The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-23
"Ouf at Last"

In an article under the above caption the
Wing Of yesterday attempts to make it APP
pear that the Dispatch "is fighting for
Funderism even in The current presiGen.
tIal campaign. 1t bases this charge upon
the fact that in an editorial which appeared
in our issue OF Wednesday we attempted to
show that for reasons given in that article
neither the National Democratic party nor
General HANCOCK is going TO recognize the
Readiuster ticket in Virginia as the genuine
HANCOCK ticket.
First, let us say that in the course Of its
article the Wing makes the following state
ment, which astonishes us beyond measure,
as we were not conscious OF having written
whit was laid to our charge. 1t says:
1--WE are also told In the same article that
readjusiment must die the death Of the
.feioR.'"
Naturally enough, we turned to our flies
to see what we had said which could justify
the Wing in making this statement. We
quote our words:
The lesson we would teach, or the
moral we would draw. is that neither the
Democratic party as national party. nor
General Hancock as the candidate OF q ma
tional party. is going to recognize the Re-
adiuster ticket in Virginia as the genuine
Hancock ticket. Suppose they were to do
SO; what would be the result in the North ?
The probability Is that they would lose more
votes than Virginia gives. No party that
counienaDces anything like reputation will
ever be trusted by the property-owners OF
this country. Bonds ought 10 be as safe an
investment as lands. Coupons are entitled
10 gs much respect as bonds, both being
evidences OF debt. The Greenback craze
killed off Mr. Thurman aud Mr.. Hendricks
rs candidates for President. though both
are sound hard-money men. TO issue ire
deemable greenbacks Is to repadiate GER
tain proportion OF all debts. 1t is to take
money out OF the pockets OF the creditors
aud put 1t into the pockets Of the debtors.
IL Is 10 injure irremediably all men who
work for wages or live upon salaries. All
such schemes are doomed to disaster. There
Is no help for 1t; they must die the death
OF toe feion."
We have quoted more than II was neces.
tary to quote, in order that the reader might
see how little, and at the same time how
much, reason the Wing had for its asser-
ton. We assume Of course that it did not
Intentionally misrepresent our language !;
and this being the case, II must have under
stood words which We applied only to the
Issuing Of "irredeenable greenbacks and
call such schemes" 10 have been intended
to apply to Readjustment." The Wing
win OF course correct its misstatement.
We wish TO add that we think all ques-
lions as to the public debt OF Virgins
ought 10 be left out OF the present contest,
We have endesyored to do 80 as a general
rule. The article upon which the WIZ
comments with 50 much gusto was penned
for the purpose u convincing RexdiusteI
Democrats that ~ they mot wei proposed
to tght The presidential battle In virgini,
on what Il called . " local ISSUE" Rekdjnst
m<nt being that issue, they could not res
sonsbly expect the Democratic party OF thu
Dnjon 70 Tecognixe thcirs as the genuine
H4xcocK ticket, We DO not admit that ut
are making the debt question an issue when