The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-03
8nl1rllolld Dispatrh.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1876


gTgors sss PttsEnfrfS kSNgl5Bg jsfeStfSpsf.i II
when Judge Kelley recently delivered an
eshaustfve speech IN Philadelphia IL was
reid throughout The country by all CLASSIC
and CONDITIONS Of men, and believed by taany
TO be very able, snd, In s3any respect, IN
answerab!c srgaaaer,. The speech naturally
attracted mnca attention. both On account
Of the sbflty Of the speaker aud The fact that
he delivered I. At the jnvitatsOn and in The
presence on an immeBse audiesce, composed
OF TIE asest inGeiigen. cIsiZ&p~ Of Philade!-
.p,ia. Ifncar.y all OF the prominent brsI.
ness n,er td sssa, great city should deem the
SUBJECT Of ~ssetI impor.a nee, il Is OILY natural
70 suppose that the press OF New York
would ,ssc tie matter 10 baod and expo7e
the weakness Of lodge Keiles's argument.
We CAV ,ai. would he Only natural con-
elusion 10 arrive at. aud conseguen'iy lhefe
are thousspds Il people all oscr the country
who had read Judge kriiej'h spcech apo
heap strongly impres,'d ny Inc Weieht oi
h,a ,fey. ;,rsp finance who nevertheless
susuended Judgment Nd the matter until they
couid hear the reply which the eastern press
,rsu,G hxye TO make. No doubt the New
York iapers would publish Judge keliey's
views 10 !uIi. only TO get al opportunity OF
sho " Inc how completely they could pick him
% pieces how entirely they could demolish
him and bis arguments. So they cslDly
waited for the arrival OF the fast mail. But.
strange TO gay, the New York papers did not
even notice the speech. They we're proba-
bly, waiting so ~ 10 give the whole thing;
tomorrow their replies would be given With
crushing force.
To morrow al length arrived, and again
the !as, mail put ID an appearance with us
fresh New York oewspapers; bu', strange TO
ray, they had again forgotten 10 notice Judge
keIIes's argument. BY aint Of careful search
inr, however, "" at length discovered the
follOw ing IN the Tribune
at is useless TO argue with the softmoncy
advocates. logic runs of them Ike water
from ducks tuck. Put az many good, sub
staptia facts ia their way as you Ike tor inc
purpose OF tripping them Dp, and they silp
over ;htm oil with eXa-peraiibg agility.
They fight guerilla warfare, and you can
never hold them down to a ihir comDit. Ihey
dl.tort history, pcrvert political economy.
and smpudcpily disregard all the axions OF
finance which the comnon sense OF the Worid
has accepted for ceniuries," NC.
Aud this IL the argument, complete. deci-
siyc. convincing, Wnicn they apply 10 Judge
Kelley And they txpect this TO satisfy the
thousand. o. minds IN the West who have
studied .juegc Kcllry'o views On fDance, and
woo iDCIlECu W ~ vi III
main, right.
The propIe atk for bread, you give them
stones. We you'd FAY 70 Wall strickland
by Wall street we mean In q general way all
that gang Of gold-gamblers, stock theye', and
suinGlers generally who are Interested in the
depression of legitimate bu>inets-tbat they
must dIscburgc their present employs and
engage better newspaper talent II they Wish
20 any longer delude voters. Calling the
mos, Distinguished political economists Of
the country "gucrillas"; telling them that
they "distort history and peryert political
economy "-tbat IL no argument--that Ii no
way to answer Judge Kelley's facts-and you
may as well come to understand that thinking
men will no longer be deceived by such vile
twaddle.
We predicted some days since what the
result would be. The New York journalists
have quit tuning up, when Judge Kelley
leads ell, and they are now playing away
fercely with their creased bows. But let
them take care lest they should be discovered
at their tricks and kicked uDceremoniously
out OF the orchestra.