The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-01

So w oS
the upsYersa. f,she boys say iEgoes
SsThS weather pms itzel z, gte EntrIners
soy. ga cain, follows Tue storm. We cam
nst resist tho great iaw. Che times were In.
deed only too flush, q TIL dream WIS plea
SAINT, but II could not lastt.u AS In violations
of ifgreat tuMs. the day OF reckoning had to
come. And it did come. Obs how IN wise
we have all been. Is not worth while 20
step here to.proye that the so.calietl pros
perity was only imaginary, and not real.
All pleasures derived from violation OF
great fundamental principles are as " uri-
substantial! as the fabric Of drcan'-delu-
sive and imaginary. The great question IS,
Shall we profit by our dear-bougnt eXpe-
rience? This is the practical question,
and the one our statesmen would do well
to TAKE to heart. Before any change is de-
termined upon we must be sure-hrst, mat
the policy to be abandoned has failed OF It's
object and Is worthless; and second, that
the things proposed as substitute has been
sufficiently tested to justify belief in its
superior efficacy in effecting the. end de-
sired. The question, then, is, :" Has the
policy OF the Republican party, is regards
the credit aud finances OF the country, been
future ?" II an individual was known
to have been, heavily in debt. and paying
the highest interest on all the money he
owed; il his credit was known to have been
none OF the best, and enemies were con-
stantly heard to say" You will see" - GU
will hear something fall by-and.bye." He
can't stand,nand the like: Fin q few years
this individual should have. so arranged
with his creditors as to be able to borrow
money at as low interest Us the richest man
among us: IL his income was known to DE
greatly in excess OF his outlay, and his notes
OF hand worth their face value or more in
gold, would any sane man doubt the good
management Of this indiyiduaf9 Would
any one doubt the policy that had brought
such good results9 OF course not. Well,
the Government is this individual. 1t has
effected all that is here stated. Is its policy
Il failure ?, Oh, but &c the times are hard
Certainly they are. We all have felt and
now feel the pressure. But what is the
cause thereof, and how are we to remedy it5
" Drowning men catch at straws," and the
multitude are found beating the air in the
very desperation OF despair, and calling upon
the doctors to save. Now, doctors are never
hard to fnd when there is good fat goose
to be picked. And here is the prescription
they offer: Fiat money-"plentyo f green
backs,'' legal tender for all dues has this
remedy been sufficiently tested, and has 1t
proved OF such superior excellence In the
cure of the disease OF the body polite,
wherever tried, as to justify our confidence
and induce us to substitute the old with
the new remedy? II history is not fable,
and the experience OF mankind 1ctlon, q
DECEPTION, and a fraud, say no. VI all
remedies ever prescribed for the cure OF
disease this fiat-money deception IS the
least reputable. Changing the figure, it
is the merest Jack-o' -the-lauiern, or
will '-the-wisp, ever coniured up IN
the disordered imaginations OF men,
and not as plausible as the invention
of perpetual motion. Fiat money is truly
fat folly. 1t might answer for phantom
people, who live in air castles and subSiSt
on moonbeams, but for real human beings
something more solid and substantial Is
needed. Some one has said that If be were
allowed to write the ballads OF people,
others might do the reasoning. Surely some
one has been writing ballads for Us, when
such folly can find supporters here. Ii IS
beyond the reach Of reason. 1t dehes all
logic. -...
understand the needs OF the working
man. am myself workingman.r My
children all work-dig and deive in the
ground for living. What we want is sta
bility-not tInkering and trihlng with cur
rency and finance. II the country was sure
OF quiet on this subject; if the people were
sure that Congress would not meet again
for five years, tomorrow would find us on
the high road to prosperity. Let aus have
peace.
AS surely az honesty is the best policy; as
surely as truth is miehtier than fiction; as
surely as fortitude is virtue and patience
commemorate, so surely will the policy
adopted by the Government prevail, and so
surely will this people become more pros
porous than ever before In their history.
Can we not be patient and wait?
G. X. GnMER.