Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-30


that Alabama has gone wrons'
meeting OF capitalists In the interest Oh
dear and scarce money is hcraldtd az a
great gathering Of great hnahlleis ~
secure sound money. similar Hi't'ii7
OF men who favor the use OF bolh nl''aia
IS referred 20 coutemptuously as d crown
OF silver lun1tlcs"
Now. men and brethren. fellow-Demo-
Gratis. what are you thinking about! 10
you need 20 boz told that VINEGAR IS nov
generally used 20 catch flies! DO you
think that men are usually more ea.Hs
driven than led2 10 you really thinN
that Won can stop the people from think
ing bv denying thcm the right OF ii'-
utterancc2 so: you Do not need 10 De
told any Of these things, and the more
the pity that you should appear TO neeI
IT.
Let ne reason together: II is great
question and one which concerns as aH-
An honest men are vitality Interested 10
its correct solution. many honest and
able men differ as 90 the correct so.u-
ton. We cannot afford t0 be dogmduc
about &c. Calling hard names only makes
80 harder 10 determine. by binding men
minds with passion and autagonism. The
American people aye going o. settle II at
the polls. and their will is law; your
harsh answers and hard names can no
more change the result than you can
keep back the tide with "a broom. Ho"
will they decide DO? 10 is not part OF
my purpose in this letter 90 answer that
question ] have my own opinion; my
ueighb1r has his: we discuss 10. IS tar
as we are able. with calmness and courte-
ev. we do not abuse nor insult each
other.
one thing only: DO not Doe sure that.
because the press and the noise ana
the shouting are almost an on one side.
that side must win. Recall two striking
lessons iu recent political history, and
be wise. DO you remember as FAR back
as 1898? II you do not then learn
that iu that year a. man named Malone
arose iu Virginia. and "a mighty political
battle was fought oyer the payment OF
the public debt An the newspapers
Gfal'y. there were not sis on the other
side We're against Malone and for the
payment OF the debt There was never
such ofatOry. and so much Of u, on our
siia-that is. against Malone, there was
never so little ON the other There we're
never such newspaper reports az political
meetings. never such 'cheWing-Lp'
destroying" "dem1lishiug" crushing.
ETC.. ETC., Of opposing speakers. surely,
YOU remember &c. But when The returns
came in-wcu. we can afford % laugh Of
70 now. though 70 did hurt awfully then.
My. my, what n licking we did get. You
see. while we were beating the tom-
toms and the gou-s and making such o
frightful clattcr The people were JUST
thinking They thought that they were
rot going 90 pay the whole of that debt
and they didu't-it is q way they have
ia republics
Again. DO YOU remember when we
tried % rc-elcct Mr. cleveland in lss.t
If so, you recall that every single one
u the great daily newspapers OF Ne"
York except the Tribune. was for
Grover. How could Wo lose the state
under such circumstances? IT. had never
been known % occur We were safe;
the betting ran high; L believe they called
it a "cinch.' though j really DO not un-
derstaud the game. Well I know YOU
have not forgotten the result The un-
expected happened. as 60 usually does.
We dld lose New York. and Grover TOO.
IL was the same OH story. The trouble
some people were thinking again. and
the noise ana the thunder ~ the once
sided press d.I not stop them. or even
niphten them. Strange. but true.
Now. Mr. Editor. something very Ike
this is going on in Virginia, and in this
country now. 10 seems O. mo. Let us
of calling hard names. and sit down and
reason together. ~ possible. let MS
Doe patriots. not partIsans. For the true
solution of this question. n ve shall be-
able % find IT, viii lead ms % peace
and prosperity; while a liuEder viii bring
want and sorrow and suffering OF which
our people have not yet dreamed.
VINDEN
This letter shows that our friend IS a
thorough-paced partisan, and doesn't
know it. We cannot JET his statements
pass without saying that the Dispatch is
not one Of the newspapers that have
spoken Of the free silyer.tes as SILVER
iTT5Tic7," etc. nor IS # in thc habit OF
calling hard names; nor IS IL one Of
those that have suppressed news favor
able 20 the silveritcs, and displayed news
unfavorable 70 them. But il would seem
that our fairness in the matter is very
little appreciated, inasmuch as FOR all
that We know to the contrary, the Dis
patch is included in the papers animal
verted upon by our correspondent Fur
thermore. we may say that the free sill
verites have numerous papers In Viz
pinia, and that all of them are not al
ways choice in the language that they
use against those who do not agree
with them-a fact not commented upon by
our friend We give "VindeX' the
credit for the best intentions. but would
submit that he who would teach con-
seryausm must himself be conservative,
and this. we hold, "Vudex' is not-The
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