Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-05

recoIIect she promised to receive tnese co".
rons Ia navnnent Of al cues, and VIII youI
AID and that Of Judge Bond we VIII mSse
her 40 ~ Turn deaf cal TO her app us.
throw sentiment and true fealty, ana ou.y
10 the dogs. Save and put money 10 your
rockets. Aid Us TO durcss her, ana " nv.
no rsvfsb her OF her integrity aud nonoIi
we assure you clean gain OF 700 on s.vv.
shave YOUR old mothers paper ana return
that 10 her instead Of the money sue heeos
and YOU have promised to paw her..
And some poor, weak, and selilsn sou's
arc seduced and fall. And, doubtless, some
few weak and good souls, pressed oy nc.
ccs.itous conditions, listen to the temptcIs
and fall. have no harsh word 10 SPEAK
Of the latter. But shame, shame upon tue
mon. few In number, whose cupidity IN
0uees them to use coupons. They are
mostly men OF means. They are those VINO
have grown and are growing fat 10 Tue
land. They are those who are ever reaiy
IN obey lagos Injunction, "Put money III
Inv nurse" They are men VINO. u tne'
were in DE- bt to a neighbor poor and strus-
cling, and bad promised TO pay hin on a
certain day, aud when on their way 10 40
so should meet with some one ho'ding hi>
note who proposed to take fifty cents on
The dollar for II, would not hesitate u
shave that neighbours note ana tender ihi.
in paymcnl, though they well knew u
would sorely disappoint and distress MN
not to get the money; though tney wen
Enew the meat and bread OF his friend de-
pended on getting II.
With such men II Il needless to argue
to them II IL useless TO appeal. But 10 the
honor Of humanity the great body OF Vir-
oinja's sons have determined to perform
their duty now a. In the past, and TO refuse
10 shave their old mothers plper-reiiise
TO take part in wringing from her bosom
the cry Of anguish standing at the head OF
this article. =,
And should not every patriotic son OF
Virginia uphold the hands and applaud
the acts OF those thus resolutely bent on
doing their duty? Should any one thus
applauding do anything tending to the Sc
duction and fall Of his brother!
Yet we find that sentinels on the watch
towers, the organs OF public opinion, the
newspapers OF the capital city OF the stare,
are publishing abroad the most seductive
and insidious proposals Of coup0n"holders;
publishing, too, these commune cations IN
tended to bring the State and its officers
into contempt aud ridicule
II is vain to allege that these papers are
paid TO publish these communications. 80
are those who use and tender coupons paid
10 do so. II it is wrong to use coupons II
il wrong 10 be the medium OF conveying to
others the temptation 10 use them. At all
events 1t thus appears to LEAR.
The Dispatch as rule has as little A.
possible to say about itself or its course.
But az Lear" takes us to task, we VIII
say rs TO Mr.. CoOPER's advertisements that
We should have considered ourselves as
acting childish part indeed had we re-
fuse d TO publish them. We have published
free OF charge a humber OF letters from
him and Mr.. RorALI. Was that wrong!
1t is the rule of this office to publish no
advertisement OF doubtful character-not
even lottery advertisements. for example.
But, on the other hand, we never find fault
with papers which do publish them. 1t Is
the custom IN our counting-room to sub
NIT to the editor all advertisements there
considered Of doubtful character. III he
has the same opinion OF them, they are not
published. Mr. CooPER's advertisements
were not submitted TO the editor. II they
had been, his judgment would undoubtedly
have affirmed the decision OF the counting
room.