| Show from the of commerce THE CONDITION OF THE COUN TRY mr EDITO EDITORS S when W wo 0 see sec old men who through a long ilfe lifo have hare established f shad a character for wisdom me moderation de ration justice and benevolence not 0 only encouraging by their presence but giving the sanction of their names as leaders of a meeting where sentiments which outrage not only every precept and principle of christianity but every feeling of common humanity are uttered and received with wild and vociferous applause when we see men professing 0 bessing to bo be disciples of the prince 0 af pf of peace and claiming to bo be the authorized zed messengers and ex of that gospel which promises peace on earth and good will to men breathing threaten ings and slaughter and in the name and by the authority of their commission exerting all their powers in the pulpit to work into frenzy the fiercest passions of our nature marwe may we not well conclude that madness rules the hour and may wo we not reasonably fear that tho the country is rushing blindly upon dangers dangers of the tho the tho most appalling cllara character c ter I 1 fear mr air editor there is but little hope that anything 1 I or even you can say bay will be able to reach with effect understandings blinded by passion ana aua and aud fierce tierce with feelings of vengeance yet it is our duty to make an effort to stay the tido tide that is sweeping over the land and to warn these angry men of the dangers they thoy are aro bringing upon the emi ewi country if wo we cannot arrest the calamities that threaten we may at least put upon record that all reason has not fled to brutish beasts boasts and that there may bo be still left enough of the spirit of christianity to gather up the fragments and bind up tip the wounds after madness shall have run ran its course and worked out its own destruction however we may strive to hide it from outsiders or plan and labor to evade its force sooner or later truth will vindicate itself and the farther we depart from it the more cutting to us will be that vindication it is the highest interest of man to know and obey the truth it is therefore the tho part 01 of wisdom not only to look it fully in the face when it presents itself to us but to search diligently and carefully for it when it does not truth is often un palatable pala paia tablet tabler because it strikes down s ome some of our prejudices or our fancied interests but it will do its work whether we heed beed it or not everybody admits that in somo some respects ap e 6 ts the c country otin olin try is in a bad condition and though we are glorifying glorify ing ourselves upon our material resources our present prosperity and the brilliancy of our prospects in tho the future I 1 do not believe there is tv a man in tho the country who allows himself to think but feels that wo we are surrounded by perils of A n moa fearful character yet men cry peace ireace peace pence when in their hearts they kanov there is no peace that they neither want nor intend to have peace and they must know too that we wl are rushing furiously into ono one of the most terrible conflicts the world ever saw mr bir editor let us look at things as they are it can do no hirm it may do etmo yomo good my statements shall be bel f facts ta open p P 11 to all ali my iny eclus celus conclusions loni s will ho be nae nac my y 0 own w n ta they thes ley icy may b be e erroneous of that every overy man mati must judge for himself our national securities pay twice as much interest inte as those of great greal britain and oti ought lit to be worth twice as much to say the least they ought ough t t to command more mure why is it then that with larger resources than any country in the world with a debt less lesa than two thirds that of great britain our securities are hawked in the markets of the world at a price twenty per cent less than that commanded matl mail 10 by those of great britain why la Is it that today to day gold commands a premium of fifty per cent in our country la Is it that the world is ignorant of our resources and slid our ability to pay puy la Is it th that at anybody believes that the restoration of the seceded acceded states even upon president h in my opinion fails falla far short of or what it ought to be would diminish our oun ability orous willingness l to pay no hir air it in Is the pervading dread that we are rushing the country into a condition which if it floes does not destroy will render our oun lur resources u unavailable n lahie fable kappre I 1 apprehend that no nit reflecting man nitin will doubt for a motu moment nt that if to day it were known that the presidents President identa 3 plan or orre re tion were at ut the meeting of Conre nH to be with any considerable carried parried out there would be an nil i in mhd mod diate lato into an and lare large iare advance in the tile price olour of our oun both at home and an and a heavy decline in the price tir fir orold roid gold As it is and alid with the pro hect before us it is my opinion that with every election which T proclaims f that this settlement t is mole moie more and d more hope hobb less there will come a decline in the price of our securities and an increase in that of gold I 1 am free to confess confeS 14 ar editor that it is my opinion that if too southern states were all nit restored to tee the union and with it were to come a itro of good feeling better than we have had at any time for the last forty years if all tho the wisdom and all the erier crier energies gies of tho the country were directed to the improvement of our social and material condition it would require along siong time and a hara hard struggle requiring the most rigid economy in the government and involving much of personal sacrifice and self denial of the people to bring our securities and our currency to a specie standard but with a divided country engaged in a fierce and bitter contest for power a contest which is enlisting in its service feelings feel neel and passions moro relentless than have havo over before been exhibited in th thib this IS country I 1 see nothing but ruin ahead peace speedy peace is chatie what we need nixed and must have we peace but there is no peace wo we boast of having achieved a great victory avo we may well we 11 ll exclaim with 1 6 pyrrhus another such victory will ruin us REASON neason |
