The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12
il story for the Richmond WhfE.
Is rFron, tho Charleston News.l


AHr. Clparchus Brown IS O nice gentle
mas. If be Is o greenback man ne ~ 50
from conviction. Heis not an aspirant ior
political honors, willing TO rise into power
upon the popular whim of the moment Due
m honest ii not profound thinker. Du-
ring the war his position. as q common SOL
dier cave him little chance to acquire, much
iess 10 fall In love with, aper-money 10
hrIIk. and since the war his acquaintance
with the precious metals has been
too limited to make him familiar
with the virtues of coin as q purcba-
sing medium. On general principles
money is money to Mr.. Brown, and his
observation has been that when he bad most
preeubacks he was most easy in mind.
Erqo, the more green backs the better 1t VIII
be not only for him but for most men:
&C For.u reasons Brown, "what Is plentiful
ia easy TO get, and us gold has to be dug,
while paper has but to be printed, give me
nane- an the time. Paper is good enough
for me, Keep your gold, but let me have
ereenbacks knee-deep all over the land. Pll
run the risk, and so will every poor man.
Hard times will vanish. happiness and pros
perity will return, industry revive, CONT
dence will be resto-"
At this moment there came from the
swamp, beside which Mr.. Brown was walk
ing pensivey, voice that could not be
mistaken. "K-n-nee dee-eep! k-n-nee
dee-eep!" it said in tones most human.
Mr.. Brown smiled. ''It is the voice OF Ma
ture," he cried; "even the frogs know
what this distracted land OF ours stands in
need OF T"
His house was mile of, A mile OF green
backs would make-how much? NO mat
ter; il they were knee-deep he would want
no more for the present. They would ill
bis house, all his houses. and the rest he
would have to stack. Here NIr. Brown
frowned. "To-morrow," so ran his
thoughts, "my hands and teams will have
TO- haul plank to build sheds over those
stacks. My cotton is backward and sadly in
need of work, but am compelled to have that
plank. After that though "-here he smiled,
but quickly irowned again" after that,
why, hang the crop, it may go to Jericho. l
will take my family 10 the Springs" Mr..
Brown was very happy, but not for long.
He reflected that, in consequence OF the
universal abundance OF greenbacks, every
| body would be at the Springs, which would
be ANYTHING but agreeable to man OF
| wealth like Brown. "And why" be asked
himself, "should the proprietor OF the
Springs keep the Springs? He will do no
| thing OF the kind; he will take his family
to the seaside. But there will be nobody
at the seaside all The hotel proprietors will
have gone to Europe. What 4 wretched
state OF society,"" --------.-
Mr.. Brown was not only miserable i'll
mind but in body also. There was an un-
accountable condition of things. His head
was hot with intense thought-he was al.
ways an intense thinker, especially on social
and political topics-but his feet were cold,
and the cold was rapidly ascending. n con-
gestiye chill was evidently coming on. Was
| it? No; lost in intense thought, Brown
had simply walked up to his knees in the
swamp. Around him his greenback friends
were clamoring "K-n-nee dee-ep! knee
dee-p!" "You needn't tell me-" says
Brown. "K-n-ee dee.eep," said the frogs
- know it,'' says Brown; E" don't like il
either, and I am going to get out Of it,
"Kn-ee dec-eep." said the frogs. "1ou
are set OF Internal greenback fools " cried
Brown us he lifted bis fces out OF the mire
and felt dry, firm land once more.
AS the welcome lights OF bis home greeted
him lis mind seemed to he illuminated
"Why," lie exclaimed, "if money lcaE
knee-deep everywhere the labor OF hauling
it home, the labor of housing it, the cost OF
protecting it. the anxiety Of mind about in
vcStinG it, would be immense. What hare
old world it il, to be sure. NothlDg-lite
rally nothing-is to be had without labor OF
without yeXation OF soul. Ii Il man really
wants to he n Greenbacker a swamp is thu
place for him. That is the only soft place
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