The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-22


ssilA nd the Legislature of North Carolina. 10
j hglale advice OF her Governor, who as
| iseniltorDf the United States, is mortified 4
the Mea that President Arthur is friendly i
7 tlfe. sliberal cause in Virginia, induced III
fsLeg1sihture ofahis State TO scale down til
ttiebb OF that Suite from twenty-six million
to three and q half millions. of dollars.
And so with al these States represented b
the gentlemen wlio are SO much ajarme.
about ethe hoaor7of Virginia, | should Xix
u, say to the self-constituted guardian of Vii
, gylnpla, The gentleman from Kentucky, mi
Blackburn, that | lind it reported in the In
terhationai' Review that his own State O
hentucky, under the head ot'"Amount of deb
Fepndialed and scaled down." has repudiate,
aug scaled down $3,712 COO of hers. If tina
~ " wrong the gentleman had better get hi
'olase' out OF such bad company as that iii
sWl&icn1Mel lind her classified here byiaMr
lt;lqrteD the official who took the census O
Tue public debts of the United States and O
the dh1erent States, and wrote this articl,
based ON his report
Gentenen applauded the reference to Vir.
gina. l am sure no gentleman from Mis-
slssippi did SO Laughter-the State .thay
eolpstts fhe word -rupufHlfioR and put i
forever III the Vocabulary ot the financial
world. Alabama, Florida, Louisiana. Geor
gia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ten
nessee are all in the same category. They
nave not met their full obligation as Virginia
intends to meet hers. Even Texas did not
pay any more than the purchasers had given
tor the bonds they had bought of the Repub.
lie.
Mr.. Speaker, Virginia stands here to-day
anu ueem IL que 10 The people | represent
~ To- Of /, I. ~
men who are friendly TO the Readiuster par
ty in Virginia. to show that she stands here
us really the only debt-paying State of the
late Southern Confederacy. What is her at
tltude! What is her position | will state
IL SO briefly that you can carry it right home
WIN you and tell it to your constituents
When any accuser of hers who is SO much
alarmed about the honor of Virginia attacks
you US sympathlzers with repudiators. Here
IL Is. The State OF Virginia contracted be-
iorc the war and owed when it began debt
IN round numbers OF $31 900, 900. When the
war came on, as you all know, West Vir-
gina, whose people and whose representa-
lives IN the secession convention had Just
Deen as active IN carrying the State out of the
Union as Inc representatives of any other
portlon OF the State, separated from the
mother and formed a distinct and indepen
"SA' N's%eOt w AOli OHC SlOlIl OI WAL CdIuC
on ana its fury began to rage, West Virginia
sheltered herself behind the Allegheny noun
[ainl, and Federal troops guarded all her
passes and protected her people, and she
came out OF the war as rich and prosperous
IS your Northern States that had not been
invaded. But how did the State of Virginia
come out OF the war? Federal soldiers and
Confederate soldiers will bear testimony that
she came out OF that strife stripped, from the
down To the se,,-shore The his
DRY OF modern warfare presents no parallel
20 her losses She lost FIVE hundred million
1ollars' worth OF property-more than all of
he other Southern States, excepting slaves.
remember, when | left Fort Delaware, in
June, 1865, and went up the Shenandoah Val
ey-whose old men and women and children
lad led Northern and Southern soldiers-for
me hundred miles from Harper's Ferry there
was not five miles of fencing left the houses,
)arns, factories, mills; all was gone. How
lnglattful it is that these gentlemen from the
south join III applauding the sentiment that
'harges Virginia with reputation when she
vas the battle ground and camping ground
or four years OF both armies And she fol-
owed you reluctantly, and you know it; and
you know that one of the inducements held
'ut to your own people in the South to impel
hem into secession was that Virginia would
)e the battle ground, and that the war would
lever hurt you or touch your negroes away
Town South. She WAS the battle-ground and
he breast-work of the South.
Mr. AMillia-R4-E--- .s,errr'su P'soe~s
way rom the question he is now discussing,
is my colleague Mr.. Blackburn is not here,
think | should say that the gentleman is
,ntirely mistaken in the quotation he has
made as to the scaling of any debts by the
State Of Kentucky. Our State has never
scaled Or repudiated her deb's.
Mr.. PAUL made that quotation in order
% put the gentleman on his guard
MIR. Carlisle-Kentucky never scaled one
A Membcr-Go to the census and see what
t says.
Mr.. CARLISLE do not care what the census
ays.
Mr.. PAUL wished to give these gentlemen
he opportunity to show their true standing
before the financial world.
Mr.. Whte-WiT the gentleman from Vir-
,ina yield to me for moment? My col
eague MIR. Carlisle has stated that Ken
lucky has never repudiated cent | desire
o reply to that
The Speaker pro tema0re-The Chair does
lot understand that the gentleman from Vir
,inia has yielded for this interruption.
Mr.. Camp-The gentleman has yielded.
Mr.. PAUL yield for a question.
MIR. White-My colleague has said the
State of Kentucky has never repudiated any
hing. The census shows to the contrary.
Again, my colleague will not deny that
Alen and other counties in the State OF Ken
lucky have refused to pay certain just debts
ind elected county officers who would not
)bey the mandates of the Federal court and
hat the Legislature of the State OF Kentucky
las excused the sheriffs and relieved their
ureties for circumventlng the mandates OF
both the State and the Federal courts. 1t
hat is not Reputation, l do not know what
Mr. Carlisl Certain counties in the State
If Kentucky-I do not know how many
ike some counties in almost every other
State of the Union, have issued their bonds
o paw sub. eriptlons to railroad companies,
md those counties in some instances have
lot been compelled to pay the debt /; but the
State of Kentucky has never scaled her pub
lie debt to the amount of one cent, nor has
,be ever propoe ed to do so since she was a
Commonwealth.
Mr.. Whit My colleague does not deny
he correctness of my assertion concerning
he bad faith of certain counties Ia kentucky
md that the Kentucky Legislature has passed
bills tor the relief of those who refused to ex-
,cute the orders of the State courts and the
lecrces of the Federal courts. This is sane
Joining Reputation.
Mr.. Camp-That is all right fighting rail
Dad bonds is not reputation.
Mr.. Paul-As soon as the gentlemen from
Kentucky can agree among themselves | will
70 on. Laughter. The statement from
which | have read has stood on the re-
lords of the Senate of the United States for
me wear. and when that terrific war was be-
NC made by those dcbt-pay!ng Democrats in
he Senate on my colleague, Senator Ma
hone and this statement was quoted, L do
not remember that it was denied by the dis
representative from the State Of
Settle it among yourselves, gen
.lemen as YOU please. II only shows the ne
,essity of sweeping cleanly before your own
loors before you go around for the filth on
your nelghbor's premises Laughter and
applause.1 | will be brief, and | beg the
pardon of this House for having said so much
hat is not entirely germane to this case. Cries
Of ''Go on!"
Here are two propositions We say that
West Virginia left us, having helped to incur
his debt. and that one-third of the debt
should follow the territory of West Virginia.
She took away more than one-third of our
territory and nearly one-tbrd OF our popula-
ton. -,
Now, we say that we will do this: We will
90 right back to 1868 when West Virginia
let, us, and will take up our two-thirds OF the
debt, and will pay simple interest on that
two-thirds up to the present time, and per
cent. interest Che almost universally recog
nized rate OF interest ON public obllgations)
from this day out on our Two thirds share OF
that debt