Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-09
Prospects Of the Revival of Business

prospects OIL the NcvlVdI OIL business.
From the Boston Post, September
mo news is good news" says the old
proverb. The saying is emincntly true
at the present time, SO far as the North
ern communities are concerned.
The cost of warning with 100000 to
100000 men, upon the traitors in the
United States, is about equal to the or
binary expenditure OF GIeat Britain in
time Of peace. The money burden up
on the country, therefore, Is not exces-
slve, with tair measure of prosperity.
even If the money spent be actually los
to It. But, in reality, the money spent
by the. Government IS nothing but a
gift to labor, whether it be in making
clothing, or ships, or shells, or pow der,
or bullets. A portion Of the labor pre-
viously engaged n various peaceful ayo-
cations enllsls for the another
tulns from peaceful to warikc manutac-
lures. and still another to the growth oil
provisions for tie soId;ery, that formerly
supplied the daily bread Of peaceful
families, all over the land. Yet another
portion of labor is still unemployed, for
it is in the transition state from idleness
caused by war stagnation to being busy
on account OF the war-activi,y, whether
in the army, in manufacturing, or in
agriculture.
But the great practical result of any
war Leyon0 our Own borders is simply
an obligation by the community to pay
certain amount of annual interest,
manly to its own people. The govern
ment borrows Of the community. and the
latter speedily receives the money baxk
again for labor and materials, thereafter
paying yearly rent for the extraordi-
nary stimulus and assistance it received,
through government, at time Of heavy
dullness and stagnation. And as the
yearly rent is mainly paid by the whole
community to certain Of its own mem
bers, the annual distribution cannot be
said to injufe anybody, provided the
necessary taxes be not excessive, which
could not he the case with this country.
even If it owed one thousand millions of
dollars.
mo news is good news" Our points
are, that the present war ought to make
business prosperous. at least for the
time being-that 1t is really beginning
to work lis beneficisl effects upon the
business communicated that, with
gro news or with 'good news" the
loyal States will coon advance upon a
new career Of prosperity. Were it not
for fear and distrust, this war could not
affect the whole community unfavorably
and nothing but these now stand in the
way of speedy recovery Of the panic
OF last autumn. and of rapid progress
to even greater wealth. To the advance
OF community like ours, the money
cost, as We have shown, is little-the
individual loss and suffering, but little
more, from conflict fought on an eue-
my's ground. Fear and distruss are
our scorst foes and, therefore, let us
all encourage the growth OF faith and
courage, and not crawl about, croaking
OF coming evil, oferrors here and follies
there, OF no essential importance, shak-
ing and quivering. and dreading We
know not what. Much of the current
fear and distrust are based, not on fact,
but on fancy. Let us not be blue, but
manly and full Of hope, like man, and
not like coward. Things seem work.
ing kindly for the good cause upon the
WhOle-We must accent anv ouantifv If
minor defeats, and blunders and losser,
without dinching from outward duty or
Inward pluck.