Daily Republican., 1882-01-11
Average circulation Ofthe REPUB-
LICAN 5000 Daily.
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Deg1n to look for tne evil eUtCtS tnal
were sure to follow the success OF the
Readjuste victory as predicted by the
Bourbon press. That great revulsion
of public sentiment, that embarrass-
mont of financial matters, that degra-
dation of character, that sacrifice of
virtue--that dishonor of public faith,
however, has failed to appear even as a
ripple upon the surface of public al
fairs in Virginia and beyond it, though
two months have elapsed since the
Bourbon overthrow on the eighth of
last November. Since that time the
Virginia Legislature met and there was
not even the least sign of that dissatis-
faction 30 freely predicted. The Read.
Justers who had just passed through
she smoke and fire of the most persist
snt and bitter persecution any party
had ever met with in Virginia, hung
TO persecution and adversely. If there
we're any ranking jealousies and preju-
dices in the breasts of the leaders they
wore carefully concealed. They or
ganized both Houses without giving
Bourbons were permitted to pursue the
harmless tenor of their way without
m0lestation, but with that respect from
the majority that is always due TO mi
nOrities. When the time came the Re-
sajuster majority went TO work and
quietly elected Mr.. Riddlsberger to the
United States Senate, to succeed a
plain, honest x-Confederate soldier, but
a Bourbon of the Bourbons. Tne new
party was not unmindful of the obliga-
lions they were under to Mr.. Riddle
berger, who had, when a candidate for
ergeant-at- Arms of the United States
Senate, been abused for every thing
chat was financially .disgraceful, and
npon whom all the malignity and vitu-
peratiOn of the Bourbon press from one
end of the country to the other was
poured with bitter hatred and iuvRctive
Republics may be ungratefui, but
Shis charge could not be brought
SVainst the Readjuster party of VII
ginia.
Scarcely had the new party been in
sugurated into payer in both branches
of the Legislature han measures of re
form were introduced aud lnaugurated.
One of the irst things was to Introduce
n bill to rehabilitat9 the free school sys
tenn of the State and restore it " The
efficiency it had attained when Ihe
Bourbons came into power. They "eu'
to work to establish Normal SCHOOLS.
deaf and dumb asylumS, institutions
for the care of the insane, and pro-
eeeded to repeal the onerous poll tax
adopted only 10 prevent poor men from
voting. Such are few of the leading
points upon which the new party has
m ade an impress, and even if a som, {.
what crooked line on financ % was fol-
lowed, the charity contained in the
measures enumerated would cover
multitude Of sins.
But we will now have word on this
much vexed financial question, and try
70 ascertain where the sins Of omission
and commission are. Where are we to
look for an exponent of the principles
of the Read jIster party, but in
she message of the Governor they
have elected. Governor Cameron being
the first in line to succeed what we
hope will be the last Bourbon GOvernC r
of Virginia, we may safely turn TO the
sentiments expressed by him in his
inaugural as declaration of the prin-
ciples of his party. Whatever may be
thought of the plan Of the Read iusters,
Governor Cameron's message must be
taken as fair and manly state ment of
the views and purposes Of the political
family to which he is allied and which
elected him. They are given without
prevarication or concsalment, and they
godirect to the point of difference be-
tween the Malone and Funder schools
Undoubtedly great misrepresentation
exists, as to the purpose OF the Read
justers in dealing with Virginia credit
ors, but it exists, not..because of any
ambiguity on the part of the Read US
ter leaders. Governor Cameron sets
forth the views aud purposes of his
school in substantially the same Ian
guage employed heretofore by Malone
an other leaders, The Governor says
that the tru5 indebtedness of Virginia,
should be determined, first by compu-
ting the full interest to the date Of set :
tlement from the period when Virginia
ceased to derive revenue from the ter
sitory mbraced in West Virginia, and
second, by crediting against the total
principle and interest, so computed the
payments made by Virginia on both
accounts since the partition of the ter.
ritory Surely there can be nothing
wrong in this. Could anything more
fair be offered The next step recon-
mended by tho Governor is to provi lt
FOR the liquidation OF the debt balance
no obtained. Could Bourbon pretenderS
who kept up the ncessant cry OF pay
all the debt and paid none, do better
This u fair statement, and should Its
recommendations be complied with, the
only charge of repudis>sou that can be
made by anybody relates to the proper
sion of the original Indebtedness which