The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-08
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/ After many loud proc iamatlon MS 10 " Inv, .ie
misunderstanding OF the PEG ple--tne rusni1s
Eof a mighty popular Waye-in pposllionl ~, "
settlement Of the debt question por t tha
basis OF tie proposition on benait o. .sn .as
creditors; which wasto'be mace hneh. ~
the convention OF the 25th nitimo. pup .'.,
}eyuectation was aroused To- see What WOMB !,
he the outcome Of the movement " hlcl NAG
been thus heralded with such fourisnlng OIL
trusnpets. TT the convention had met eH-
nectafions equal to the BLAST Of the Dugie-
notes that proclaimed. It's advent. every
county in. The State would nave peen
| largely represented by It's best men,
| and the convention would have been niieu
with q brilliant array OF lntellects Oh sle
| first order. But alas! how eyanescent,L as
the morning clsud, are the brightest Ylsen 5
of tbe future. The convention met, OUT
instead Of every county being largely rep.
resented, less than half Of the. counties sent
I'm delegations, and not few OF these were
very thinly represented; Instead d OF D q
brilliant array OF intellects, we mac
| Marlin Meredith Lipscomb, OF klch-
mond city. and that chronic 1nue.
pendent candidate for Whatever gSuiss
along, Fayette McMullin, OF !. M Ias!,,
lington county, as representatlfe-lhen. : ~.
was there, stridng to and fro ma!estIcaliS
on the stage, swinging bis stalwart a,Hs,
exhibiting splendid physique, anu III
laundering tones denouDcing the Dleateu
bondboldeis, declaring his indepenaeIse VI
past and future legislatures ana us ae,el'
mination to strike for liberty against all OPP
nressiye eoupons. Parson Massey was there,
Clothed with senatorial dignity and crowned
with prophetic wisdom. Filled with political
and theological lore, in oracuar style, ne
told his assembled countrymen that one
third of the debt must be struck OIL for
West Virginia, one third set down to the
account Of profit and loss, and the remain
ing third, with interest left out during the
tendency Of the stay law, might be assumed
as V,rginia's debt to be paid. And then,
rising to the height Of his great argument,
| in prophetic strains he warned the people
that their manhood-yea, their liberties
would be crushed out by 8 per cent. tax
receivable. coupons il the McCulloch Dill
should he adopted. To all which Mr.. ..
W. Purvis nodded assent, being chairman
from AlbemarIe. The Hon. James Barbour
was there, with the Barbour bill, TO which
he declared eternal allegiance and undying
devotion; whereupon our honored friend
from Culpeper, far-famed for rich crops OF
Lima beans, applauded to the echo, shout
ing bravo! bravo bravo-o-o! And there,
TOO, was UcUGlHl AudIOGC, Win q btSS
manuscript OF financial learning, gathered
from his rich experience Us president OF
the Atlantic, Sllssissippi and Ohio rail- DAD.
It was read, greatly to the editication and
delight OF the immortal Martin Mere
dith Lipscomb and the irrepres>iblc eX-
Governor, Fayettc McMulIin, who had LETT
his white linen breeches at home. They
insisted on the publication Of 800 or 1000
copies OF it, saying it would cost but little,
and carried 1000 unanimously. The Gene
raj declared himself in favor Of paying
three per cent. interest on the State debt
for fortY years; and then demonstrated to
the entire satisfaction OF the Hon. Marlin
Meredith and the Hon. Fayettc that
she could not pay three per cent. un-
der the McCulloch bill for ten gears.
Mr.. Round, the noted radical Re-
publican leader, was there, going
around shaking hands with his new
allies, and helping 10 carry out Riddlcber-
gers idea Of crystalizing new white, griz-
zled-and-gray, and black-and-tan party. to
war against his old foe, the grand old Con-
sentative party OF Virginia. And Riddle
berger was there to welcome the colored
brethren into this new fold. 1t was time
Of travail-tbe birthday or abortion OF
new political party in Virginia. 1t was
day big With the hopes ana Tears OF great
statesmen in embryo, whose only po-
litica stock in trade is "agitation
OF the Statc-dcbt question:" all OF
whom have one eye upon hated
rival, while some have the other eye upon
the senatorial slippers OF Withers, Others
looking in the distant future for home in
the gubcrnatorial mansion or seat in Con-
sress at So, 900 year, and others working
for minor positions. while old Mac" Is
ready for ANYTHING, even to being COVER
nor OF cold Bald Mountain" should it
ever be laid of for u territorial government,
as it ought to be, to furnish him suitable
retreat in his old age Charlottesville
JeferS0niGn.