utions, and OF
all established law and constitutions. only
at the beck and nod OF revolutionary mob
thew claim that one legislature can "alter,
amend, or abrogate" any and everything
done by any preceding legislature, and leave
chaos to reign supreme monarch Of all it
surveys. This is what MASSEY and hA-
HONE and PAUL teach their deluded fol-
lowers. They say that one Legislature or
one generation cannot bind another les1s-
]ature or generation, and quote in support
of their infamous doctrine the identical au-
tholites and employ the Identical argu-
ments relied on by the Repudiationists OF
Mississippi in their day Of disgrace. il one
legislature contracts debt, incorporates
bank, or makes any other binding contract
with man or nations, the next legislature
has supreme power to repeal and repudiate
il: and II the courts interfere-eyen the
highest court in the State-they teach that
they should be resdiusted, and made to
conform their decisions to the will OF q
blinded, disordered, and clamorous multi
tude!
Among the most brilliant men of the day
who lifted their clarion voices against repu-
diatjon and such monstrous doctrines or
government as thus taught was the cele-
brated SEARGEANT S. PRESTIss, who, like
our own eloquent DANIEL, and CURRY, and
TUCKER, and GoeDE, and the host Of brilliant
orators and debaters now battling against
a similar corrupt and revolutionary ele-
ment in this State, mounted every rostrum
and hurled all the terrible thunderbolts OF
his fiery in dignation upon the crime and the
criminals. He never minced matters with
the enemy for moment. He looked upon
such dishonest doctrine as great moral
crime, and he appealed to his Wing and
Democratic friends to "make it social
and business CONTEST on the bold ground
that the "eyil assaulted the very being OF
society, and it was an act OF moral treason
to parley with it," SIN this matter, telloao'
citizens" said PRENTIss, " / hnoao no Wing
nor Democrat. I lcno,o those only aoho up
hold the principles Of honor and the pIighted
faith of Mississippi" He drew graphic
picture of the whole army Of Regulators,
wwith their ragged pirate-fag borne shame
lessly in the midst Of them, advancing In
swarms to do their murderous, infamous
work"; and he described them as "Huns
guided by leaders who owned all the afro
cious principles Of ATTnA without posses
sing his courage'or his talents"
Such is only a faint specimen OF the
scathing and merited language in which
this great orator and patriot assailed the
hideous monster of reputation and its au-
thors in Mississippi when the blight cast
its iadeless shadows over her fair name; and
it is as appropriate and merited now iu
Virginia as it was then in our sister State.
Let us profit by the valuable lesson which
the disastrous sequel OF reputation in the
past teaches us 80 forcibly to-day.
You have taxed the bonds Of your credi-
tors until you have brought the interest
down to per cent Can you ask any more
taxation to be placed upon them? Two
dollars - wear uDon every bond for q hun