The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-19
Massey

:. wade ,y HE iess-readyy aud We coutd
d +sass. cpnnine. associates (but OF tbis we
a s,a No q, means sure) the bead aud front
!, ,aeir rebellion against thu peace o. tue
Common wealth, and we must 50 regard . e'n, 7
.He i. indeed. morally and mentally Sssa
St,,,ea for brother.in-arrnsfof Of MALONE R
R,nSp1, ss ggaER, eic. His principles are OF
the most Objectionable character. ne . eA-
mounds them with great deal OF ,cunniu9g,
and viii, that sort 81 insinuatton ana aIt
that are calculated to delude tue unsas 2,
cIous and make palatsble the poison WHICH
Is concealed under the leaves OF specious
rbraseo,ogy. = He Is o great /" sarmers'
tr;end.o and selects the figures that are
most agreeable to those whose lives are
aimple aud whose language is strongly
tinctured with proverbs. He has studied
how 10 please, and has succeeded 50 Ear as
that be may, until better understood, 'dupe
some OF those whom he seeks to ,mtslead.
But he cannot do so for any long PERIOD.
The day Is not far off when he will be well
understood as false philosorter. q pre-
tended patriot, and designing man. ~
The farmers hang upon hts words when
they hear him forthe first time:s,H His stock
consists mainly OF homely statements Oh the
opnrcssions OF the farmer and OF the great
advantages that most classes have over hum .
The capitalists he never fails to represent as
p,upderers. Tue phase Of the "bloated
hondholders" never becomes less favored
nv those who hear massey. = hey never
pause to think how wrong it is to take the
money that the capitalist has loaned ior
public or any other uses. He IS q hofrfo
man 10 all those who hear the so-caled di-
vine. whose vocation should be to teach
tba, all men should have what belongs to
them, and that no man should withhold
from another what he owes him.
But Mr.. MASSEY never teaches the public
auditor that doctrine. No man leaves the
sound OF his voice with sorrow for having
favored reputation and regret that he has
abused the public creditor.
Along with the general effect Of his teach
ing he is sure to impress upon the public
mind the hardship Of the burthens OF gov
eminent. The taX-gatherer is repulslVe
map-oue to be dreaded-onc that he rep
reseuts in most unfavorable light, in no.
wise sympathlzing with the farmer. How
ever much the farmer may suffer By preca-
rious proyidential dspensations aud tickle
seasons. these things concern not him. Oh,
no. lie tolls not, neither doth he spin, but,
saws the pious orator, "SoLoMoN in all bis
glory was not arrayed like one OF these"
This brings laugh, and, rs might be sup
posed, the scriptural reference is absorbed
by those thirsty minds Or there be such pre-
sent) as may not be enlightened by thought
nor iberalized by ray Of just comprehen-
sion.
So he goes from prejudice 10 prejudice
dislngenGous disparagementt to subtle iDjus-
tice 10 classcs-and dishonest innuendoes
about pursuits that make up mass OF
wrong that some OF his auditors find it
troublesome to comprehend and rather
difficult to rcmoye.fron their minds. Hav-
ing fixed up his unfavorable picture of the
capitalists, and represented the officers OF
the law in anything but an agreeable light,
be proceeds to bring upon the stage those
agents who are indispensable in civilized
life-those middle men, known as commits
sion merchants. That he knows these men,
so indispt nsable that there could be no
commerce without them, we doubt not;
that be knows that there is amongst them
at least as many honest men as are to
be found proportionately in any other
class of society we are certain; and, taking
him rs sample OF the class OF preachers
(Which God forbid y, it would be entirely
safe to say that in honesty they excel the
preachers. But the gentleman disposes Of
these commission merchants with innuen-
does hurtfuI to their business integrity,
representing it as unfortunate for the farm
or that, after escaping Providence and the
mission merchant! Poor fellow he seems
to say. Sad indeed is his easel And even
then he insinuatcs should this agent play
him false, be has yet more terrible enemy
in the path 1.-THE lawyer. ....
The lawyer he represented as perhaps the
most Improbable Of men so far as it con-
Germs the public good and the getting OF
Justice by man. The dilatation OF this great
divine in this line is nothing less in our
view than communism Of the worst sort. Ii
it is not war upon society, we know not
what is. 1t goes to show that the institu-
tions OF civilization are failures, and that
the professions and agencies for the man.
agement OF commerce and the dispensing OF
Justice are in effect defeating those objects
and spreading wrong and evil over the
land. .. ,s..
Tue farmers will find this out. They are
strong-minded people, and soon rise supe-
rior to any little preiudices which pursuit
and habit Of thought may tend to foster. II
they take Mr.. MASSEY as a teacher they may
we'll understand that when he Is unfolding
his false philosophy and his narrow minded
and wrong-headed partisanry TO them he is
doing nothing in the world but sowing
tares in their fields, scattering the pestifer-
Gus "ox-eye" IN their fine meadows, spread
ing broadcast the Hessian fly in their wheat
fields, and blowing as with the east-wind the
weeyil and the most destructive enemies 10
the farmer over his broad acres and fruitful
fields. Above alt is the farmer imbibing a
philosophy and morality which will Ibo a
blight to his, fields and to bis mind land viii
visit upon him, in time, misfortune and mis-.
cry for which there can be no, remedy and
no consolation. @,~ss. gs,v