Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-08-26

creditor. He would not say swindles
II DR.. Curry would talk less about
honor and credit. lCheers He has
magnificent house and is rolling in
luxury. Married the daughter of the
richest man in the city. DR.. Curry
asked If Col f. thought this were ex.
actly decent. Col. II. said IL DON
He rolls his children in little wagon
in park kept up at the expense of
the people. He enriches his mind
from the State Library at your ex-
pense. And yet he talks Of honor and
credit This is the kind of man they
send out here to show you what you
should do.
The cid Funding Bill declared one
Legislature could destroy the liberty
of the people. Heck planned The self
executing tax receivable coupOn,
which destroyed the School Fund re-
CURED by the Constitution. He ar-
firmed that no old Funder could hon
estly pay his tax in coupons. He
claimed that 6 per cent, could be paid
and yet he failed to do it. but shaved
the credit on his coupon. The State
said to Dr. Curry we want S7S.7S of
you for three purposes. First 20 sup
port the State, second to support the
schools and third to pay interest on
the debt. But DR.. Curry paid cash
81 81 because he could not pay that
fraction in coupons. The remainder
he paid in coupons, thus giving all
his tax to the bondholder' Not one
red cent did he pay for the schools.
Az an honor shrieker and q minister
of Christ he paid the bondholder only
SO cents on the dollar of what was due
him and the other 20 per cent. he put
in his pocket. Yet he says he is a
great free school man. Shame on
such honor IF that is Va. honor he
would spit on and trample it, The
$3.50 due the schools he puts in his
pocket. The Funders said we could
pay per cent. bat would not raise the
taxes to do so. The people here who
bought these bonds bought their sub
stitutes and h0mb proofs. Gov, Walk
er said we could pay the debt with 40
cents on the 500 and have d surplus
left. Now all Va repudiated the
Fuuding Bill of 1871. Yet for years
ii has been sustained by false repre-
NATION al false means by these fur
ders.
REIMBURSEMENT has Teen defeated by
your home brokers, your coupon pay
ers and your funding politicians. The
trouble was not with the bondholder.
During last session We never saw u
bonjholder Yet they cav this vol.
uLtary proposition from our creditors
He read from Bradley Johnsou's
speech TO show The McCulloch bill waa
forcible readjustment. 'rLese brokers
did not want u settlement except such
as we could not pay, 30 they could
continue to speculate. This bill. is
worse than the old Fuuding Bill II
contains the coupon, makes tic debt
payable in gold, like that of the U. :.
We proposed to submit 1t TO the peo-
pie, but our funding fiiend. said mo"
Jno. w. Daniel said at Iazewell that
they never intended the Republican
party including the negroes to vote on
1t. That AS their reason ~ announce
ed Ivy their foremost man. They now
say the Republicans shall never have
anything 10 do with the affairs of this
state, nor the Readjnsters. Never has
there been shown a. much incapac!ty
to manage the finances of the State rs
these flinders have shown.
The committee of the Conservative
party proposed by 10 of rs members to
exclude all the Readjusiers from the
party. Yet my lrierd here signs The
address Of The 80 at the instance OF
Bradley Johnson's tool. [Dr G. /
doubt il you would say that TO Mr..
JohnsonN face Col FL would say
anything to his face ch, ers Yet
he comes here to talk to me about
honor | have contempt fer all
such, and now they call IN their
preachers to support this fraud. Why
air, whenever you make This Brokers'
Bill the platform Of the Conservative
pnrty, you won I have to kick me out,
| will walk out ] would q hundred
times rather belong to the Republican
party than to any such one ~ yours
would then he, DO you suppose the
Republicans will help you? Why
many OF them are as sound on this
question rs anybody. They won't
follow you with Hughes and Wick.
ham. Ifthey come with us the two
will wipe yon ard your party out.
They want TO support the bill by
fraud, but will see the party damned
before will belong to It, with plat
form That will close your scloolA and
Cypress you. They said We could not
help the old Il b that We could not
destroy II, but we did. But for w you
would have had the old Funding 1911
on you with its Q per cent lfyou VIII
send up good Legislature that can't
be bought we can settle on basis Of
equity. We wiped out the old blll.-
We can wipe ont this. would he
willing to pny 80 per cent. Of the prIn.
cipal with per cent. Interest At the
Sept. court we will have Massey here
and | want the gentlemen aud his