The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-20

a,ny,nipns: twas also naIlraf ihas ans
pnrfv having been inyexfstence for nearly
twertv years, as the Republican party
Inns. should begin TO lose Its hold upon
| the neopie. . This was the situation ut the
lbcginnfng OF the present Administrator,
| and I Consider 1t proyidential that matters
have since then shaped themselves so as 70
L,nke this obnoxious question OF force Out OF
politics. When it was taken out, the idea
of sectional administration was also ellmi-
mated, md what is the result Here we
have the South consolidated against us, IL 10
| true. but southern influences are losing
ground in the North where they were gain
| Ing ground before. The Republican party
has most assuredly been the gamer, ana us
gains now are certain. They are assured Tor
all time to come. Confederate encroacl-
ment. as you call it, has been circumseFiDed.
| and there arc RESPONSIBILITIES, l might
SAVIOR the belief that the Republican party
will maintain its supremacy in the Govern
ment for q long time to come"
Editor 90 Then you are not apprehenslFe
of danger in the Iuture?"
: Mr. Evarts: ..Certainly not. The coun'
try was never so prosperous as 1t IS now !;
| the Governments OF the old world LOOK at
Ms with amazement. Here we have per-
formed the miracle Of paying thousand
millions Of dollars OF our debt when they
thought that we were exhausted by our
prolonged civil strife, and at the same time
| have turned the balance OF trade i'll our IA
yor. Our system OF government, rs said
before, is good one-good enough for any
people to live under, and strong enough 10
control its own existence-that IS, to save
itself from destruction. The world knows
and acknowledges this fact. Or course we
have our troubles, like the southern ques-
ton we have been talking about, ana the
silver question, but that is about all, anu
we have survived them"
Editor: "Of the silver question 7"
Mr.. Eyarts "The advocates OF silver
coin have been somewhat disappointed, l
think, at more recent results. 1t was, per-
hans, reasonable to expect that silver would
appreciate in value when we remonetlzeo
it, and it did 60 up in Price to some extent
but since then it has fallen of. 1t was ninety,
and it is now eighty, but we are not the only
people who are bothered, so to speak, on
this question. The Chinese and the lndlan
governments use silver, and al! Europe IS
forced to acknowledge its intrusive mis-
cbieyousness. What we Shall 40 III
the premises or what we ought 10 10
I cannot pretend. to say. Inc scope
and intent OF the silver bill has
been carried out as far rs it can be by
the Executive, and with the close OF the late
international Monetary Conference tile
question comes back to us. or to Congress,
as purely home affair. But it appears to
me that what the American people want IS
the paper-dollar-th convenient paper
dollar-which is so seldom lost, and which
serves all the necessities Of trade and COM
rnerce. OF course it must he good dollar
al honest one; better, perhaps, than our
present silver dollar, which is just now
practically at discount OF about fifteen
per cent. With this question OF finances
settled-and it is the main question now
the future will be still more bright and
promislng.'