The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-03
A Misfortune Befalls Sheridan

we DO not THINK any mlNoTtuho i'
ever yet bcfallcn candidate for inc
Presidency at all comparable to that winch
bcfcll General SHERIDAN on Tuesday,
when he was exhibited to the beasts Oh
the Gold Board, and was RECALLED by 'hchi
with the song OF "Old John Brown lies
Wondering in the grave" This was bel
lowed and gruntcd out by the beasts to
his very great disgust if he have as much
humanity and refinement as grain Of
mustard seed. But the telegraph says the
affair "was much to the satisfaction of the
General" which We hope for the honor Of
the army is an crror.l Unless the people
be all beasts, and such beasts as the COM
munity Of the Gold Board, the disgust
which this wretchcd and brutal scene will
inspire will be most irrctricvably DANA
ging to his prospects for the Presidency.
One ould-suppose that body of men
who had talent enough to acquire the
title to a place in the gold board. c.,
either the luck or the sagacity to make
some money, or the capacity to conduct
business in Wall or some other noted street
for moncy-changcrs, with its enormous
rcnts-would necessarily be possessed OF
some sort Of dccorIm and refinement, or
at least knowledge Of what the world
understands by these terms, and that II
they had no virtues of their own decent
respect for the opinions Of others would
establish something like discretion
amongst them. But tho depraTity winch
| belongs to their vocation blunts their SEN
siblities, and they make no moro ado IN
their bcastly exhibitions than the hoe
which wallows in the miro, caring nothing
about the opinions of the world, and THINK
ing it both natural and proper. The daily
assembages of these people, therefore,
are outragcs of decency and order. All
the noises of the menagerie arc uttered
with dcafcning effect, and stranger
would think that Pandemonium had in
deed been let loose. A visitor to TINS
board will have lively appreciation OF
that disgust which led Of gid to the RICK
ing out of the temple of u set of money
changers far more entitled to torbearance
than those of the New York Gold Board,
who, endcayoring naturally to elevate
themselves By comparison, selected as
types the bull and bcqr-most un]ustly to
those animals. nc moro fitting types
would be the by, ia and the jackall.
We should be sorry to think that New
York should be held responsible for the
british conclavc Of the Gold Board 1t
would be a pity to visit the responsibility
of their sins upon any portion OF society
outside Of their own wretchcd den. They
cause quite enough Of suffering and evil
without that addition to the public penal
ties. They prey upon the misfortunes of
mankind, and by their INSCRIPTIONS gam
bling bring vast amount of poverty and
Indebtedness upon innocent persons. Hun
drcds of wcl-inclined and honest people
become depravcd by association at the
board, and from being respected and trust
worthy are changed to rogues and villains
How could it be else under the influence
of the sharp devices, knavishness, deceit
and fraud, which are working tools OF the
INSCRIPTIONS spectators and gamblers
who assemble there! \ national nui-
sancc il would be a national blessing Ii
they, too, could meet the fate OF their bet
tiers and be kicked out of the house where
they they I prey " upon one another and disturb
the nation by the continued rcstlcssness
md feverish anxiety in which they keep
the national finances. -
General Sheridan Will PROBABLY lie
Wondering in the ground with joins
Rpowy before he is elevated to the Prcsi-
dency by o saturnalia, the key and tone
- which have been set by the beasts OF
the Gold Board.