Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-09-02
TUESDAY. SEPT. 20, 1879,
Tho New Radical Party.

says:
,crhe State Conservative Convention
of 1871 said the party platform must be
,opposition to Radicalism' and on that
rock the first Conservative organization
wn, made in Virginia. The State Cen
tral Committee now says il doesn't care
4 cent about opposing radcalism, and so
otf il goes after Rives, Hughes, Popham,
Yost. Forbes and all the other radical
leaders and swears that only those who
follow them are Conservatives"
1t may be well to remind Brother
Fowler that the Mozart Hall party did
not hesitate to admit black and white
Republicans to their convention last
Spring, when they organized a new
party in opposition to that which had,
in a regular convention of the party,
resolved that the public credit must
be preserved. But the Mozarters did
not adhere to the party shibboleth
when they held a convention for the
express purpose Of defeating the nc.
ton of Conservative Legislature, in
tended to preserve the credit of the
State, without increasing the present
rate Of taxation.n Nor did they show
much Opposition to Radicalsm" in
consorting with black and tan Repub.
leans in the furtherapce of schemes in
opposition to the policy of the party,
and Of Legislature elected with n
special view to the financial settle
ment of this troublesome debt ques-
tion And further; this party is now
relying upon the oolored vote, which
1t is luooriug To secure, to enable ii TO
overthrow the real Conservative party
Of the Etate. The State Central Com.
mttee have therefore only acted upon
the fact that the MoZarters deserted
the Conservative party and set up RI
val political organization, pledged
to the agitation of the debt question,
and to the most radical, revolutionary
measures, stopping not short Of Con.
slitulional Convention to overthrow
the courts Of the State, especially the
Supreme Court, and TO secure such
reversal of tho judgment of the present
Court Of Appeals rs would bring our
State Judiciary in antagonism with
the Supreme Court OF the United
states, with all the evil consequences
that would inevitably result from
State antugonism with the decisions
Of that court.
In view, therefore, of the fact above
cited, we hold that the real Conserva-
tives OF Virginia are tue to their an-
cient faith and that they are stll
Landed in Opposition to Radicalismn
sees to Radicalsm in Its worst forms. If
anything could be more radical than
the policy OF the men who organized
vt Mozart Hall and are represented by
The Richmond wing, we are at loss
10 define It. We, therefore, not only
endorse, but applaud the action of the
Committee in treating the revolution
lists ss boilers, outside Of the Conserv-
aiive organization. And now Brother
Fowler, what have you further to say?
The facts are oil against you.
REPLY.
Brother Button, wo had not
room for you last week, but we
have by no means forgotten you.
You are an old, sagacious, discrim.
mating Editor and you must not
now forget how to discriminate.
Nov please come squarely TO taw.
IL will not do for You to do just
what you condemn Mozart Hall for
doing and plead that You are there's
by justified. Mozart Hall is NOT
the test made by the State Com
mittce and you must abandon that
allegation. You had as well try to
shelter from a rain beneath u aeivc
rs to stand under that for protec-
tion. THE Committee in their
SECOND resolution say The conser-
"vatve VOTERS should take
"prompt aud cffectuOl measures to
constitute the local committees Of
"the Conservatives who are loyal
sin their support Of the organiGo
"tion and principles Of the Conser"
yative party."-Now all that is
very good and we are, that far,
right along with the Committee.
But II went further nnd said there
must be n FURTHER test, 10 wit
"AND who heartily sustain the great
public measure aforesaid"---.to
wit, tho McCullocb Bill. Against
rns we protest. The Committee
have no right to make any sach
test. But the Committee go still
further. Having provided for the
County Committees being made up
a Al
OF those and those only who are
heartily supporting tho McCul,
Ioch bill, they then go further and
alrcct these committees to put in
"tho field as candidates for tho log.