Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02

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,Junius tells us, Mr.. President, that s.the
ruin or, prosperity of a State depends SO
much upon the administration of its gov
ernment, that to be acquainted with the
merit Of a, ministry we need only observe
the condition Of the people. II. as he
continues, 1--WE see them obedient TO the
laws, prosperous in their industry. united
at home and respected abroad, we may
reasonably presume that their affairs are
conducted by men of experience, abilities
and virtue. Ii, on the contrary, we see
a universal spirit of distrust and dissatis-
faction, rapid decay Of trade, dissensions
10, all parts Of the empire, and Stotal loss
Of respect in the. eyes of foreign powers.
we may pronounce, without hesitation,
that the government of thar country is
weak, distracted and corrupt +, 8
The first of the pictures here presented
exhibits the state Of the American Union
at the close Of the war in 1915; again in
1884, and at the date of the repeal of the
protective tariff Of 1925. and again, in
1857, when the act Of 1842 ceased to be
the law Of the land. The second is found
on an examination of the condition of The
country, in the period from l 1918 to 1894,
when protection had ceased, and when
the Legislatures of numerous States had
found themselves compelled to stay the
action of the laws for the collection of
debts; again in ! 841-2, when tay-laws''
were again resorted to, and when the Fed
eial Government was nearly bankrupt;
and, lastly, at the present period, wien
there reigns a'au universal spirit of distrust
and dissatisfaction Aw henth are dis
sensions in every part ofthe empire
when the ''respect of other powers" has
SO nearly ceased to have existence. fIsa
In proof that such is the case, and that
the Uilion is rapidly declining in the esti-
nation of the people of other nations, !
beg to offer you the Following extract from
a work Just published, the author Of which
is not to be suspected of any disposition
to magnify the changes he discovered:
at is Very evident, as converse with
people here, and in otherparts of Northern
Europe. that great change has come over
the popular feeling toward America, since
l was last on the Continent five years
ago. Then America was the ideal every
where to free-thinking and aspiring men.
The oppressed looked hopefully to il; the
philosopherfOun the confirmation Of his
theories Of human liberty there; theshard
working, the politically degraded. the
| idealists, the struggling masses, felt that
| the Western Republic was especially for
them, and even If they could never share
its privileges, they were happy that hui
manly had at length. looked on such a
glorious effort. The reports of the COM
tmon freedom. of the education Of the
masses, Of the high morality prevailing,
came over even exaggerated, aud silenced
the enemies Of popular rights. and con-
verted mary doubtful. One felt The effect
lof all this, as "a traveller, You were not
alone; you were the representative of, the
best thoughts and aspirations Of man
kind. The warm hand grasping yours.
welcomed not you, but nation of free
men,, The rich did not condemn, because
property, had been, better shielded under
the Republic than under European, NON
archies, The poor, the laborers, were es-
lpecially your friends, for was not your
land the very land which elevated labor
lfna "All this is, quite different now. You
are treated politely as a stranger. or YOU
are welcomed more OF, less for what you
are, but for your country, among the pop
nlace you get no welcome, The glory
has, departed. ,lsg bo- soe "a, ,ises
lals.Within five, years, various circum-
istances have opened the eyes Of Europe to
our real situation, and, as often happens,
the people see nothing but our sins. We
are simply now tricky, jobbing, half-bar-
baiic people, where the worst political COR
Eruption Of lhe Old World exists without
Its refinement; and where brutality, row,
Edyism and unlimited despotism have in
certain quarters free play. Our polili-
clans and diplomats8re despised; our Con-
stitulion is sneered at, as indicting upon
Eus The most disgraceful Legislators; and
i the lsboripg class and the Democrats know
that within our limits - more abominable
tyranny over labor and free speech and
4 thought exists than the worst despotisms
lot the Continent ever exhibited, There
lis, nothing now in our situation TO dazzle
lthe world. They see with. clear ere our
hlsckess sins and our miserable political
lJVDping.aH fnsiois 'sses 4 - A3sa assti
Such being the state Of thingsi in North
lerns we may now look to Cent? al Europe,
inofegsrd 70 which j myself MF. Pfesi-
dent, can sPeak. aaGo where Fhe Traveller
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