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which, despite the evidences OF general
prosperity on the part OF the people, the
Corpcrhead press and Copperhead orators
fozetel the utter ruin Of the country, are
not the least Of the maryeIs in which this
var is 60 prolific. They are tokens Of
mcdesty, however, when compared with
the assertion that the life blood OF the
nation has already been pressed out, that
business is at stand-still, that enterprise is
dead, that property is valueless; and
TINT we wait only few more turns Of the
screw to see Republic and people give
up the ghost, and pass into the new
phases 10 which expiring political commu-
mites and defunct populations are fore
ordained.
The refu:ation Of tho argument, that the
country will be ruined, is not easy When
men pass into the domain Of the prophetic
boundaries between fact and fancy, the
probable and improbable become so shad-
oWy and indistinct, that we strive in vain
to make them clear to the apprehension Of
minds that have not the forecast that men
long familiar with political affairs some
times acquire We must judge, then, Of
The truth Of what is prophesied, By the
truth of what is asserted as an actually;
VIC must correct the vision of what is to
be, by q knowledge Of the fslsity Of what
the prophets say now is. So Judging, We
see how baselcss are all the Jeremiads with
which The air is full-how wicked and how
reasonable arc the alaru,ists who by the
constant forctelling Of no, invite its ap-
proach.
We see on every hand evidences TINT the
Republic is engaged in mighty struggle,
by which her utmost energies are taxed;
and by which, unless wisdom and patriot
ism still continue u, the helm, tho barriers
of law and security, which separate US
from anarchy or destruction, may be bro
ken down, and the coming Of the destroyer
made possible. But there.is not 1.-THE Of
the disturbance that was foretold, or that
might have been reasonably expected. We
look at the returns Of emigration, and wc
see how the abstraction Of labor from
our fields has caused tho flow of laborfrom
abroad. No such flood has set in upon the
country since 1866. We see that the ex-
ports Of our domestic produce, exclusive
of gold, are largely and gratifyingly in cx-
cess Of the importations Of forcign merchan~
disc. We see that the private hordcs Of
those by whose welfare the general
prosperity is to be measured-the deposits
of the laboring men and women In the
Savings banks-haye largely Increased.
We know that in no market can stagnatiou
be found, Labor has its remuneration and
just reward. Capital is fully and profita-
bly employed. Our cities are growing
under the Influence Of substantial PROSPER
ity. at peace with all the outside world,
the wonderful vitality and unmcasurcd re-
sources Of our people are called into full
play; and, though q million of
men are under arms, the millions
left al home, with greater industry and
zeal, do the work Of al. Our ports are
alive with the commerce of the world,
and our manufactures are vocal with the
hum Of industry that is never hushed
Credit stands on firm basis, and the con-
fidcnce Of man in man, and in the ability Of
the Government to put an end to this re-
bellion, in the practical assertion Of the
supremacy Of the law, is not Il bit i'm
paired On the contrary, there are thou
sands-men who are distinguished for the
general soundness OF their vicws-vho
aver that In all which has place in proper
estimates Of nations wealth and mower
the Republic is richer to-day than when
the war began.
We see how the country cnaures the
unaccustomed strain. We see how false Is
the assertion tlat ruin is upon us; aud
making the most extrayaSant allowance
for the increase Of the national debt, we
SEE in the facts that we state, the improba-
b;lity Of the ruin that is foretold. The
country is strong; and were we to predict
three years more Of war, we could say that,
at the end Of the struggle, avoiding foreign
complications and Northern revolutions,
We should emerge from 1t more powerful
linn We are to-day
FERNANDO WooD Ann Trrr sorr.
DlEHS.
The New York Woyid, which rn5or
Fernando Woods wooden manaoenont
has nun a'muck against every princio]c ot
law, order and loyalty, and piaues itsc1t
upon its rebel grit and colors, has nov
struck the last note in the earnut of ~;
torism By coming down pell nell upon thu
soldiers, and opposing their right to vote
which the best jurists in the country hay,
decided to be strictly Constitutional.
Fernando says that to give suffrage to tb
soldiers is at any time an absu1ditv, an,
that by taking the field in our armies the,
virtually sacrifice the privileges Of citizen
ship; reasoning that soldier is but ma
chine, and merely acts as he is made t.
act by the "man wot pulls the ropes" T
allow them to vote, he continues, and the
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