Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-07-15
The madness ofSPeeulatiOn and its re-
salts upon the Country.

fee DAYS since that he spectators wcrc a
the present. tine Do ing more to ruin the ma
ten than arr III rsbels m arms. whethcr
The remark ~ss wholly trse or not. one
thing - certain. there Is a great deal o.
truth in IL. There seems to be pcrir1t
mania among the people TO rush besdiong
INTO the whirlpool Of speculation. The con-
tss,on iniscts The whole community. The
exeite0ent about the rebsllion = not half
80 great a. the excitement Of the markets
great class Of men upon opening the dAi-
ly papers look With morc interest AFTER The
3" Prices Current than ihey DO % So
whether Gen Grant i succeeding IN his e.
forts 20 take Richnona. The eity Of New
York With Is Wan Street gold Spectator
has been doing more % Prolong the var
ard sAeriSos Efe and property than Rich
mond or Chariesion or savannah or NOBLE.
These traitors az the most deadly enemies
thu coantry has 20 contend against Their
object Is to rum the currency and they kno-
very vel that when this 4. zone the eoun-
Try Is ruined. This j. What JeT Davis said
months ago IN One Of bis oficiai eumnuni-
cations % the bogus Confederate Concrrss.
Tier object has been % bully the govern
meat INTO whatever terms they might pro-
pose. The passage % the " Gold Bill
Vas made Pretext for running up gold
some fly Per cent a. single torn 81 the
Wheel. They scccnrlished their obicc,.
Congrcss becsnie frightened and backed
squar~ly down ard rvpcaled tbe az which
only few DAYS before thcy had voted Tor.
Nc doubt they honestly thousht Il night
help keep down the prics q gold. Ater
this -as done tie gold gamblers laughed in
their sleeves and have carried II Up where
q nov stands az almost fabulous rate.
Bet the vide srrrad run q these move
nents. - not confined % the Immediate VIC
tins Of the gold t-sfsc DID Il stop bcrr
-e could stand IL Spectator s-iss Bois
effAe farf ssaf ,-'S 10 yoiag ~. at rssts
a. a prsferf for rsertlHg ~ sre-v tang Else
~ ths oovafry. This throws opea tlc aood
gates ofs lid speculation. Men that have
goods Or merchandise. no matter uhat thev
ar. rise in prices 80 that the - Price Cur
rcut ~ sheets for motfhs have qaoted al
most every articlc q trade. % higie-. I'D
ranoed. - q srifi an sJrrari frrfesry- The
country merchant Who ccc. 90 Boston or
Portland or Ne~ YORK. % buy sugar. one
eAy gets ), for - cent. PER Pound. Another
to-nOrro~ has % pay IS. While stiu anoth-
er The .eSi DAY Is charrrd 50 - with
everything else. The f-si hoi1crs % ner-
ehandiss havr ben ard are nov fo-min-
extensive combinations 20 Get enough INTO
their on hand 20 coHfral re- sales hence
ne see their Agents b. every city ard almost
every village trying 20 boy uP the ~bolr Of
certain srticles. sub a. tea. Saga. coH-e.
a. Sc Breakfasts have untn rrcenslv
been LEFT 20 follow the oriinarv channels q
trade Net 80. nov. Spectators IN the
large Flour and gram cities have 70, their
iron hands upon aour and corn ard -heat.
sad boast that they win bring four
up 90 f'rcHfg dollaTs per barrvl. ard q real.
" looks no a. though they m ieht DO il.
Where this thing . 20 STOP Heaven only
knows. The lAhorinc millions wbo az a..
CONSUMERS q bread stuss snd groceries s-e
bervaiter 10 b. taxed % On the su-s-i,~s
pockets Of miliionaires. 20 a. crtcrt m
known On the history % the commercial
world. Oar var taxes. beavv a. thev A..
are mere mole hills. compared With she
mountaIns thst are % BE- rolled uuon tie
backs Of thr people % g-aiifs Oh. svarioe
Of The god kings q Ne~ York an6 the
gran dealers q - Louis. CHICAGO and
MlTaukie- Nov great uanv % the a-,i-
eles upon which there has been such an
enormous rise within a fs- months. s-e
plenty enough this adrance - not the -
suit az scarcify. Mat l. 90 BE- the e-i q
aA thiss Ihis - a Question Of rnors inter
est than any other outside % the ~. II
- plain enough to be seen that 70 this uild
tornado 81 speculation b. o. bc rushed or
on tbc way BE- has gone Cor thc past fr~
months. that faaa-.al raia all be the ~
salt Anotbcr thing. great communries
~ not alsals consent o. b. ROBBED on lbs
~ay The brval riots q the pasi in tbs
ana TIE Oh countries ar 81 many widen
ces upon tbs poirt. Opp-cssian however
practcrd alEays has rs turnirr r1-.t
feaoeaole rcsisicncs 81 unsyaii,ne - aIrats
beloved by force. oitent.n-s breaking Of,
into rcvoiution. Bot 'he mor fesrfaI nsrt
Of ihe siory remains 20 be tod in the fact.
that ihs gold and u.c-chandise speruIsfirr
o. Gripping ths erers.es ~ che government.
poisoning Gle 2a5iic uini. corr1ptinr the
morals ~ o. peoplc. giving direct aiI ard
comfort 90 the rebels. proiour..z tls var.
numbering our s1us ard hrotte-s AM f.rt.