The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-02-12
Coink to smash Asnin.

The whole host of bears, copner.
heads, traitors, rebels and grandpa
Ilnanciers arc again trying TO make
the people believe that 'yery so on We
, arc all going TO smash" How suoh
an event is to come about has not vet
been made plain, and as to the date
OF said catastrophe, no Daniel among
these financial prophets can vet CT
pher it out. Where is this smash 10
begin2 and who will show us any ale,
: thereof, tangible to the senses? AZ
, Tor ourselves, ve do not look for
D. smashing anywhere-saye and ercept
that which Gen Grant shall finally
give to the rebels. That kind Of a
smash we most devoutly pray for.
, Are our merchants going to smash?
+ No ! we say, most emphaticallv So
; .ohg MS they continue to do business
tior cash and II very short credit. a,
I'hey have done the paat three wears.
Ithcv arc safe The man who can. in
view OF present facts, predict an ear.
Y smash in that direction is n sim.
plcton. But, il is said. goods are 90.
ing to fall, aud then the smash will
come III. Don't our merchants know
this, aud are they not only prepared
Tor it, but abundantly able TO ride
trlumphantly through such adverse
changes? The loss of the profits of
Il seasons business, or ON even that
ot awholc year, would not hurt them,
aud much less "smasii'' them. Who.
ever knows ANYTHING about the bros
perIty they have enjoyed the past
Two years, will not predict disaster in
tilat quarter. No, no, the merchants
are moi going to smash. They aro
stronger, safer more independent
than ever Many of thcm-a major.
NY we could pay every dollar
they owe in thirty days. and withou
my special effort either. Rest easv
therefore, ye croakers, about tho
Are the manufacturers going 10
smash? We'll, the thought OF that
provokcs n smile. As class thpv
are absolutely lcyond the rcncb of
any ordinary financial disaster Ifa
squat comes, they have only to trim
'''' S'i,' "''' so 10 anchor. Thoy
owe nothing ~ Il class, and are sell.
lpg tReir,&ep1s en- m"Si9" ufaryerud. A
more ariStocratic, independent set OF
mcn does not exist, here or elsewhere
than the manufacturers. Count Oh
one thing rs sure, that this spcciul
class OF our fellow citizens are not
yet quite ready 10 "go to smash"
Are the farmers going to smash?
We would like to see the man who
will venture that prediction such
time for paying of notes. mortgages
and old scores among this class, was
never known before. As whole
they are now erich and saucy," ana
as sound as n nut. Some of them
cry, it is true, because they have not
more corn to sell ut II dollar and n
quarter bushcl, more onions at six
dollars II barrel, more butter at thirty
cents pound, and more cheese vt
fifteen; more hay at thirty dollars n
tun; more horses and moro oxen,
more beer and more pork, more wool
and morc--cvcrrihing 10 sell at un.
heard of prices. Poor fellows we
pity them, hut they shall not 90 TO
smash just yet, il We can help Il :,
is asserted, with some show Of eyf.
dence, that The farmers lave agA
tlcd ievcr for greenbacls ehd five.
tWcnll'S, and that they are now law.
ing III II good strch OF The latter in
order to be al Fcadv when the smash
comes. Heicin they are wise and
be T. khovn that all who do not thus
ptoNldc themselves with these docu-
mcntS for the Future surpo, t of their
own households, are worse than
JEFF Davis.
Are our railroads. banks, insurance
companies, and other c, operations
Igoiag 10 smash? Who SAYS so p
SHOW us the man. IL it not n tact
That they are all doing snu~. safe
business? Have they not paid Off
their llolIing debts? Are they not
earning more money than ever before
and making rgcrdividcnls There
are certainly no signs OF weakness in
that direction.
No, we have onl v TO SMASH the re.
bcllion and all other smashes will Le
indefinitely postponed. All will be
well with us il we are wise in our war
movements. If we are afraid to hurt
traitars in their pockets, or on th,
neck; II we want TO preserve slavery
the sum of all denominations; if we
want our armies oilcerod and con
trolled by "do-nothings;" if we rush
headlong over present duty aud go
now to Presidcnt-making; if We are
more anxious to please Government
contractors aud curry favor with the
copperhcads, than to do Justly and
love mercy; if we want 10 do all these
thlngs-.iust at that coHsenting mo.
mcnt--look ont for the smash. 1t
will come in just there.
But we have other business
SnorLDEE' ARMS!
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