The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-01
A Surprise.

from afY@Ecu man WhOm we sau hot sup
posed to hc at present mingling in the AMI
mosi,ics and hulldozing OF Mahonism. we
had hoped that so ancient man, VINO
had found suitable employment at the hands
OF the State, had somewhat withdrawn from
the active partisanrics OF lie, and that age
had toned down somewhat OF the mailgh-
Ties OF his earlier days. We were, there-
fore. greatly surprised. and. we speak most
sincerely. greatly grieyed; for we nehe'o
that age had impaired its own dlSnn' ps
i,a,,cinp in rancor and wrong that are a
scandal upon it.
The writer in the Wing. taking up our
indignant expression OF our sense OF the
h,,ckruardism and injustice OF that sheet,
oocsi INFO a bitter TRADE against the Dispatch,
and rcatf!rms the absurd and bind charges
tim, the Dispatch was the organ OF various
things. among them uSurers, rings; mo-
oopolies, etc; than which more idle, more
malicious, and more untenable accusations
could not enter the brain OF man.
But first. before entering upon the shay
effort to bolster up the mad accusations, the
writer rcproduccs sarcastic rlgmaroie,
which he produced some years since, styl-
ing the Dispatch the "organ OF the cham-
bermaids. " In his malice he applied this
phrase. copying il from the New York pa
Ders, which applied it to the New York
Herald many Years since. Whether due 10
the Herald or not is matter that time some
what disposed OF in the death OF the authors
OF the wit and the survival OF the Herat1,
and, without meaning 70 express any opln-
ion upon the subject, we may, upon the
scientific axiom OF the "Surviral OF the
tttest.' infer that the Herald is at least rs
good as the authors OF the sarcasm. Anu
history may repeat itself in the case OF the
satire thrice paraded to please nurtured
malice. But VIVA; shall we say OF the copy
is, who applied it in this locality where it
was not applicable. and where he only out
ragged both propriety and truth 10 crafty
his malice:
But to his contemplate effort to bolster
I'D his malicious fal,choods that we are the
organs Of so many things: 1st. That we
were the advocates lin al its stages OF the
funding bill" \ ialsehood unrelievcd by
q single fact that affords color OF apology.
The Dispatch never said word in favor OF
the funding hill whist it was before the
/ legislature. There were reasons satl$lac--
tory 10 its editors that prevented the print
ing OF 4 word OF editorial on the subject.
One Of these reasons was stated Afterwards
viz. that We did not think it wise to fund
the accrued interest, and thus subject the
State to paving interest. And yet the claim
OF the creditor was strong. Had we been
called upon 10 vote upon this point we
should have voted "No"; but there were
other things that perpleXcd lis about the
funding BILL and we refrained from saying
aw ord, feeling that under the circumstances
the people should, through their representa-
tiyes fresh from home, settle the matter to
their own satisfaction. "-
No. we did not support the funding bill.
We did not think that man should be
damned for supporting it, and we never
did that very malicious as we'll AZ unjust
thing first decide that man should be
damned for supporting it and then drag to
execution an unoflending person towards
whom we had harbored malignity. That
is what this Anticipated man has done to-
wards US. :: Z. ,...'.s '- { .,@.t- -
Cd. Our accuser, Judge, and eSecutioner,
now 80 rlpe:,in age, so disqualified by ma
Lightly Of disposition, says we have always
opposed the usury laws, and therefore
we are the organ OF the moaey-changer.
We have indeed considered that the best
policy about money was to remove the re-
strictions upon interest-that, SO relieved, 1t
would be worth no more thanit should be,
and interest would be kept down rather
than put up under the peril OF violation
of law. This is the theory advocated by
the wisest Of statesmen.
The other two paragraphs are worse than
absurd. They relate to the course OF the
Dispatch on the intcrnal-improvement ques-
tlons, and the charge that it espoused the
alleged frauds in the senatorial election IN
this city. The people OF Richmond and
the Conse1 yative party were with u.s.. I:
This is all that very unjust man, one
who is wholly disqualified by his bitterness
from fair Judgment, has to array against
us. We regret that person should nave
shown so much temper when he had so
little to stand upon. His donation is one
dssracciul to his age, and only regretted
by us because it is so damaging to him.
self.
But. while we expected that other persons
were sent to the front by General MALONE
we cannot avoid expressing our regret at
our disappointment. We characterized
them as ..Hoodlums." The term does not
apply to the aged malignant We cannot
say we took him for his betters, for, with all
his bitterness, we put higher estimate upon
him than we do upon them. Nevertheless,
we could have wished him better fate
than to have come to write for newspaper
which is merely a personal organ OF one
man, and he not man OF very elevated
pattern. The newspaper is in its right
sphere noble thing. When we have a
newspaper that we can rely upon-one that
we know to be disintereSted-one that gives
its opinions wholly with the view OF pro-
noting the public welfare and guarding the
public interests-there is pleasure and
real satisfaction in reading it that is de-
lichtful. We regard it as a friend and
guide, one that is to be trusted and fol-
lowed.
Alas Whit is it when we know that 1t is
welded to the private and personal aspira-