Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-03-29

and doubtless will, be used in the same
! way.
a Pcnitentiary that has been for years
a heavy charge upon our Treasury is
made sell-sustaining within single
| year, and may now be relied Oh us a
source of revenue.
On the question of the Debt, it is only
necessary to recall the varions positions
Of our Anniversaries and what their posi-
tons is to-day. They have in detail re-
pudiated all of their so-called irrepeala-
BILE contracts, in each one of which they
held the sacred honor of the Common
wealth to be involved, and now they
would put themselves before the country
! rs the special custOdians of public honor
with prefaced purpose to recover lost
| prestige and power ut whatever sacrifice,
| appealing, as in each succeeding canvass
since 1871, to sectional and race preiu-
dice as cover to their real designs and
true issues involved.
They still insist upon the payment of
their frauduently compounded and war
and reconstruction interest, which
amounts to more than fourteen millions
Of dollars, against the assumption of
which convention resolves and their own
platform declarations have long since
pronounced.
From mistaken sense of honor,
false pride, or worse, they insist upon
expressing us with the interest upon
this more than $l4 100000 of improper
ly charged and compounded interest,
which, ut per cent, will amount to
more than 100000 annually. If we add
to this the amount which will have to be
paid annually to redeem this $l4 ,000, 900,
which has been improperly added to the
principal of the debt in forty years, we
should impose upon our taX-ridden peo-
pie an annual burden of $40, 900 more
than they can justly be called upon to
pay, notwithstanding the acknowledged !
fact that this would necessltatc large |
increase in the rate Of taxation, which |
repeated attempts have demonstrated to |
be utterly impossible.
ReAdjusters have but to look over the |
past to note whether Re-adiustmcnt has |
impaired, as was charged it would, the |
material interests Of our State or whcth- |
er, as we predicted, there has been more |
capital invested in our mineral lands |
and manufactures within the last year
than for the five years preceding. They |
bave but to note the change that has
come over the minds Of the people all |
over our great country respecting Vir- |
ginia and her affairs TO be re-asslIred as |
well of the eXpediency Of Re-adjust-
mcnt, in Its broudcst sense as of its |
right. In the opinion Of all but Il mere |
faction of her own people. |
Virginia stands to-day the peer of any |
State in the Union, so recognized every |
where, and as such, ostMciscd nowhere. |
Having ever occupied the front rank, |
both IN war and in peace, 1t Is eminently |
proper that she should lead, without let,
or diclation, for the promo
ton of peace and prosperity both to her
own citizens and those of her sister
States, in the restoration Of harmony
and fraternal relations between all the
citizens of our common and undivided
BY the blessing of u beneh-
cent Divine Providence, and seemingly
despite herself, she is to-day occupying
this noble, patriotic, and cnviabe posi-
ton. Virginia is again in the vanguard
Of enlightened statemanship, and may
again be restored to the proud cmmence
she so long enjoyed.
Re-adjustors, the hour Of our final de-
'iyerHnce from speculation, poverty. and
agitation is ut hand. Peace, thrift, and
should be our walchwords.-
We must neither feel over confident, nor
'onildc IN the promises nor be dcluded
by the prctcnCes Of Bourbon-FundCrism
The small nucleus Of brave men who as
'cmhled at Mozart Hall in 10 gave us
great victory over foreign and domestic
Ucs. To-day We count our people by
ems of thousands; then Il was by hun
lreds. To-day we have newspapers by
he score; then we had scarcely dozen.
To-day we are reinforced by some Of the |.
,est and ablcst Of our public debatcrs to
AIRY Our cause upon the Hastings: then
We had the outside world TO confront.
whereas now the independent press Of
he whole country supports us rs the
Real Dcbt-PNycrs, the Party of Prog
css, of Liberty, and Of Law.
We have now to 20 forward with the
anne spirit and determination that has
Our people In the past, and
inal and complete triumph of our cause
5 already assured.
WM, MALONE, Chairman.
W. G, ELAN, Secretary,