Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-04-23

you r&f0 ex0FtluS yVuT 'tuuueuC6 1Or +
read djustment, aud thereby the repu1
distfon, of the state debt Of Virginia. |
This; ;isloekcd spoa by thinkiig men
as immoral, aud therefore inconsis- /
tent with the dignity OF M official!
Please inform this Office upon receipt
of this letter whether this be true or P
not, and, il true, accompany your
statement with your resignation Re-
spectfully, o,s. .es GREES 3, RAun.
- s..,,5t,. Commissioner
J., H. Van Apken. Esq, Tobacco
Inspector, Petersburgh. Va. a-a {;
j. ,...r.oq.. u. S.INTYRNAL REVENUE
COLLECTORS OFFICE DIST. VA. !
PETERsBURGH,i Oct. II, 1879. i
it- Sir-Your, communication Of the /
18th inst, was received by me to-day |
with Infinite amaxeMent, aud was
at fret inclined to think it q huge |
Joke, but remembering that the per-
pstration Of official Jokes is not usu-
al, the succeeding thought and del
sire was to khosN the 3name of your
informant which earnestly beg you
to furnish me. d-'" CT, ,-E.'.'.'. al ''''
= My position upon this debt quss-
etion was publicly and decisiyely TAX
en- long since, and do not suppose
there 10 q citizen Of this city, or
scarcely in the state, who does not
know what that position is. -,.. ~
am the only republican in the city
that has made public speeches urging
the honest payment Of the states OBJ
tllgstions. 1, ipclose you COPY OF
RESOLUTIONS written by myself, aud
Isupported in speech before Al ;ap-
dience Of over FIVE hundred people at
The Harrison Street, Baptist church
in this city, some three weeks since.
lMyself and Col. Brady went to.Wash-
ington on, Sunday last as committee
to secure the presence Of Hon. Fred
erick Douglass in our city to address
the colored people upon this ques.
tion, which is an -all.engrossiBg one
here. Failing to secure Douglass .
letter was secured " hich Isend you,
as published In the Riehmond Dis.
patch, from copy furnished BY me.
i91 must again beg you to give me
the source Of your information. By
my position have incurred the ac-
tive hostility of the old "ring" Of
ballet-box suffers and "bulldozers''
here and of such colored. people as
they have been able to delude by
their specious, plausible arguments,
and | am confident that they are the
inspiratioa say the least. of your
Yer, respectfully. yp!ffiufn fufn..,L-
Tobacco Inp,tor., Petersburgh, Va.
Hon. Green B. Raum, Commission.
er Internal Revenue, Washington,
D. G. -% 4--i=
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RESOLUTIONS SUSTAINING THE PUB
Lie DEBT. ..
Whereas, The national repu blicau
party has ever firmly set its face
. against Reputation in all its forms
against the scaling of honest obliga
tions, honestly incurred, and hal
ever believed in carrying out III letter
, aud in spirit every agreement, sl
/. contrast, whether referring to the
( debts of the nation, states. cities, Of
, individuals, and through this highly
!, honorable and moral position it hal
> managed. the finances of the natter
. with q success hitherto unparalleled
r in the history Of nations, and ha
: placed them on the highest plane O
2 thus, in spite of warning aud factiou
l
= government equal to that of th,
t proudest on the globe.
/ l. Resolved, That the republican
e Of the city ofiPetersburgh, feeling a
. honest pride in the glorious recor,
i Of that grand old party of which W
IS feel it supreme honor to be deeme
: part and parcel, do hereby make it
g creed our creed, it's faith our faitt
| lot 70 ri II
d we do hereby pledge our honor t
n honor, the credit. aud the good fait
d of the state of Virginia. ,..-
N 2. Resolved, That '.the honest pay
Z ment OF au honest debt" ia cardina
g. principle. of the republican creee
D. and that we will consent to no d.
" psrt1re therefrom nor countenant
u any action. that will bring furthe
g. ruin to the state of Virginis, and tbs
Y We will do no act that will cast
u stain OH the hitherto untarnishe
r, escutcheon of the republican part,
r. 8. Resolved, That the history
th the world teaches that the maint
as nance of public and private cred
I'd has been in all ages and in all lant
" the foundation ofindividual progress
iii prosperity and happiness while rep
diation has brought universal, mora
e. political and financial degradatio
at poverty aud ruin in its train.
id 4. Resolved, That the fund g.
&C. apart by the constitution fer t.
e. maintenance of the public free scho G
p. must be kept sacred and inviolat
er for upon the education and intel
he gence Of our youth rest the futu
lie glory, the grandeur, the prosperit
he aud happiness OF our state and cou
=, try. ..... .s
Ill s. Resolved. That as our motto
of the last campaign was can hone
he dollar for an honest days work."
,or now it shall be :"Let Virginia hone
,es ly pay, in honest money, what 8
lie honestly owes; an honest ballot,
ms honest count" On this broad repu
re- lican platform We earnestly invite
of men, of whatever political faith,
he aid US in delivering the old ST.
of from the evils of forcible readjustir
The which means Reputation with all
for terrible consequences.
rty 6. Resolved, That we regard
OF triumph of republican principles
RS, vital to the prosperity and salvati
be- of the state, aud to this end
18th pleuSe our ulOSL eaEueSL enue6VOrs
pu- TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OF OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
A WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S. 1879.
ike Slr-This office is in receipt
eet yours of the 18th inst, together W
be. communications from j. l.. Wat
rd, man aud Collector Brady in reply
i'm office letter Of the 10th inst, iu W b
l informed you that you had b
lere charged with advocating the re
der justment or reputation of the
ays ginia state debt. In reply l wo
Ing state that your statements as well
lest those of the gentlemen above re
the red to, in relation to your position
but this matter, are entirely sstisfact
nee to this Office, and the corresponds
tary has this day been referred to the
re- retary with the information that
tate have been 80 advised. You desire
ster name of the informant. III rep