M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-11-12
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for the real, and 10 the conssant sm.
ployment Of the hour, comparatively
high wages, and temporary conleDi,
ment, think that all this appasene
prosperity rests upon . hrm foundn.
ton. The whitened crust, cleaning
In the sunshine. that covers the living
fire in the mountain at Seisatfa, Is,
not more tteachsrous. TELESCOPES Of :
Vesavius never looked more respleu-
dent in beauty than just before the
mountain belchsd forth, for the fret
time, ito silvery shower, that scaled
up HeTculaheutn in hvafo centuries.
and covered up P0thpeii ont Of eight
in Q shower Of hot aShes. o As suFe 90
that God feigns, the fate, financially,
OF revolutionary France must be cure
sooner or lates, only with tenfold az.
gravation. What was that fHte ~
Blasted by a rnhi0u6 system of paper
currency, and crashed 10 the .grAsp Of
relentless despotism, manufacturing
industry was withered and CONNER.
cial capital annihilated. Depreciation
went on, Notwithstanding the eonyen.
sion endeaYored to hrrest 1t by 6rat
declaring that the assignhts Of the
Government shDnld bs considered q
legal tender, and then enacting the
punishment OF six years in irons aga.
inst those who should exchange any
quantity OF silver or gold for 9 greater
nominal value Of assignats. OF should
ask larger price for any article Of
merchandise. if the price Was paid TO-
paper, than If paid in the precious
metals. The once opulent capitalist,
ruined by the Gale Of public securities,
deprived oftheir property by fictitious
paper, paid BY their dsbtOn IN .
nominal currency, were completely
destroyed: whilst the miserable rsn.
tiers, cheated ott Of almost an their,
incomes by the payment Of their an, /
nuities in assignats, wandered about
in utter despair, supporting mises.
able existence by eharity, or terrin.
atihs it by acts Of suicide. The poor
received their wsgss merely IN Paper
currency, 80 frightfully dspseciated
that they were unable to purchass the
neceSsarisb Of life, and 10 perisbed b.
thousands of starvation, or took 10 the
highway for q livelihood. Ma
When that same cup poor France
drained to the last dregs shall ba full
for Us, and our people have tasted Of
the terrible bitterness that lies at the
bottom, they may possibly awaken
from the blind stupor that now Seems
to numb every faculty, or from the
crazy dellrinm that caases them 10
\ look upon the mad abolition policy
now rnling the hour as the only sal.
vation for the country. The promises
Of the mad men to whom they have
listened in regard 70 the wars speedy
Termination have proved etniGently
and disgracefally false - the prsdlc.
tiohsof those who have concientiously
opposed il, in their accurate fulfill.
ment, seem to have been animated by
the spirit Of prophecy. It would
really seem as il that heaviest Of
| judgments Heaven denonnees RRainSt
a people, "that they s4onld be made
to trust ID q liz" has fallen upon this
nation. That financial charlatan,
Chase, in q recent speech in Cincin.
nati predicted once again "the speedy
crushing ont Of the REBELLION" when
he knows that is no nearer fulfllment
than bis paper prorhises to pay are
near REDEEM ption. The eyes Of the
people are, however, gradually being
unsesled. They see but family yet,
"only men as trees Walking" Tho
time, however, must come, when they
shall zee clearly how they have been
duped !; and when that hour comes, p
let these abolition fanatics beware
The revolution they have raised will
then, 'liks Saturn, commence to de.
your Ito own progeny" ''' -.
Yonrs, very truly, Al
JAMES w Nilt