The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-09
rne state Central Committee.

The State Central Commit,ee'
we prioted some days ago The proeeea'
icg. Of the meeting Of Democrats bc'o 10
waren,ou during the February 'c''n =,
tho County Court OF Fauqu'er' i"es ",so
attracted a good deal OF attention ~.
xvarre,,an Iodex OF last week gives aske'cp
=, ,he aIaereut speeches made In that meet
,nc Among the speakers was Coionc' ho'
,vp, 4yysRLY, who Is member OF thc
Democratic State Central Commit'ee' anu
uho was In attendance upon the recent
mee,ing Of that body. The report OF MS
remarks Is interesting, particularly as snow
Inc what the members OF that committee
think as TO the proper policy TO be pursued
mex, fall by the regular Democrats. Ms Tue
renor,ers for the Richmond papers were NOT
norm,,ted 10 be present in the meeting we
shall be excused for telling our readers mere
,hr,ucb Colonel BEvERLY what be bas
thought proper to diyulge. We quote:
..Crics OF Beverly brought 'hat gen
,lcpap 10 his feet. He SAID ms auu'euve
we're aware that the state Cenirai oo',,,h,.'
tee was composed OF three oe'c9aes i,o,n
.u Each district was represented 10 the
racnn, . inference, and representative men
,s,cm a number of counties were present by
inviist,on. The best spirit prevailed IN the
hody. and harmony approaching unanimiiy
cbarscteriZed its proceedings. Remember
ing how faithfully the committee had labor
Cd durIngthe last campaign for common OBJ
,ect. and The success which had crowned IT'S
efYo,,s. he could noe but feel pride. IN the
presence OF such body, that the E'gh'n
was The banner district OF the State ana
Fauouier the banner county OF the Cisrict.
THIS fact seemed TO be recognized by Tue
body. and to give weight TO IFS voice. Inc
conferenee was held with closed doors, and
reporters were excluded. Yet he thought
be might give his immediate constituents
some hints OF what occurred without com
hitting a breach OF legitimate restraint.
The KEYNOTE Of the conference bad lust
been sounded By General Payne when be
asserted that the controlling consideration
with him was TO secure the supremacy OF
the intelligence, integrity. ana INDUSTRY
OF the State The debt question was us
cussed, and the sense Of the Dody was ln"i
the public creditor should be content WIN
bond bearing per cent, ana no MORE
Tb, was not announced, because inc com
mittCe did not feel that IL was ve>ted WIN
authority tn impose its conclusion upon the
marry. IL had, however, charged It's chili'
man 10 appoint three gentlemen OUTSIDE me
committee from each congressional district
10 flame platform. SO far as his iDilu'
ence would go, il would be cXeftcd 10
have Mr.. Brooke selected a. one OF the thIee
from this district. With some notifications
hi. resolutions were acceptable 20 Inc
speaker He had held opinions on the deO'
question thst bad caused HIM 10 be de-
nounced as 'blOated UOndhOlder,' tbou@n
he bad not owned bond since Inc war;
His views bad undergo ne some cbaDge !:
While he believed that the state honestly
owed 1925 5000, he thought that per
cent. was ali the interest she Should DC re-
ouired 10 pay. The Government OF Inc
United States vas attempting to fund at that
rate: why might not Virginia!"
|, is well that the people oil Virginia
sbond be Informed in regard TO the matters
referred to by Colonel BEVERLY, who has
shown that be Is not 10 be deferred by re-
gard for consistency, Qhe busbcar OF IIltle
minds, as EMERSON Says,) or, rather, by the
fear that other persons will call him incon-
sistept. from announcing that he has been
compelled to come to new CONCLUSION ~ u
the ability of the State TO pay six per cent.
interest annually upon Der whole debt. IN
this connection, according to lbe dietum OF
one Of the most distinguished OF The famous
"Tbirty.nine" OF 1878, liability and viii
lngness mean the same thing" We will
not comment at present upon Colonel BEy'
ERLY's revelations.