The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-15
More Money.

When the demagogue rises before the
people and asks, "Who wants more mo-
ney?" every man answers, 81 do y; and
when he asks, "Who does not want more
money!" silence gives the answer. So,
when the exhorter in the pulpit calls out to
those who want to so to heaven to rise,
everybody rises; and when he desires those
who wantto go to hell to hold up their
hands, not single hand is upheld. And
yet the expression Of q wish for heaven no
more opens the way to ultimate salvation
than does the declaration OF wish for mo-
ney crafty the poor man who needs it.
This is one way of elcting popular feel
ing; but it is great mistake to suppose that
the mere desire brings man nearer to the
possession Of what he desires. The politi-
cal demagogue is given to INDUCING the lilo
gicai conclusion that a man who acknow-
lodges desire for greenbacks may be count
ed amongst those whose idea is that green
backs are the remedy for all our ills. He
will find, Us time passes, that people are not
to be deluded by this simple strategy. 1t is
like telling little children that they can
easily catch birds by sprinkling salt their
tails. gsS Il
The tlemasogue's tricks don't last long.
They are soon detected. The "forty acres
and mule,' promised the negroes could
delude even those simple people only for a
short time. The green back trick is not
more plausible to intelligent minds than was
the delusion attempted by Radicalism to be
made enduring with the negro. .s.. !.
There never was scheme more shallow
than that OF issuing unlimited amounts Of
paper money that shall be a legal tender
and redeemable in nothing. The. means OF
uttering such notes was the stumbling
to the lunatics who proposed or supported
the scheme. They attempted to meet it by
proposing that the Government should un-
dertake public works OF immense magni-
tude, and thus pay out vast sums Of green
backs. But that again presented the ques-
lions as to how such expenditures could
be undertaken by Congress when ali
parties had proclaimed their determine
ton to curtail expenditure and diminish
the public debt as fast as possible? Further
more, IL the disposition should be enter
tanned to 30 into public works, the question
comes up as to where those public works
should be located and upon what scale they.
should be constructed; and these points
would be prolific OF differences that would
bring almost certain defeat. We should
say that It is utterly impossible for the Con-
gress, under the political and physical state
Of the country, to project any systemof In
fernai improvements that could be success
full, and the aGreenback lRnatics would be
thrown back upon the question, How shall
We got the green packs out Of the Federal
Treasury
Another plan was for the Federal Goy-i
ernment to lend the greenbacks TO the
States, There never was more idle con.
cep.son. The States which would desire or
saccspt sloan from The Federal Government
are urdouhiediy ID; q minority. The propo-3
sttion would DE hooted out aof Cong tass In
utter contempt.
No scheme for Eissning 4 vast amount of
ederal npses or sssssi backs that has been
proposed stands tue remote chance III sue.
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