The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-06
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hs jjustrnert of the sa9en 49,
No. sscsi aaiss sure TINT tsae uniysssaE yen.
tir,eps ID nc SKATE IS mat tbss go
sature shsli not 10 home aacut sessI.ng
stBe deb. question. TIE failure t'ss sne e'
sireun,s, snces, ID get this Eaassef ent SsSouf
snatb. win cause the close 81 ssssao 3,
Is 81 accompanied b5 feeling q gensIa y
gloom among the people 9 haye nag sIlls
arbsect bsfore Us. now, III one form er GO.
'ss,shef ever since tho war, and We have gone s1
81 mil, ire credit Of Fi fgInIa has suffered
! .aln,ost irreparabl by her 6nnncad srregu'
laraties. FOR several years past u has been
: tns absorbing theme on every husttr s., ano
Ne have at last reached the point Where 1s'e
/ tia creat Conservative party y osi1
ajs rent into two hostile caIo ps 10y
h be ( continued agitation. y is eiie ssa
fur ali, of our industries, dislulDlne
]. a,i Il oar business operations demqraiizing
y ss,r reople. breeding discords and discon'
sent. and engrossing the time Of our Jegis.
Iatnres: It's impafrlng the credit OF DE- on !,
citizens beyond the limits Of the STATE, AND
obstructsng seriously the safe Of our lands
and the insress Of settlers from abroad.
Year bg wear the debt grows bigger and am
bigger, until already we haye added y, ooo'.
900 Of interest to the amount since the war
!, our public schools are closed in many parts
Of the State, while our teachers are e sal
los ass: as TeYf.
nus nr, officers 81 the. State are looked iipoesl
with displeasure By the people, and egg
] State Treasury cannot borrow siee, eeo
from Richmond bank. We Eefti arrears
TO the schools about $1,000, 600; we can
barely get money to meet the prtation .
TO our lunatic asylums, or to ma ~ tue
institution for the deas- aud dumb and ND the
blind. =, 81; a. - q .
II the proposition which has been made
to us had been made two or three years. age age
il would have met the unanfnous approYsl
OF both branches Of the Legislature. i
would certainly have doneiso il we could
have ioreseen the straits to which our imam
cial officers have been reduced within fhat
period, and the widespread discomfort
which prevails in every county IN the
State. SSs.s :.
The gravity Of the Utility which ~ l'
therefore rests upon the. present members
Of the General Assembly adrnonishes thea,
to deal with the occasion id noao ordinary
spirit; and the magnitude. Of the conse.
quences which will follow any, false step
should impress upon the mind Of every
member the Importance Of bringing toitbe
consideration Of this question shat cand q
and sobriety OF Judgment which therepre-
sentative owes to his Constituency at so
critical q iuncture. On this General AS
sembly deyolves the adjudication Of this
strife, and it will be. an unhappy circum-
stance If they shall not deal, with it as
broadly and wisely as the present COM
plications require. 1f-a@s
1t is no time for d-captGadum tafk.o or
petty issues. Let us try honestly to effect
settlement, and let the spirit Of concession
prevail on both sides. Even II we could
get slightly better bargain hext year, the
delay would give us one more year OF anxi-
ety and unrest, and add nearly million to
the amount to be raised. 900 81 .sz'
is there single Observation-Disclosures in
the General Assembly? II SO, remember
that you have got to leap the barriers OF the
Federal courts before you are free from the
commons rt ,st.,I