The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-01
.r.sa : me slave that Pays"

"Rasa ia the Slave thaS rays.
r~.c.,v., This is the quintessence o.
Az s,h;,n.onay OF the deluded nien-tnose
'ne pn w bones,--who natter themselves
. nat thew are Re&dsussers. They are DE.
s s,,s Of very good people. They had
.lwavs been tprior to the war; comfoftao'e
ana free from the annoyance Of Owns iof
debts they couldn't pay, and from I'ressu,e
for food and raiaaent they could mol guy.
O. when the time came that they were
messed for debts they could not pay, Suo
for wants they could not supply tnes W
comm irritable. and, what 10 worse, uifea'
.on,h,e Plainly no man ought to expect
- have supplies without paying foe Ihe'n'
~ credit when he had nothing TO ener 10
s..nritv for credit extende to him.
But, still, it was so strange that such q
descendant from good people ia the age OF
slavery should find himself necess'ta.eo 10,
.be want Of commissary stores, and estoppea
Prom credit for the want OF the security .na.
as;ndisrensable for credit, that be couians
understand it. twas so strahge, 50 anou'a'
,ous. so different from the period Oh pea'e,
prosneri,y, and slavery, that he couia not
=, al understand It. 1t was not expllcaoc
ON any principle, social or pol'ticai' knows
70 him. so be jumped to tie CONCLUSION .na'
II must be due to the perversity ana e's-
h,er;c OF mankind, and he fell to curslag.
All, that passion and that cut sing
mildly called "eussing," has carried noa j
few to the poins of peril Of their very saa'a-
tisn. 49,,
But. nevertheless, it is too true that tue
.bul,ition OF passion that has burst Hofth
from the hearts Of many good peope naS
zone on increasing rather than sussia'hs
mill now some OF those who were born, as
u were. ia a socisl paradise are lingering
unon the verge OF the grave "crsslng'
(. cussing," and nsy pass away FROM life to
death "cussing," "cussing." ard SO DC
nshered into the next world. And can we
dread the fate OF such? VIII the KIND ana
gentle angels who usher these men into the
world OF love and pardon undertake 10
commend them to other dispensations ttan
those that are directed by sympathy ana
mercy?
Still let us deplore the perverted ideas
that influence men in the conclusion OF
sheir lives of disappointment and prlVatloh.
Alb, it is phase OF humanity that might
make the angels weep and counsel men 10
fo1bearance and "allowauce."
.sBase is the slave that pays Hence
" demnitionn to all evidences OF debt. OF
course. Aad how should that most-dc-
no,,nced form of debt known rs the "cou-
non THAT evidence OF accrued interest
which has become the object OF unlimited
abuse-escspe the bitterest denunciations
OF the men so descended,from good people,
so unacquainted with the trials OF life? by
no means could such an outrageous lnVen-
ton be allowed to pass. SO the coupon IS
settled in the minds. Of men altogether OPP
posed to paaing as nonstrous creation OF
poor, erring man. There is no corner OF
the State where the denunciations OF that
form OF @,eyidence OF debt" have not tra-
yelled. The simplest and most artless OF
men can at least damn that. " FULKERsoN
has numerous pupils in the woods and the
mountain portico where it is held that an
So evidenced debt" very great wrong,
and thing to be execrated.
What right has man to Cypress another
with obligations to pay? Let. him be con-
tent that he has m oney to give. Nothing
could be more unreasonable than that be
should expect everto get it back.
"Base is the,slave that pays" "Ancient
PISTOL" was the only true philosopher and
statesman thut ever lived. SOCRATES and
PLATO were ignorant. CICERO was knave.
BLACKSTONE and BACON were nobody. HAM
ILToN and WEBSTER were sciolsts. PISTOL
struck the black Of philosophy and morals
in the grand declaration, 't' Base is the
slave that pays Why should mankind
be degraded to the low level Of wran-
gle over 1mine and thine?" Would not
that bring us all down to the lowest condi.
ton OF sordidness and seltishneSs? Ger
tainly. Away with self and what be-
longs to self. Whyshould not men discard
these degrading notions? Give to all men
what they want and end this whole routine
OF the possessive lease, and hurry life TO
that true paradise where all men have all
they want, and that horrible policy OF Keep
ing accounts and holding men to the obli-
cation of paying debts is unknown. Such
monstrosities ,can be only known where
evil prevails enc trouble is kept ever in the
ascendant.
"Base is tbe slave that pays" Down
with that Accumulation, the coupon, ana i've
forever freedom from obligation, and liberty
to all people.
We have long considered =" Ancient PIs'
TOLL as the true apostle Of too many OF our
citizens who were afflicted ia their pedigree
and their history, land we!present him now
very sincerely ;as tine true personator and
the exact prototype of the inveterate 'Iir.
Einia Readjusser. u; 10y r. @.
"Base il the slave that pays" g..
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IMPORTANT IF TRUE.-1n aspeech which
os,r old friend Professor WISE made to The
merchants OF St. Louis son Saturday last, be