The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-19
The SINE Debt.

Editors Dispatch: never see the Rich
mond Wh,g. | was subscriber TO IL ior
thirty or ihirty-ive years, and always paid
my subscription, and have paid my other
debts. Some eight or ten yeas since, for
reasons satisfactory TO myself, l dlscon-
tinued the paper, as | suppose ] bad the
right to do. never see the paper now. Ii
is sufficient for. me to know that Malone has
controlling interest in ii, and that 1t Is
published under his direction and inSpira.
ton.
4 gentleman Informed me yesterday that
the Whig OF that day or the day before bad
stated editorially that proposed 10 pay the
State debt. The only possible ground Tor
this piece OF impertinence that | can con-
ceiye Of il that some four or five davs ago |
addressed you brief letter. in which | re-
specially requested you to publish IN your
paper the amount OF the debts OF Tennes-
see and Virginia and the population OF the
two States and their relative wealth.
II is certainly difficult for me 10 conceive
th1t there was anything in this TO call forth
the imper,inent comment Of the Wing.
At this present writing not only do not
proaC> to pay the State debt, but care lit
tie or nothing about the State debt. | am
willing that Malone, aud HOar OF MasSa-
chustlts, shall settle II ; and, in the event OF
their disagreement, ! suggest that Mr.. Gar
field be called in as an umpire. ! viii readl-
" abide by any award they NAV make.
The settlement OF the State debt has here
tofore been a State matter. II Is no longer
20. Excluding European bondholders, ]
understand that Il majority OF Our State
bonds is held in northern States. The qnes-
ton Of the payment OF the debt is therefore
transferred from Virginia TO the North.
The President OF The United States en-
dorses Malone. He sent him a large basket
of flowers AS testimonial Of his admira-
ton. The lordIy Conkling endorses him;
so do Logan, H0ar, Dives, and the rest OF
the Racial senators.
rcpeat that the pay ment OF the State debt
is taken out Of the hands OF the virginia
pcople and transferred to the North.
The great bulk III you VIII pardon the
word) OF the white men OF Nirginia-the
men who represent three fOurths OF the in
telligencc, three fourths OF the property,
and nearly all OF its clyilizitiOn-haye no
further interest in the State debt.
Let il 90 10 Guinea, as you say, or 10 the
dogs, as say. We shall have much more
imI ortant matters TO attend TO at the cleo
ton next fall than the State debt.
The great majority OF the white men OF
Virgins, representing all that is worth
living for in the State, will never consent
that this blessed old Commonwealth shall be
RENTED TO negro rue-such rule as South
Carolina aud Louisiana have passed through
since the war. We are for free ballot, but
opposed TO frCebo0terism.
The information | asked at your hands
was not so much on my own account as for
the benefit OF the repudationists. As far as
| am concerned turn the whole debt ques-
ton over 10 them. l sincerely hope that
the Democrats will make no further fight
about it. will endorse whatever Malone,
Ioar, Garfield u Co. may do on this sub.
ject In haste, yours truly.
fruouAS WooD