The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-29

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honor what am. In this particular have
largely the advantage OF nv colleague. for
II tphe him by his record. diminuiive as
II l., he neither knows what he Il nor what
duiy he came here to perform" Laughter
Malone then proceeded 10 give IN ex-
| haustivc r6Sumf ~ tho political and flnan.
elal history OF Virginia ior the last decade.
lie declared that the Rcddjngers had
AeVer repealed any o; the funding contracts
inade by Virginia, but asserted that The hiH
passed IN 1871 by the Virginia Legislature.
ana known rs the " hroaerS' bill7 (which
had been advocated by his cOllc9guc,) Tepu-
dated, and folcibIy repNdaled. one ihirCS
| 81 The debt II Virginia. The Rcadjusler,
hello that two thirds OF the money
which Virginia bad borrowed should be
paid. The other third belonging 10 West
Virginia, according 10 every princinle II
| Inv and equity. Since 1871 the RCd0jusi-
ing party had denied ~ the debtor The war
interest, and had proposed 10 pay the rest
IN fnl. It's advcrsaruS bad funded that
war interest. and proposed . rcpudiaie one
bait OF that which Virginia was in law aud
honor bound 10 nav. He would like the
Senators from West Virginia 10 tell the
country what that State had done with r,frr-
ence 10 the payment Of one third OF the
d Oi contracted by the Commonwealth OF
Nirgina-w neither il bad ever PROPOSED
10 pay one SuveT to maintain the honor
and dignity Of the old Commonwealth.
He criticised the action OF his col
league III not defending The people
Of virginia from toe accu>G lou that they
were GiShOnOrablc--di> hOnOrable. too, in
toe opinion of mcn VINO represented
states which bv arbitrary legislation had re-
duced their dcb's from ~243, 600 600 10 SSH
y $1,000. He sen, 20 the clerks desk and
had read Il table showing the extent to
which the debts OF southern Stite> had
been sealed down. Continuing, he said
Reputation, honorable; Reimbursement.
diShonorable. Virginia, il was for his you
baiCd Your bosom 10 The soldiers tread aud
horsc,' foot. 1t was for THIS You laid waste
your fields and displayed YOUR forritudc
and courage, your heroic suffering
and sacrifice. 1t wa. for this Won sur.
fcTcd the diSnembcrmcht % your ter
ritory aid sent your sons to The field 10
return to iuiu. THAT were once their homes.
II was for this you ~prtiuctautiy Abandoned
your allegiance 90 tie common country TO
be last ~ war nd las, 90 90 or. On in
gratitude, thou ba>c,t and mclue>t OF
crimes.
lie WoIld nos occupy any more time oi
the Sr'aje w,,h the >uhi,el q lhc Virginia
debt. bot would rtfer noN 20 3u lnterIoga-
tory pui Inst FRIDAY b. Senator Voorhees,
- senator Logan - 10 whether The Inter
would endorse toe paper, 81 an applicant
for The smallest po>'-oillce who favor q re.
pudiition either OF S'3ic or NATIONAL debt.
He would ask Tie gentleman (iir. NooI-
hcc>) how hc found IL compatible
with hi, principles to associate with
senator's from STATES who bad "repudife3,"
but bad not "IcadiuS;cd.' He bad never
| heard Nr. R'Gdleb rger express favorable
! opinion even Of he YlCWS OF The Senator
from ludianl on ihe n,.ioE3l q ~. laugh
| tel He also quot z from john W. Daniel.
/ one 81 ibe leaders al the B0ul bon party in
/ NIr.lni1, dcaouncing the ubiquitous mc1.
! SurcS Of Federal finances, ana prop >ir- 10
! reverse Them. he recon mchdcd the : nI-
tons from Indiana and Delaware tMc-~r>.
| VOORHEES, ana Bayard) 10 Try and reconcile
| their differences OF views on the financial
QucS ion before the senator from llInOi,
again discussed The subject. A, 10 The
senator from Georgia DIR. Brown. who
seemed TO be % much troubled about read
! juStmcnt. be questioned whether the world
had ever ~ oduced a nan who cOuld so readi-
ly II adjust himself to all conditions and all
circumstances. lLau@hter.1 That gentle
man had got ahead Of the people and Of the
Democratic party in the effort TO dissolve
the Union, and was the first Governor in
the South TO conf>cate private property in
the courts OF Savannah, and TO seize Fort
| Pulaski before the act Of secession. RumOr
haG it that the presidency OF the Con-
| federaic States was the genileman'S o Jet
| at that lime. In the struggle that en>ued
! he (Mr. Brown was earnest for the cause
| until ill., fortunes began To W2Yer and then
! he abandoned It, with his militia. After
| the war he was EcXt heard OF in
| the Chicago Republican Convention. In
| fact. that gentleman might say with
! the poet laureate's book: " Men may come
and men may 90, but | 90 on fOrever.'
! fLaUghrcr lie wa> next heard f as the
Radical candidate for HE United States
Senate. bur was beaten bv a more moderate
| Republican, the late Joshua Hill. He next
appeared aS the appOintce Of the clrpet-hag
Governor of GeOrgia-thc prince OF carpet
baggcTS, BulOck-tO the office OF Chief
Justice OF that State: which position he
subSt qucntIy resigned 10 take the pie>i-
dency Of q railroad company. Now that
gentleman was here - the leader OF the
Democratic party. and his explanation
was that the Democratic party had
erred and abandoned him, but that now
it had rightcd Itself and rallied on hIN
RroWn'-j Grand reserve of undylng and
uuchaugeab,e principles. lL1u2h'er.] That
gentleman had alluded 10 rumOfS ~ bar
g1ins. II there were any truth in these III
mor>, then he (Mlaone) was indebted for
any adv nlage he might draw from it 10 tbe
fact that the senator from Georgia did not
know OF the opportunity. [L1ugntcr.] On
that point he (Mlbonc) would answer all
innucnd0cs OF seuetor,. Distinctly and
grayeV, and With due regard 10 The di--
uity and dcctrum Of the : nate, be hurled
back with ,cOrn and contempt every impu,a
ton that his action hcre had been induce d by
any other consideration titan that Of the
promotion OF his peoples Interests and II
The welfare OF the whole country. He
aVoWed bis cspOn>ibiiiiY-hiS proud re-
snonshlllly-f0r the introduction OF Mr..
Riddlebergcr's name a. candidate Tor Of
fee, but progressed bis readiness 10 with
draw that name If IL were true a. report
bad ID that the Democratic senators would
then Withdraw their opposition TO The cleo
tiou OF the officers Of the Senate. The OPP
position to Mr.. Ridd.ebcrgcr. be said. was
i'm view Of the coming election In virginia.
II was The desire 10 uphold BourbOnism
there. Il was the desire TO uphold the
party which. while openly protesting 0be-
dicncc 10 the Constitution, held by mental
reservation purposes hostile 10 ne C0g>li-
tuiion and which did not believe in tie
right OF the freedman to vote. II was to
uphold the party that, while nOminally ac-
cepling the Cincinnati platform. ia which a
full vote, Tree ballot, and IN honest count
had Dccn Gemanded. had introduced a con-
stitutcual amendment requiring That no
man should east ballot for auy office on
any account until be paid hi> capilailon-taX.