The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-15
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T,srss, OCTOBER is, 1875.
Senator Thurman.


he ,skio Of Yesterday says
senator Thurman is excladea Dy. W.. tns
srsss,s 81 The Ohio election from the press.
j a,,.;.t iisf ia the cry OF the money
4 ~, s she kibune down to the
35 Nnw our readers know that the abore
statement is not true, and the WtiS ought
n let It's readers know the same. On. tue
#consrarr, we have more than once since the
elections of last week conbatted the Idea
that AIR. THugMAS's name was erased from
the list OF candidates By fae results OF those
elections. we have argued that u the
Greenbackers. seeing how insignificant their
own numbers arc, would fail back into the
Democratic party, their votes, added TO those
Of the Democrats, might restore the Demo
cratic party to power even IN Ohio. Mr.
THURMAN will probably be the next Demo-
cratic candidate for President, and he is as
much opposed to issning irredeemabie
greenbaeks as any other person. &
We agree with the New York Graphic in
the opinion that the country owes 70 Mr..
TRUMAN q debt OF gratitude for marking
out a line OF policy for the Democrats to
pursue which will prevent the evils OF In
fiation fas we'll as those OF contraction). lie
opposes irredeemable greenbacks, ana ne
opposes forced resumption. He fights the
Republicans on the one hand and the Green
back-lunatics on the other. The results OF
the western elections must convince him
that he has done ar;ght. IL he had led bis
party in Ohio into the irredeemabe green
back ambuscade, they would have been over
whelmed by the Republicans, who, instead
OF gaming thirty thousand votes us CON-
pared with the election of last year. "ouio
have buried the Democrats beneath noun.
tain OF votes as we'll as OF cbloquy.
We here and now ayow our perfect will
ingness that Dir. THURMAN shall be the
nominee OF the next Democratic National
Convention for the presidency OF the United
States. II he is Greenbacker, the wing
will surely not object to his promotion. Ii
we can consent to support BIN, the Green
backers who claim him as one Of their num-
Der can surely afford to compromise upon
so acceptable man. We are more afraid
that some less desirable man will be nomi-
mated than that the great Ohio-Virglnian
will be.
The creenhack craze will soon be over
In fact, we regard it as already settled that
there is no danger OF the success OF any OF
the schemes OF the irredeemabe lunatics.
Persons who were in New York at the
Democratic National Convention OF 1868
will recolcct that one greenback craze was
then at its height. The streets were full OF
men who had pinned upon their coat-colars
as good limitations OF sreenbacks rs were
ever printed-much better than any OF those
we have seen this year. Itisquite amusing
TO read now the following greenback de-
claration taken from the Democratic national
platform Of that year. and recall how soon
the demand was buried in forgetfulness, to
be resurrected ten years afterwards. The
platform demanded that
"Wbere the obligations OF the Govern
ment do not expressly state upon their face,
or the law under which they were issued
does not provide, that they shall be PAID IN
coin, they ought in right and in justice to
be paid in the lawful money Of the United
Staies," that is, greenbacks.)
There were other greenback declarations
in the platform, but the above will suffice
to show that there is nothing new in the
cry OF the GreenbackerS Of this year, but
that they clamored in the year 1868, which
they now declare was one OF great prosper
ity, for the same sort OF relief for which
they are now clamoring. The present craze
will probably die out as soon rs did that Of
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