The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-05
Tho state Committee ana she Soh'
seryatiye Party.

II ryiii be seen from a notice eise"neIe
published that a meeting Of the sta. s So !,
serva,iye Committee has been ca'ieu ~
Richmond on the 9TH instant. 80
Th,s action has not been taken Gay !oo
soon II ia high time the ConseIsatits;
nortv ~ Virginia was ORGANIZED auo
eauipped for the contest that awaits IL. tho
't =, Il wei, known that the leaders OF Tue
rone@ale conservatives, Independents. TAU !,
;eais and negroes who met IN Mozart has'
~, Eshruary are engaged In strenuous ca
Snr,s 10 gain adherenfs for the new parry
,.h;ch they have organized, and that ID Tue Ut,
toll elections the Conservative party ".i'
tna itself confronted by its old enemy ths
Radical marty, reinforced by the dIsanecte =,
and nlace.seekers from our own ran
falsely claiming to be readjusters. Ihe.[
omissaries are "going to and fro IN the earto,
and walking up and down in it." as dsd tneli
Iather the father OF lies, in the DAYS "a
lob. disseminating falsehood, enccaVorIng
m m;slead the people with tablets OF cook y,
figures. sDecious statements, anu piauS,o =,
PROMISES OF exemption from taxatlop. ~ ;,
have been permitted to have tbeir 0" Wy
long enough, and the time has come WIN
their trickery and faIsehood shou,u NC sH
noscd. The first duty OF the commlttee VIZ
be TO call a State Convention OF the Gons SCI
ya:iye party, thai" party lines may pe ,, utH
timely drawn, the party orsanlZallo1 iun!
reriected, and these agitators I'VE no ionEei
permitted to wage war upon IL unue' nv
ru;se RI Conservatism. The men who par
s;..;n,tcd in the Mozart. Hall Convention,
who adopted platform OF principles anu a
Man NJ organization, appointed State, dis
3r;rt and county committees, ipso .facto
severed their connection with the ConserYa-
five party, and can receive no recognillou
from that norty save such as it accords 10 lts
enemies.
The issue which they offer is one upon
which the Conservative party can enter the
canvass assured OF success. The MeCuiloch
hill is Conservative measure, adopted Dy
the Conservative members OF the Generai
Assembly over the combined vote OF the In
denendents and Radicals. 1t meets both IN
letter and spirit the demands OF the party as
set forth in the platform adopted Oy tue
convention which met in August, 1871, De-
ing an adjustment OF the Obligations OF
the Common wealth which will bring tne
pavment of interest upon our entlre lndent-
ness within the resources dertUeG from tne
present rate of taxation and do equal JUS
N1ice 10 all classes OF our creditors"
Il Is more favorable settlement than The
leading agitators themselves proposed, ap..
propria,ing S2SO,00O less to the payment OF
interest than the Barbour bill, the pet mea-
sure OF the agtators. 1t il more faYora-
ble to the State than the Bocock. Fowler
hill in that it Only provides for the pay
ment of half the accrued Interest, while
that bill provided that certificates should
be issued for the rhote of the accrued
and unpaid interest. For ten. years it
reduces the rate Of interest to the
very lowest rate ever proposed by the
most ultra readjusters, and no objection
can be alleged against it that would not APP
Div equally to any other plan OF settlement
at the same rate, intended to be carried out
in good faith. The Conservative party,
standing on the McCulloch compromise, &C.
cupies an impregnable position, against
which the agtators will hurl themselves
only to accomplish their own destruction:
Let the battle be joined 1ideUater In
der .... i