The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-21
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parson Massey, who has the brains O
the gex fius,srg--and very bad ones Inc.
afe--has been convicted beyond dispute O
declaring ti,at the people OF ]. virginia were N
nei ,i her legally nor morally OBLIGATED y
nae one cent OF the public debt OF Inc
State. !, tha AZ,
HogE circus are denying that he IS a Tspa
Il iias6r. Then he blows bot and colo WIZ
1 tho same breath. He asserts that the people
are not ia honor and Justice bound 10 pay
debt which he in the same breath proeiai'1'
| that he thinks they ought to pay--aoha' 'aes
are able to pay; and why' Ii .nes aie
neither morally nor legally required 10 pay
why should Parson MASSEY be Wiling 'ia'
they should pay any part OF II!
Here il a defect in the Parsons reason
inq II lie thinks there Is anytn'hs tna'
cali, upon them to pay any part OF tne
debt. then he must speak hypocritlcaiss
when he says they are not morally nor le.
oa,iv hound TO pay it. Hc is a traitor 10
his people and faithless to Justice 20 DC
willing 10 see them pay what neitner Ia"
NOR moral obligation would require tnem
TO pay. 49, ,,,,,o,, ~
Tho condition OF incxcusable douole-deai'
ing, He cannot excuse himself to any
body.
Wby did he put himself in this place
Because he wanted to inspire the people
with the determination to resist the taxa
ton to Jay the debt. But finding tna' th's
would be going length which woniu not
no sustained, lie retreats from the position
enough to say that he is willing to see the
people pay, and thinks they ought 10 pay
as much as they can. And who is TO se't'e
that question? Parson MASSEY, or VINO!
But first he takes care to teach the people
that they owe nothing and to impress upon
them the idea that they ought to get rid OF
it all il they can.
His motive for this is plain. He would
difYuse as wide as possible the bellef that
the people should pay nothing, knowing
~ he docs that under such an impression
people will he ready to concur in any
scheme that promises to embarrass the
Treasury OF the Commonwealth, or dlmn.
ish the chances OF the ultimate payment OF
the public debt.
This is the best possible preparation OF
the public mind for sowing broadcast the
seed OF discomfort and unwil'ingneSs 10
submit TO any measure for maintaining the
public credit ard providing for the expenses
OF government.
Parson MASSEY knows-and so do MA
HONE. RlDDLEBERGEE. PAUL, etc.-that IN
this state OF mind they stand some chance
to succeed with their destructive measures
to upset the State judiciary, turn out the
Governor, revolutonize the State morally
and politically, and ultimately repudlate
public and private debts.
And this is What The RedGuSterS are
after.
But MASSEY says Virginia is not bound
legally nor morally to pay her debt. Aud
why should he then say he wants her
to pay something? That is his dodge. He
knows the people won't sustain him, and so
do MALONE, PAUL, &c. He knows more
THAN this: He knows that there Is no
earthly chance OF saddIing the Federal Gov
eminent with Virginia's debt. Further
more, be knows that if there were chance
for that, the Federal Government would as
sess tax upon Virginia sufficient to pay
the debt, aad then our good people wouid
be BARRED and worried to death by Federal
tax-co|Iectors.
SO all OF MAssEY'S sophistry about the
public debt is merely designed to excite
hostility to our own State Government and
indlsposition to pay the public debt, and
indeed to perform the duties Of good and
honest citizens.
THIS ia the aoay of Readiusters, and that
is only the road to public and private ruln'
social misery, and the destruction OF public
virtue. No Readiustcr can be good citi-
zen. No body polite whose public deVo.
ton is weak, whose sense Of public honor is
deprayed, whose zeal in defraying the pup
lie expenses is exhausted, can maintain re-
spectabiity amongst communities or IFS own
peace, comfort, and happiness.
MASSEY, MALONE d Co. have fixed up a
way for themselves that is beset with diff
culties and impossibilitiea, and must lnevl-
tably cover them with defeat and disgrace.
The people of Virginia cannot be de-
ceiyed by such shallow and false schemes
as are theirs. They know that either de-
feat and disgrace must come upon those
schemes or that Virginia herself will iall
into dishonor and decay and ruin, and the
fox, and the bat, and the owl shall haunt
the places where civilization and peace and
the scenes that make prosperity and joy
now appear.
The Virginia Debt Settlement.
HAMBLEToN II Co., a distinguished tinan.