The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-10

convened to Ckange our organlcSta law tueIe
will be many schemes proposed, ana Whas
would be the eutcomeno man can propnes!'
Are the frieads of the schools Wiling toE ua
fhis risk Are the trueand genuine irlehus
az the schools among the whites Wllllng 20
run this risk ? Are the colored people Wsihu5
to run this risk We .solemrly warn polsi
classes to let well alone, aad TO seek 6y peace
and quiet among ourselves TO rees'aoiisna nu
reopen the schools which nave aireaoy eeeh
In large proportion closed by this agitation:
This, .also, is admirably put. when feck-
less, 9ssprl aes;t-%---re oct ~ W
tamper with a State Constitution they mel
Their know nor care what the end wall De-
Moreover, the expense OF convention
would Of itself support the pubic scnools
for some time. Will the people OF Vlr-
einia throw away all that good money JUST
IN bear PAUL MOOT and MASSEY rave? NOT
they. ... Ill -.
TX. ALL BosH, AND THEY KNOW 1T.
We have supposed that the. convention
Will repudiate. This was only by way OF
argument, A convention could do no more
in this respect than Legislature. Ihereis
no magical efficacy in the name Of conYen-
ton, II the Legislature cannot, free itself
OF the funding bill and the coupons, be-
cause the coui Is regard it as q contract, no
more can the people, through convention,
free themselves OF the contract. IL, STICKS
alike the shirt OF Nessus, and passing iegis-
lative acts or framing new organic systems
will not cast it off. What If we elect new
set Of judges? Thatmerely frees us OF the
State courts; behind is the great shadow OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States; Out,
besides, how many years VIII It lake Ior
these eXpedien.s to be testedi In the mean
time what becomes OF the schools!
All this Wolfgang talk of 4 convention
lis pure CANNON from beginning to end.
Idiots, indeed, they take the people OF VIZ
ginia to be when they hold out such de-
|lusive hope as aid from convention. No
help can come from it, and they know 1t.
Arrant nonsense and nothing more-that is
what it is. .... .....,. ..... Z.
X. TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE.
The whole difference between the Mozart
faction and the friends OF the McCuiloch
bill has reference to 1885, and does not arise
for ten wears. The leaders Of that faction,
observe, are in favor Of paying per cent.
now. lust as we are. This being SO, is 1t
not astonishing that their organs and speak
ers are constantly publishing columns OF
figures to prove that we cannot meet the.
provisions OF the McCuiloch bill-that there
will not be enough revenue to carry on the
government, provide for the schools, and
pay per cent. on the debt? 4
We do not see the object OF trying to
proye that 8 per cent. cannot be paid, when
all parties agree that we are going to do 1t.
Are we really trying to avoid paying what
we can pay This certainly looks like 1T;
easily-more easiiy-than; W can pay 8 per
cent now. The increase in our population
in ten years, and the new values which Will
have accumulated in that time, will make
US able to pay 6 per cent. in 1889, II we
choose to do it.
All this pother, therefore, doesn't amount
to row Of pins. 1t is assumed that the
McCULLocH bill can be repealed. 1t can't
be done. The Repudiators can never get
two thirds of both branches OF the Legisla-
ture, and they know it. II it could be done,
our moses would, as they term it, go instantly
back to the grindstone Of the funding bill.
But they will abolish the Court Of Appeals !!
Will they indeed? Then they will come in
contact with the Supreme Court OF the United
States, and when will they abolish that?
The day after the millenium-not before.
What preposterous folly 1t is! What tri-
fling with the common sense and the good
nature OF people weary-oh how weary
OF the whole business, and sick, sick unto
death, of this never ending agitation in Or
der that one man, already rich, may be paid
5000 year for the privilege Of disturbing
the whole United States.
xI. TEACHERS BEWARE!
The conscientious and sensitive school
officer, who Is invited to make himself an |
eXpounder in the casuistry OF getting rid |
OF contracts, ought to repel such a solicita-
ton with scorn. The people look to the |
school trustees, to the county and city SUI
perutendents, to the army OF patient and |
faithful public-School teachers to teach them |
morals, not to offer them the example of
the fragrant, or even questionable, violation
of that commandment the breach OF which
has, perhaps, in the estimation Of mankind |
more diSgrdCe attaching to it than the in
fraction OF any other section in the table
OF the moral law.
One Of the most prevalent objections
urged against State education at present is
that it fails to provide for religious instruc-
ton in the schools. We think the ob!ec- |
ton is wholly unfounded; but what de- !
fence shall we make il the children In the
State schools are taught bad morals!
Ignorant mcp, who are easily leo astfay
by sophistry, may be excused for following
the WoIfgang, but .he who sets hlmseh up
as teacher of the youth OF Virginia cam
not have the wool pulled over his eyes, -eX-
cent by his own free will. Hc has been
warned, he bas'been Instructed, by this ad-
dress. and he will be held to a stern ac-
countabi!ity. DR.. RUFFNER himself will be
so held. This is no time for dallylng. The
very life Of Virginia hangs in this balance,
and every man must be weighed by it,
whether he will or no. fhis is the last
fight on this Sasyect-it is to be a Waterloo.
Which side are you going to take?
XII. DYING sNARLs.
No man in his senses doubts, or can
doubt, what the result will be. The Wolf
gang is geing to be whipped, horse. foot,
and dragons. In fact, they are whipped
already, and they know 1t. Stand from
under; the everlasting smash OF dishonesty
Is coming. Save himself who can.
Aware Of Unexpectedly aware OF it-bow
does the Wolf Gang attempt to meet the
tremendous force of the address from which
we have quoted? Malignant in death, it
snarls. IT'S all it can do.
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