The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-30

rour thousand three hundred and thirty.
eight "A. 1881 Republicans who voted Tor
fy,, fie,I ioinsd hands with the 6,270 Julyer
VOTES and gave Paul the 10 600 votes which
elected him, Almost TO ayote the mB1o.Iiy
PAM received over the July electoral ticket
was the majority Garfield received over the
Republican electoral ticket. VI the Con-
sefyatiye peopIe OF his district. Allen re-
ceIyed a majority Of at least $500 votes.
In no part CT the Commonwealth, nor
perhaps In The country, was more spIen-
did fight made than by Conn,lly Trigg IN
the Ninth. Nom, mated In his absence and
without his solicitation, be began hts can
vass with mslority OF 5000 against him,
and led his iorIorn hope with kuigbtly
courage ADD iDdomtabie spirit that con-
quered alI hot the insuperable. More than
$500 votes OF this m2iority he swept away,
and but for the Republican votes received
by his opponent would have easily won.
UnhappiIy, the result OF the campaign IN
the Union did not correspond with our Tor.
tune In Virginia. But there Is no cause Tor
alarm or despair at this result; least OF all,
Is there excuse for the suggestion, at once
most ungenerous and most impolittc, that
the time has come for Virginia 10 abandon
the National Democracy. Every considera-
ton OF interest and OF gratitude forblds.
Wherever and whenever. for fifteen years,
the northern Democracy have suffered de.
feat, The supreme cause OF It's overthrow
has been It's sympathy With, and labors Tor
the South.
Il has borne without murmur the fatal
burden OF our friendship, and has witnessed
lis heritage of States dwindle and vanish
a. ctcflo NJ
abating, ever directed against its alleged de-
yoiion 10 the cause Of the rebels" The
stsple OF all the Pronunciation II suffers, and
the principal source OF all It's defeats has
been its defence OF our rights. II has grown
familiar with disaster, because IT has dared
TO act for us Justly and speak OF us kindly.
Nor has its devotion 10 our rights expired
in sentiment. Search the statute-boOk OF
the Union for the past fifteen years and not
one act OF justice TO the South or her inter-
ests will be found which was not placed
there by the votes OF northern Democrats
nor one act OF pcriidy or oppression winch
was not passed despite their passionate pro-
test, and their resOiute, sometimes almost
revolutionary, opposition.
Nor has the might OF this party departed.
A political OF ganiZitiOn which after twenty
years Of such re peited reverses as have be-
fallen the Democratic party OF this Union,
can so nearly grasp the prize OF the presi'
dency that the change OF $1,000 votes in
the eleven hundred thousand ballots cast in
New York would alone have secured 1t, has
a hold upon the people. anu root IN the
very heart OF our system which no storm
can bl eak, no assault sever. III ii Is ever to
be DESTROY ed the blow will not come from
FirgInia-must not.
Another and the most important ques'
lion spripging from our late victory re-
mans what shall zee do lcuh ii? A year
ago the Conservative party was apparently
hopelessly rent in twain. To-day ii Is Drac-
nc ally united. Confronting it and all par
ties in Virginia is question OF gravity, diff
fculty, and OF constantly augmenting pro-
portions-tbe public debt. Let Rcpubii-
can Governor and Republican Legislature
sit in this Capitol, and the debt question
will soon be settled. The multiplication OF
taxes TO the verge OF >DfiscaliOn naS always
been ordered 10y Republican legislatures
in The South, whatever scheme Al cOrrup-
tIol or plumber required if. To tax proper
~ out Of existence for the purpose Of pay
ing the State debt would be the summit Uf
patriotism compared with the tax legisla-
ton which dede> the history Of Republic
can rule in South Carolina and Louisiana.
And yet this is the alternative OF COnSeiva-
tive unity in Virginia in 1871.
ALI eauv the question has been discussed
in every form ani from every side. Plans
Of adjustment without number nave been
prepared for public consideration, and no
new light save what may be thrown by the
assess mcnt now in progress, aud by pend
ing litigation in the Federal courts can pos
slbly ilumine the subject. There is an
earnest aud universal desire for Il speedy
and final and fair settlement by nineteen
twentielhS OF the peopIe-we believe by all
who do not hope to thrive on the agitation.
Ii would be a most uri ust aspersiOn OH the
Conservative people OF Virginia 10 suppose
that they are wanting either in The Will or
power to resolve this, as well as every other
difficulty, which the eXigencies OF their new
political relations have forced upon them.
1t would be fatal blow 10 every interest OF
the Stale il the solution should fall into the |
hands Of our adversaries.
Within the Office OF this committee lies |
no further duty or privilege regarding this |
great measure Of public policy than the ex-
preston OF our ardent hope that the best |
wisdom OF our people, OF whatever posi- |
tion heretofore on the public debt, may be |
honestly directed TO Its settlement; and an |
iUIuIUS III lDtL SuCu tllOIt lDust SUI
coed. Let Us approach it with due regard |
for hODestly-eutertained opinions however |
adverse TO our own, and with the resoute |
purpose 10 do our utmost to be Just. and an |
honest adjustment will be reached, and The |
disgraceful spectre OF reputation forever |
banished from Virginia.
Upon the platform Of such settlement |
the true people OF tie Commonwealth will
stand in 'Sl az they have stood tins year for |
Hancock. and our successors will have the |
happiness Of cOngratulating the people on
q victory more decided and important than |
that which evokes our present Fluctuations,
and to have contributed to which, however !
humbly, is the amplest compensation for |
our labors. A. NJ. KELLEY,
Chairman OF the State Executive Commit |
tee.
richmond, "a, November ~, 1880.