Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-23

bis Stale in 1871 Mr.. D1Iary eosas s 80,
fupcec, be receiving ore thild m "" e.,s
in Nett Nisginis certiDcsies wbrn w.
prseufaiiy worthless. Again; !. -,
rent, 1o-sos. thereby relieving his -ta.s =.
c1se helf tie Interest. Aiiboogh -olot, -.
cut ~ bis STATE, 0e pays upon sDo y i-ss.,,.i
~ the State upon nii ma real hno peiseo.a.
aniouni 70 nearly "a ooo. Mr.. DuisnY thinks
be has done slI ibstcufy OF petrioIsns, ist
Qulfts. and refuses 10 fund bis bonds pnscn
have stood The test OF the highest ccsT, ~
The land. 81 Q Discount Of 40 per cent, 49, 49,
n bond without security. and 20 pay -
taxes IN money. when be holds the opnsh-
lions OF the state, stamped upon ineI ~
"recestebe for al taxes and dues due tne
STATE" The state makes the issoe WIZ
Mr Dulany. and not he with the state
As Mr.. II. Grafton Dulhny IS
brought into the papers, we suppose we
may be allowed TO follow him there.
Because Mr.. Dulsny, who Is one OF
the seslthiest men in Virginia, ospings
million Of collars worth Of property
here ard drawing an immense revenue
from estates in Great Britain, was en-
abled TO save, or to have saved for him,
during the war the small pieces Of paper
on which bis bonds we're printed be
seems to think they have become sacred.
lie makes no allowance for the people
whose property could not be concealed,
and which Was destroyed by tire,
rspine, emancipation, or contiscstion.
BE probably does not know that the
State was as much bound to protect
ODE class Of property of her citizens as
another. that bond had no right which
did not attach equally to q horse,
COW. q barn, q clearinghouse, negro,
or anything else which the Constitu-
lions Of the State and the United States
recognized as property. He does not
appear TO think himself in any way
called upon TO consider the losses Of
his fellow-ci in the same ship in q
common cause, but TO have perfect
right, with all his superduity Of means,
TO take two thousand dollars, or the
half Of his taxes which be proposes 10
save by paying in coupons, from the
scapty means Of men who lost all when
be Iisked comparatively nothing.
II Mr.. DulaDy ever knew. be has
lost sight Of that sublime precept OF
ConfucIus, which places the whole duty
Of Nan to man in the one word " reci-
pIoclty " or, a. later and Divine au-
thority phrases it, whatsoever e would
that men should do unto you do ye
even so TO them" He lsbors under
tie difficulty that besets rich men.
But Mr.. Dulany, like that other
young man " who had great pos
sessions" is amiAble, well-meaulng,
eood-tempered, and said to be capable
Of acts Of proper generosity.
But wealth breeds parasites. and
these are sometimes as bad as 1.-The
dead flies - which cause the ointment
Of the apotbecary 10 send forth stink
ing savor." Some Of these seem TO
have got bold Of Mr. Dulaney, who has
facile temper. and TO have persuaded
him that be needs 100000 more IN
addition 70 the million he now has, and
that be can get il by suing the Auditor
dior, the Treasurer, the Attorney-Gen-
eral, and the Secretary Of the Common
wealth Of Virginia for that sum. a.
damages resulting 10 him from their
opinion, generally expressed. that the
Auditor Was correct in directing levy
Oh nan who refuses 20 submit MS tax
,eceiyable coupons 10 the test required
Oy law. 80.
When it becomes known, as il will
be, to the Jury, composed Of men OF
sturdy hard-sense Of the Valley, that
all be would have had to DO IN that
case would have been TO produce his
bonds and take judgment, be will
hardly be thought by them to have suf-
fered to that extent, if at al /; and the
general opinion will be that he has
been made the unsuspecting tool Of
shrewder men in IL effort to bully toe
State by intimidauDg her officers.
Poor MAN.