The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-07
sornathing 81 8 Wonder.

a IS
ssthat when q politician announces Q dogma
political that number OF other politicians nus
endeayor to impair its force by pro posln ~
slightly varying propositions that CONFUSE
alike politicians and people, ana leaVe ,,. Tue
originator 81 the dogma hardly able to know W
his own identity, aud, indeed. mas nim !.
self soon out Of the ring?" How IS II
Need We remind The reader OF the memora-
BILE dogma of the "enforced equity, anu
70 ask him what became OF thatS Why its
ingenious exploiter came so near being lost
in the maze that succeeded that 1t Wouid
have been 4 natural suggestion to bis own
mind that it was time to advocate ZEN
forced entity for be was SO near becoming
pon.entity that he should have taken mea-
sures 10 preserve his entity at least.
No wonder that "my father" was VeAeo
In his philosophy and desired "to KNOW.
Indeed, there never was time "hch men
more " desired to know" and when there
was so much TO intercept knowledge. Even
to get a sight OF things is near an lmpo'sl-
billy; for the moment you get your eye on
ANYTHING some woman's lofty head-cear IN
tercepts your vision. So it's. Eve'yDoay
seems determined Chat 70 other BODY shail
exactly know or see anything.
enforced equity" was bluhea Oh D!
..universal adjustment" and the uhto"aru
circumstances that knocked the dogma into
cooked hat !" has but set the fashlon, ana
theories and schemes designed for pubic
diversion and personal advancement are
Jeeionary. But, like their precursor, they
successfully come to grief. and their puta-
tive fathers are soon knocked into insensl-
bilitv and are utterly unable to recognize
their paintings.
Change the scene for moment ana con-
template the formularies touching green
backs. What is what and who Is VINO
rAnd inst here il MEEKISs says we are dlS-
cussing greenbacks he shall be shot on the
snot.l May we not be permitted to ask VINO
or what politician can overhaul the duStheap
and recognize his iormulary amongst the
mass. 1t may indeed he said OF those bant-
lincs, sit is wise child that knows his
own father; and we rather think that III
this case it is a wiser father that knows his
own child!
Take them AL. including their variations,
and so very curious arc they that man
wonders by what sort OF ratioclnatloh thesc
things were created. Their authors, OF
course. considered that the matter Of green
backs being d human Gcncfaction, excess
was out OF the question. And aspirants
for office, seeing that he who proposed the
largest amount of this benefcerce would
most deserve the gratitude OF the public
went into unlimited eXuberancc. so the
rivals for public consideration and for the
position Of human benefactor ran a
race OF bidding. The modest man
would like greenhacks issued cautiously
under law that would act as a
break and prevent injudicious imitation.
Smarter gentlemen 1T once could see
that this could not possibly meet the
popular demands, and "saw' the gentle
man and went him .Fbctter" to the tune OF
SEA thousand millions OF gTeenbacks.' A
green politician, observing that there was
nothing said about redemption, strutted
forth with importance, declaring that he
would issue that many redeemable i'll thlr-
" years. "Thirty devlS,' said another.
-" Felow-citizens, offer that many green
backs 'irredccmable.' That was i
" stumper." This person thought that he
had reached the greenback Mtima-thule.
Imagine his surprise at being knocked over
by proposition that followed like the echo
of the voice, ~ bid irredeemabe green
backs TWO feet deep over the whole coun-
try" That was Il sockdolager, and put an
end to bids. In fact, the last preceding
bidder was knocked so high that he fell
over into an adjacent manure.heap!
so we see that the popularity OF the age
is in that unselGsh spirit in the aspirants
Tor Office that impcs them to tax their wits
as to how they are to benefit the people,
and they tender them ali the blessings that
heart could wish-in their rivalry each eX-
ceiling the other as 20 the bountlful nature
OF his gifts. Ny father was simple enough
to wonder how it was that men could offer
so much OF what they had nothing to call
their own. Most revercntly was it Sug-
gested that it was hardly possible for man
to offeFas much that was bis own as of that
which was not lis own, and that he could not
be expected to give under any circum-
stances.
But is it not happy country where the
whole body Of politicians are rlVal'!ng one
another in their eXertiOns to relieve the
people from Labor as we'll as distress, and
fill their houses with blessings and !uxuries
greater than those possessed by the nobility
OF any civilized land?
The statesman Of rhiosophic mind must
observe the peculiarly OF the times thus
skctcEed. His logic teaches him to hunt
for motives for things in this way remarka-
BILE. He finds the search difficult indeed.
Humanity is seldom in excess amongst par
tisans, and it is difficult to make that cover
a multitude OF good things; and yet, il he
be himself gentle and kind-heartcd, he will
be reluctant to make it, the "motif," all
selfish. Searching little further, he strikes
upon $4,000 per anuum for congressman.
Solid compensation, indeed; and immedl-
ately the needle Of his mind dances about
it, showing strong tendency to settle down
there. But, like the prudent Judge, he de-
clares, q hold my opinion at present III re-
serve" Now, could there be more KIND