The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-29
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old Wing party. AS Was aHtu e' :. - non
ia tenets became bis, and as asy y, u ma
he followed its fortunes until ~ sai. t.a
dered Its right longer 10 exist, aaa os.s s
merged In that bold, denant, auu sst, ts.,
siye organization which now ios , ,hn 1,s o
twenty years has held sway 3sI W we IVY. to ~
s,,d ,,,rse of our people. IL IS not TO De
S...,,,taa IN General, Ewing as fault eaat:
he hoe not always been Democrat. Ihat.
Seeing distinction belongs TO few. tney
ore a rare band, sucked in the sacred faleh,
or kent secure in their hrst ana hlghest
estate by fayoriBg environment sud tbe
nreseryatiye power OF the principle. Thes
are sort OF elect. They have never 'Dees1
seduceli from their convictions by ,the
femptiuc fruit-the shining aDpies-t4at
make gracious the Republican eden. Id
The midst OF disaster and defeat they EaVe
ever cherished the proud determinNlon
never to submit or yield.
8; .19sl5. = "Like the PorIc Sea.
Whose iry cNrrent aud comnuisory'coRse
Ne'er Knows reiirlDg eob, ctkeeps due on
TO the Prepontic aud tile He'lespont,"
4tev have borne the inevitable yoke u years
anG the calling burthens and disnimina-
lions OF political aud sociA life with n FORTH
tude lacking parallel. The Hebrew chill
dren passed through an ordeat scarcely
more fiery.
But if we were SO proud, so exclusive
ms TO depend only upon born ssemocrats,
II only such are TO be placed on guard onsy
such assigned to posts OF homer, our 1ollo"'-
ing must indeed be feeble ane'our SUCCESS
uncertain.
n wos a trick of the old Republican party
tn recruit itself largely from young Demo-
cysfs by every show OF profit, by soothing
DISPLAY OF sentiment, the H1est sovereign Oh
aII solvents, by timely and delicate atten-
tions TO tine oubtfuI, and by strength-gfF-
,np promotion. The Democratic party was
fearf,,l]y dectmatcd, and it fell into what
seemed a helpless and hopeless minority
National. State, county, township, and nd
nicinal authority all vanished. We bad
nothing LIFT but pride and poverty, our
name and fame. and, what was better tnan
all these, a sense OF Justice ,uuimRaIred, In
the midst OF impositions, eXactions, ana
rage. Our pride kept AS from sluklns INTO
utter despondency,; aur poverty cement
OF friendship such as was never yet"leuhc
by any chemistry in gold; our name was
the known word over the Worlo 1or equnil-
ty. and our sense of justice bit OF indie
sfructible religion against which mere num-
hers are. as poweriesS as wasted windsor
the spent breath OF some fraii body long
since buried.
The Democratic party for soIae years
past has been making successful repFisals
from the Republican ranks, or sayrather by
some occult principle in political science
that will not 100 long permit any party 10
remain in dangerous ascendaney. line
young, vigorous, and fair-minded Republic
cans have voluntarily come over to us, nave
leayened us with new lffej have delivered
us new title-deeds to strengthen old pre-
scriptionS, and who are now confessedlr
our ballast and best leaders. We have met
here tonight to testify our regard for one
such and to welcome him to his home. a
few months ago he left these steps ourrep-
resentatiye in Congress and comes back oaf
fated Governor.
1t is tt on such an occasion that Our ac-
claims should shake the air and our lire
works brighten the'skies. Our thunder, SO
long silent. comes back to Us as in the old
Jacksonian DAYS, and VIC care not il it.
brighten our Republican friends from their
proDriety.
These double honers, these duplicate dig
mites, are not wasted upon our worthy Eel
loW-citizen. They we'll become him. He
has won them in the noblest way possible
by high argument upon the stump. by con
yincing debate in the councils Of State, and
what is more and best, by becoming the
unpaid attorney of the poor in the great
case OF " Bonds Us. Bread" The case is.
abnormal and threatening. it crowds. all
Others from the calendar. and its day in
court ought not to be adjourned until there
be a free and final hearing. ,Y~
Let it be understood, however, once for
ali, II that were possible. that we make no
war against capital. Every cent is precious
and every dollar delightful. They are the
drops OF sweat that full from the laborer's
brow. They are the realization OF all the
mighty movements OF the age. The de-
structon of a dollar is the cancellation OF
the highest exponent Of labor. Let me be-
come lush with metaphor that l may Illus
trate my meaning. Labor is the root OF the
tree-capital the ripe fruit. No root, no
fruit; no labor, no capital. r
Capital is the miraculous achievement OF
muscle or OF mind laid up in banks or bu-
resus, or hid away in peck or old
stockings, or invested in bonds, or WORKS,
or farms, or improvements, or loaned at
usury. Whatever men work for and es-
TEEN OF money-yaue is capital. Whatever
men work for and enjoy is capital, but this
last may be of the inalienable kind and val
ueiess except to the particular individual.
Capital distributed is kind and gracious as
the dews Of the morning; but concentrated
more fearful than the frost or fire. Capital,
like the world, has its centre OF gravity, and
draws capital to it, wherefore the saying
money makes money! saying apparent.
~ true. but as false as the falsest.
Plant your dollar in the ground,
and will it sprout dimes: Loan ito IN ir-
responsible borrower, and will it ever come
back? Put it in your chest. and is its cir.
cumrerence enlarged? No dollar was ever
yet nor ever Will be able TO do more than
hold its own. Indeed, from its birth It's de-
preciutien began; it wears away in The
pocket, and dwindles day by day. But ii 1
borrow your dollar and expend it for food
to strengthen my muscle while am ut work
producing something useful or beautiful,
something to eat or to wear. or to adorn Our
house or inlproSe our groT ntS, then that
dollar becomes the epangel OF labor, and is
entitled to its crown of per cent. For its
use ought to pay rate somewhat propor-
toned to the advantage that has or Ought to
have accrued TO me. II | have no money!
can hive no land. Gao raise toonn or cat
tie OF my own, can carry on no manalfac.
lures, can erect no buildings, nor can buy
stocks or indrlge in dividends. II l have no
money must work for Others, and into
the hire three elements SHOULD enter and
those elements should be Of the highest asd
best standard-irst bread; second, clothes.
third. q margin OF money over and beyond.
go that may eventually become NV ewn
master. work fof myself, aud in turn aa,-
ploy others to work for, me WITH the like adj
vantage OF opportunities and hopes that
strengthened my arm in the outset. Capi-
Tai, therefore, ought to be Kind. 1t ought
10 be as humane as religion. as universal. as
love, and within as easy reach as tie waters
OF the living brooks canital and labor,