The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-05
The Allies.

Rut n few weeks ago Tue itauuhe "'S"'
NJ the Republican party In the United
STATES was rcproaching the "Eepudiators"
~ virginia with being anxious to bury ont
=, eight ali questions connected with the
nubl,c debt Of the State. Whyy What
reason did the organ give? Because they
had .~rcpudated" thirteen millions OF dol
lars OF that debt OF course, rs we eX-
nlaincd ut the time, the Tr2eaae had con-
founded the Funders and the Readlusters,
md had unjustly charged the Debt-Payers
with the sin OF "rcpudiaticn," since 1t Is
the Funders who desire 10 hear nothing
more OF the public debt except what
coues from the courts concerning IL.
The CoSitionists, or "repudiators" as
fhe Tribune and the Grdphic s'yIe
,,.u are anxious to induce the voters OF
v,rcin,, 10 believe that che Funders would
,c,cal the R-yppLERERcER bill il they should
elect the next Legislature, although a more
~unfoundcd notion never entered the Dram
of man. III the Democrats deem 1t ncccs-
sarv to their success this year-as the To-
alitionists constantly ayer-to make kno"n
their purpose not TO disturb the settlement
Of the public debt which has already been
made, how can any sane man really enter
tain the belief that they would so act II
they carried the next Legislature rs TO rem
der themselves unpopular with the very
class OF men with whom they are now
charged with seeking to curry favor'
Look at the facts. In the next Leglsia-
ture. II the regular Democrats elect a ma
jority OF its members, there will be among
that majority members representing HALE,
Massey, NEwBERRY, LYBEooK, Judge
WApD, Judge FINNELL, ADRIAN FuLKER-
son. and thousands OF other Democratic
Readjusters who decline to be marched by
General MALONE into the Republican camp,
whether. ARTHUR is for them or not. Is II
to be presumed for one moment that that
Democratic majority would be foolish
enough 10 convert itself into 4 Funder MI
nority by reopening the debt question:
To state such 4 proposition is TO contra
dict it.
II thus appears that even a Democratic
Legislature would not have 1t in its power
to disturb the existing settlement OF the
State debt. The fact chat the Democratic
party is made up Of Democratic Readilst-
ers and Democratic Funders-of men who
supported as well as OF men who opposed
the IpDLEBERGER bills 4 guarantee, not
simply that that settlement utl not be dis
turbed. but that il cannot be. In a Senate
oil forty members, the Democrats cannot
expect TO have a large majority. Ii must
necessarily be small; and Of this small ma
jority n goodly portion, perhaps ball, VIII
be men who are and have always been Re-
adjusters so far as the State debt is con-
cerned, but Democrats in national politics.
The R~eadjusters elected a majority Of the
Legislature chosen in 1879. In 1880, pre-
suming upon the strength which they had
shown in 1879, they dared to Try to split
the Democratic party in n national election
upon a local issue. The attempt was a sig
nal failure. The Democratic voters refused
to be divided. Notwithstanding the dofec-
ton, HANCOCK carried the State. 1t is
SilDl1N iuCItulbIt iudi AnS btilONlSiS II thN
next Legislature should be guilty OF like
folly. They are not fools.
As il is clear that the next Legislature
could not disturb the debt settlement if it
would, and would not il it could, we may
safely rely upon the Intelligence OF the
voters as amply sufficient to protect them
from deception In this regard.
And as to what the Tribune editor or
anybody else in the North has to say on the
subject, we will only remark, in the lam
guage of the Petersburg Mail, that the
people of Virginia Greatly do not care a
baubee." "The Democratic party made
an issue on the payment OF the States obi
CATION, and was defeated by the Republic
cans. The North can swallow the pill with
the solace that il is administered by the
hands of its own party. Virginia and the
Democratic party can stand aloof and enjoy
the spectacle which the Republican party
presents when it heaves at its W emetic
and has to drink the contents Of the poi
soned chalice which it commended to our
lips"