The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-26
irll,,1old l;l!iispanh.
W.gn,sEspAY oyEMBER % !, 1870 60
Raat,,usters' Boasts.

we paye Yesterday The nau'es VI sii .. =.
a.,hars.a,ecs or the General Assembly
.rsscr 4 to meet here next Wednesday. we
So,a.s;f;ad Them as Conservatives, Readaus'ti'-.
ers and Republicans; also, as Debt-fayefs'
ana Rexaiusters. In every case we gave .he
names. In the face Of the facts, as we un.
1erstand them. the Readiusters still .a1s
abont their majority in the Legislature, anu
wha. theu are going to do. They are golng
70 elect none but genuine Readtusters 70 III
any office. and no /" Funder" IS TO escape.
Il this Boosting based upon facts not
known to the public generally OF ~
ne,a,v done with the hope OF producing
tbs S,atc OF things which it assumes 10 exist
a,readys Is there any party OF real he
ad;usters in Virginia? If so, what IS tne
min end and aim OF that party5 Surely II
must be to make q new settlement OF tne
public debt, and repeal or otherwise get fiu
q; the McCuILocH bill. II it has any otner
object than that in view it has not aVo"ea
that object, unless, indeed, It's boast tnat IL
intends to take possession OF the olnces
within the gift of the Legislature may DC
called an object"
We again give the list OF the members
whom we understand TO have been eiecteo az
Deb. PAYERS. They are Messrs. ATK'NsoN'
DANIEL, FINSEY, HENRY, HURT, HOMER
LOWELL, MATHEW, MURRAY, {. L. SMITH,
FL. SMITH, Jr.. STRoTHER, THURMAN, WING
FIELD. fourteen Conservative senator's
Messrs. ADAMS, BARBOUR, CoGHILL' CLAY
Tor. CuAMBEILAYSE, DUKE, DOWNS, DAh-
rov. DASpRIDaE, EDWARDS, EcHoLs, ELLIS
FITZPATRICK, FIcKLEN, FARR, FRAY, FIN
xry. GoopE. GIBSON, GREGORY, HANGER
HOPKINS. HEAD, JEwETT, LovENsTEIN' LY-
oSs. MUsHBACH, MooRMAS, MORGAN, MA
THsws, MENrFEE, NELSON, NlcoL, fALask'
p1rrs. PAYNE, Rowe, STRIBLING, WATSON,
WHITE, WILKINSON, and WITT, making no
less than forty-two Conservative deie-
gates together with Messrs. BoUsH' EAR
~. PICKETT, and J. Il. STovALL, four Re
publican senator's; and Messrs. BULaAN'
COLE, DUNGEE, GREY, OWENS, E. Il. SMITH,
n. D. SMITH, ScoTT, and WIcKHAa, hihe
Republican Notwithstanding sixty-nlne
votes in the two houses Of avoWed Debt
PAYERS. Then, in addition to these, there
are Messrs. DAVIS and WILLIAMS, two sena-
tors. and Messrs. COLLINS, EVANS, HAM1I-
TON. and PAIGE, four delegates, making SIX
Republicans elected as Republicans, and
who rs such Will not vote to disturb the NC
CuLLocH ettlement-making Is in all, oalt
OF total membership Of 140. or Is friends
OF the McCuLLoCH settlement to 60 Read
busters, including with the latter kepuD-
licans. The Senate is equally divided, SO
for as the senators are concerned; put as
the Lieutenant-Goyernor has casting vote,
we claim one majority in that BODY. Inc
majority in the House against disturbing
the McCULLoCH settlement is ten, according
to this classification OF the members.
Under these circumstances, there would
seem to be, to say the least OF it, a good deal
Of "previousness in the boasts OF the
would-be leaders OF the Readjusters pro-
per. It doesn't seem to us that thev have
any ground upon which to base the hopes
to which they give utterance with SO much
apparent confidence.
Nevertheless, it will be well For the peo-
ple who desire the McCULLoCH settlement
to stand 1--WE say nothing about ofices) to
keep their eyes open to what is going on
around them. There may be behind the
Dragging that we allude to designs and
schemes which need to be thwarted and de-
ieated. Eternal vigilance is the price OF
success as we'll as Of liberty. Let all who are
opposed to further agitation of the debt
question, whether Republicans or Conser-
natives, be watchful and active friends OF
the MCCuLLOCH settlement.