Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20
THE CAULDRON IS BOILING,
LET HER BOIL

This time 1t cannot be Sal0 tlaJ
the Republicans supplied the fuel.
1t was in 1888 that the new DemOc-
Iacy elected a legislature pledged
to execute the debt settlement in
its entirety, declaring that settle
ment final and upbraiding any and
everybody who dared to mention
it. Their first act in connection
with it carried the whole subject
back to the very courts in which it
had been favOrably adjudicated,
and from then till now we have
known ropeace. There has been
one constant agitation Of the ques-
ton ever since, kept up by and
among this new Democracy, unin-
terrupted, uninteriered with by any
of the real friends of the original
"Riddlebergern bill. Success after
success has crowned the efforts of
the old funder attorneys and agents
In the courts until we now see the
"debt question" rearing its threat
ening head before us Just as it did
in 1870. Coupons are pouring into
the treasury and county treasurers
are held to be treSpaSsers if they
levy upon the property Of a Dula-
ney to compel payment OF his taxes
in money. An English agent of
British bOndhOlders is in this cOun
try pressing our lines at every point
and holding sweet converse with
our famous doughty Governor, who
in his decentralization said to him
81 and all Of my family are opposed
to the debt settlement but party
policy compelled us to acquiesce
IN it.p
In vain we're the people implead-
ed with in 1888 not to trust their
settlement to those who had held it
to be dishOnOrable in the extreme,
and who had nothing but epithets
Of abuse for those who had pro-
mulgated and carried it through
Legislatures and courts. The re-
Spouse came back from press and
hustlngs and conventions We
will accept readIustment, We only
ask you to become a rebaptized
Democrat. Insncerity of party
leaders, coupon spectators and
brokers' attorneys, and the sickly
sentiment of party name prevailed.
"Chiefs of fifties' and "captains OF
tens armed with the material OF
war which brokerdom calls "bOO-
de- enlisted free men and voters,
and with the cry of "negro domin-
alton" they razed the whole pyra-
mid OF readiustment from the cap
stone to the base.
What now is the picture before
the people of Virginia?
We see Democratic papers hurl-
ing anathemas at each other, some
declaring they will repudiaie before
they will yield another inch to the
broker, while others are brim full
Of new projects and new schemes
for another readjustment Of our I'M
bearable troubles. Still claiming
to be the best people; still libelIing
and vituperating those whom they
have wrOnged for so many years,
they still insist that there is no
safety for the State except by and
through their administration of her
affairs. Mr.. Royal says the State
is completely routed that there IS
no legislative or legal remedy, but
if we will commit the entire matter
into his hands he can adjust 1t for
us on the basis of reserving enough
revenue for government purposes
and giving the balance to bond
holders. This, being interpreted,
means that a sovereign people shall
relegate the right to say how much
they should have for their own
household out Of what they pay as
taxes that the necessary expenses
OF government shall be fixed by
others than the peoples representa-
tives that their educational insti-
tutions shall be RENTED to the care
81 those who would subordinate
their cbildren's training TO a rate
per cent, and that everything re-
lating to the governmental affairs
Of /, 100000 people shall be regu-
lated by a foreign board OF men
who have been their unrelcnting
prosecutors for sixteen years.
Such is the platform OF the new
Democracy which in hideousness |
of form is as repulsiye as the fund
er Democracy Of 187O-79-S1 and |
'S3.
BY such actions and such decla-
rations the debt question is reyiv-
ed, and cOnfronts us as a live and /
vital issue. Unless the people win /
against it, increase Of taxation and /
deep humiliation are as inevitable
as fate.
In discussing the debt issue as
presented to us again by the new
Democracy we must not lose sight
of the fact that we have enemies in
our own camp. This suggestion
should neither amaze nor frighten
the reader
In large part they are the same
who had to be taught and disci-
plined at the outset. Their posi-
ton to-day is the outgrOwth of the