Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-05
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INV possession, and should be publsa1''
to the people for their information.
Ihayc not space to quote whs' the
d" address says in commentaries Of
these general commissioners bills. lt'
is sufficient to say that they are clAined
to be everything the people could wish.
Butthc clear meaning and interp'eta-
ton Of them as set forth in the "ad-
dress " is simply this that this coumls,
sioner was not only to ba q general
commissioner of sales, but to be esecu-
tor or administrator Of every dead mans
estate within his county; that no man
could die and leave an executor IN his
will of his own appointment; that the
heirs of an intestate should not have
anything to do with the settlement oil
their own estate-it was all to be lone
bv this general commissioner, elected
and empowered alone by the Governor OF
the State-viz.. William Mahone-ior
political purposes. ! ask the p'opl,s
10 read these bills and the address"
and | think they will agree with Ms in
nv understanding Of them,
The bill No. $50 Came up in the
House--the other Aspurions bill " be-
ing stricken from the calendar-and
was passed as a matter of course 1t
came to the Senate Newberry pro-
posed to me to adopt it with the aunnd-
ment that, instead Of the Governo, ap-
pointing these commissioners, the peo-
pie Of the respective counties and titles
should be allowed to elect theS i'm
portant officers, or rather adminstra-
tors of estates. The bill, with tbs i'm
portant amendment, passed the S'nate,
went back to the House, and tlnre it
died, as we expected and inten.ed it
should. We wished to show 10 the
people that the source Of this oifics, and
not the Office, was the ruling considera-
ton. Its purpose was not the good of
the people, but to add tremendous
lever to the central power-Mahone.
For this We are again arragued as
- traitors" before the people in the
- address,
The last thing propose to notice in
the address - is when the
LIONS SKIN SLIPS OFF THE ass"
and the animal, with his long ears and
slim and hairless tail stands confessed.
Thus it speaks : Let there be no I'M
certain sound in the conduct Of the
campaign upon which we are about to
enter. 1t should be proclaimed in every
formal declaration of the policy of our
party that the Readjusters of Virginia
cordially reciprocate the friendship of
President Arthur's Administration" y
&C., &C., &c. Again, in pathetic terms,
the address speaks: :" We are proud to
uphold, and our candidates for Congress
should be known to stand openly and
cordially for the support Of an Admin
istration which is the first in fifty years
to shape its policy without sectional
divisions, and whose President, in his
first message to Congress, makes no
reference to the South save one Of ten
der sympathyJor its losses and sorrors
in the late cdr ," This is surely
enough to make Stalwarts Of us all.
The above quotation from the adj
dress" is all that is claimed that Ar
thur has done for US. His opposition
to the repeal Of the tax on southern
productions: his opposition to the river
and harbor bill that was to give rs some
100000; his willingness to abolish
all tax on northern industry is nothing ;
but he did speak in tender sympathy
for our losses and sorrows in the late
war;" Now let Us for this, along with
William and the late Readjuster Legs
lature, fall down and worship and be-
come StalwartS.
And this is what we are asked to 10
by the majority Of the last Legislature
of Virginia. Have these men lost their
senses, or do they think the people OF
this State have lost theirs:
A. VI. LYBROOK.