National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-04-22

and her officers were rendered under these
acts, and under these alone; and now 1t re-
mains to be said that nobody in Virginia
but Bourbons, ana corporations controlled
by Bourbons or in Bourbon interest, at
tempts to pay his taxes in coupons, or has
ever done so. Exceptions may be alleged,
yet, in nine cases out Of ten of these, very
brief inquiry will disclose the fact that the
so-called Republicans have been in warm
and hearty alliance with the Bourbon
Funders ever since aud including 1879 to
this moment. The coupon law
yers who bring suits are all Bourbons,
unless Ex-Governor Chamberlain, Of South
Carolina memory, may be classcd as Re.
publican, when 10 is as notorious rs his Pal
metto career that he is a Mugwump re-
former and Clevelaudite, who emulates
Jerry McCauley in the fervor and unctlous
demonstratIveness Of his conversion to the
"unco guid.m II is Bourbon common
wealth's attorneys that make defective
pleas that surrender the state to her spoilers,
or 1t is collusive Bourbon state collectors
that allow cases 10 be made that overthrow
the state in advance. There are many
federal Supreme Court decisions affecting
the Riddleberger settlement, either directly
or indirectly, but critical examination OF
these by any one tolerably familiar with the
Virginia debt legislation, and the authori-
tative opinions thereon, will show him, to
his amazement, that not a single decision
in the last resort has gone against
the state or her officers, save where
the most obvious blunders either OF omis-
sion or OF commission have been perpe-
trated, presumably by design, on part OF
her collectors or the attorneys who profess
to represent her--uuless these cases came
under the Bourbon Reputation acts, and
not under the Readiuster acts OF January
IA, 1859, and the rulings in the cases of
Antoni VS.. Greenhow, Carter VS.. Greenhow,
Marye VS.. Parsons, Peasants VS.. Greenhow,
Moore VS.. Greenhow, and several other more
recent ones. No case arising sq'areIy un-
der the acts of January ID, 1882, in which
the collector and commemorative attor-
ney have performed their duty faithfully
and intelligently, as directed by the law
and instructed by the federal decisions has
erer been brought By The Bourbon coupon
scdlperS, or their Bourbon ldwyers, TO the
Supreme Court here for adjudication; and no
such case wiH ever be brought here II these
porthieS or their official Bourbon allies can
prevent il. They kno,o better.
Wherefore, then, this Hagrant repudia-
ton and fierce notification, on the oAe
hand, while on the other there is the most
cunning, persistent, and yenal treachery
to readjustment, Virginia, and her peopleH
Ab, the devilish ingenuity of Bourbonism is
seeking to arouse, cajole, and blind those
whom It betrays. When readjustment,
Virginia, and her people are entangled
hopelessly III that be permitted) In the
tolls now spread for them, then the Bour-
bons will vaunt themselves and the Won
derful things they have done in the name
Of "acquiescence." They did all they
could-angels could do no more (nor
devils eitherl)-but the infamous Supreme
Court at Washington baflled their virtuous
and patriotic labors! "Let us acquiesce in
the inevitable" they will again cry. All
readjustment will fall the victim, not OF
"honor land honesty" but Of Bourbon re-
pudiation and notification. Shall 1t be so,
| Virginians