The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-17
Who are Responsible?

Tho Radicals have started an Investigation
which will, end in their discontinue. The!
talk slibly about the financial troubles auo
try to make ignorant people believe that 'ae
Conservative party Is in some sort OF se'is'
to blame for them. The ST. LOUIS A'"'''
talks back as follows:
"Republicanism has failed IN us mlss,ou
II has weighed itself In the scale OF iteasui.
delinoucnces. peculatioos. ana lfauos' .i ,s,t
prostituted law and oecency 40 .nl ,
bant rnntcy and ruin are staring the country
u, The face: il has shown that ignorance ana
arroconcc. yoked to cunning and lying, eau
40 what has never been done before sihce
this was Union-sap the moral respect OF
the neople. undermine NATIONAL esteem lof its
oyn.inst,tltious, and corrupt the integrity
which onpht TO sustain the Government"
fsn there be any voter in Richmond who
s,,nnoses that the recent troubles IN Inc CON-
,nercia! world. and the consequent discharge
of many mechanics from the various WORK
.hops of this city, are due to Tic policy OF
the Conservative party! Is it not as pain
as day that party which controls only one
State cannot have so acted as 10 produce
troubles which extend from Maine to Texas.
Read the following:
g.. number OF the large manufacturing
establishments in Philadelphia are no" run
n;ng ON ba,t.time. Among the number are
McSsrs, Porter & Dickey, employing ooo
hands: Irwin & Stiuson, ard James Noun
S1ar Mills. 400 hands. The mills OF james
I.onr. Brother & Co. have SUSPENDED ol'eI"-
Sons tomnorarliy. and Martin LanueiDcI-
ocr,s knitting mills have also suspended. "A
isroe reduction has been made In the mum
hnr'of hands in the various manlifactoiltS'
A,,bo Baldwin Locomotive Works curtai''
mont has been going on since inc lE'i'c
commenced. Last Saturday night there were
between 500 and 600 hands discharged
There are 1000 men still employed. lhe
railroads are also decreasing the working
eynenses of their roads, thus lcssenlhS the
demand for locomotives and other roliiuS
stock
Philadclphia Is Radical city, and suffers
like the rest of the cities i'll the Union. we
do not charge the troubles upon That Tan!
other locality. They must have been pro-
duced. if by the policy of any party ny tiia'
Of narty which rules the entire country
That party ia the Radical party, when nus
control of the Treasury ana the rcce4pls
from customs and from internal taxes
throughout the broad cNpanse OF TINS iih-
mensc country. The Treasury deiirquehcles
are chargcabIc to the Radical party. Ihe
millions that it takes to pay the expenses OF
Congress and of President GRANT are charge
able to the Radical party. The corruption IN
Office, the Cledit-Mobilier frauds, the waste
full extravaganza Of the several departments
f,be Government, are all chargeablc to the
Radical party. j
But above all, the Radical party is respon'
sibIe for granting to company OF specula-
tors the privilege of building the so-called
Northern Pacific railroad. JAY COOKE is
Radical of the Radicals, a pet of General
GRANTS, a corrupter of the religious press,
and at the same time the man whose failure
precipitated the late panic. To this COM
pany a Radical Congress granted millions
of acres of Government land. To JAY
Cooke and his partners the Radical admin
istration entrusted the money OF the Govern
ment that in other and purer times had been
handled by the BARISGs, or some other
souse of high standing. 1t was in JAY
rooxE's speculations in Northern Pacific
Railroad stock and bonds that the recent
panic and the existing financial troubles took
their start. 1t may thus be called panic
caused by the Radical or Republican party.
It was not we that raised the question as
70 the origin of the troubles that have come
upon our mechanics and other workingmen.
But we are always ready 10 look fairly at
question. IF the Radicals can stand the dis
eussion of this one, the Conservatives GER
tainly can.