The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-12
,e,era, Butler on the Ohio Platform.

Sse,eral Butler on the Ohio Platform
We rubl,sh to-day letter from Genera
p,rrrR endorsing the currency plank OF 'he
Ohio platform. lie goes beyonu tue p'''
form and suggests that the currency ques'
f;on is 10 become the main issue IN TIC p'cs"
DENTAL canvass, and that the question no"
long the business Of the country Is 70 feuS'n
embarrassed by the present financial eonoi'
ton vii! probably be solved BY the De"o-
cratic party.
Is General BUTLER about to turn oeino-
crats 1t looks very much like 1t. tae '''.e
has been when II Butler came oFei "
our side we should feel like im"S""s ."e
freshman when The horse put bis foot 'nto 'ne
s,,rrup swell" says he, OF 70" are gu
ing to get up Pn get down" ha. snefe 10
too much ut stake involving the welfare ana
nontrn,ment OF the people to justify the In
aulpepce of personal prejudnes. Let re-
crpits to the peoples cause-and there is no
demscosry in this-come from anywhere.
Admit them all.
Rrr1ER makes some capital hits in his let
ter, especially upon the subject OF the eur
rency rede enable 10 gold, and as to the "n-
reliability of gold as the basis OF curreocy.
How the hard-money people have the ceeek
to set I'D such claims for the gold-basea cur
rency in the face Of 50 many suspensions OF
snecie payments in all civilized lands, and
sspecially In England, FROM which they draw
the most approved models OF fiDance, we
cannot understand.
The credit of the Governmental the
wealth and all the gold Of the land as the
basis Of currency-is the very best assu-
rance that the world can have. If that is
not satisfactory, none other can be- 1t is
TOO good. 1t deprivcs the thimhe'rigglng
pod-gambler and "cornering" sharpers OF
their occupations. One would think that
those pursuits are 80 disreputable that they
would not fiod followers amongst respect
able people. The mistake in this IL That those
gambling and shaving callings make very
great deal of money, and that gives them re-
spectability. Success gives the swindler
passport to what is called decent society
while failure sends him to the penitentiary
of public opinion.
These ravenous creatures that prey upon
society and get rich upon the distresses o.
people who fall under the disasters they
themselves occasion would be rendered
comparatively harmless If the Government
would give the people plenty OF the cur
rency based on the wealth of the nation ant
allow the duties on imports 10 be paid in tina
currency. fit would do this and repeal th'
law about resumption the country would b'
ut rest, and the rascaly devices Of the gold
gamblers and money -jobbers would be frus
trated.
We have urged upon the parties to leave
the currency, as GREELEY did the tariff, TO fb'
congressional districts and exclude it from
the national platforms. But the hard-money
people seem determined TO force it upon The
country and into the presidential campaign
We suppose that General BUTLER sees that
thus it will inevitably become IN issue, and
the leading issue, of the campaign. Well, II
it must lie so, we see no controlling reason
why the Democratic party should not accept
the gauge of battle. They may lose some
thing in New England and in some two OF
the large cities, but they will gain every
Dhpra else