The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-17
THE CRASH TO CONE.

The article below, from "Life illustrated,
has vein of philosophy and good sense run
ming through it that will commend II to ever,
one:
The prophets of the press and the signs o
the times alike Indicate an approaching imam
cial crisis. Well, 80 mote il be. I ommercia
revulsions are Just us necessary occasional !,
10 bring matters Of traffic and balance. of nc
connt back to first principles, as are storm.
and lempests to purify the atmosphere anc
regulate the Seasons. 1t is wisdom in us
however, TO be prepared for either or both.
lfmen trade, they will sometimes ovrrtrnde
IL propert, rises in value, twill, on orc .sons
be- found to have Increased in price beyond
the &. sources OF the circulating medium. II
in fast age, with the spirit Of 90 aheaditive
ness. young, buoyant, adventurous, and enter
prising, urged on by thousand schemes oi
canals, rail- Ioads, telegraIis, new States and
Terrific Orirs, new cities aud villages, and lashed
up To in"rdinntr competition by conflicting
interests aud chances Tor speculation, our
people ever and anon lind themselves o,es-
whelnlrd with indebtedness 20 earh other ar
Ia foreign nati"ns, there must needs be n
crash. Nor is IL any thing Ia b. rcgreited.-
A crisis should come, must come, and will
come; and in this crisis Is Uur salvation, iu>t
as liver, though grIevous TO bear for time,
is the means by which The bodily organism
RECEIVERS its normal condition.
We do not therefore regam the expected
ordeal or comm".ion in property exchanges
and monetary balances as a cnlnm ~. Very
little will BE- DESTROYED by the op, ration, al
though it will result ir VARYING very con.id-
erably the available capital OF Individuals
Nor can We take sides with ieose croaking
philosophers " ho can see no immediate good
except in high prices, and no permanent ad-
vant,ee Except in homied gold. We shall
take The matter, not knowing
"ThrOugh what strange scenes and changes we may
pass"
as courpIacentlv as becpmeth philosopher,
" hich we profess to b.. We shall rndrayur
to keep cool, deal iairb, love mery, act hon.
est y, for, close no nioagages, and procure no
sn' p juigm, nts. And We advise our friends,
hy which term we mem all creation, to do
likewise. II, in common with large portion
of our fellow beings, W. are called upon to
suff.r some, we shall,
"From seeming Evil still educing good,'
rejoice more IN The brlgh, prospect beyond
than replne ut the Iiomeninry trouble or in
convenience. We 'haIl still cling To our
darling theory, thatIaughng is better tlmn
crying, and that w9king and praying will
overcome II multitude OF difficulties, while
dolorous hmrntal"n would only serve to
render single or insurnmuntable.
Meanwhile, let husbands be industrious
and sons live within their earnings; let wives
BE- economical and daughters not extravagant;
let families for season dispense with all
gewgaws, and hold last to good lread. Let
new d BITS be incurred v ith cauti"n, while old
ones are not rrpudhied, tn the end that "fnith
in man" may not brc"ne among the things
that were. Especially let creditors be lenient,
and give reasonable ex,ensions without ex-
tortionat- usury. whiledebiors, by their tenn
perate lives aud usefnl tvocatiOrs, -appr'vs
themselves worthy OF tlr generous consid-
Grafton of those who, folthe time being, hold
the rrins of power.