Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-10-22

Christian fR their encouragement CON
fort and guid,ncs. | pr pose thl, evening
Z, look At the sulject In Its relsIion' 10 "
pol morals and 70 the welfare OF the =
communiiy. Il
1. Il i remarkable 10 see how much
sufF.ring eowes upJn m-n, not By any dis
sa.4, hut simply BY difficulty Of CONNER
cal 6rs0thiAJ. Y
II the homan body be stricken with To-
yer or pal,,; 4 chnlrra or plague attack u; 9
~ il the ssOrl or bullet snIts it; or II some d
wsi h fall sui enly and crush ~; or some {
.ecrrt wound draw oat drop 10y drop the {
blood. We do MT marvel. There IS cause
adequate to the effect. But if you put =
m.n into an exhausted receiver, unler I
bell gl-s., without a particle Of air, the
mischief is inst the same. No organ suf-
Gsns. no tissue is Iacsrated, no muscle crush
e,l, 10 part is pr~,neI. note Wasted or
draineI Of Us vital Aaids. and yet the nan
sfectualy dies.
Toe course Of aff ,irs among Us has not
besn disturbed BY the unnatural invaSons OF
war. The haryests have not failed, and
famine has not reached out its gaunt hands
. among Us. Disease HAS not striysn IN our
midst, nor has industry ceased for lack
3 either legitimate enterprise or proper mat
terror enterprise.
Z And vet this great nation. in full health,
: with uuaceounlsJ abundance Of harvests,
in il. young manhood, stalwart, eager,
hopeful, i. suddenly brought up, and trem-
y hles aud stagger, as il it would lie down
: in faiutues. What is the matterl
> 1t is the want Of air, The city cannot
i breathe. What then Is this commercial
e air which is - ne-dful TO his and activity?
ID Ii is the faith Of man in man. IL Is mu-
y tual trust. It is eoaflsnee. TINS is the
Of air which eonmerce UrestheA And now,
ID IN our mid,t, although there hsye BEEN ia
10 i.seretions, there have beeu nose which
tie country cou Mt bear almost without
he 4 check. Mea speak # over stocking the
81. market. # o,er.nanufactnriug, Of over
he impnrtatluns. and Of ex;rAyagsnce of varl
If. Gus kind,. 10 not say Ihh there have
not been misttkes IN these respects, AMI
i, areat mi.tikes. But | dn LAY that We sra
-, too strong people H. brur' into such
- confusion By mere mistikss # this kid,
al FMS country has such yIlnr anI Suc ee'
>. ulguls Of power, that sHrfd;e oistakes viii
m never daniage 1t seriously. There Is mon
.,r ~ enough, property enough. the nee tor
hs aools snl manufacturing, blt m-n are all
~ paralyzal TO lay i-lly by tear OF each
~, oth.r. M-n oIx at tie hest c'uc-rns. a'
l., IN times os sle.e they lcok at b"nl, shetl-
,al exp-eiluI that every on will bnr>t. an
:, the only dlftrence between "us AID "A
In, nther is in thg length Of the fuse aud III
,rt. time it will take to hurn ont.
ma, Bat whv should rere be this sud lei
A.. c.ss ,tion ofc1nilencel You trusted tho'
az. men Yesterday to 90 around tn gl"b
ons with your money, whom nov YOU vii
,ro. not trust to carry it from the btnk u tl'
store. Nochsnge has come over Tues
and men. They are Just as honest now
and then. Their morals are as good. Ihel
nj business is a. safe. On whatever found
ia alton you stool FIVE months ago. the mate
any risls Of that foundation remain untouche
,sh to day. Your ships are there. You
ant goods are there. Your shops are there
ave Your nrignbors are not nlggards nor sIn
=, 4 uIatlng friends They a.e the same me
lam that YOU always knew, just as gooi, just
IN. bal. unehal gel either for better or 4
;saI worse. But thecity is under spasn. n
.,.s one will takethings TO be as hey seel
.srj No one trusts. Every obs doubts al
bnt fears.
,en. Now, it is to tue last degree imports'
% inquire, Why has confidence gone, an
NC. zone 50 suddenly and SO completeIy?-
for. Yesterd,y it bloss ,meI like flowers ov'
, si. the teJ; today frost has fallen, aud a
heir are black and Dropping! What wind ha
Dor seut that witheri & frost!
heir la reply to this inquiry. would s.
r,ug that in part this panic Of fear is wItho
tate proper grounl. 1t is the over'aetion
,ok c,uses, Of which shall speak which a
Bu, real. But We have not stopped at Il
iJst legitimate potency Of those causes, but
,ou lowell our imagination 10 carry our te'
sick headIong, and with it our confidence
,ye each other. Merchants are now, like mi
was awakened in the night by the attack
v;ns an enemy. All scream and run, one or
ia ing ont one thing, another another,
bss4 stumbling over each other with insal
iny. fear. Now, there may be a cause !
some fear, for sons precautions, for so'
that earnest defence Bat there is and the
iro. has been no cause for the excessive rea
tion FROM hope which has taken place
alton The roots of business are sound. The
~ of never was upon the whole more Asd'
+ vs. NTH so much life. And hundreds Of IN
VIII be upset by nothing but because tn
. to are run against by atfrightel men. Hu
g,v. dreds Of men will 90 down, and lose !ye
Q Of toll, aud the fruits Of honorable iudI
little try, for no adequate reason except u
ex- men are scared. and in their unreSsona
alright like persons in crowd, u
an or tread each other down. II IS a shane!
, the am not III business. | have not
,sand penny invested in stocks or goois. :
and never had. Ii toe market touches the :
hem ar goes to the boLtom Of the Slough
ara to Oespond, carries nothing Of mine VT
mess: either way. and | am, theretore, not b
!: up scd by my interests. Aud Io'k u
nriie thi, cuuvuIslon an! trouble with untei5
AN amazsnent, as reckless, needless, wat
and cowarlice. The business men at
q. IL IN