The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-24
r'hs Monster 81 Ion
Repudia,ipn ID Missss ipps 3 yea.s 3.
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4 Is virginia can now BE sustained
hg the Agf,aiors or tolerated bS honest and /
~ ,,rers..sTn tses fcfnes vase the
inye ca Mississippi m 1888 had chartered 81
hank Will, d cap,..sal oi many millions Ioil
dollars nrdan asnost Unlimited Hne'o dls.l
count, ana edged The credit and honor 81 Isl
the STATE 50 nn,imitsd taxation Toy tne pay
E,ent of the whole capital stock ma tue IN
ferest thereon. lid a'few years sttes eanx
became asreat fatTnrs and the STATE w
called On Is Day i It's obligations Of many
,rillions delinquency. ia the mean time 2
:, hseouent legislature had tampersdl WIZ !!
ING ossuinnl charter Of the bank, aud ssve-
raj ilIesal acts had taken place Sp we pa1I.
Il me Officers. 81 the bank, all OF winch; tns,
sdvocates Of Reputation csntAnded yitiatea
tina original bank charter, aud released tns
sts,e from Id obtigstions % pay the debt o q
any The p eiainor 81 The iiomasos triumpaed
ovsrtbe honor and INTEGRITY q the people
81 Mississippi, and the dessiwas repuahtea q
An the world now knn8s and holds I'M apa
torrene e tue disgrace WSich this act of pa 10:
Hc disboaest1y,4 in fiicted Upon The people and
state 81 Mississippi, and no honest spnf OIL
that Otherwise noble State, ever goes apfoaa
from, its borders or meets. stranger az MS
home that he doesn1t feel u natural tinge OF
sbane color his cheeks when be has TO own vi
th,t such foul blot of dishonor ana re-
| nroa,cb was ever inflicted upon the fair
escutcheon OF her proud name even uhuei
the, plausible pretexts under when tne
crime was perpetrated. When Mississipprfsi
famed orator, sERasANTs. PRESTIss, LETT the
sta,e in 1874 to seek q new home in r. LOUISE
ana. though be had fought reputation at
every step Of its poisonous march, ne
candidly confesses that when De landed
IN New Orleans $ he 'treally sought
shelter from the gaze and curiosity Of tue
peop,e.v and felt ashamed to receive any
nnbIic testimonials OF esteem from bis
friends aud fellow citizens $50 long as the
black flag of reputation waved triumph,
antIy over the fertile tplains ana rich val
1 Ieys of his adopted State p; and it was only
recently when Mississippi's present great
orator and famed senator LAMAR was asked
to 70 to Europe in The interest OF cause
dear to his heart that he excused himself
ON the ground that SON OF State wearing
the black badge of reputation was not the
proper person to champion such cause IN
q foreign land. .-.., .,.-......-.s-.,.. 81. -,
Like the mark OF CAIN, reputation will
follow those who ever daily with the mon
stcr to the uttermost parts OF the earth.
But here, on the sacred soil OF Virginia.
the Agitators have not even tue shadow OF
such plausible or specious pleas to advance
in support or excuse Of their position as
the Repudiations,s of Mississippi had forty
wears ago. Mississippi never borrowed one
dollar of the millions for which she was OBJ
ligated. She never handled dollar OF It
nor expended dollar OF it to develop her
resources or. enrich her territory and peo-
ple, She became involved simply as the
surety of very bad and unfortunate prln-
cipal to the bond the bank and It's man
ayers got all the money and wasted 1t. But
the State Of Virginia borrowed every dollar
OF her debt herself. She borrowed simply
on her own honor and credit-because she
had honor and credit Mef-when there were
no MAHoNEs, nor MAssEYs, nor PAULs, nor
sbysters flibustering in the State, and Sue
spent it honestly and wisely in developing
the resources and promoting the best inter-
ests and general prosperity OF the Common
wealth.. Her people are now enjoying all
Of those advantages aud blessings, While
we would now be totally unable to supply
ourselves either with money or upon credit.
1t was only last winter, when our Treasury
was empty, that Governor HOLIDAY at
tempted to borrow as much as the paitrY
sum OF 100000 on the credit OF The State
of northern bankers, and utterly 1alled.
WHY? Because Of the very agitation now
disturbing the usual repose and shaking the
very foundations of our society. 1t is be-
cause of the disgraceful and criminal warfare
which the Mozarters have been for months
past industriously waging upon the credit
and honor of the State, and the fear that,
by accident or possibility, such desperate
gang NAV get possession of our government
and repudiate the honest and just obl1ga-
tions OF the people. 1t is Just this, and no
| thing more.
Reputation, therefore, in Virginia, or any
/ sentiment even squirting at the result o.
Sinking the honest obligations OF the State
!, would be far mere dIsgraceful to our repu
tation than reputation was to Mississippi
than it could be to, any other State Of the
Union ;and the honest masses of our PEG.
ole who do not intendthat such foul stain
Shall ever rest upon the fair name OF our
nonle old State must rally at the polls on
the first Tuesday Of November and save us
from that threatened calamity. -
ToTHE POLLS i Every true Virginian to
the polls |! D..;.- .l's2 s3i :. ~
No Increase of Taxation.
There have been but two propositions
that we can remember before the Legisla-