The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-26

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81 Sss sa,tation 81 che Dssttdctiyes enters
,.s ss week, aud M have smother. reek
- lfIsl ana Another eek Of experience in
sn.,r tr,cks & md stratezses, and ataotpe.
week OF study and skiif 10 folAng sneM ~
4 bttnsing Them more cstafly pesofe w
nd III ,ii ,heir cbte ionablles snd Iepps'ie
l Ses,ur,ess. Dissgreeable as the slruSg'e Z,
Il 80 ,,str;otics and brave men rho ngnl
.r.,ns, !. them ara more and more inspired
,.s,,n hons and resolution by the conflict.
sTh Nv .ee that tiey must triumph. Thsy.
know their own people, and know that ssey
I. are too practical, too earnestly .deVoUea -
3 the quiet aud prosperity Of the eosanao,ty,,
N give way before the selfish and scrdid
]! 'paf1y of Dessruetiyes, who have no hesita-
f,on "a running the country II thereby they
Fan capture the State and get possession OF
a,ithe Offices and donors OF the common
), wealth, tf
,sp.: THE ia the assurapoe that Tie Conserva-
lives have now, most happily, while 1t must
he that the Destructives have become cor:
yincedfbat defeat wilt wind DIP their ingto'
rions and dishonorable crusade against the
better part Of the communsty and agstfnSt
The dearest interests aud sentiments OF the
people.
- This the Conservatives all know. aad 1t rs
$40 ss,cnIt matter to see that the conscious
!. sense OF the mcrited disaster which g 70 .laS
nr,cn the Destructiyes ts kinding the nue.
of embarrassment in 1beir faces aud giving
5 q, their flemeanor the alt OF men who :kncW
rheir nm worthy motives and the scurVy
sricks by which they would advance them.
The people are understanding the snneco'
: and the Destructives too, much better. as
time goes on they will know them stfR bet :,
ter: For the war is constantly growing 10
temper and ZEAL. --..lt
!. 40 The DestructiTes are absolutely without
! n proposition to do anything. The only
thing they say Is that II they get majority
OF two thirds they will show the people q
Virginia what ,Gstey will do. Indeed
Wouldn't the people be very eehSing 10
give this 'two.thirds majority to men who
have never proved by any meritorious act
that they were TO be trusted isT anything
OF, Gods eartbs. Their great leader never;
did anything but to bring misfortune and
failure upon everything he had anything to
do with, save, indeed, the getting Of great
] salaries for what he did, and making certain
OF collecting and securing them. He got
$4,000 salary per annum-induced the LIE.
gislature to extend his term to I've years
making the term equal to $i25,e0o! Think
OF that, people OF Virginia. Aye, and think
that this great railroad king received S125,-
coo every five years for, running the railway
ne controlled into the receivers hands. Be
sides this, there are many thousands OF mo-
{ ney misapplied, showing incapucity and
q .prodigality that should incapacitate any.
man for trustor confidence
Look at this leader and ask yourselves, ii
such be the leader, what must be thought
OF his followers? It is painful to think
that the following OF such man should
ever have the slightest promise OF triumph.
Ing. in Virginia. 1t should bring an I'M
promptu and natural flush to the face at
= the thought that such leader should aspire
fo.rule the noble aud grand Commonwealth
OF. Virginia. s.4rsar @s.. ~
t.n Oh, yes give him the two-thirds, and be
will show the public what he will do. II
the public knows not enough on that point,
!, then experience can never teach them any,
thing. But the public will never give the
leader and his worshippers chance to try
those experiments which all know will ter
inmate in ruin from which Virginia never
can entirely recover. Her bright name
will be soiled forever. The most brilliant
deeds and the most creditsble record will
be insufficient to penetrate the dark, leaden-
coated clouds which period Of such rule
rs thArs would, fasten upon the fame Of
Virginia. %. 7- 49, r.. y 81
They would reform the noblest court In
all the States Of The Union-they would
throw into disorder the government-they
would raise questions for debate and iudg
'ment that would involve Virginia in mex
trIcable endorsements. Those questions
could not possibly be all decided in the
favsr Of the Destructives. Pending the is
sues the public credit would 60 down
down to ruin-and the private credit would
( be involved In disaster. The reputation Of
the people would be inseparable from that
OF the government. The credit Of the COM
,nunity would be irreparably impaired, and
that Virginia once peerless amongst free
and equal States would SO sink that there
would be none so low as to do her homage q
And what should all this be done for ?
For WILLIAM MAHONEf
The Rain. Il
| IS = What IS to come Of course we know not