The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-24
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,s,l ia so 3. FEBRUARY 81, 1873.
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fsnset fsweilers in the country men VINO,
rns hoIsiing Office. arc not afraid OF tnelr
shaanuys. nor OF spirits, nor OK dealers 10
Ike exceedingly 20 Know
srhy ii is that the Legislature g aotns Nv
siits@ towards perfecfiag The Monetl iiquot-
law. which. YotMathstaBding sts sda pe1iec'
ssans. has provea d fruitful source o. sess.
ma and hns demonstrated. its capac,ts, II
s,sns,erly enforced. 10 replenisa t l "a GA:
Savsted Golfers OF the State. 80.
Dontr . sew i,ays since Our legislators, wtsn
,,osraoS,ny asarrity and ,lausuaa nnanimits,
4mtr,nr;z..a the Governor TO borrow on
,,sa s al future revenues, two hundred
fhousaad dollars to Gil 8 Dec,ts,'n IN tne
Treasury, which their natskTeS may wen ae
s,,nnosed 90 abhor on esca returning Fay-
day. why, then, with verse tnan eNpy
treasury, with those schooLlund arresEsSses
staring them In the face. a.'out WnIcn sn ae
Friends, par excellence, OF me poor maa ~
SO fond al declaimings and IN view o. . si..
standing aud overdue rcns-tnossV s,.ss
a,oires OF demagogues, Wntcn may ss ss ,a nn1
their way into the ffeasH ~. 1900 Sss
s:nnnr.Iay and ensure from 1t che returns
syh;ch. to the iuil extent OF the pubic me-
cscsitaes. it's capable OF ysesdingy
Gmy ahle and faithful executive officers
s,are recommended that i4 shall 3.bs made
snore eyHeieyt. and we are satisfied that the
masses Of the people desire ana expect tnas
sh;s shall be done, and that they VIII .nolo
their representatives TO q strict reck onfnS u
81 he not done At present 1t 10 manifest
fbaf, the law is shamefully disregarded.l Ise
returns throughout the State gsaringiy snow
shis, Tn Richmond, where it has been mtleh
WORE fo,tifnlly executed tbanin many other
s,ioces. tbe returns for tie first fifteen days
~ tic existence are greater than Tor any
.,onih since. witt, two or three exceptions:
The law has shared the Fate OF 81 King Log
Dreaded when it first came numbering
down among the dealers, they nave soon
gotten used to 1t, and now "sit on IL VIII
immunity. And yet it is said that the Legs
lature intend to leave this state OF things ln.
changed, not daring 10 amend, ana YET
afraid to repeal .,
Surely nothing can be more perniclous 10
the public morals than revenue laws dened a.
Measure, under which tens OF thousands Oh
adople conspire to defraud the,r mother
State Of her lawful revenues, and TO such
nstifuI extent in each separate act OF srauc
In which oftentinies buyer and seller are
nike nariicipant. Besides, the seller, VINO
is 1isposed 70 act honestly by the State,
finds himself deprived OF his honest gains,
and secs the stream of custom setting TO-.
wards the dishonest scamp. in favor OF
whose dishonesty the violated law operates
rs premium.
Messrs. Editors, will not you, who have
done and are doing SO much to eXalt public
virtue and to restore us far as possible pub
lie faith, exert your influence in calling the
attention Of the people TO the attitude OF
their representatives towards this import
ant measure? Will you not insist that this
legislation shall be made more stringent, SO
that the law shall become terror to its
yiolators. and powerful and easy auxiliary
to our struggling CommonweaIthp ~
. Can 1t be possible that the Legislature in
tends at this session, as at|its last, to shirk
ifs duty, and give this matter. which is so
vital to the best interests Of, the State, the
go by? ..-r,,. VEST.