The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-15
The Troublesome Question.

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Mr.. BLAINE In his discourse on the cur.
rency question expressed decided impatience
with it, and hoped that It would be soon
taken out OF politics. We are sure Mr.
BLAINE wishes it were now out Of politics. II
is to him a matter of the gravest trouble,
and In the embarrassment Of his situation he
has taken the &c wrong shoot" He has sepa.
rated himself nom the side Of practical good
sense and humanity, and gone over to
the hard.griping and grinding side. He
has turned traitor to the people, and
rallied under the flag of the money.pow er.
he goes for resumption whether or no, and
the calling in OF the greenbacks-the very
best paper money we ever had-the green
backs which pay no interest, which are no
tax upon the people, and leaving out
standing instead bonds which cost the people
many millions of dollars. That Is what the
great and good BLAINE, the lover OF the
people, proposes to do for the people
Amazing devotion to the good Of the public.
The world Of statesmen and political econ.
omists are agreed that there is not gold
enough in the world to carry on the COM
merce of the world, and they are also agreed
that there is not enough gold even for basis
for the paper currency indispensable to civil
lied commerce. There is no guarantee against
the suspension of specie-payments at any
time. I. is not within the wisdom and power
OF man to avoid the suspension ofspecie-pay-
ments whenever thereis an amount of panic
and distruss in the public mind sufficient to
bring il about.
Every man with the least intelligence must
see that the condition Of confidence needed
to maintain specie.payments is absolutely
necessary to resumption. And have we rea.
son to conclude that such confidence is pro-
babe uuder the process OF contraction OF
business and paralysis of the public energy
such as now exisls-under the low condition
of orr supply of gold-and under social
disorgauiz1tion the like of which was never
known in any land, and let US hope may
never be known again on this eartbs
Bad as 1t is to press the resumption mea.
sure in the face of discouraging considera.
tons, i: is fatal to deprive preparations for it
of all appearance of forbesrapce for the
country. The Government must continue
to force one great class of Its debtors to pay
in gold. and to 60 out amongst the gold
gamblers to buy j., while the Government is
boarding gold. When was so cruel an ex-
pedient pursued by Geyernm ent towards
her people?
The entire policy of the Government seems
to be designed to favor the men who are ac-
cumulatipg wealth by interest and by dealing
in money. The gold.gamblers are the gov
ornamental pets, and lest the money paid
upon Government bonds should be dimin-
ished, and the people should save something
by the lessening of their burthens of taxa
tion, the demand of the Radical leaders, in
Guiding the great BLAINE, is that the green.
backs, which pay no taxes, and which the
whole country is satisfied with, must be re-
tired. Just so. The money-power is always
the object of Radical idolatry. i
Now, we are not for imitation. The Dem
ocrats are not for imitation. The country
wants it not. 1t wants the peace and order
of natural, straightforward, prudent mea-
sures. 1t wants the predominence of the
public interests; and, above sll, it deprecates
the continued prostration of the popular
good to the grinding, shaving, and gambling
operations OF the money power and the gold
gamblers! H.
We agree with the Whig that the best thing
is to leave the whirlwind of the consequences
of the present outrageous oppression of the
people to the Radicals. They will have
enough of it yet. There is humanity enough
in this country to overwhelm them.