Show 14 POOR PROPHETS the memphis A appeal ap pp a al is right in its the republicans I 1 are poor prophets they told the country that the election of clever cleve land meant the re return turn of the ne groes to slavery the payment ot of the confederate war debt the pen eion sion of confederate soldiers eol diera and that tha tAbe the whole country would sink into irreparable bankruptcy and ruin cleveland has been I 1 dent nearly two years the neg negro r 0 ia 13 secure in hia his freedom ilie erate holdier has asked for no pension and expects noni none the rebel debt has not been paid and never will be and instead of ruin the country ia is enjoying an an unprecedented pros ier ty and the people haye have full confidence in the future this is based upon the fact that the failures for the first nine of 1886 number as compared with in 18 1885 85 with in 1884 and with in 1883 moreover the falling off 06 in liabilities shows that the failures fail urca recorded have decreased not only in number but in severity verity Be for the nine months of 1887 these liabilities amount to while for a like period in 1886 they were abidin and in the favorable ye year ar 1882 they were the past three quarters debts acre are ays says bra bradstreets sleet but in excess of those for a 11 like peri period odin in 1882 or about 7 per cent although the total number of wil failures ures this jear year exceeds those for nine months bof 1882 by nearly 43 per cent these figures tell all that we need to know of the present business si situation tuition coming as they do to reinforce reports from every quarter of mille mills and factories long eilent silent but now running once more of business houses crowded with orders of employees working night and day to keep pace with the new now influx of trade of general confidence and renewed investment of ca capital P ital they assure us ui in unmistakable tak able language I 1 that thattie th atthe J the long night of di depression ion is for g the thil time I 1 being at an end everywhere business men are satisfied with the business activity the signs of tho the times plainly indicate that next year will bring unbounded and unprecedented prosperity to the country one of the most re remarkable mariable in all the history of american development and general prosperity these facts show that fhe the republicans are no pros peets and that the D democratic emo critic party y is destined to rul rule e the country at lea least st during the present century now that the democratic parly party has proved its ability to rule the country wisely and to give the people prosperity and now that the I 1 labor abor troubles are to be satis facto rily adjusted d a and nd now that the people know how bow to put down the anarchists and the communists under democratic rule the country will reach A destiny which the most sanguine ean guine mind has bas anticipated the union is young in years but broad in extent there is no country on earth iso rich in intelligence in material resources and the grandeur of its moral strength it has a constitution with which there is no human law comparable and with the extinction of strikes tabor tibor riots anarchy and sectional hatred tho the demo bemo crat cratic ie parly marching forward in defense of liberty law right and justice will give greatness great nees pe peace ace and prosperity to the country |