The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-14
,.oro,ne Read,ustment.

necessary preliminary 10 iusuiceoVIe'"'V"'
IN agree upon some plan for resdius'ing the
state deb, which shall be acceptable TO both
wings al the party that voted on the "a IN
stant for Genera, HANCOCK. Our Governor
stree, contemporary says that that proposal
n a siguiscsnt and emphatic recognition oil
the strength Of resdius,ment. But now
much OF strength does II concede TO tue
cause Of reNdjustment? liconcedes no par
ticular number of voters To the sec'ion
souvht to be reconciIed. 1t Is simply an
acknowledgment that whether their num-
her DE large or small they are numerou,
enough to throw Virginia into The hands OF
the Republicans u they persist in refusing
10 act with the Debt-Pdyers. For i'iustfa-
lion, let us say that the vote stood on the "a !;
Republicans SIS. 600. Rea iiusters $1,000, De-
mocrals on. goo. Now IT is plain that IL on,
Of these $1,000 men who supported the
regular ticket there are 10000 R'aulosiers
who will go back 10 MALONE II we do not
concede something TO them In respect OF
the matter OF rsdiusting The debt, the
regulars will have but $4,000 votes len, and
the Republicans will carry the State ana
elect n Governor. The MALONE candidate
would in that event, ii is true, receive on'y
A.. 600 votes. and would be wofully de.
feated: but his Dc feat would not compen-
safe for the loss OF the State TO the RepuD-
llcsDs.
Where. then, T. there any recognition OF
the irresistible strength OF The Rtadinster>Y
Is il 10 be found in a mere overture to the
real Resdjusters? Is there any a0aDdOn'
ment OF principle involved In simple re-
cognition OF the fact that $1,000 Republic
cans are stronger than $4,000 Democrats
Is the recognition OF that fact concession
that $1,000 Rtadiu>iers arc stronger than
10000 Funders! Or does The Wing hold
that regard for consistency requires the
regular Democrats to turn over the STATE
to the Republican pariyf That paper
claims that the MCCCLLOCH bill Itself was
ga striking tribute TO reaGiuStment."
Surely, then. il will be consistent on the
part Of the Funders TO make an attempt to
frame another reimbursement measure and
ask the real ReGdiusiers 10 sustain 1t. +" Re-
establishment being a fixed fact against which
il is useless 10 CONTEND" quoting our
neighbours words,) wouldn't the regulars
be pretty set OF fools TO turn over the
lob TO the forcibe Rea6iustersf -to the
men who stand pledged, as do the Thirty
thousand Mahoneites who voted for The
RIDDLEBER6ER bill on the I'd OF November,
Gas we take IL they may be said TO have
done,) to repudiate twelve millions OF
the debt which General MALONE SAID
in his Mozart. Hall speech he was will.
ing 10 pays He furthermore declared In
the same speech that he WAS willing to pay
the thirty-odd millions he named even IL The
taxes had TO be raised in order to enable
the State to paw the interest upon that sum-
He recognized as being Justly owing by the
State some tbriy-two or thirty-three mil
lions of dollars. Is it an abandonment OF
principle for the regular Democrats TO try
to get the real Read busters who last year
voted TO sustain General MALONE in his Mo-
zait scheme to separate from RiDDLEBERGEE
and the repudiationiSts and Vote to pay as
much Of tbe debt and as high rate OF in
terest as they and General MALONE by their
votes in 1879 avowed their willingness to
paw On the contrary, is it not the Ma
hone,tes who have repudlated their own
schemey
Now, il General MALONE Is anxious rather
to readiust the debt than to put MASSEY
and RIDDLEBER6ER into Office, why Will be
not agree 10 come to an understanding with
his brother Democrats which Will enable
that object to be Accomplishment The peo-
pie wanted HANCOCK elected, and by their
votes condemned General MALONE because
he refused TO vote for the Sunder HANCOCK
ticket. The people are Just as much IN
earnest IN their desire to get the publlc-debt
question settled; and therefore we propose
TO agree upon a settlement which will Corr
mand their approval, let General MALONE
do what he will.
The people saw that 1t did not make the
beast difference whether the vote OF Viz
ginia was cast for HANCOCK by the May
electors or the july electors, so it was thus
cast; but they also saw that the May ticket
was nominated for the purpose OF eiecting
HANCOCK, aud the july ticket only for the
purpose OF defeating the May ticket; and
therefore they voted for the real HANCOCK
ticket. We propose to desl in the same
straightforward, honest way with this mat
ter OF reSdjusiment. We shall propose a
plan OF rcadj ustment which will be accept
able TO the voters Of Virginia. III Gen.
eral MAB0NE chooses TO ruE a candidate
for no other purpose than to defeat
the party which will have agreed upon
this wise measure Of Ieadlustment,
then lie will find next year, as he did the
other week, that the voters OF Virginia are
not thus to be tiihed with. They will not
keep such a sore running in order to enable
the Mahoneites to get into Office, nor to ena'
BILE the Republicans to gain control OF The
State. AS they have shown this year that
they know a genline Democrat when they
see bin, so they will show next year that
they know genuine Readiuster whea they
see him.
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Tony SrovALL and jim FRAZIER are
threatening 10 contest the election Of Ca
BELL and Tucker. Their only chance Of
success lies IN protesting to be Republicans