The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-07
Address to the Re-adjusters of vir-
GINA.

Address to the Re-adjusters of vir-
| ginia
| THE STATE CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
RICHMOND ON THURSDAY, THE ID DAY OF JUNE,
| 1880-SCHEDULE OF REPRESENTATION
| RICHMOND, VA, March "a, 1881
| To the Re-Adjustsrs Of Htryintd-Grestln0
AT meeting Of your State Committee. held on the
2sd inst II was resolved 10 hold State Convention
Oh IAursoay, Inc "a OF June 1SSl In the civ of
hicnmonu. N pursuance OF THIS action Of your
committee, you are now invited appoint delegates
| " represent you in That convention.
by the existing plan OF organization the sew
Graz couutles euu cities Will be entitled
The convention as py the annexed schedule, The
manner, tine anu place OF appointing Delegates is
renitted " Inc county and city chairmen.
IL Is proper, however Unnecessary, to state that
the object OF inns Convention is to nominate state
ttckeG Tor Governor, Lieutenant Governor and At
tOgney-ueneral take sucn other and further ae-
non as IN Inc Wisdom of your representatives may
cohduce TO The good OF The people and state.
he-aul ustmoaI with ali that term comprehends
= -ae virginia mind has been distinct and aptd-
ils issue siuee lsAo-fl. 1t then tAe people OF
Virginia Reconstructed reality their state Govern
nent. II was Then they Accepted under sacred
pledges the civil ana political equally OF men
ore the law. IL was then they resolved upon sys-
lem OF tree and general education as the psnaces
Ior the possible evils OF enlarged and uneduca-
TED soHrage 1t WAS then they were acquaint-
ee, nrst time. with d character of suecolls
Legislation, which led increase OF public obIt-
CATIONS AMI taxation Without regard devasta-
ing consequences OF unsuccessful war; or the legal
ANA equitable rights OF the citizen. From that
PERIOD I'LL 1859 IL was impossible to accomplish any
VI the objects OF heauJusment, Notwithstanding
each succeeding election established the majority
strength OF The questions it coInprehended before
the people OF the STATE II proven demonstra
ton that the contest could successfully made
inside OF party lines. This truth impressed itself
upon people in 1879 and it was then our organ
tzation within the State had its birth From that
Time to this the actions OF party and people
tee tndite. .
ke-ad5usters have had control of the subordinate
oices or the State but little over Within that
m hIlr avlfrr ,Hnra Go,~4
Fund to the amount OF, $165, O0O and the Literary
FUND THE interest on which Is payably annually
Inc Public Free School FUND.- S40,52O, and paid In
full the annuities and the semi ualy accrutng
interest due to urstruggling colleges For the first
time In ten years the constitutional obligations to
with.
BY the statistics of the State Superintendent of
Public instruction for lSS0she year OF Re-adiuster
management Of the School Fund-We had 1854
schools against 4sl for the year 1879. The mum
Der OF pupils, which had decreased In 79 to 108074,
was increased In 1850 1885, or 49, IL excess
OF the highest number for any 11.c the estsb.
Oh she system n The teachers who
- 80 fdIIy received their pay notwithstand
ne the large sums required to discharge debts
which had been contracted to maintain pretense
" the support u our schools. The expenditures
school acc0ul., which were 1919 3S9 IT from all
Ia 1879 were $946 LOS ~ IN 1880 And all this
wss simply due to the fact that the Re-adJusters
gave to the support OF the schools the ey whtch
mad been collected from the tax payers on State,
county, any district levy for that specific purpose,
supplemented by $165,UO0 (Which inone year
relundedl OF the diverted School Fund. Within ono
year We have discovered unnoted defaults in one
department OF nearly half million dollars; we
nave developed entertainments of over $4,000; and
an unfinished Investigation ascertatns that more
than S1OO, 900 of bonds and uncancelIed coupons,
which were once used in payment OF taxes, &C.. due
the state, are missing from the second AUDITORS
ONCE, where they ought been cancelled and
Kept. Some OF these have been received the second
time; ali the others are yet outstanding, and may,
ana Doubtless will, be Used In the same way.
A fenitentiary that has been for years heavy
charge upon our Treasury Is made self-sustaining
within single year, and now may be relied on as
source of revenue. ~
the question of the Debt, it is only necessary
to recall the various positions OF our adversarie
and what their position is to-day: They have in
detail repuu1ated all their called rrepeaaple
Contracts in each of which they held the
nohor VI the Commonwealth TO be involved, and now
Ghey would put themselves before the country as
the special custod1ans OF public honor with pre-
raced purpose to recover lost prestige and power
whatever sacrifice, appealing as in each succeeding
canvass since 1871, to sectional and prejudice
ds cover to LLe1r designs and the true Issues
volved.
Iney still insist upon thepayment of their fraud
ulent compounded aud war and reconstruction
interest, which amounts to more than Oaqteea mil
so"S y aoAu's, against the ASSUMPTION Of which
convention resolves and their ptatform declar-
atons have long since pronounced.
From mistaken SENSE OF honor, a felss bride, or
worse, lhey insist upon expressing US with the in
tefest upon TINS more than A. 900 of improperly
charged and compounded interest. which at . per
cent will amount to more than S4OOO00 annually.
Il we aud to this amount which will have IN be paid
annually to redeem this Sl4 0uLOOO Whom mas been
improperly added to the principal OF the debt In
people an annual burden of $76 900 more imam they
can Justly be called upon to pay, Notwithstanding
Inc acknowledged fact that this would necessttate
large increase in the rate of taxation which re-
peated attempts have demonstrated to be utterly
he-adJusters have but to look over the past note
whether Reimbursement has impaired as Was
charged IL would, the material interests or
otate OF Wnetner, as We predicted, there has been
more capital invested in our mineral lands and
manufactures within the last than for five years
preceding. They have but TO note the change that
mas come over the minds the people all over our
great country respecting Virginia her affairs
De treasured as well of the exped1ency OF Read
justment, in Its broader sense as of its right In
the opinion OF all buta mere disappointed faction
her own people, Virginia stands to-day the peer of
any stale in the Union, SO recognized everywhere,
and, as such, ostracised nowhere. Having ever oc-
cupted the front rank both in war and In peace 1t
is eminently proper that she should lead without
let, h1ndranee, eradication, the promotion of
peace and prosperity both to her own citizeps and
tnoSe OF our sister States in the restoration
mony and raternal relations between all the citi
zens OF our common and undivided country. By the
blessings OF a benehcent Divine Providence, and
seemingly despite herself, she is to-day occupying
this noble patriotic and envtabe position. virgin
la Is again In the vanguard Of enlightened states
mansh1p, and may again be restored to the proud
eminence she SO long enjoyed
Re-adJusters, the hour of our final deltyerance
from speculation, poverty agitation Is at hand
Peace, thrift and prosperity should be our watch
Woras. we must neither feel over confident, nor
connde In the promises nor be deluded by the pre-
lenses of Bourbon-Funders. The small nucleus OF
brave men who assembled at Mozart Hall in '76
gave us great victory over foreign and domestic
roes To-day we can count our people by tons OF
tnousandS; tnen 1t was by hundreds To-day we
nave newspapers by the score then we had scarcely
oo1en Today we are reinforced by some Of the
pest ana aoiest OF our public debaters carry
cause upon the hustings then we had tine outside
World 10 confront, whereas, the Independent
press OF the whole country supports the Real
of Law - '' ~
We have now to go forward with the same spirit
ana discrimination that has characterized our peo-
pie In the past, and final and complete triumph OF
our cause Is already assured
VIM. MALONE, Chairman.
". c. Elan, Secretary.