The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-19

az, nc dorltnatisn, of the Senator, and the
tinkling 81 the register must have succeed
ed well IN these changes. Tlse meeting was
as g enthusiast ic.'
And vet the wonder is how anybody IN
Rockingham can complain OF 20 yerty--noW',
they csI, say chat the people OF Rockingham
cannot pay cents more OF tax. II IS one
81 the richest counties OF the State. and we
are sure not man In the county " Hide
surprised IL we say we do not believe a Wofd
of this asserted poverty. officeis the thang,
the agitators want, and II Rockingham were
oppressed that would not help her people a
lot or little. Yet nothing could be more
grateful to the agitators.
Blu, the course Of DR.. MoFFETT Is an espe-
.cial object OF Gmaryel." he is forciDie
rea6iuster, and that means repudiator; yet
he is the inventor OF the MoFFETT-register
tax, which promises to be most lucrative
source OF revenue to pay the pubic depts
which he proclaims his readiness to repu-
diate. indeed, while he is colloqueing with
his colleagues Of agitators to advance the
cause OF public faithlessness, be is COM
nending his register tax to all nations aud
seeking to sell as many patents as he can,
and thus get as much fat OF the MoFFETT
register as is practicable.
Just now we have in an exchange the toi-
lowing high eulogy OF the register:
The bell.punch is the taxpayers friend.
II relieves the industries Of life by putting
the cost on the luXurles, so considered. II
will lessen the general burden without I'M
posing another in its place. 1t is the en-
preston Of an advanced civiliZation.-ln-
didnGpotis Ne,cS.
Indeed, Dir. MoFFETT promises to take
position alongside OF JEFFERSON in That
sort OF authorship which displays an "ad-
vanccd ciyil,zation." And how can he
console himself for his treachery to his own
fame in conspiring to advance the cause OF
reputation, which is tending, instead OF
towards "advanced civilization, towards
barbarism? Trust in man, good faith to
public and private obligations, are the
proofs OF civilization, whilst hostility to
these obligations, ignorance OF the nature
OF public and private integrity, are the
signs Of barbarism. No savage tribe could
install the MoEFETT register. DR.. MoFFETT's
fealty to his own fame, his good faith to his
worthy partner in the register, Colonel
GIIMsI.EY, should drive him from all ALE
glance with the forcible readiusters.
We most heartily deplore, for the honor
OF Virginia, that the agitation OF forcible
reimbursement should be most conspicuous
in one OF her richest and loveliest counties.
It is mournHul and locally appalling.
We protest that q county which has the
honor OF domiciling a MoFFETT shall not
have its glory clouded with the frcn-
zied agitation of "forcible adjust
ment., Dr.. MoFFETT is the bright ge-
MUS who invented that form OF tax
which has been declared ''the expression OF
an advanced civilization" The county and
her famous representative stand before the
world in illustrious distinction. The best
form of taxation challenges the admiration
of civilization. DR.. MoFFETT consecrates
his genius to the noble purpose Of maintain
ing the public honor by devising This ''best
FORM" He sanctities the object Of taxation
by devoting the sacred hours OF his private
meditation to the means Of liquidating the
public debt and supporting the govern
ment, to which our highest earthly allie
glance is plighted.
1t is both faithless to himself and to his
county that he should mar the sanctity OF
taxation by impairing the dignity and holi-
ness OF the motive of taxation-the redemp-
ton Of the public obligations. The Doctor
cannot ride both sides at once. He must
desert the register and register himself on
the side of public integrity and public and
private faith. Ii he maintains the other
side taxes are not wanted. BE should not
teach the people of Virginia how to increase
the public revenue, nor should he teach
other people how to raise taxes, while he
tells the people that public obligations ere
not binding.
We know not how to understand DR..
MoFFETT, the great inventor OF the best way
Of raising taxes, unless we solve it in this
way That being an aspirant for office on
the side of the "forcib!e readiusterS," he
will most certainly succeed by excelling
them in their chief merit. So, after invent.
ing the system by which the public creditor
may get his money, if he still stands by the
eadjusters-agitatcs with them, and takes
care that his plan shall not pay-he must
stand as the most perverse OF them all, and
must win their highest honors.
advanced civilization" don't tolerate
this double-dealing. MoFFETT must leave
his register or back out from the read