The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-10


ing campaign 10 Virginia have been pur-
posely obscured In q great many ways, ootn
by those who know better and by tbose
who think better. One faction thinks tnat
n IL probably good thing that some classes
az virginia voters do not know Rny better;
the OTHER faction Is decidedly oil The opinlon
that those classes referred TO should not
under any circumstances be allowed 10
Iearn better, or to tbink for themselves
more than is necessary 10 enable
Them TO vote inlellIgibly aud solidly under
careful guidance. Roughly regarded, the
two hundred and odd thousand voters IN
Virginia may be divided as follows: Bour-
hons. o 20ths; Republicans, 5ths; Read
insters, 3.20lhs. IL is the plan OF The re
adiusters to compel the Republican TWO
6iths TO come over TO them, elect their can
didale as Governor, divide up tue otner
Offices, not on the 3 20 nor vet on the D
plan, but share and share alike; and, IN re-
turn, the whole Republican party IN Fir.
GINA must share the obIoquy and shame oil
readjnslment and reputation.
Well may the Republican party OF VIZ
oinia ask: "Is thy servant dog that ne
should do this tbingf" There are casts-
eases OF recent occurrence ~ Inc S0utn,
ioO--in which the entire community seems
10 be justified in accepting proposition 10
scale the principal OF States deDt ana re-
duce the interest. Such cases pave &C.
CURED i'm Louisiana and South Carolina
But the debt of Virginia does not belong 10
any OF these classes. There is not dollar
OF carpei.bag debt on the exhibit OF the pre-
sent liabilities OF Virginia. The state has
something TO show for every dollar OF tDe
principal OF the obligations so incurred.
None OF the States creditors but what has
been willing TO admit the business OK the
reapportionment OF the debt so as to assign
one third 10 West Virginia-none OF them
but has been willing TO consent 10 lair
abatement OF interest, so as 10 enable the
State to pay quite all she was able TO pay |!
Virginia has been 30 loyal and so honest in
dealing with all her creditors hitherto that
her creditors have treated her with a
courtesy, a distinction, and a delicate con-
sideraton never before granted by creditors
TO any debtor.
This courtesy, this consideration, this
forbearance were fully recIprocaled by all
Virginians until Mr.. Malone undertook to
reSdiust the sffrrs OF the ancient Common
wealth in his own peculiar fashion, by
scaling down the debt i'm proportion to bis
own cabbaging from the public funds-the
sales OF State property made under MS au'
spices for which the State got no cquiya-
ent. The Riddle berger scheme of Rad
iustment, II it should he cOusummated,
would Just about recoup TO the State OF Nlr-
0inia the money which it lost by selling to
Malone and his allies the property OF the
State in lis transportation companies, aud
for which it got very little money back.
7 his is the scheme which Republicans
~ 4 ~ HtnV
have been ceaseleSsly and ZeaIOusly active
ever since the war to save Virginia aud
Virginiaus from themselYes-to teach the
s ate and the people that honesty Is the
best policy, in State affairs as well As IN
OF binary business. Now, they are asked,
and in fur,herance OF the personal ambi-
tons Of certain United Safes senators who
by no means represent public opinion. they
are encouraged on all sides TO sell their ill.,
herilance for such a mess OF p0ttagc as
General Malone knows how 10 mix.
What will they gain by such bargain,
even il il bring the Readiustcrs victory, as
it will not? 1t would be good thing for
the ReadjuStCr orators to search through
the whole list Of presidents to discover how
often parties have won by sacrificing their
principles TO cXpedieDcy. Compromise par
ties and campaigns OF eXDediency have a
rather singular history in this country.
Tue "coalitiOn " OF 1924 prevented Henry
Clay from becoming President OF the United
States as long as he lived-and nothing else
under the sun could have done it. The pill
ancy OF Mr.. John Tyler to the opposition
made his administration one OF the most hate
full and the most incompetent in the annals
OF our national politics. What became OF
Mr.. MIllard Fillmore and Mr.. John L. Ken
nedy when they surrendered TO the Know
NolhingS! To come 10 later times, what
became of the Democratic party IN 1872
when il endorsed the nomination at Clncin-
natl and voted for Horace Greeley? The
Cincinnati reform, backed by the full force
OF the Democrats, would have undoubtedly
been as strong, il not stronger, than the
regular Republican nominations; but the
Democrats and the RefOrmerS both Surren-
dered principle for pef on that occasion,
and neither faction could control its own
voters.
There are $4,000 unquestionod Republi-
eau voters who will be present at Lynch
burg By their deputies and delegates. These
must not be surrendered to Malone, nor
can they be delivered over TO him. They
represent the best thought, the brOadcst
future Of Virginia; they represent Nlr-
ginia struggling against itself. These are
the men upon whom the true redemption OF
the ancient Commonwealth depends. They
did not create the States debt, but they
wish to have it redeemed, As the debt OF
the United States has been, fairly and
equitably, honestly, and economically.
These Virginians know that good part oil
this United States debt was incurred in
working out their redemption-their free
dom from bondage. They know how un-
complainingIy it has been net and paid,
every dollar Of it, at or before maturity.
Can they, will they, dare they, do less for
Virginia than the United States have done
for themf