The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-16

@gnder whssh King Bszsnfzng Speak. q dse II
80 tie Es;sors-of tie Dispasea !:
since. hewsr we have had two pelisieai
paTtfes IN Virgfnia--sfe, Democrasic.Con-
servatise and the NationaT Repu blfcan. For
.tselxs. Sears all. Virginia KateSs- belonged, sa
the one or the other Of these parties. AT
the very last CGnvenfie OF the ConaerVa-
tive party, the whole body OF those now
named Conservative Readiusters stood upon
its platform and swoTe fealty to lis nag.
Malone then mustered bis entire following
there, and, after struggling IN yam 10
clutch the first honor OF the party, ne
professed even then to stand 10 Inc
narty organization and to support
it's nominees. Nevertheless, only ten months
ago. v hen the platform and the organized
existence OF the Conservative party remain
ed unchanged and intact, when no grey
arce at the hands of the party was suffered
or complained of, when no provocatlon had
ocenrTed--befoIeseye ;"the thirteen bad
uttered a word--General Malone aud bis
benchmen bolted out of the ranks OF the
party. called together new allies OF their
own choosing, struck hands WILD Dlack,
yellow, aud white Republicans atMozart
Hall in. the formation OF new party, set
Nd a new platform and party machinery OIL
their own, and then waged open aud VIM
dictfye war upon the party W hose coiors
they bad lust left. Who don't know that
the IS Little Gians,o Readius.erism," when
bafded in bis ambition to rule within the par
ty,went outside.of it, formed coalition with
its enemies, and deliberately organized war
for its destruction? Are we to be told that
Conservative representatives may help to
grace with the sen aterial crown this foremost
and deadliest Of all the enemies OF the Con-
servatiye organization Are veto bow the
knee and sing p@ans to him whose hand Is
red with the recent battle he organized
against US? II the Conservative eagle is to
be brought low, must pinions OF its own
speed the shaft that is to quiyerin its heart !?
What lower abasement, what deeper dam
nation, than for any member OF the Con-
seryative party now to 60 over to the cory
pbcus of its enemies -
But it Is something deeper than senti-
ment-it is a vital principle OF integrity
which calls upon every Conservative TO
stand at this crisis 10 the standard OF bis
party. According TO that standard honesty
requires that the debt settlement shall be
faithfully executed. According to that
standard the overthrow OF that settlement
and the forcible readiustment OF the debt is
dishonesty. How can a debt-paying Con-
sentative honestly coaIesce with the author
of forcible readjustment? How, under
any conceivable circumstances, can be coun-
teDance or touch that architect OF evil !?
What can compensate or excuse party or
a man for compromising a principle Of hon.
esty? ..... .......... ..-.. .-.
While we stand forever opposed to the
national Republican party, we recognizeits
devotion to the principles Of its organiza-
ton. With all its faults it is debt-paYing
party, and we respect it to the extent Of its
fidelity to public obligations. In respect to
the vital question Of the public indebted
ness, there is nothing but accord between
the Conservative party OF Virginia and the
Republican party OF the United States. 1t
is on this paramount question OF public
question which admits no
nor discussion-this question
beside which all mere party issues
sink into insignifcance-that the party
OF forcible readiustment is arrayed
against us in irreconcilable hostility, and it
Is infinitely more alien and hostile to us than
the Republican party ever was or ever can
be. II the Conservative party is to go down
in this senatorial struggle, is it better to
yield for the time to debt-paying Republi-
canism or to what we and the world regard
as reputation and dlshonor? Who don't
prefer debt-paying Republican to debt
Readiuster-an honest foe to a
faithless ally2 Isn't it better to endure
young Wickham or an old Wickham,
Hughes or Stearns, than to patch up any
truce with Malone or Massey?