Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-08

supreme in the conduct of her own
internal affairs-and that no court,
by Oyerstepping its constitutional
bounds, can bind or cOerce one Of
the sovereign States Of the Union.
Virginia has said that the Riddle.
berger bill was the settlement she
proposed to make and abide by.
We stand by Virginia now, hence
forth, aud forever Rockingham
Register.
The decision Of the Supreme
Court on the debt question has on
ly settled one thing-viz., that the
people of Virginia are not going to
pay the entire debt provided for
under the funding bill of'7l. AS
to this all parties are firmly agreed.
Although many people were at one
time in favor of adhering to that
settlement, and the Democratic
party made two earnest hut lnef-
fectual attempts to maintain the
public credit, the people have decl-
lied that neither the funding bill of
III nor the McCulloch bill shall
stand. A large majority of the
people of Virginia, including those
who were in favor Of adhering to
the old settlement, regard the
preservation Of the State govern
ment from the clutches of Malone
as of more importance than the
question Of the State debt, and
public creditors will be wise if
they refrain from attempting to
force the State to do what she has
declared she will not do, or the OPP
position of the people may assume
such a character as will prove ex-
tremely disastrous to the bond
holders Fairfax Herald.
There is no fear that any Gener'
al Assembly can be convened in
this State that would undertake to
vote an increase of taxation. An
effort is being made by the counsel
for the State to have the cases re.
Gently decided reheard before the
United States Supreme Court, with
a view to the reversal Of the deci.
sion which is causing so much dis
enssiOn. SO far rs ability is con-
cerned the weight Of this court is
on the side Of the State, and from
the character of some of the rea-
sons given by the majority of the
court for its late decision we shall
not be surprised if quite a different
result is obtained should q ~.
hearing be secured. At present,
so far az we can learn, all parties
agree in the determination to con.
ccde to the State creditors nothing
in advance of the Riddleberger
settlements Page Courier.
GENUINE COUPONS--LICENsEs
We yesterday found IN the Opin.
ion Of the Supreme Court in the
case of Allen ct ais VS.. The Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company
the following significant sentence
1T is admitted by the parties in
the record that the coupons tender
ell are genuine, though not verified
as required by the act of January
Ii, 1882
We suggested yesterday that the
question Of the right of the Com.
mOnwealth to require the coupons
to be proved to be genuine had
never been raised in these Virginia
cases. The sentence quoted above
shows that the Commemorative
counsel admitted in the record
that the coupons were genuine.
Thus it clearly appears that the
court not only was not asked to
pass upon that question, but was
absolutely excluded from express
ing an opinion upon it. 1t was
coram non judice. The question
was not before the court. So that
coupons must still be proved to be
genuine before any tax-collectOr
can be justified in taking them.
The current Of public opinion is
already setting strongly in the right
direction. The determination of
the people to pay no more than the
Riddleherger bill provides for is to-
day ten times stronger than it ever
was before. PerplexiDg and annoy
ing as this coupon question is it
does not furnish an occasion for
gloomy forebodings. where there
is a will there is way aud it will
be found. The old State will come
out right side up yet.-Page News.
There is but one way by which
it can be done, and that is by re.
solutely declining to purchase cou.
pons to satisfy taxes with. All
other measures must end in defeat,
because the officers must obey the
courts. BY not using coupons the
people NAV become masters of the
We must either prepare |
to pay the interest or decline to |
buy cOupons.-Clarke Courier.
THE OPINION.
We have an official copy of the
opinion Of the Supreme Court of
the United States in the case of
VS.. Greenhow. We find