National Republican., 1882-03-03
A Will from Old Yirrinny.

The question now arises whether the
State of Virginia exists any longer
or not. The people elected Gov
ernor Cameron and Readustor
Legislature. The Legislature, in the
exercise Of its lawful and undisputed
authority, has chosen judges. In MAX
ing the selections the majority, strangely
enough, voted against the minority. This
audacious conduct led to the election of
those who received the larger number of
votes, and, horrible to relate. these were
not Bourbon Democrats. Willingly
would we draw the veil at this point in
the story, hut newspapers must make his
tory, and when great State like Virginia
is sruthlessly torn from the Bourbon grasp
by "a mass Of illiterate voters turned
loose TO the polls" as Nirginian Bour-
bon informs the critic has been done.
we shall record the waiiings of the de-
feated Tie Bourbon referred to i
vouched for by the Critic as prominent.
che, whose information on this and all
kindred subjects is equal if not SUPERIOR
TO that Of any man in that State" This
"Readiusters are turning out all the
tried and trusted judges in the State, and
putting in their places men whom it was
impossible to respect" Think of it, The
idea of putting out judges tried and
trusted by the old mossback Bourbons,
and then putting in their places men
who can not command mossback respect.
IL ;c b.,
down ones back. No wonder that Gin
formation" set in with this highly-in-
formed Virginia Bourbon interviewer.
The old reverence" for crmine-wearers
has departed-i. e., Bourbon reverence.
Oh, for the good old times True, the
Readjuster leaders and the mass of their
white associates We're in the confederate
army, and have always been Democrats +;
and so long as they voted the regular"
ticket they were Just rs much people as
anybody. But now they are not people.
The Bourbons, and no others, are the
people," no matter whether u ma aiority or
q minority. All others, irrespective of
former party affiliations, are "a mass of
iliterate voters"
Why this fine old Bourbon Virginia
gentleman, all of the olden time, tells us
that " the Readjustors are carrying their
vandal hands into every nook and corner
Of the State" Was there ever such an
impudent majority? They are Just going
for the trustees Of State institutions, and
even the story goes that the directors of
the Virginia Military Institute (where
General Malone was educatedl and of
the University of Virginia (where Gov
ernor Cameron, and Senator-elect Rid
dleberger, and Hon. John Wise
were educated) are 10 consist
hereafter of fugitive Democrats es.
capped from service and labor on tho
regular Democratic plantation. The sad
dest thing Of all in all this strange, event.
ful history is that tho cohorts of Ma
hone" are about to be appointed notaries
public. We cannot proceed with the
narrowing tale We have supped full
Of honors. II is enough to say that,
owing to the turning loose" as
aforesaid, and the carrying of yandal
hands &c, and the gross misconduct of
the cohorts in pursuit Of notarial
honors in the State now is in condition
of chaos" And the architect of all this
ruin-Mahone, Of Nirgnia-sits calmly
in his seat in the United States Senate,
and gazes with his minds eye upon the
chaos, and all that sort ofthing, and sheds
no tears.