The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-08
III The speakership lhe Gamblers.


help II on. Like the leeches Of muddy,
clay-colored. sluggish stream, they seize
upon the. legs Of every gay and spirited
horse that crosses 1t and claim all the'credit
for his speed and bottom: The organs OF
the g hards claim KEER, that he;ais SOW
elected, as their man and as having been
elected by their influence. Therefore the %
election Of kerr Is set down as =" " alll'.
street y triumph.
For ourselves, we are pleased with KERR,
though we would have voted for RAspAL.El Il
| ne had had vote. We did NOT nprefer
either ON the fiDsnciaI question. RANDALL
was, we suppose, a little moreon the .hardss
money. tack than was KERR. But as to
Etbat matter, we never thought of the " hard
Emoney" aspects Of their views. RANDALL
HAD rendered brilliant service to the Union
land to the South by his gsllant and loyal
ldeyotion to the Constitution and the equality
| OF the States a: the last session-when HERR
was not in Congress asali. It was not that
1--we admired HERR less, but RANDALL's ser
pyices were so recent, $50 brave, fand so Drill
| liant, that we felt that our first grateful emo.
ttiops were, due, to him, while bis fine record
}and bis skill IN parliamentary tactics were
i quite equal to those OF Mr.. kerr.
IBu. Wall.street gamblers obtrude them.
selves and claim an advantage in the election
lsofKERR. The selfish and sordd are always
vulgar. The contest between hERR and
RANDALL was generous one. II was carried
on 10 the Democratic party, and it ended as
generous rivalries amongst brothers should
always end-in peace and concord. Wall
street likes not these conclusions, and
essays to arouse animosity by cbuckliDg over
an imaginary victory, accusing the de-.
|feated of extraordinary schemes Tor victory,
and asserts that the country is saved by their
defeat. =d...@2.
RANDALL and his friends will not be de-
ceived by ibis frebrand adroitly thrown into
the Democratic ranks. They are sure that
the means employed by themselves were not
uufair-they know that if any party bad the
benefit of "powerful means" it was not
their party, opposed as it avowedly was by
the " money power" The Democrats know
that the intimation that the public interests
are better protected, and corruption more
completely checked, by the election of KERR
than they would have been by the election OF
RANDALL is untrue, and does not proceed
from the friends of KERR. They deny any
superior fealiy TO the Constitution and the
Union amongst KERR and his followers over
that which governs their own sentiments
and conduct. 1t is the integrity OF the party,
and not KERB, that will protect the Consti.
tuition and the people from the corruptions
that have invaded all departments Of the
Government under Radical rule.
We are disguised with the gambling
plrtisanry; it is both vulgar and greedy.
We suspect that the attempt to force
it into the issues Of the day Is designed
to break up and defeat the Demo
cratic party. And for what? The De.
mocratic party is as wise and as loyal upon
the financial question as the Republican
party can be. Indeed, the Democratic 10y
atty to the national credit is above suspicion;
while as much cannot be said of the party
which appears to be falling under the infiu.
ence Of the hyrocritical gambling frater-
nifty that is trying to impair the credit OF
the national currency and force the country
.prematurely into resumption, and thus bring
unprecedented pecuniary disasters upon Us.
They are traitors to the nation inasnuch as
they endeaVor to ruin the credit Of the ma
tional circulation, which of right should be
as good as that of the national bonds. They
clearly propose to involve the nation and
the people in endorsements out Of which
the money holder may amass wealth. -''
The Democratic party and the great body
of the people do not seek to "iDhate the
currency. The epthets Of " rag-money "
and such are only blackguardism. The
people want nothing unreasonable. They
would avoid shrinkage by such a measure as
would equalizs gold and greenbacks by
their gradual approach to one another.
They would that resumption may come
without ruinous shrinkage OF values and
without a shock. They would leave
resumption to come reasonably, Of its own
accord, satisfied that it will come early and
last long in that way; perhaps sooner and
with more certainty of endurance in that
way than by fixing resumption by law.
The trick of the gamblers to produce dis.
contentment among the Democrats is con-
|temptible ore, and will fail altogether. Their
real objects were developed in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and New York. The country should
understand their game too well to, be again
deceived. There is good deal of this stra-
tegy about. 1t is the only hope Of effete pol
iticisns, as it is of the gamblers. Confuse
the practical, progressive, energetic, and
young public men, and their organizations
for benefting the country, putting check
upon corruption, and throwing overheard
the old hacks and corrupt schemers who have
lived upon the public for several decades, and
the Government will be continued in the
hands of INSCRIPTIONS and greedy men, who
have begun to think that they have pre-
scriptive right to the offices and honors of
the country, and who have not one practical
idea concerning the best measures to promote
the harmony and prosperity ofthe land. Let
the energetic and practical men-those who
have good sense and hope those who would
1 rise, but see no way to rise but through the
rise Of the country itself-stand firmly to.
gether, utterly defiant of the tricks and con
triyances to separate them. Let the true
and sensible stand up for the country, and
they will triumph by defeating the men and