Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-07

be speaks. The "coupon' crusher $50
called il but temporary respite 10 she
struggle. When the bOndholders shalt
present tho bonds With coupons attached.
The "crusher" will sink into "inno-
cuous desuetude" like Coupon-killers
and .. And when the. State she'll have
been flooded With coupons AZ ten cents
in the dollar II need be- she will then APP
peal to extra sessions % the Legislature
10 no purpose. One expensive extra scs-
sion has succeeded in defining more
accurately the status OF the debt only
this and nothing more.
We are oil pledged to the Riddlet erger
settlement. We have yirtually rcpudi-
atod an over and above that amount. and
the Disgrace. n there be sny. 10 ours al
ready. ~ hy not. then, commission con
veution 20 Tx a day upon md after
which the PRINCIPAL of every ccnsol.
pcclcr, and tcD.fortY bond not funded IA
Biddleberg, r. shnll he forever rcpudl-
ntcd. If the be found impracticable on
account Of the immortal coupons then
repudiato the whole debt aud readIust
fgain upon the basis Of the States Mt
most ability 20 pay. II the cry q shame.
Hmne. be raised We can answer 1t with
"thc war" "the war. a strong man
las stripped us OF our negro property
and We are simply doing the bestwe can.
North Carolina repudiatod C6 per cent.
Of her debt. and hor G's are worth Si.2l.
South Caroline repud,ated II per cent,
aud hers are worth $l.D-. LouitGua r.
Uudiztcd 90 per cent. and her s ere
worth "a cents. Virginia bonds would
spring MP 10 par if thls heroic treatment
were ordered without further delay.
Van tie people of Virginia allow this
golden opportunity 70 zip them
in the second place, the railroad
question can lie settled in no other way.
Georgia tired its legislatures for years
in vain. 4 constitutional convention ~
/ 1919 laid the foundation Of ITS "lrOn-
clad " Jaw, which saves the state yearly
Rn amount equal TO the entire taxes OF
the State IN spite 81 ibet law. OF os a
result Of 1T. rather, 1000 miles Of rail
roads have been built IN Georgia ~ the
past four years From January 10 June,
1898. II had constructed pa miles Of
rairogd. whereas Virginia. with praci-
calv no law at oil, bad constructed IN
the Same time only seyenty-uiue. The
utter folly and injustice Of allowing rail-
roads 10 charge what they will (as they
are doing all over virginia. ought 10 be
manifest 10 q ten-yearoid child. The
entire circulating medium gold, silver,
and psper-of the United States Is about
81, 06O, WO co.. The editor OF PoOrc's
N0nV0l testified before a United States
Senate committee tuat the railroads OF
the United States had issued $1,000
Co., 00J Of fraudulent paper called
"watcred stock moro than all the
money IN the United States. The conn
terfeiter Of n fivedOllar bill IS hunted
down. incarcerated, and branded as in
famous How DO the offences compare ?
This INSCRIPTIONS power confronted
the Virginia Legislature at its last SEES
SION, and induced n majority Of the Sen
nte Roads Committee TO insult the good
Judgment OF tho House. TO insult the
senate itself, and 10 insult the entire
State 10y forclbly strangIng IL commits
tee measure that only required the
railroads 10 place themselves within the
limits Of common law and to mete ont
within the state that equal justice to oil
persons and places that IS e1acted by
Congress in interstate commerce.
Shall we not call upon n convention TO
night these great wrongs, and demand
for Virginia all that her unbounded
natural advantages and resources have a
night to claim?
Let us appeal to the wise't and truest
men Of the state to assemble in cOnven-
ton and settle once and for all the State
debt and railroad questions, and many
others that still retain the slime Of the
Underwood mob of 1868. Let every
true Vireiuie" vote for Cleveland, Thur
man, the Democratic candidates for Con-
gress, and constitutional convention.
Il. W. ARNoLD.
Bcdford county, October 3, 1855.