Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-02-14
oUR country has now got nearly through one

more monetary crisis. II is true, we still feel
the pressure, still experience its results; but
skies are Frightening, and we may safely say
the worst is over. Business men tell us that
trade is reviving and that prospects are fatter-
ing This last terrible panic will form an era
in the commercial history of the world. 1t
will be remembered as time when no man
knew one day that the lettering fabric of credit
would not the next prec;pitate bankruptcy about
his ears But the shock has passed; and we
venture to predict that the period to follow WILL
in times to come, be remembered period of
unparalleled prosperity As people, we have
learned severe lessons Of economy. We have
learned them in the school of experience-the
only school in which some will learn anything
The superhuities and Injuries Of life are cut
of, and there is general determination to be-
gin the world and the year 1859 on new led
ger. Tho paY.as.you go system is being adopt
ed by many to the mutual advantage of buyer
and seller. Those who do run in debt are eau
tious not to get beyond the depth of their pur-
ses. The result will be that trade will be estab-
lished on firm, safe foundation There will
be less buster, but more accomplished; less
credit and fewer losses; smaller sales foi year
the ledger. Our prosperity will be real, not
apparent; solid, not bloated. few years will
bring US back to monetary condition far more
desirable than that of '55 and SO, with sub
stantial instead of an inflated commerce
But these happy results are somewhat con-
ditonaL They will assuredly follow wise
policy; but if we are TO be strangled, and all
our energies crippled, we may have to drag on
through good many years of hard times. The
great resource of our people is FREE LABOR. 1t
is that which builds us up, the want of which
paralyzes all branches of trade-which!cr a
demand for every commodity, which gives an
impetus to every department of industry. To
stimulate voluntary labor, it must be protected
from ruinous competition with the coerccd pau
per labor of Europe. We do not want our citi-
zens reduced to IN equality with the miserable,
helpless wretches of the old world who are
worked and starved down to few pence day.
Therefore We want tariff sufficiently high to
effect this object Therefore is such one es-
sential not only to our well-doing, but to orr
very existence--imperntvely demanded by all
the instincts of self preservation. Only protect
the manufacturer so that he may receive just
reward for his labor, and every class of society,
and every branch of business will feel the linz
pulse 1t is false theory that manufacturing
interests and Ihose of agriculture are antagonis-
tic--a theory by heappIication of which dema-
gogues in power have more than once brought
this country to the verge of ruin. The interests
of all classes, in such country ours, are so
identified that the prosperity of is the pros
perity of all.
Chastened by tho past, our people are now
willing and anxious to work and ecopomise.-.
All We ask is a chance, remuneration for our
labor-a just protection of our rights and inter-
ests. Shall it be guaranteed to US? Let US
wait and see what pitiful assurance the present
Congress will dole out to us.