The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-14
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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1a, l's7sa
!, Money Democrats

Hard Money Democrat
The New York World copgrstntates the
q harf, mosey Democrats = OF emo that s.a "
Renub,ican platform Is a more objectionable
one Than The Democratic that Is to say, pc be-
cause the Republicans were greater fools 70
come out ID favor Of prohibi,ory liquor laws vs.
than the Democrats were TO come OUT 10 Ia
yor Of more greenbacks, &c. Since itappeafs
that Senator TnuRMAN. the leading ha1o'
money Democrat OF Ohio, was the au1n 10,
Of the Democratic platform, ana tnat 'ne
Democratic convention spoke ior .ne Dou,
Of the party 10 Ghe State, It pnzz'tles 70 ~
4 know who these shard-money Democrats Z,
are whom the World Is thus con-
gra,n,a,irs. ..Hard.money and "iree-
trsts. are the fayorite topics upon Wnlcn
that erra,ic journal expends its sesquipeoa'
liam words. If the editor OF II iivea IN =
cIo;ster and never held communication with
The outer world, he could hardly succeed
MORE effec.l,ally than be does in lnvafAoiy
falling to be en- rapport with the puoi'I W
questions of party or governmental pony
Ha wants a 8. tariff for revenue" so 90 tue
,,aon,e bat he fondly imsglnes that tney
would really prefer free trade ana aiieo.
+.xes 70 protective tariff and no diF@c'
,axes. theoretically he is right. Practically
be is wrong. theoretically It is ialrer 10 ieI.
taxes openly and upon visible or accessible
property than upon consumption, as tue TAR
iT does. since In this latter case, as the
Uor1d is SO fond of repeating, the poor man
;s supposed 10 pay more than his just pro-
portion OF the expenses Of the Government.
practically, the tariff is much more easily
and cbeapiy collected than direct taxes, is
fol, much less sensiby, and does not popu
late the whole country with spies, informers,
upprirciplsd politicians, manipulators OIL
political conventions, and traitors to the
hest interests of the community, all of which
evils are natural and inevitable results or
concomitants of the internafreyenue system.
Theoretically, direct taxes are upon proper
~. Practically, nipe-tenths Of them are
upon consumption, since liquors OF all kinds,
aud tobacco in its various forms, taken in
connection with such articles as matches,
canned fruit, and other manufactured goods,
pay large proportion Of the internal taxes.
When We spesk of Hard-Money Demo-
Gratis" then, we use the words to describe
that class Of our Bourbons who "learn no
thing and forget nothing; who suppose
that the people Of the South and the West
can be induced by such cries as s'Home
Rule" "FIee Trade and others of like
kind. to cast their votes for men who do not
l1opcse 10 raise hand to relieve US from
the hordes of Government spies, informers,
and trading politicians, wherewith the in
teipalIeveLue system peppers the entire
immunity. So far are those people from
teirg such urconscionable asses, that they
would tomorrow gladly 20 with MIR. KELLY,
Ct Pennsylvania, for aholishing the entire
acknowledgements system, and relying upon
the tariff for all the revenue needed by the
Government. II it were rot for the whip
pers.in and mischief makers and trouble
brewers whom the internal-revenue system
stations amongst the people of the South,
there would be no Radical party worth
speaking of in any southern State. But for
them, there would be no bad feeling between
whites and blacks. But for them, there
would be no negro-riots, no murders, no
Lynch.law hapgngs or shootiDgs, no troubles
of any sort IN any southern State-that is, no
troubles except such as are common to all
civilized communities.
But these "bard money Democrats have
10 existence in Ohio or anywhere In the
South or West as party. They constitute
such an Insignificant portion of the opposl'
ton party that TO be their organ is US II
paper should be tie organ Of white Repub-
deans in South Carolina or any other south
ern State. The Democratic party OF the
South and the West understand the laws oil
trade too well to be clamorous for either ex-
pansion or contraction, and will never 60 for
any measure that would ruin the country
under the mistaken idea that it would bring
about specie payments. They know that
contraction would prerent specie payments.
If the Government were tomorrow to order
contraction OF the volume of the currency
by fifty millions Of dollars, the next week
would witness panic equal to that OF 1873,
panic being, indeed, nothing but either
forced contraction Of the amount Of cur
rency or the consequence of that forced
contraction whichever you choose to call iD.
If the World, then, wishes to elect
Democratic President in 1876, 1t would 90
well to come out In favor Of aboiishlng the
internal revenue system and against con-
traction. 1t is evidently on the wrong
tack. We of the South would be fools IL
deed to vote for party that keeps task'mas-
tiers over us in preference to one that pro-
poses to remove all such odious characters,
or for a party that would impoveIish us to
enrich gold gamblers in preference to one
that would consign Wall street to the dogs
and give US chance to prosper.
CIRCUAsTANTIAL EvlDESCE.-A corresponds
ent in Southampton county sends us letter
reporting q remarkable case of circuulstan
+;,l a,,;aaoco which was latalv nacSpd unor