The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-04
For the Dispatch
IN He u Roadiustcr?

When a question arises, " Is such a one
a Readjustcr 2" it is pertinent to inquire,
What constitutes a Readiuster?"
In the absence OF a Websterian OF WOr-
cesterian definition of the name, the wing
is undoubtedly the best authority extant.
Turn back 10 It's files in 1S10-'S0, and you
will find a Rcadiustcr was one who held
the McCulloch bin to he lame and impo-
tent measure OF readiustment, and dcmand-
ed better settlement for the State. More
over, in national politics the leader OF the
Readiusters and the mass OF the party
ayowed themselves Democrats OF the purest
water.
Now, it takes much more to make Re-
adjuster. He must believe In universal,
unqualified suffrage; he must he re-
dresser of the fictitious wrongs OF the negro;
he must support the very liberal Admins
tration Of the Stalwarts Internationally.
Worse than all that, he must aid in sps-
tanning that perncious system OF misgov-
eminent recently introduced into Virginia,
by which the whole Of the immense power
OF the Government is consolidated, organ
lied, and welded for the sole purpose OF
perpetuating the supremacy OF the domi-
nant party.
The debt question is settled, it is to be
hoped, finally. 1t is generally admitted by
all that any disturbance OF the late read
justment would do more harm than good
to all concerned. But to effect this settle.
ment it was not necessary that the Reid
juster leaders should sell out Virginia
to the stalwart Republicans, and them
selves pocket the price. Reimbursement
would be all too dear at such cost. And
this is what it has cost, unless the last
works Of the Readiusters can be over
| thrown.
To many good citizens Of Virginia, DEM
ocrat and Republican are but the names OF
contending political factions, In whose for
tunes they take no interest, feeling that
their material interests are in no way in
yolved; that they will plough, SOW, reap,
and pay taxes all the same whichever party
may be uppermost. This is q fatal mis-
take. The Republican party has been Sec
tlonal from its very cradle; is bitterly Sec
tional now, and sectional it must continue
until some grand uprising Of an oppressed
| people shall consign 1t TO an unhonored
tomb.
Unhappily, in the early days OF our ma
tional existence, by the consent OF our fore
fathers, the New England States were sub
sidiZed at the expense Of the rich and
prosperous central and southern States.
We have never been able TO east off the
burden OF this tribute, and the Republican
party means that we never shall.
Every year hundreds OF millions OF taxes
gathered in the South go to enrich the
North, and so to build up aud consolidate
it, supremacy that it shall always hold the
South at its mercy, as 1t does now, and
legislate for II as for an outlying colony or
tributary province. Only few days since
this party appropriated 800, 100000 to be
spent exclusively in the North, and that
without permitting even an hours debate.
Such Is the national party with big NJ
which now runs the LIBERAL Readjuster
party OF Virginia, and by virtue OF baI gain
and sale wields over the PROSTATE Old Do
minion a despotism compared with which
even the military government Of "District
No. ~ was mild and tolerable. saair .
To be Rexdjuster OF this stripe must
indeed be hard thing for . yirginian.
He cannot satisfy his conscience by