The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-17
! the strange stsuegle.

ERTDAY 1 ~
r,he strange Struggle
rbe atrangess Of ALI strange things y tea.
t,,e grand Common wealth q Ysfglnla u I, =
.a as srssant tiose sossed TO and fro upon the
81 m agitation that Is without
ss,.s and without any motive to inspire tne
sggressiYe party above the meanese y
most selfish and most sordid opiecs. Y = !,
nuesttonabiy /. is honorable, IL is grana'
mar yircinians snculd be fired WIN ~. tue sll
sn,r,t 81 pub,ic devotion, and that they
should rush with aIacrity 20 the pupnc ~
sepce-she defence Of their mother Comno ~
wealth from the degradation WHICH "oe'u
,o,,ow the success Of the party warning upon
n, that Is dear to a State that appreciates Vl
nnblic honor md public virtue. 81
p,, The point Of trouble is that there
.ho,,ld be yirginians who hesitate not 70
struggle for the advantage OF q triumph !,
which cannot fail to degrade their State ana !
lower The standard oil honor and ciViliza'
ton. Did anybody ever suppose tnas even
I q respectabIe number OF men known as ftt-
rinians ever would be enlisted 10 . cause
40 unpatriotic,' $50 anti-V irginilan inat y
The point that disturbs us. Ihat Is .ne
question which must give us pause. rue Y
the number Of yirginiaDs enlisted IN sucn
ca,,se is OF a size and character that af1ora
ns consolation. 1t Is neither large nor eie.
yateti !: but it Is couDta5le, and Is capable OF
agitation, and there Is the trouble. IL IS OF
ganized and differed. II Is under o sort OF
!" hvpotheticaf'a % iefd-nlurshal who has l nis
prospects indeetl at stake. But they are
what? Answer for yourself. IN our opln'
ion they are absolutely nothing. Let Viz
ginians ask themselves, and let them iof
themselves answer. s. PASS
We tell them this: AS sure rs they are
yirginians, il the Hprospects" are any
thing at all, Just in proportion as they are
considerable are those OF the Common
wealth diminished. II there is anything IN
the .s ny pothelical !" great man, whose mau.
soleum is built before his greatness has
reached its summit, then there is in the
inverse ratio less in the dignity and respec-
liability OF the grand old Commonwealth,
in which are enveloped The future, the
hopes, the affections, the heartfelt admlra-
ton OF the noblest Of communities and the
most cultivated and refined Of societies.
This is the point to which we have ar
rived. There are men who are descended
from the most honorable and respectable OF
Virginia families who have in an evil hour
given their influence and their exertions to
The combination OF men who seek to oD-
struct the way Of the public administration
and peace and successful operations OF the
commerce and industry OF the State.
What are they thinking OF indeed! DO
they contemplate that condition OF public
disturbance such as they and their col
leagues could produce would minister to
the promotion Of that order and the main
tenance Of public honor and virtue which
It was the object Of their fathers to main
tain 2 ASK them. Let them answer. That
answer, il honest, would be censure OF
It would be rebuke-a posi-
tive and fearful denunciation. They would
be informed that they were traitors to Viz
ginia-that they were unworthy OF their
that il the Commonwealth was
not protected by those more worthy she
would descend rapidly down to that lnfa-
my which it. could hardly be possible so
great and heroic a people as the Virslnians
could reach.
We say let those Virginians who wear
names once respectable contemplate anx-
iously to what condition they are bringing
those names. They are charged with their
custody. 1t is their duty to keep them
honorable and untarnished. II they fail to
do so those whose memories they hold most
dear will rise nightly at their bedside and
accuse them of the most fragrant treachery--
of treachery to the honor and virtue OF the
name they bear-of the murder OF the name
and reputation they inherit. All that world
OF wealth was earned by the daring AND
perils and the virtues OF others, and they in
vain and foolish ambition have wasted it
all 10 brief period.
We know not another case OF exploitation
OF foolish ambition which can entail an
equal amount Of regret and remorse upon
man. Assuredly it will come with its terri
BILE rctiibution, and those upon whom it
may fall will never rise, never triumph over
1t. They will be gone-gone forever.
The unmeritorious and bafiled organiza-
ton which seeks their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ut the expense of the ruin and degradation
Of the Commonwealth will reap their own
downfall and misery, and with them will
descend into irretrievable disaster and in.
fanny those who may throw away that
priceless jewel Of Virginia honor and Vir-
ginia virtue entrusted to their guardian
ship.
The Corrupt Teachings Of Readjusters.
! The leading MALONE organ in Virginia
keeps constantly standing at the head
OF its columns an editorial from a Re-
adiuster sheet in the Valley containing
list OF the several southern States
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