The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-31
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..s,.yr, /. OCTOBER 81, 1879.
rh,a,. .ast Appeal.

The Last Appeal
s,rhis is the last issue OF ofir. country pa
uer that will reach cur readers ben sefec-
t,on.tlay. ls ii hardly 10 be'presunied u.a-
der the circumstances that ybody has faii-
ed Is make up his mind ~ TO what he VIII
do on the 4ta OF next mouth, vito can be
moved blythe usual arguments addressed
TO the average voter !: for every such person
must have determined ere now either that
he vii. or will not support the cause OF tne
Destructives, who are trying to sink TINS
GOOD old State into, the abyss OF ruin, oe-
gradation, aud disgrace. Yet It may MOI
be amiss to strengthen the faith OF any VINO
NAV need TO be encouraged TO pursue the
path which their own consciences tell them
it Is their duty to travel.
First, II you want peace, quiet, and pros
pert,v, vote for friends OF The AcGuLLocH
settlement. For eight years the people OF
Virginia have been kept in a state Q! tur.
moi, confusion, and discord, which is fatal
to anything like that contentment, oraer'
and prosperity which can only belong 10
communities that are allowed to follow the
ordinary pursuits Of life without let or nm
drauce. You cannot get rid OF the aeot ny
voting against the McCULLoCH settlement lie en-
The lower you reduce the price OF the
bonds the greater will be the speculation
in them, and the greater the margin
possible for purposes OF corruption. 1t IS
impossible 10 strange an honest debt. II
will haunt you and your children's children
il not paid or acknowledged and at least the
Interest provided for. 1T will be with you
at your uprising and your down-sitting; in
your dwellings and your shops; on your
farms and in your churches; on land and
on sea; whether you travel or ABIDE at
home. You cannot escape its influence.
You cannot get out Of the reach OF the long
finger of sscorn that will be pointed at all
Repudiationists and all who disgrace them
selves by aIlying themselves with the enc
mics OF good government. -,
Secondly, the McCULLocH settlement IS a
most desirable one-one more favorable TO
the State than had ever before been offered
to her BY her creditors favorable
than any that will ever be offered hereaf-
ter. II you reject this profer,, you VIII
have nobody to blame but yourselves II the
creditors OF the State fall back upon the old
funding act, and make you pay twelve, bum,
bred thousand dollars OF interest annually
on only two.thirds OF the debt, and also
pile up every year upon top OF the millions
of accumulated interest now due the large
additional sum OF nine hundred thousand
dollars.
Thirdly, il you desire the public schools
to be kept up and improved you must sup
mort the MCCULLoCH settlement. You know
that under the old funding bill the schools
have lost much OF The money due to them
in consequence Of the large number of
coupons that have been received for taxes.
The coupons have averaged about twelve
hundred thousand dollars annually. Under
the McCULLocH bill the whole number OF
coupons falling due in year cannot exceed
for the first ten years S9S3,000 Here you
will save enough in this one item to
provide for the schools. But reject the
MCCULLocH bill, and the present generation
OF school-children will never get any edu-
cation in the public schools Of the State.
There will be no public schools in many OF
the counties; and none anywhere except
those that may be kept up by the several
towns, cities, and counties at their own ex-
pense. The last chance for the present set
OF school-children is bound up with the fate
OF the MCCULLoCH settlement. The taxes
are paid by the friends Of that settlement.
Reject that settlement, and you put these
Taxpayers, who desire to be honest and to
apyear ts the world as honest, in the posi-
zion Of dishonest repudlators Of their
obligations; for rest assured that il one
man cannot repudiate debt without dis
grace, two men cannot, three men cannot,
n dozen men cannot, a hundred men cam
not, thousand men cannot; nor can
the hundred thousand men who will de.
eide the fate Of the MCCULLoCH bill next
Tuesday. You will, therefore, II you re-
ject these most liberal terms, not only dis
grace yourselves as we'll as your State, lose
your public schools, and provide for con-
dition OF trouble and excitement for the
next ten years or more, but you will do all
these things without getting rid OF one
dollar of the debt.
Fourthly, il you desire your lands to in
crease In value and your neighborhood to
be settled up thickly, so that you may have
schools and churches convenient to you and
your children. you must vote for the NC
CULLoCH settlement. Immigration will not
tend towards a State that repudiates ITS
debt People will not move into State
wherein their children cannot get q .good
education at the public schools so long as
there are so many States inviting settlers
which are Offering excellent pubic schoois
as among the inducements held out TO IN
tending immigrants.
Filthy, if you desire all these and many
more things, vote for letting the settlement
stand. So shall you do your duty to your
State. yourselves, your children, and your
whole country. So shall you escape dis
honor, and earn and feel that happy salts
faction which brightens the countenances
and makes light the hearts OF all men who
feel consciousness Of duty we'll per.
formed-a pleasure doubly increased in in
tensity when temptation bias been overcome
and the Evil One driven behind.
Vote for the Settlement.