The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-23
Rul,n,olld 1isapatth.
~, rsnAy SEPTEMBER %, 1879
r,nav Never Intended ReadSustm ens.

rnay Never Intended REIMBURSEMENT
:. s,o,,,d be remembered by the people
:, VIRGINIA that the Mozart Ha a tohSel. .
Civ WA held weeks before the passage OIL
,he McCULLocH bill by the Legislature; thas
,hs members OF that Convention did Dol
snow that such bin ever would pass, OF
what would be Its precise provisions - :.
sbon,d become a law. Neither ala tnal
Convention know that such a law Wouiu a.. %
accountable to the creditors themselves .ne
SAVAGE warfare, therefore, which the MA
n ,xr wolf gang are now waging 10 tue
sta,e was not founded on opposition TO Tue
Mcr,uJocH bill, or to any other probaole
and Objectionable bill OF adjustment ou'
their whole conduct and design then "as'
and now is. corrupt and malicious pui'
nose to defeat any adjustment at all that Is
Just and equitable to both debtor ana Gre
ditor.
The additional fact will also be distinctly
remembered that in the last Legislature
,he, gead;usters had very decided ma
ioritv-their leaders claimed majority OF
thirtv.fvc-and for two years ana 1or wv
sessions of the Legislature they haa tns
right and power permanently to reaa!aS'
the whole debt had they at any time ma
tured and proposed p bill acceptable TO DOH
debtor and creditor, as they were morally
pledged to do. But the Mozart Hall leao.
ers and acitators persistently refused ana
neglected TO propose any honorable anu
acceptable plan OF REIMBURSEMENT, ana re-
fused and resisted to the close OF the regu'
lar and end OF the extra session OF Tue he'
cisla,ure any such plan proposed py tneif
opponents; and it was only after very
large and the most respectable portIon oi
the Readiusters would no longer STAND OUT
against a liberal and fair settlement OF the
ouestion, and would no longer foilo"
bIindIy the dctatorial lead OF MALONE ana
his adherents, that the adoption OF the NC
CuLLocH bill, so acceptable and just ana
permanent in its provisions, was hnaily Sc
cured by the combined vote OF the pest anu
truest men OF the Legislature.
The simple presentation OF THESE t"o
facts, which are indisputable and dety all
successful contradiction, cannotfall 10 con-
vince any fair-minded and honest citlzen
that reimbursement in the hands OF the pre-
sent wolf gang has never been ana is not
now anything but weapon OF small dema-
soSues with which to corrupt public sentl-
ment, disbonor the State, rob her creditors,
and promote their own greed and selhsh
ambition. They have never intended any
honorable adjustment, and would not ac-
cept one now il grstuitously rendered
them by the bondholders at five millions OF
principal and one-half per cent. interest on
the whole debt, unless assured beforehand
that il would rebound something to the self
ishness of their hearts and littleness OF their
minds.
We are the more and more confident
every day that the honest and fair-minded
people OF Virginia, whether white or black,
will never follow the lead OF such corrupt
and debauched clan of public piunderers.
Let the slow, unerrlng finger OF scorn for
ever point at them as despoiers OF their
States honor, credit, and fame!