Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-01

n the Senate. would doubtless have as
sumed the mantle worn By Blaine ana
Garfield as leader Of the Republicans
IN the House. he recently took occa'
sion 10 throw the weight Of bis opinion
on the side Of dishonesty and disorg2nl-
zstion IN Virginia in 3 letter TO Hon
John Amber Smith, in which ne ex'
messed the following sentiments;
First As TO the State debt, | repudl-
ate an repudiatiOR-nstiOnal, state, /
county and CITY. but ! have no COM /
dencs in the financial integrity OF me /
Dsrtv known in Virgins IS tie BolToo3' /
ind 50 far as that question 3 concerned, ]
would sooner trust the Readiusters.
Second. As 10 every other question
affecting he Property OF the State. the
good Of the people, the educational in
terests and the rights Of citizens, from
nv present information ] should Ger
tainlv ioin is-ge with the Bourbon party, (
and. il order 10 achieve 1Hy success,
should not hesitate TO unite with the
Readjusters
The sentiments contained IN the first
Of the above paragraphs stamps Mr.
Frye az 8 political knaye, aaa s sci con
fessed one al that The ReadIusters are
heart and soul for the Riddleberger bill.
That bill proposes 10 repudi4te thirteen
million dollars Of the State debt. That
Is the foundation on which they rest
They are repudia;ors and glory in the
tile. The first clause q NJ. Frye's
paragraph Is negstived b. the second
However much he might distTust the
Bourbon" Farty Of Virgins on the
score Of financial honesty, ne cannot
trust the ReAdjusters For the Readius-
I ters 10 repudiate repudia.ion would Be a
illogical s. for the Republican party 10
hsve repudisted abolition when II had
made It It's corner stone. He has less
ground for considering the "BourbO1s'
ultimate purpose 70 b repudistion than
he-has for Judging the ReadJusters' 10
the payment Of the debt dollar
for dollar he has the sections
and professions Of esch
to Judge flom. Those e tie ere a-e
honest Those Of the other dishonest
As 81 opponent Of reputation in any
form, p he cannot put the slightest conf
dence in the Re3djus,ers.
In expressing the sentiments con
tanned II the second paragraph, Mr..
Frye writes himself down doubly 8
knave. The Republican party had full
sway II se-eral Southern States, and the
history Of Is supremacy Is gigantic
libel OF free government and political
economy. C0lldit sway the destinies
OF Virgins By is Own unaided efforts
the dz-kes: psgss II the history Of South
Czrolins would K repeated Butled by
Msho1s snd his fellow eornorants, the
record would y even b.scker. What
could tie Rsze.cs.sr party 90 for the
prosperity q ne people OF Virginia!
Surely ne brains q the commonwealth
z-e 10t cs-.e-e5 II the coterie Of dis
.l-1ers Who. 6eSpsiEing Of preferment
Z TIE dominant party, have aimed to
overthrow l. What Is the quota Of in
.e--;zence that the negro politicians Of
lie STATE would bring to the fusion that
Frye counselsf Wickham may be tai
ented, but how many Wickhams are
there in the Republican party Of Vir
ginial Il is absurd to argue the ques
ton as to which Of the two parties, the
Bourbon" or the Fusion, could 'he more
be entrusted with the deztinies If Yir-
GINA.
The Bourbon" Of Virginia have
record. such prosperity as the old
Commonwealth enjoys they have
given her They have consulted
the good Of the people and
their educational interests" as best
they could, considering the burdens they
had to carry. When the fact that Viz
GINA was the scere Of the most tremen-
dous events Of the war IS recalled, her
Remuneration is wonderful How
would Reputation promote that recu-
perstion, and how does the issue raised
by Mahone's hungry followers assist IT.
The matter does not admit Of argument.
The only merit in Mr.. Frye's utter
ances Is their bluntness. The end justi-
fes the means. the end is the overthrow
Of the Democratic party Of Virginia and,
by force Of example, that Of the South.
If reputation will accomplish that-so
be it Those sentiments coming from q
Virginia Republican would be kna7ish:
coming from g man high in the councils
Of the Republican party, the professed
champion OF honesty, they are simply
/ rascally.
The talk about the rights Of citizens is
mere twaddie. Mahone's commission
gives the lie to It under the great seal Of
the State Let Nj. FRYE proceed. We
hope others will follow him and throw
of the mask. FRYE was seemingly al
honest partisan, His party, unless it
| indOrses him, now knows him for q
canting knave, whose zeal has outstrip-
I v,aG HE or-r-;r-