The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-08
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S rhe focsin sounded IIOtn 'ti nSt =. .'e ~.
s.as sls r,ers accorded by the roll oil toe
m.dshrastTc drum Of Psrson MASSEY, has
( letl 10 The assembling Of some OF the trueso
- yiroinians. whose reports are OF the
hest nature. The State did last winter
arrange the public debt in the best pos %
sible manner. There was q degree OF sas's-
faction and Joy amongst the people 10. "a.
per,enced before, since the war. me ne aepl
had been used by number OF undesefSihg
aspirants for place and distsnction III Tue
state. II had been conceived that those OBJ
nublic characters who would make the most
pleasing offers to the people those terms
Of settlement which would impose the
least burthen, upon the people-wouid
be most popular: Some, regarding the
repudiation OF the whole debt as likely TO
please the most people, jumped at once 70
that point; but, thank God, Virginia had
too much integrity to approve that extreme
OF political rascality. and 1t failed. For W.
ginians, Virglnians, never will repudlate.
But while that frustrated the strategles OF
some OF the worst Of politicians, it became
necessary to adopt compromise that while
reasonable relief was secured to the tax
PAYERS OF the Commonwealth, the pubic
obligations :, ere acknowledged and the
means OF meeting them were made clearly
apparent. This was happily done TINS
was the settlement OF the MCCULLocH bill.
But while the people were satisfied with IT,
the undeser fg aspirants were not. Peace
full settlemel was not what would elevate
the "undeserying aspirants," who flourish
not in state OF peace-whose advancement
depends on the preparation OF wrong, ana
who prosper only in condition OF dlsturD-
ance and discomfort.
So the war upon the law and the agitation
for unsettling things and changing laws
and judicial tribunals began. 1t is this cru
SADIE that the Conservatives Of the State
the lovers OF law and order and the defend
ers OF the peace and dignity OF the Com
monyeaith, are called out to meet and re-
mel. The reports these good people bring
from the interior are very agreeable. They
show that the people Of Virginia are still
true to their character Of public devotion.
They are neither regulators nor disor-
eanizers. They are not dishonest people,
and they are not desperadoes who look
calmly upon anarchy. The crusaders assaii
the peaceful settlement OF the public debt,
and they assail the laws and the highest
court in the Commonwealth, while the peo-
Die: look upon the settlement as the greatest
blessing that can be sent upon them anu
the disturbance OF the State judiciary as
the greatest OF calamities. And they are in
curing, Why should this terrible thing
happen? Who demands it? MALONE and
MASSEY? Who are they, that the people OF
Virginia should be plunged into disorder,
distress, and dishonor for them?
So the people beg to inquire, and they are
fixed in their opinion that the true welfare
OF Virginia demands that the settlement OF
the public debt shall go peacefully on, and
that the Court OF Appeals shall not be reVo-
lutionized for the qualification of General
MALONE and Parson MASSEY and their satel-
Iites.
This is the information from the country.
The Conservative committeeman bring the
news, and they also tell us all-the people
of the city and the people Of the country
that this must be the determination Of all
and they provide for giving it voice and
effect, aud for the vindication Of Virginia
and the preservation OF the honor and peace
of the State. This is well, and SO twill
appear. MaIcontents and undeserying as
pirants cannot be permitted to continue
without limit the disturbance OF the public
peace and the injury Of the public welfare.
The days of their work are numbered.