The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-22
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Thoss Tho deligb to call themselves 4 athe
forcftJIgs haYes iai' ed, sit seems, to secure
the ear of Che people through the medium
AZ the recent secret circular Issued by the
head OF the clique to faithful brethreu,as he
supposed, who were enioined to put IN oI,-
Grafton the machinery for eallingsa consti-
tutioual convention and Mt the same time
POLITELY invited to send In such contrlbu.
tions az might suit their convenience ana
Measure for disseminating this very I'M
portant manifesto OF their chief.
The contributions haven't come In posi-
hly because the odious funding bill f" has
absorbed the last lingering greenback, and
il has gone to meet the expenses OF govern,
ment, or found its way into the schooi
fund, or bus been used to purchase coupons
and paid the interest on the public deDt.
The meetings haven't been held because
the greenbacks were not forthcoming aha
the touching and pathetic address OF thelr
leader had not reached and stirred the greaC
heart Of the peopie, but would probably
have died in oblivion had it not been given
cratritously to the world by the enterprise
Of a fiebt-payins paper. Having failed to
Secure the convention which was to abro-
cate and aDnul all contracts heretofore
made, and take away the power from the
Legislature or making any contracts IN the
future, the organ Of the forcibles in q re-
cent issue advocates "the policy OF abolish
ing the enforcement OF contracts by the
courts" Credit is 10 be abolished as Ihe
"most potent engine. of the money ring"
the car OF. iuggernaut grinding to power
in its ruthless course the innocent, tolslng
masses. But how? Why simply by the
application OF the credit principle-by an
unlimited issue OF greenbacks based upon
the credit of the Government, and deluge
OF them ut that. First destroy all credit.
public and private, and then issue ga good
and abundant currency" based upon the
credit you have destroyed.
What incompatible craftsmanship! What
wonderful sagacity What divine wisdom
Can it be that the brain which gave to the
world this idea is but an emanatlon OF dull,
inert matter?
Are we, indeed, by process so simple
10 witness the advent of not year, but
milenniaI period Of jubilee, when all ma
tons, and kindred, and people, and tribes,
and individuals, from ex-railroad magnateS,
Invested of salary and perquisites, to their
yery organs, grooming and creaking under
a load of debt, and prolonging their exist
ence by contributions drawn from the sat
elites which circle around the dethroned
potentate, are to be freed forever from the
dictation of money-rings, and to feed JOY
ously into pastures made green by unfail.
ing and unending showers Of greenbacks
sent out from the great treasure-house OF
the nation Us fast as the sheets can be turned
of by cylinder press?
The first deluge, we are told, destroyed
the world, except a little money ring, OF
which Noah, the capitalist, was the chief,
who with wise foresight had invested his
money in the best property to hold under
such circumstances-foati capital. But
the second is to destroy the money rings,
weighted down with their gold bags, while
the empty-pocket, empty-headed sans GU.
tottes float in glorious ease on this emerald
sea, forever exempt from the Vaccinations
OF the money rings and Shylocks, and with
no fear of the taX-gatherer before their
eyes.
Such is the grand panorama which passes
before the rapt vision Of the aged seer who
conducts the organ OF the forcibles.-lap-
pahannock Inde1.