The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-29
~, !. mozart Platform.


,rhe more the platform o. Tue =
,,. :. re- \ read by the people tue nol !,
ao .. as and wormy wilt appear every plank
Io. s .;,,,her In Its composition. Let us aus
au luz e.. : moment lew Of ITS aaost hadeous
md md renulsiye FEATURES. Its very hrss p'anA
reads as follows: -. ,,er
:. THAT ,virgiaia fras fscognsSe :, a .se
Inst liability for her fair psopors.v,a ~
nnblic debt contracted Des1Ie l ssasinct. anna
was divided snte two separate u'eS'" -,
nok ut the unsaIrEcss and d'saone IS.
shaf artiu,ly lark In every line "a ,a aHs
,,,ank They pretend to recognize the ss.s'
,;ah;s,tv 0, virginia For her fair propo'aon
~ the pubsic debt sentracsed beiose 'ue
,,;v;sinn o. her terrsory into two osstince
states, bat they doRst pretend to 'des'gnals
orindicase how much that g just aiaoR,ty -
They d., not say whether it is tHey millions,
os Co,cne, wILBnM Z. CAMERON ueeiareu
,,tobesn 1867, or forty-6ve millions us aa-
;usted ,y the funding bill In Re4', OF lnst!
.wo millions rs readiusted By The McCoL-
Ioca bill OF 1870, or tea fat's''ons' "plo'l
p.rsnn MgssBy has decIaTed'ss his speeches
- he b;s naxin,um basis Of readiustment
Roth creditors and debtors are entirely y,
norsns OF Wat actual amount OF the ueo'
tba Moyafters are willing 10 Acknowledges
and they are LETT fairly to assume that eseI
the sunr rEo,oeosooo 'oss't'"1s -. as,
sES, will he eventually Tepudiateo ny 'Ss'
Readiusters. .,,
can honest debts Or contracts Oh "nl
kind besanade or sustained on such a 4eos'
md rotten basis as the seading PLANK 9. Ffn'
mozart nIa,formp All sensible men WI
say me- r.r " 49,
p,,ttast us examine a few more OF eoe rot
fem u,,anks OF tire Mozart platioru0. FAKE
the f6nosing, ferssstance: :! !.
2. That in any settlement or WifSinf
with her creditors the annual interest OF
the recognized Indebtedness must ss
bro,,. ut within si,er revenues as derived
from The present. rate OF taxatloss' -,
Spe the fraudand deception tsnt ilurS an
der this provision of the PLATFORM. as tne
principal Of the debt is not stassd, but 'ielt
opeu.sor all 'Rsanner Of deceptson'ano TOD.
.,sry.se, too; the interest is noSstated, aead
the creditor is left entirely ignorant whether
he is to be paid per cent. on MS money, as
contracted for in his original Sond, oEo per
cent, OTIS per cent, or any percent. at ALL
at the hands OF these land-pirates. dhey
arc to beikept in profound ignorance OF
wbut is the principal or iatcFest'dae them
by the State, and the public robbers retain
the power to arbitrarily define and Ssettie
them at aheir will and peasare'or:no at all.
Bat Get us glance at one more OF the pre-
cious features OF this most 'corT1pt ana
fraudulent platform. It is the following,
and last OF the list: .,... ...
If, That the full and cordial recognition
of these principles and declarations by the
people of Virginia and her'credisprs IS ab-
<olutely esseniipi to any 0Hetcdsc read1 ust-
meDt. and no rtaGjnsfment in which they.
or any of them, shall have been neglected
can be final, certain, and satisfactory.
Now. let honest men throughout the
world, OF all races, tongues, ard 'co'ors,
mark the sublime impudence :sHd unmiti-
gated Yillainy embraced in this resolution.
having in the two previous .planas OF their
platform refused to tell the public what the
State debt is, or what interest, st;any, they
aresyillng to pay on IT, these public thieves
inform the people Of Virginia and the credi-
tors that, without "iuil and cordial re-
eoanition' OK these dehased "principles
and declarations " of theirs, there can never
be any "umicable reada astment" OF the
debt, and no reaaiustment at all THAT IS
Nfinal, certain, and satisiactory'::l
is it possible that the people of Virginia
can,ever endorse such infamous sentiments
or tolerate the corrupt and dangerous men
who, proclaim and advocasethenp? For The
honor Of this old Commonw we should
horapof