The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-23
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M IN ness sincerely &c t1s present Y
IA I. MOT ti,stassesul and she H,cst hoReless
nd eauseless conf Wy eyer psst.el psss sd
4 = Thers Il pot one sInglc apology Tor i.
srlfstos all, It ID . war based sopoa tne
amfatiou anu personal objects OF one sinsle
IA ~. and he mott man for Rhom sa aa:la
.bo,,,d 81 made by any people. Indeed, the
M. 8, bis movement -lhe very ground Oh
~ a,ar.prsaie--is that sacrifices should ne
made foE his sake, when the very Pillar anu 20
g,round OF Virginia Conservatism y ftnat
ssyervtbing must giye way to the public
welfare, The interests OF the common e
,wt,et.a,kh-eyerytbiag for the State, no'nt
Tor men. But these sgieators would nave '1N'
this grand principle Of human liberty Ee-
yersed. they would have everything
.ntordinated--to whoms To WILLIAM
M.uorr,. parson Massey. REpDLEBEReER,
p.m,. FurxgRsos, III id oztae genus. On,
sel,ow.cittxens Look at them. Are e, they le
wise philosophers to whom the country
should bow and who should be honored
and eheered to the very echo! Are they
:. loo statesmen Have they proved their
,,sar,ess virtues to their neighbors. and the
worhs Not a bit Of it. On the contrary,
tbere is not In their records one single act
ns aeafesmanship. wisdom, or self-aDnega-
,;ns which would entitle any OF them TO
esyecial consideration. They have eonspirea
TO smpair public virtue; 10 emoarrass tne
CANNON wealth and bring down upon her
an avalanche Of confusion and disaster; 10
break up her temple oiiustice; to bring her
nnblic administration into contempt ana 70
drive her people into confusion and despair.
Tbi, Is what they have sought to accom-
a; ;Iss sayste them, You are ourfriends-1
ITO YOU we owe eyerything-we are ready
{" 60 submit to trouble and disbonor for your
q sakes-come, dear friends, and plant your
9sacriIegious feet upon our PROSTATE
"necks--we will bear all meeklY, for you
shave told us that thus we must acquire
"good and triumph and blessings unnum-
!" beredn'a h. ,n@.,;< :s,1,. :, !.
Now this Is the way our agitators would
desire the; good. people to act. VIII they :
We shall see.
/ We tell them that from 1876 we have been
perplexee and distracted by such mistaken
idessroi. who. are our friends and such an
absurd; why to lift UP the people and bring
ueace to the Common oh, it has
been wildly foolish, to consider the talk OF
these people or to hope that they would con-
Ter upon US any earthly advantage. 1t is all a
fa.lacy. These persons who now appear as
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. being, the last Of their
protean shapes-are mere deceivers. They
can do nothing, and they knowit. Their
promises are delusive, and their schemes
conduct only to ruin. -. -.
! FelIow-ci,izens, the whole agitation is
based upon speculation-an attempt to
croft and promote ambition upon the dis
tresses of the people-aye. and to increase
their sorrows as means OF extorting con-
cessions by the increase OF the public trou-:
bles. Success OF their crusade would be
beneficial to MALONE and bis satellites, and
to. no other man on earth. 1t is all despe-
rate game invented BY him and played for
him. Were he to die to-day there would be
an end tothe fight. Had WILLIAM MALONE
left the Commonwealth in 1877 she would
have been relieved of a world Of trouble
and millions of expense. Instead Of agita.
ton continuous, our people would have
had peace. The means OF the Common
wealth would have been accommodating, peo-
pie would have been contented, and instead
VI IUss VI strength ond means we should
have had gain and increase. ..
And now, why should we have to, 80 on
debating and Tending and provtng-the
State being annoyed by. disputation and
postponed issues that time must decide
when it would be easy TO end the matter
here? :, There is no earthly reason to con-
tinue the ridiculous war in Virginia.
Thus it is, felow-citizens. 1t is beyond
all precedent aggravating that our excite
ment should be prolonged. There is no
reason in the world why it should be. Ma
HONE, and he alone, is everything. And
why for him should there be such condi-
ton Of things? - ..: :....s... u,
1t is time that this ridiculous affair was
brought to a close. The poor creatures
who are accompanying MALONE about have
no ground to hope for anything, and why
should they keep up their poor fight and
prolong their absurd exposure before their
fellow.citizens? They are but fools to do
this; and they will wind up their m?rch-
ing and conference.-the before the Vir-
ginia public in the most ridiculous and un-
profitable collapse that was ever beheld in a
civilized community.
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.a The Campaign--Dr. Curry.
We publish this morning a glance at the
Salem debate between DR.. CURRY and the