The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-26
A Speech by Mahone In New York.

Senator Malone recently addressed
the Union League Club in New York
upon the issues involved In The Virginia
contest After being introduced, he
said: - 80 sf
" am here Tonight. to explain to you in
vowed IL the ea@pasn % @ Hsien aas gn1SW now He being
Virginia. feet cOnceIn the people Of the whole
debt ot the State Of virginis- We who i've
the country should understand fully our po.
sltion on this question pt the State debt, and
thai when the subject was funy understood,
the people OF the Nati n would Justify MS in
Is one Of the issues inSoSed n the preaeDs
campaign. One party contends that Il should
be settled OF. one basis, and the other claims
Now, the debt of the state OF Nfrsinia at the
beginning OF the war was $3l, so ev0A D At the
Of s West e. vi VirWinia " she S found Serself shorn Of
one-third OF her territory one-fitthi of her
preperty. The firss stat sttemDs to deal lei with the ne
debt was by the Legislature, which nndertoos
to make seSse%e9t e. men BY arSitTariy siotlps Ing
State, and they contended that two principles
duty they ssserIed @ ss asesyfain just what
the state OF Virginia owed. The second duty
e pss ss shs dsS aS Gss sossa the sssss
n ISL 1 we owes s i1s sseS add to tsis aae in
Oh one-thlrd which Sc Justly due by the state
of West Virginia. Credit the old State with
ance Is what she justly. owes now. That
10 where the plan OF the Readjusters comes
ss 70 the f5Ons In this We taks the
onefsird for Wess Virginia. 1 s and aase cP Credit
thew The question OF interest Is the only
one that comes up to create an ISSUE We who
eau at say 70 o9 ouF cs credit sss
our debt Our esamination a. shows & that @ we can an
to ana rn PaH
ise. In lsn our taxabe property amounted
$40, ,00o. .0oo The assessment in Virginia is IS
per cont. higher than In any othec State in the
ing us in virginia, the Democrats s.. 600 DO Of
back interest has been accumulated on our
debt, and the seaool moneys have been divert
this condition OF things that the Readjusters
took up this question OF the public debt of the
nnd out what was the just liability of the
State, and what It's ability was to meet fl. We
ton. Tho peJple, who had seen the State
getting into debt on interest account at the
rate OF sLVo9O0 a year, with no provision g. &c
tieve that the debt would never be paid. We
gauSed our ability to pay interest by the re.
\ II
men, was It not better to pay per cent. inter
est @ snan IN e sP promise per cent, and pay no In
There are now two parties in the State of
Virginia. Toe Readjusters stand com ,nitted
the bass which have mentioned If we car
~ the Legislature, as we hope to do, we shall
adjust the debt on that basis. On the other
| 90, offering to pay $iaOOO.0JO which they do
not owe, in order to show that they are hon
est, and to pay three per cent on this. They
/ have thus far failed TO show US how they can
ns ssSSs. anS
sas Ss Il sfs aass
es @ OF II running the Gsneral Goyernpent s ls 81.
% ern@ent t. The cSSs5it1tion Df tut @ or OF the state pro
| vides that one-ifth of the taxes shall be ap-
| CanFyou see any marlin In This statement 10
| meet an interest charge of three per cent. on
Of three per cent. Interest on 10 our debt would
| give to the bonds OF Virginia a fixed value.
| .other questions concern us in Virginia be
sides thar of the public debt. One Of the
most importaHt Is the question OF the eduea'
ton OF our chiIdren- In one year of the ad'
ministrstiSn ion Of our patty We ts have, by eeono no
found them, doubled the number of our
schools and doubled the number Of our pupils,
school fund $500 o of the money which had
been improperly bosrowed from it Another.
| question OF human liberty, of citizenship.
Tue .Readtuster party stands pledged 10 the
| rights OF al men before the law and at the
| latfon without educ Jtion, without any means
| of support, turned loose, We have treated
them like men, and we are getting men
| treatment from them. We are no pore afraid
/ OF the negrues than we are of the Republicans.
| II will not be FORGOTTEN that We sought read
mission into the Union, promising that the
right OF suffrage should not be restricIed ex.
| cept In cases Of felony. The Readjusters have
the Stale of Virginia to-day no man oan vote
unless he pays polftax of 81 This, we hold,
! Is a violation of the conditions under which
we came back into the Union. The poll-ta1
disfranchfses a large number of peop Q. both
/ white snd black, and the result is TINT some
| pays the poil-fax."