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

Eight weeks from THIS Gay rcuGgupss w. s.O
November election, when the question pc
tween tween the people Of Virginia and tue Dc-
atructiyes will be settled. It's question
most II annoying aud most absurd. =
should never have been raised. Il In ,s'l
was no question to raise but the very In.
nrac,icsla ma,n-whose fotfies have always
increased in proportions rs the chan ces ior
,h,nn dering' multiplied took precisely "a we
,nroT;a Sep just as Tie plainly correct : ara
mise one was indicated 70 him. efi i
Il, But Tor this kpossiblya different, icooeiui'
MON might have happened ITO the pending
struggle But there need be no regret e, on
this account. It is infinitely better that the
ls oinnIs.s.conttinued strife should end. The
,Commonw ealth cannot endure this extend
ed. excitement, with its influences, its ups
and downs Of hope md dependency, lis
cheerfulness and depression, its promises
and disappointments, with their disturb
ances and Injuries to the trade ana INDUS
fry and to the values OF all kinds.
These are trials and injuries which
Common " ealth cannot afford to bear and
no people of sagacity and with proper re-
gard for their credit and dignity 1o'H. lt IS
OF vital Importance that such people
should end the condition OF doubt and set
tie at once the struggle between the Com
monwcalth and the self-procIaimed party OF
ReSdjusters-i. e., the Destructiyes-Who
propose to do nothing less than to remodel
the judiciary, repeal The laws, and reform
the government. Indeed. life is toe short
for all this. We have good government,
faithful executive, and a peerless judiciary.
People Of Virginia cannot allow visionary
madmen, whose minds are not enlightened
BY wisdom and whose hearts are not ami
mated by patriotism, to enter upon such a
work as that, for which they would be little
better qualified than q colony Of apes to
gunpowder. .,....a
Too long. indeed has it been that the
grand. old Commonwealth OF Virginia has
been struggling to- protect herself from the
party war which has imperilled her honor
as we'll as her peace and has continued to
keep alive anxiety and confusion and de-
press the industry and keep down the thrift
OF all people. The war now, il not ended,
only leads to the opening Of another. Such
wars steadily diminish the public virtue and
the public energies, waste the public mo-
ney, and terminate in reputation. What
is that? DISSOLUTION And what is that?
Social annhilation. What would Viz
ginia think OF that? Does anybody in Vlr-
ginia have any idea or knowledge OF, or
dream OF association with, such, a nation as
that? tIEt 4.-t@.
: We imagine not. Virginians have their
thoughts on other matters. They think Of
making still greater the name and fame OF
Virginia; to hand down to future genera
tons their illustrious forefathers; to add to
the grand roll which contains them. the
names OF that later and brilliant chapter OF
the Virginia civil war, with the names Of
LEE, and JACKSON, and JOHNSON, and the
golden list that follows; nor does Virginia
fail to see further down the vista of the
line Of greatness aud national dignity which
her sons will yet pave with grand deeds and
civil distinctions to excite the admiration
and emulation of future ages. I'm ''sr:T
Il Shall Virginians now turn away with
from the noble motives that
should animate them, from that fame, and
heroism which they guarda -.uis ','a.;s
> Shall Virginians turn away from the rich
legacy Of history they7ar Entrusted with =
SHALL they fail to guard and protect the pub
lie Interests and advance the public welfare.
which is about to become more fourishing
and exten siye than ever? %-a.> -
u No, this can never be. Virginia cannot
endure longer doubt and longer strife. The
present must decide the issue, and Viz
ginians, must return to their industry, and
all the homes and calings of the people
must be brought back to quiet, thrift, and
harmony. Delay In this cannot be. The
wicked plan that would whelm the State in
general discord and plunge the publiccredit
into ruin would set back the Common
wealth to state OF prostration and paraly-
sis from which fifty years would be hardly
sufficient to enable her to emerge from the
mere crust OF ruin. ~ ..a.s
People OF Virginia, your peace and your
hope and your happiness are all at stake.
II you would not strike for these, what
would you strike for2 And when you do
strike for that you will undoubtedly make
a decisive blow. That will be final, and it
ought to be. The struggle that is already
begun, the eighth week.-Mrs. day-ends
aoith 1t, and brings to us all peace, quiet,
order, and that greatest felicity of all: ru-
raj happiness; peace with our families,
peace with our neighbors, peace with our