The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-03


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that the same debt, not reduced since, as
claims, By any payment Of accruing interes
is only something over $4,000, 000s If th
claims and assertions. of the Readiuste1
should appear las / insist thew dol unsoun
and incorrect as to the matter of the debt an
revenues and expenditures Of. the State, al
they mora reliable in other respects:
| sss THE SCHOOLS. q
They claim to be he sole and .exclusiy
guardians of the common school system. an ii,
that the Bourbons aud FundeTrs, il not its enc
mics, are, at least, not its friends, and have ie
it langlish and be neglected. Their necnlia
and excessive zeal is Of yery recent bibrtuhg-
They had nothing to do with establisbinpo II,
system or putting it into operaatioc1n The con
stitution Of Virginia provides that .the "a Cen IL
eral Assembly shah ,,rovi13f h., Ia ~ IL its ,rs
session under this constitution Uniform Ava u
atem OF public fee schools aid ia, its erafldal
equal ana fun Introduction into All The c,,a,,n
ties Of the State by the wear 1879 or 40 fnrffI
earlier as practicable." a';i IS
b This constitution was framed in The white,
lof 1868 50 that when the convention or,,aref
the school systen, to he nut IN fnll oneration hx
1879. they oraeticAllv allowed eisht vtarsl. ID,
the work knowifpits {3iffic,,lsies ,rnder n, I'll.
SURROUNDINGS.
The first legislature did not meet till the 9Th
day Of October, 1899 and saddressel. .;tsa)e a,
once to the undertakinp and mt the svstem
into operation, long before tho time allowed Inv
the constitution.
As far a. j can RECALL now not one man who
is now prominent ~ a ,Reaa;uster was a mem.
Der either of the convention or the first legis.
,lature. This, ia not all, The state Of ,V;r.
GINA having received from .Conpress landscr;n
for the establishment, Of colleges had ~ aecide
how to use the, fund. There was not one dis.
senting voice as to the distribution of one
third of the amount. The colored people had
q college at HAMPTON. to which whites were
not admitted. and one,third Of the money was
given to that college bv universal consent As
to the boast made so loudly that under the con-
troll of the Readiusters. nut in Office q wear apo
the affairs of the State have been better admin
istered than formerly II mnst he horne II mind
that under the McCulloch hill the amo,nt Of
S., 049, 44O.7O was funded in new bonds at 3
per cent. which before that time bore q ner
cent. TINS reducing the interest one. half and
effectinp an animal saving 10 tho stata of moro
than s24f, mn of wb;cb tu,o.tb;rda uor,d =
in tax receivable commons or tho ann f,nded
&1o5 IA on oet,onda 800 ,s..oa g. -.
s;nk;rr find sna 10 70 q s;,,oa hao,, aonao,,oa
20 tbat wba,e.s bof,ro ~. - &c ~
cn,,och III, tho sta,a haa = ,,.,r ~ 80.
20 ndo AAo ~ !. ~ ,s - 80,
NJ ga a14 40 and 4 il the % yin Tins atgactad
and the savinp bv the rn.trren cbme,nnt actss &c
The so.callpd aRonrhon 1eu;alatnra of 1a77a7a
that has made money moro .,,,na.nt Il .ho
treos,rr ana no+ -, 80 at;,s,, =. ,,;,. -.
,oo,,.,. - ~ ats,o-. M. .....,h =.
+hot CO. !, r. :.
&c Tho sr.. ~, M.r,.,,,.,,, ~,
,,,1a -.
Tho, ~. on,. oou,a ~ ,.n !. $500 ,.....,,,,
wo,,la .,,a r.n,,,a,;on h,,;..s.
nd ,,ro,,ar.,, ~ yr;.a;,,;a ,...:.--,
for tho whole to-, voar.s mo ;,croaaa 80 ~
;,,toro.t ,,,,,,d ~ o,,,,, 49,, u,,o...o
tba nonn,ot;o,, ro,,,a nronah,,, aro,s On 49, ~,
car+ a,,d t.,a ,,~,,,o,tx, t,s;, a. "a ,a..,
wealth a great deal more. and the sinking
fund wonld each wear diminish the nrinc;nal 81
The debt General Malone and the, gentlemen
belonging to his party were in full utilization
with those he calls .Bourbons" Till the wear
1877. One of the largest and most representa-
tive conventions that ever met in VIRGINIA as.
sembled in Richmond in the summer of 1877
10 nominate candidate for governor. lieuten.
ant governor and attornev-peneral and 10 Law
down party platform General Malone was
= candidate before this convention for the
nomination of ooverror and whom no fa;,ad
10 get il his friends went over to HOLIDAY
and thus rave him the nomination and cleo
Jon.
Il was not until 1879 that the Readiusters.
who nm tn this fine had acted inside Of the
Democratic party. called q convention Of their
own. which met in February. 1879. at Mozart
Hall. and which for the first time established
themselves "A q senarate organization. They
appointed their own committee. laid down
their marty platform and organized in every
county in the state.
To SHOW, .ho ,,,,rnosos os tho nartv va mood
onlr - notatha g., thot ~ Mo,ar. HI,
convont;o,, voc hold ~, tho a7tb dow of Fab
ru.rv 1870 and ,he Mce,,,,,och bili was not
nassed tin the astb dav If March affer The
Movo-4 ua,, oonvan,,or rrono,,.ed oooinst
~ IN, - .dronoa thr. d;aolos;rc,. tbe;r ce,.
pral onnosit;on to anv sentiment that would
he Iikeiv T. become lucrative Gen Malone
saws. aTbe Riddleberper hill rests the whole
obligation mon the good faith Of the peonle--
tho highest n,edoe a SOVEREIGN state can offer
and o,,obt tn o,,,en This declaration mist he
construed in the light of the fact that the
Mozart Hall convention TOOK ground against
the McCulloch bill before II became law ana
also, in light OF this announcement given
prominent place IN the declaration OF prlncai-
PIES that sthe sovereignty OF the sta1e cannot
be pledged nor delegated, except 1or puofc
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