The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-08
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iaif!y contracted. Blu. failure and reputation
wcfe none the less inevitable. But vino, let us
ask, when the psaple come 10 their senses, VIII
respect the debt which this Administration will
leave upon the coun,ry' To be sure they will be
told That the debt must be honestly paid But who
can promise that the people will not take IL into
tneit heads tn ask If It was honestly contracted p
u one nan Is duet the partisan official pinnder,
and ihr other half to expenditures reckiessiy or un
const'tntionalIy incurred, who dare affirm that the
people VIII NOT, In soni. noment Of desperate i'm
patience, under tho crushing load, throw the whole
Burden from their sbouderss The fool or the fana-
tic may shut his eyes aud say all Is right, but the
wise and the pstiisnt maa will calmly question
history and the passions Of men, and. endeavor by
ths past 10 form Judgment Of the future.
THESE VIII be great and absorbing questions pref
~ soon
:. How mach OF this debt was stolen from the
- rastsy by the party who saddled Us with Ii!
Is II Constitutional expenditure Of tue peoples
money to buy negroes from the border States. aud
lei them loose TO compete with In all the lab5r
nifkets o! our comtry,
Is II Constitutional to take our money to send
squads OF negro kissing men and women from
iankeedom to teach antqaated dafkeys In the
Cafolinas how 10 read the New England primer?
IsH Constitutional 20 spend the peopin'5 money
In annually transporting partisan portion of The
army to and irsm the ba.le field TO control the
NGrthern c!ectiGns?
Ihe partisan knave will profess to sniff treason
III tiese quest tons; hut The wise iilan and aud nh
ttot VIII regard them as being likely 10 gonna day
tuHnence the minds and actions OF the people,
inOse WHO 0itn0iv throw themselves the ma
uonal latin aud tie point OF honor for the burden
ing iGbor WITH snafissous tabaaFaia contributions
aud transmitting that burden uBquesicaed 10 pos
teriiy, are neither patriots nor statesmen. The
working classes who cannot be held either in their
own persons or those OF their ancestors, to be IA
any degree responsible for this reckless, uGneces
sasy and unconstitutional expenditure, aad to be
Charged III perpetG;iy with a barden not to he lev
led on any property presumed 10 have been benefit
ed or protected by that expenditure, but on their
tnnseiss, brains aad -inews, generation after gen
etation.
The theory OF the Administration is tina; the en-
tire properly and Industry of the nation mort
gagged 'oT the redemption o! its paper promises 10
pay. 1t seems to be obvious OF the fact that ali
t:is property is in the hands OF individuals, de
penGs upon the rcsu.; OF individual en,eip.ise.-
Behind all this sits the individual WILL on which de-
pcnis entey the question at the redemption of
i.tnc0n's paper promises 10 pay. We have -eea tta
the whole surplus income of the country will fa.
good way short OF paying even the Interest On the
debt, and we must sink interest ani principal 10
gctiei, St no dieant day, unless change speedily
conies ever the dream, Of the administration
That change Is not to be hoped for. AS we'll look
Tor ;te III tue dead as 10 expect wisdom la ihe I'd
i sisis;i,oii. Must the cou.try then, abandon the
iaSt nope OF escape irOia financial ruin? IL seems
Inevitable. But there is a reGei mabie star shining
Iii this night OF finance, The day that breaks
taa paper bGbne ot the administration will also
stop TIC useless, the horrible shedding of blood Of
ou ccantryii;6n The moon sheds i.s br:gh; beams
upon the e0Gay vsHii al The grave yarG--sO the
star ri peace shines above the dark gull or bank
iupicy.