Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-09-26

! 'N"' '''''''''N. ilo lIeJ lTUlt was tnp
paralysis OF the school system and by
kindred result the paralysis of the as
ylums followed.
FLUSHED with victory and clated by
success the next attack was on the bal
lot. The constitution was amended SO
that universal suffrage became n farce
and n fraud. The Bourbons were al
ready installed in all the offices and as
the creditor Ind The key to the Treasury
lhe olllclals were given the key to the
balIot-boX. SO arlfully cOnlrived were
the details of the scheme that the bal
ance of power in elections was wholly
in the control Of the Bourbon officials.
Assessment Of the CapiIation tax be-
came partial only and its voluntary
payment WINS frequently defeated. Col
lectors and the assessors often cOalcsccd
in their efforts to prevent its payment,
except in cases when their own favOrites
were to be the bencficiarics. BY this
means the classes most to be benefited
by Free Education were annually dis
iranchised afreSh, so that they could not
rebel against the outrage by which the
I creditor had been invested with the sOv-
reign power of passing annually his own
appropriation bill.
The dethronement of popular Educa-
ton and popular Suffrage was complete
and the conspirators were ensconced in
every official citadel. The whole result
was due to the syren song that the Lib
eral movement had, by restoring the
State to the union, discharged its func-
tons and the party must therefore be
resolved into its original elements.
Thus was the liberal policy that
wrcnched the State from BourbOnism in
| 80 defeated, by the same means now
invoked against the liberal movement of
| 81.
The demolition of free ballot and
free education was completed in 1876,
but The injured aspect Of the State be-
gan to he visible only in 1877. Both the
| old Wings and Democrats were mas
querading under the name of Conserva-
tvcs, refusing alike to assume he name
Of either Of the national parties. The
name of True Republican, under which
the victory of 90 had been won, was
abandoned MS soon as the policy Of Lib
erNlism had been discarded. In 1877 it
became plain that the popular heart was
ready to revolt against the Bourbon pol
| lev which wns then beginning TO show
| its rcsultp. In the Conservative State
convention Of Ang. Sth, II tub was
thrown TO the whale and while the deln-
dcd were amusing themselves over 1t, i
Bourbon was under fraudulent dis
puise nominated for the office Of Cover
nor and Legislature of mixed eXpccta-
| Al. 4 al "A
to the popular rcvulsion the Barbour
Bill WAS passed, but speedily followed
by veto prompted aud dirtntcd by 'he
| disguised BOurbOns. Nothing ns mn net
Of trrnchrry less bnse than this refusal
| 10 execute decree of the August couvcn-
tion, could have prcCiila,cd the rcvolu-
| tion which sent its representatives to
Mo2nrt Hall. The people had discover
rd their betrayal ana determined Jo shat
| ter the Conservative covert under which
| the conspiracy had been conceived ana
executed. The RNdj justor party WAS
formed aud to Il was In;rusted che duty
Of rcpudnting and reversing the work
| of the BOurbons.
The campaign Of 1879 followed, being
the first one under the Rcnduslcr organ
lHntion, and resulted In the capture ol
the Legislature md the election Of Cen
| Malone 10 the Senate Of the |. y. But
the Bourbons s;ill held possession Of the
two other coordinate dcparlmrnlsOf OF the
S,ntc governments the supreme Court
and the Govcrnorshp. The Rildlrbcr-
ger Debt Bill was passed but wns Killed
hy the executive veto.
For the information Of the young men
of the Country, 10 whose Keeping the
! liberal movement must soon be- entrlls-
ted, IL may be well to state that the state
| Government Is composed OF three Co.or-
dinatc aud equal Departmental lc M
ocutiye, Legislative aud Juditlnl. IN
other words the Governor, the Lcgl sln-
turo and the Supreme Court Before
nny measure can be operative II mus, Do
nsscntch to by cnch Of these three Dc'
pnrtmcnls. The objection II any, one
of them Is fatal to Il, By the victory OF
10 we succeeded IN obtaining control OF
only the Legislative Department. All
ihni could be- accomplished by the Leg
IsIoturc nlonc WINS the election Ol n sem
,to,. thc County Judges, and the state
officers nj the Capitol Elections by the
Legislature do not have to receive the
assent of the two other Department.
Thc struggle for the two remaining
pnnnrlmputs became the business of the
rnmnnipn of 1881, The Supreme court
briug elected for - ycHfs, the Governor
for aud the Legislature ior2 There hnu
not, Of course, occurred since W NV
election involving all three 0t thcm' un,
III Tint of 1881. The stake to bo pInNrl
for IN that campaign was the Wholo
romnound government Of NirginlA. ~
,hn ,nenn time our new Senator, Malone
hnd taken his position In the Scnnic ol
,hc n. \. mud by n single bold stroke oi
his ynnIus the cyrs of the whole union
.'o,r directed to virginia, then engaged
in t,r arrolnl struggle for librrhIisnl'--
ifnLrr Inc cry that the Liberal party oi
,ao ind. by rctting the state bhtk illio
a., unlnn. done NIL II had 10 do, hh1
sh,uid therefore ccnac 10 exist, the BOlir-
nm ind gotten possession Of the STATE
auI undpt the neutral disguise uf con
srryntism, held possession oi " ior l''
yrnrs, They had gotten the Sthiv lh'9
ihn obsolete political cllhllhol Whiuh wv
hrrn suited for pist ngc an1 W tlh'
vnnaturpi condition her whole sN'lrul
,"as rnrnii,rI. Popular Suffrage alli
,.,,inr Education had been ruined anu
u,d nryurtnl condition Of the Common
,".,i,h thrown into confusion ana ulHul.
Gcr rbc state debt wns increasing ~ ~
W., ,,te of a million n year. IN chcll
sn,Ccrcsslyc ,C struggle routboglsm n'sumrd
sus @ l,srif n ncw name IN order to escape
inr ,i,n "nJi"m lint attached 10 ils record ~
Wv Wv "rryio,s one. Under the Nom %
Wv w. W. oc Drbt Payers they mndc the
pl,aor,""nirn porW VI 1871, while IN lsSo thr,y
ca,HrI, ,,nr,, yipr to pronounce the shibbolelh
w w'in' in'enorfery. Misunderstanding lh'
y, va.nlt of 1850 they have rcltogrhdru tWu
,'aars ,u and NOW again ARE attempting W
masquerade as Democrats. ,soo :. n
Itus we sec the policy of lsOp Is y, 70
.asurcd In 1889. Again We arc, t9lu
w ,'ss,.it,stnant hns discharged ita