The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-29
THE VIRGINIA DEBT.
BLAlNE's SCHEME FOR PAYING IT.
How The Pr0poiItIon IL Received In the Old
DomluIon-Ths Eject Of Blslnts lttltuds
On ths Campaign now In Progrsu-Hhy
lie Paron the StrAlghtout Republican. 4,.5

PHILADELPHIA, September ga CORES.
pondcnt telegraphs to the Pres from Rich.
mond rs follows: Mr.. Blaine's new way OF
dsposing Of the financial obligations Of
Virginia will certainly increase his popu.
larily in tho South. II he can accomplish
what hc hints at as his scheme for the
settlement Of the thirty odd millions due
to her creditors by this State, lie Is n made
man, so far as his popularity in the South
can make him. The plan Is certainly q
novel one, and las the advantage 10 the
South at least, OF giving to the North and
West IN opportunity Of assisting in bearing
some Of their burdens. II Mr.. Blaine's
ideas arc ever put into practice, there arc
something over seventy or eighty millions
due by the Southern States which the gen.
eral government will certainly be- called
upon to settle. The creditors OF many OF
these States are Northern men, 80 that In
contributing their share Of fakes to bear the
burden Of the debt OF the Old dominion,
the States OF TINT section will bo putting
money into the pockets Of her own tlnan.
Ciers. 1t is not certain that any portion OF
.Yirginia's debt Is held by any
OF Mr.. Baines constituents, but many
OF her creditors are New Englanders,
In conversation on the subject, proni.
nent Republican, who has been summer.
ing ut the White Sulphur Springs, said:
"NO one knows better than Mr.. Blaine
that the Northern and Western people
will no more agree that the Government
lend its mid TO pay Virginia's debt than the
people of those sections would 10 pay for
the negroes belonging to the South which
were liberated by the Government. There
has been good deal said about Blaine, in
certain contingencies, becoming an Inde-
pendent candidate for the Presidency. II
there Is any truth in these runoR Blaiue's
attitude toward Virginia may mean lar
more than appears on the surface. | think,
however" added the Southern. statesman,
"that Mr.. Blaine is merely working upon
the feelings Of our Southern people in the
hope tliat it may indirectly benefit him in
securing the Southern delegations 10 tho
next Republican Presidential convention.
The Democrats can, Of course, materially
assist Mr.. blaine in accomplishing this ob-
ject." -.H.
BLAINE ANDTlIE SOUTHERN AgrupLlc.Sa.
what is tho feeling toward Blaine
among the Republicans Of the South 2"
They are friendly. They are like un.
Gagged birds who don't know how to lIy.
Heretofore they have been fostered and
kept up by Federal patronage in their re-
spcclive States. AS in Virginia, the Ad-
ministration looks with disiavor upon all
Republicans who refuse TO Join the AIahones
OF the South. The consequence is that ull
who have antagonized Mr.. Arthur's wishes
in this matter have been shorn oil all pat
ronage and perquisites. The Straishouts
are shivering in the cold, and those recog-
ni2ed as being Mr.. Blainc's friends promise
to take them in, and, fguatively speaking,
feed and clothe them; so that when that
gentleman becomes President the most 40.
live workers will be provided with otijcel
IT'S big risk, but nobody knows where the
lightning may strike. There are in tGS
South thousands OF olders-those
who are hoping to secure Federal patron
age-living in tho hope that when the next
Republican Presidential convention meets
il may strike Mr.. Blaine"
What this gentleman says OF he attitude
OF the South toward Mr.. Blaine is eaualIy
true Of this State. Ills anxiety about its
debt is regarded as well.tilued bid for
popularity. Mr.. Blaine has been invited by
General W. Wickham, the straightout Re-
publican, President Of the Virginia aericul.
turLl fair, to deliver the annual address
during the, exhibitions Of the association,
which commence few. days before the
election in this State. The invitation has
been accepted, and the occasion will afford
the orator an opportunity to address
miscellaneous crowd OF forty OF fifty thou.
sand Yirginians.