The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-11
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Tu.day the Republican bta'o ooh'o""""
,oes,s in ,be Old Dominion, NJ Luxembourg
Thus then .hore will DO triangular hgh''
the 10. sdjusters. tho Conservatives and 'he
Republicans. Tho two former have pv'
strong men In tho field and hsye been BUSY
in tho arranging Of tnoir forcos TO hght "
out on tho line oil the summer. inc ooh'
sorys,iyes, headed by Hon. John w. Daniel,
insist that the debt of Virginia must
and shall be paid; the readiusters claim tha'
II should be compounded and decline 10
impose any new taxation; the republicans
nominate for reasons similar for their putting
into the field ticket in Texas, to keep up
their organization as best they may, u.s. also
for the purpose Of making some des'rap'e
farms for the spells, the loaves and hshes
with, perhaps, the readjusters, il thelr aid
will win the day for the latter. Daniel Is inc
man who, some four years ago made a speech
in the legislature, in which he said he would
rather see the public school houses ourheo
to the ground than that they should DC
maintained by the state with money figh''
fuIlv belonging to its creditors. This posi-
ton about the debt makes the brilliant ora
tor and the honored gentleman to be regsr-
ded as the bearer OF the banner OF honesty
and GOOD faith. Mr.. Jas. Barbour, Inc
candidate for lieutenant governor, was orig
inally re-sdjuster, but he's now readlustea
himself back into the demo-
cratic fold proper. The ncHe1
represents the blue blood, the yeomanry and
the f. F. V. element Of Virginis aristocracy.
Both are lawyers, we'll trained debatera
and skilled statesmen. Cameron, the Ma
hone nominee, is not SO good speaker, but
man of good, cold mind, distinguished IN
literary culture and rare refinement, besides
being a splendid campaign manager and
shrewd leader. AT one time just PRIOR 10
the last nomination, Bouroonism
scanned 70 assert its supremacy
at the primaries, but the happy
Judgment of the delegates when assem oiea
concluded to do what they SOON recognizeo
had to be done, viz: to puraue manly
liberal. honest and thoroughly progressive
platform. On every vital issue relating to
schools, elections, the equality of the races,
il ia fully abreast with the deliverance OF the
regulators, and the democrats have the ad-
vantage in record that largely sustains
their professions, while the repudiatora are
in conflict with their own practices in their
professions of regard for free achools' free
elections and the protection OF all races
The Philadelphia Times in referring
to the result observes that "Vir-
sinia has everything at stake in the
present contest. Her honor, her prosperity
the sanctity of her laws and the preservation
of her schools, and the harmonious efforts OF
her races, all depend upon the overthrow OF
the spoilsmen organization that faunts re-
pudiation before the people and defends II
by falsehood. It claims to be the special
supporter of the equal education OF all 'he
races, and demands the repeal OF the cspltas
ton tax that is the basis of the free school
system. If Reputation shall carry the
repeating the capitation tex, and
thus deprive the free school system OF one
of its fixed and large sources OF revenue
will the regulators and auti-tsx leaders levy
taxes to support the schools? They assail
the capitation tax as a outrage qualification
"a tax that is imposed 10 Pennsylvania and
in all we'll governed Enthusiastically be-
cause It oppresses and DISTINGUISHES the col
ored voter, when In point OF fact, 1t hi1ects
nearly or quite as many white as coiored
citizens of the state, and is equal
in it's operations; and substantially
equal in its results; upon both races. They
propose to repudiate the adjusted and read>
iusted debt of the state that their leaders ac-
lively advised and publicly accepted, and the
only excuse they can offer for this naked
dishonesty is that the diminished value OF
property and reduced revenue of the state at
the present rate OF taxes, won't maintain the
public credit. They cunningly conceal the
fact thst thew last year controlled the leeis-
Isture, elected the local judges who appoint
those who value property, and that the sys-
Lema,c reduction of values and consequent
of revenues are part OF the net
work of tslsehood and fraud they are at
To impose upon Virginia. They
have been halted 10 their shameless repudia-
lion by 40 honest supreme court, whose
Judgment has sustained the inviolabiliiy OF
honest contracts, and they propose to answer
a faithful court by electing legislature oil
repudistors. repudisting the honest judges
and seating the shameless worsbiper OF a
commonwealth disbonor in the supreme
temple of justice" In the conven-
ion that Is 10 assemble to-day there
NAV be trouble, as the republicans are
s.dly split up between the debt.paying and
he debi-repudisting members of the party.
This il q similar mixture Of parties and
policies as we recently saw In the prohibit
ion movement In North Carolina, where
whisky drinking democrats and republicans
,tocd shoulder 70 shoulder against the pre-
bibisionists. In q few days the merits OF the
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