National Republican., 1883-07-28

of creating or fostering monopOlios. The |
only thing in this resolution that means any |
thing is a shiity and evasiyo declaration IN
favor OF protective tariff This the Nir-
ginia democrats take verbatim from tho Ohio
platform, and they couple with 1t demand
for the abolition of the internal revenue sys-
TEN, which would furnish new excuse for
high duties, SO adjusted as TO encourage
productive industries" and afford just COM
pensation to labor" which is precisely tho
formula under which all the abuses aud
wrongs Of the protective tariff have always
been justified
A SOUND PLATFORM,
NCto York World.
The Virginia democrats have laid down n
platform which will commend itself to tho
good sense and patriotism of every honest
man in tho state. IL ought to sound the
death knell of bossism, demagogism, and
corruption. IL is a platform on which every
citizen who values the honor and prosperity
of his state can stand.
The democratic party accepts uncondition-
ally, without any reservation, as final, the re-
cent settlement of the public debt pronounced
constitutional by the courts of last resort, and
pledges itself to oppose all agitation of the
question or any disturbance of that settle-
ment by appeal or otherwise
Tho debt question is the issue which di-
vi@ed the Virginia democracy Malone and
the republicans took advantage of the dis
agreement to push their own political for
tunes. The honest democrats who were car
ried into roadjustment, now that the issue is
dead, rejoin their own organization.
The democratic party of Virginia, which
founded and organized the public school sys-
TEN of the state, pledges itself to its oontin-
ued support until every child in the common
wealth, of whatever color, may secure the
benefit of free education. While favoring
separate school organizations as far as possi-
hln I'm Ia nln 1un fhnn cnlx tn frtua
the colored people for their schools all the
preferences and privileges enjoyed by the
whites, including colored trustees and teach
ers, and to make no discrimination in the dis
tribution of school funds on account of color.
This is -patriotic-democratic 1t
wipes out the issue Of the color line"
THE VIRGINIA SITUATION.
baltimore American.
A careful reading of the platform of the
Virginia democratic convention shows that
tho thing which has disappeared from politics
is the old Virginia democracy. They are all
roadjusters now, and all the duels and rumors
of duels that have stirred the blood of the
ancient commonwealth have been in vain.
There was something in the old Virginia
democracy--now extinct-that commanded
the respect even of its adversaries. 1t had
certain traditions of honor and state pride.
1t claimed to be chivalric. 1t demanded that
the financial honor of the state should be
maintained. There was something about it
that was not to be sacrificed to expediency,
Well, peace be to it's ashes 1t is gone.
The so-called democratic convention which
assembled at Lynchburg accepted as final all
the readjusters have accomplished-excep
the aggrandizemont of Malone. 1t accepts
as final" the reputation of the state debt
achieved by the readjusters. 1t opposes any
increase of taxes, directly or indirectly" 1t
accepts the abolition of the capitation tax and
nf hat lNuNk
colored public schools shall have colored
trustees, colored teachers, and mo discrimina-
tion in the distribution of tho school funds"
In short it accepts all the good acts as well as
the bad ones of Mahoneism, and virtually says
in its platform that "Mahone was right and
we were wrong all the time" There was
really no reason why Mr.. Elan and Mr., Beirne
should have shot at each other.
But this was not all. 1t not only adopted
the policy of the readjusters but organized
by electing prominent readjusters to manage
the campaign. 1t will ran the campaign ac-
cording to Malone methods. Indeed, the
Virginia democracy may now be described as
Mahoneism minus Malone. Its only aim
seems to be to get rid of sMahone's. men and
put in their own men. Such liberal ideas as
the readjusters have reduced to practice they
retain, and no more.
MALONE INDoRsED.
Philadelphia Press,
The debt question was the basis and super
structure of Mahone's movement against the
bourbons of Virginia He made it, and the
| questions of state finance associated with it,
the issue upon which he and Riddleberger
have been elevated to the federal senate,
| Cameron to the chief executive place in the
state, and the readjuster policy supreme over
the financial affairs Of the commonwealth.
| Viewed from this, the only fair stand
point it would be difficult to conceive of a
| haiti ind nf 10 ali
tical conduct than that contained in
the platform adopted by the regular demo-
Gratis in their state convention on Wednesday,
| in the plank which declares: "The demo-
cratic party accepts as final tho recent settle
ment of the public debt pronounced constitu-
| tional by the courts of last resort, state and
| federal, and will oppose all agitation of the
question, or any disturbance of that settle
ment by appeal or otherwise" If Senator
| Malone wants more sweeping approval by
his political adversaries of the principle whose
advocacy has given him position and made
him power in Virginia, he is harder to please
than he is commonly supposed to be.
AN ENDORSEMENT OF MALONE,
Albany Journal,
The democrats Of Virginia have held their
state convention and inaugurated their cam
paign. 1t puts the situation in a nutshell to
say that they adopt Mahone's platform. and
violently denounce Malone. 1t is only by
comparing the declaration of yesterday IS
Lynchburg convention with the platforms
which the same men used to adopt five and
six years ago, that we are able to measure the
influence Malone has exerted on Virginia
politics. The little man started out with two
declared objects, one the "readjustment" OF
the state debt, and the other the vast en-
| largement of the common school system.
Both of these the democracy stoutly fought
year after year, until Malone gained VIC
tory so complete that he not only obtained
full control of the state government, but
grasped both Virgina's seats in the senate at
Washington and a maority of her delegation
in the house. Now the democrats formally
"accept as final the recent settlement of the
public debt" and adopt with equal fervor
Mahones entire educational scheme. Thus
democracy does in Virginia what it has done
in the nation ever since 1S6i-publishes to
the world confession of its past errors by
ratifying what has been done in spite of its
opposition by the other side. That the demo-
Crats of Virginia should have got around to
where Malone began seems significant only
as q compliment to him. If they believe in
what he has done, and admit that they were
wrong in trying to prevent his doing it, pray
why should he be turned out and they put
in? With little variation this query will
serve very well addressed TO the whole demo-
cratic party in relation TO the presidency.
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