The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-26
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the Read Gus ers' g owen
,rh;s body met in Richmond yesseroay. 4 4
sr,s,s reader win find IT'S ngs la,sa s..
fulIy reported ii shis morning & l,,spa VI.
There Is really not much to DE- saaa apol.
Il and not 4 word 10 lbs credit Y Was my
tv r,,assn 81 lie composition esii lied 20 DC
,ssss;iel, 81 4 fail. exponent oil any esrecta-
~ 5 sn,apnt 81 virginia public sentiment "
canaisietf largely Of what are known %
.sgnaeaendents.a There were, besides, 9.
rosdls number 81 Republicans and; az least !.
q dozen negroes. The !. Independents.
and !. boilers, we're plentiful. It washard
- arrange the personnel Of the convention,
That was a matter which the body seemed
NOT inclined 20 facilitate for Obvious rea-
sons.
8 This papes suggested 10 the readsusters
the policy that would have thrown great
strength into their hands and gave an easy
eo,ntion out OF their troubles. But some
ching stood 10 the way. Certainly had shey
asserted that q compromise OF the pupttc
debt Was brought about By their agitatioDs
itwoula not have been altogether easy TO
arswer them. What would have followed
could NOT very readily have been transferred
from their hands. AS itseemed to be gong
ssst night, they not only failed to take adj
vantage of their situation. but afforded; poor
encouragement 10 conclude that anything
save an abortiye result would follow theii
.,saSai on.sa 'sS
Plainly, the heterogeneous mass compos'
ing the convention gives it little or no title
10 respectfully, and no reason to expec'
that IL will establish party OF power in the
State. Indeed, the proposition OF the bond
holders, with accompanying notifications !, ;
have already met the general concurrence
and appreciation Of the people OF Virginia
and win be adopted by the General Assem-
. bly,. This consummation brings peace .te
:. the, Commonwealtb, and leaves no margin
,.ybateye-fof the discontents OF party ola
tribes and quarre1s. So. ..@ss7, ;s,. .s
e There was really no occasion for this CON
yention. It came without cause, anu i
promises to adjourn without doing any
good for its leaders, and, we are happyrus
add, without doing much harm to the Com on
monw ealth. Nh 81 .,,,7a ~, !. /;
q, To-day we shall have we suppose, Tux
bondholders' liberal proposition, that IN
-snres the State and all the departments o.
expenditure a.pIenJy Of money aoitAo'a an5
ancreaseof The public barthens. This the
! people Of Virginia approve and the Genera
Assembly will adopt. Those who vote tol
it will receive the appreciation OF ""el
.done'' from their constituents, while those
sswho may now oppose the happy opportunity
of adjusting the State debt upon plan, that tn
makes everybody happy and has the con
currcuce or debtor and creditor will be re
membered as long as they live for having
avoided the greatest good they ever had i
in their power to secure to the public, anf
for having made an Intellectual effort to In
,:hict upon their constituents an evil who's:
consequences would have survived Ions
ater they would be moudering IN cole
7 obstruction.
Such an assembage in the Virginia CAPT
faIIs Eremurkubie case OF not hing. -