The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-12

policy dictated to the bontpayers !" after
sshaying lost tho main battlcand been driven !,
e back from every post 80 roqstse a.saa
!" points, to draw odtsg reatest !eaaes iroi'
Vi the strong citadel Of the Supreme Court %
.sanother and uncertain iate In hazardous
& campaign. ~ ? $500
/ Mr.. PREsrIss compared this intervention
os the renudiationists for crippling the Isu-
preme. Court ito the obstruction cis aY1s,
march Of the Roman army under REosLg'ss
byathe great PYTHON. &c Our march, pc
| said. ITO fame, and to greatness, as 2 State
chad been, impeded blythe intervention !; OF
"tb.s Vile serpent reputation. Its hiss was
!. heard from every hill and through every
broad valley OF Mississippi. Already Us
"yenom has blighted their blooms and
g freshness; the Yeryiair by which they
90 were nourished 'fis cofroded with poi.
sson, and sure death seems; to be the tate
81 OF all who venture within; the tainted
:. precincts, One, only spot rs safe from
dts noSious. influences, and we should
!" guard closely every avenue OF approach
:. rather than open the way for the incur
q sion Of the fell destroyer He should be
"fought by the subordinates, the rank and
r. file OF the army !; but I'LL America VIII
"cursc and ridicule the policy which the
"adoption OF the resolution in question
- must force upon the bond party"
That was the removal Of Judge SHARKET'
from the Supreme Court as way OF defeat
ing the expected judgment of that tribunal.
| How like that is the attempt here: first to
lnullify the decision OF our Court OF APP
peals, and next to change the complexion
OF our most august tribunal because 1T does
not please the Huns! - 49,. .'~
we have not space to notice the speeches
of the illustrious orator. We can onIy
make one more extract. Mr.. JEFFERsoN's
| strange sympathy at one time with what we
now call communstic doctrines. attracted
the attention Of the. repudiators in Missis-
sippi as they have, recently those of1@Fir-
ginia. Mr.. JEFFERSON, when he developed
his: views to blr. MADISON in 1889, was in
Paris. He was associating daily with the
crazy philosophers OF the French capital,
and, drinking in the pleasant poison they
were engenderipg.., Mr. JEFFERSON was
fond Of pbilosophic recreations and dream
Ting speculations. and, like. an. opium.
eater, relapsed into pleasing fancies. The
French philosophical maxim that the.
"earth belongs in rlsufruct to tho living"
| pleased him nightly. 1t was but a single
step to the conclusion that the living should
have the usufruct unencumberef by the
debts OF the dead. And this is in the line
OF the anti-debt-paying sophists and dema-
gogues OF this day Mr.. JEFFERSON, IN ca
deavoring to appease his own high sense OF
honor, essay to impart something like JUS
/ tce to the idea that fene generation OF men
cannot bind another" PRENTIss, in one OF
his speeches, completely scattered this alb
surd notion. It is strange Mr.. JEFFERSON
could not see that such al idea, being laid
down as fundamental principle, of course
all transactions ora public nature would
be governed by it. The creditor would
limit the credit upon his loans, the
settlements would be short and fire.
quent, and the loans be renewed to
avoid the expiration OF claims, or bodies cor
porate would be disabled and improvements
and publicwants be frustrated. :. But PREM
Tiss's comment is so clear and eloquent that
We give it,. i,:!ett - ia '..j :; NIL 81. .''
The war Fwaged against the bonds Of the
Union Bank involved a principle. which
would lead tofle Reputation OF all char
tered rights; debts, and public obligations.
1The principle that one generation could
not bind another.1 Admitting the princi-
pie, how are you going to apply itI Who
can mark where one generation begins ana
where another ends? The stream OF time
has o continuous, everlasting flow; you
cannot separate its particles and, say this
much belongs to your generation and this to
mine The life of society is one and imnlor-
tai. 1t cannot thus be broken into discon-
nected fragments. Besides, how dare we
claim and enjoy the ,innnmerable bene-
fits derived from our. ancestors il we
repudiate the obligations they imposed
upon :us Our liberty, our Constitution
and laws, our social institution. our very
roads and bridges, our public buildings, all
won for us by the toll, sacrifices, OF. blood
OF our fathers, how can we have the face to
appropriate these vast benefits and not take
the incumbrance they bring with them ?
In truth, every good thing that we have is
mOrCg1geQ-eaTCO, sea, anu shy -aSe, VIC
very air we breathe, as disease and sick
ness can bear witness. We inherit no bless
ing, no right, no advantage, which Is net
ours in trust, which is not linked to some
duty."Ss". - d :. ,-zl.,.,~
How the frost-work of Mr.. JEFFERsoN's
French philosophy melts before, the genial
sunshine Of this natural. philosophy And
do we not find the forcible adjusters fol-
lowing the absurd idea that we may derive
the advantage OF the labors Of our prede-
cessors and repudiate at least part OF the
obligations they left us !! sa2, ~.
We would we had more room for the in
teres,ing views Of the great Mississippi
orator. He. quoted with warm approval
CALHoUS's celebrated declaration that IL
South Carolina were to repudiate her public
debt he would disown her. Perhaps in
character; requirements, disposition, and
mental traits and habits, there were no two
men living At the same time who were so
precisely opposite as Mr.. CALHOUN and Col
onel DAVID CROCKETT. Yet they were un-
taltering in their devotion to public and
private honor. CROCKETT lost by flood
nearly everything he possessed. He con-
suited his wife, and she told him to sell all