Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-10
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
from the N. Y. World.l

have the republicans VINO are
actively eggiDg on or complacently
contemplating the alliance of their
party with Malone in Virginia con- |
sidered what it is that that alliance is
likely to bring forth The one cause
which Malone stands for is the cause
Of rspudiating the obligations Of his
state. ~ Last year q federal Office. |
holder in Virginia was dismissed for
taking part with Mahone, for the
reason that. 40 bis superior absurdly
put it, . favoring of reputation was
"immoral aud therefore inconsistent
with the dignity Of public officer"
rhis year every federal ofice-holder
in Virginia is actively at work in be-
half of repudIatioh. ery,republi-
can senator in congress is committed
by his vote, and almost every one by
his words. to the cause Of repudiation
in fVirginia. Hoaf aud Dawes aud
Logan were especially active in that
bohslf. IL CHoar. condoned Mahone's
rspudiation upon. the ground that
Malone was "setting his face toward
the morning." by which he meant
that Malone was lihelping to defeat
the democratic party which in Vir-
ginIa contains all the men who are in
favor Of paying the public debt.
'HoarUhitted to observe that to the
ignorant svosers ioi Virginia q It. does
not in, the least matter Whether they
4Ie setting their faces toward the
morning Or towards the midnight.
What they say isi that byo voting 70
are voting to save Themselves from
q. Inn "a oh ifPh =
cd view, Is always . teffpting pros,
pect. ID Nthe present case it t'iSmade
very etslnptfng.i Qhe government 1of
the United States. thr9ngh all its local
agents, 10 directly encouraging these
men not to pay their taxes. u is
sending money into the state to eh-
courage them iu not fulfilling the
coptEActsi of the eAtates ands H.. thn4
actually hiring them 70 refuse pay.
nent OF their debts.
6npposei this sthefie ID cceeds.i Sup
pose the repubttssn1 senst rsiauhah6
Republican tad@inistratipn, aucesed in
peEsusding. majority OF the voters
9f Virginia to refuse payment OF their
debtS End 70 i64ii64e that i feflsxi u
pgotsxss forsthei dischsr&slst honest
debts is not only. : al innoesnt but
really. 8. heroic prpcedure2, Has 1t
ever occurred to these stateslheI that
there 10 another ptblic debt FOR
Whfch,ths. people rot Virginia are re-
qyirpd to pay. taxes?., fThisp is the
debt Of the United States. which the
people 81 Virginia can only constf Gct.
lively be said to have incurred, HNefe.
se their own state debt Ahoy them.
taelyesI actually and directly AS well
aa .constructiyely incurred, and which
was incurred for the purpose OF de.
| feating them in war. After the re.
bablican statesmen have persusded
che people, e,ofs Nirglnia ,that,it is good
morals, aud good sense not to pay
taxes for the state debt, suppose the
people OF VirgiIia take 1t 'int0 their
darkened mind that what is ssu0e fol
the stats goose IA sauce tor the federal
gsnder, aud that they will avoid ths
debE 81 fhe United Ststss also! How
will the republican istatesmen ge
about to persAade them that there II
really, no parallel whatever betw eel
the two cases that the national debt
is Of . peculiar sanctity which cxnho,
b6 violated without sin and shame
while the state debt is of no sanetity
whatever. SO that, though they ought
TO trepudiete this, it would be .
Igrievous outrage to repudiate that
1--WE should like to hear Hoar on thil
question, and no doubt Hoar would
like to hear, himself, but We have
some doubts whether he could make
tsvident to the darkenedl Virgins
mind what is 80 clear to his own
luminous iDtellect. 1t might be thai
Aoar would tipd that in sowing ths
wind, he had prepared his party and
the country to reap The whiriWind.