Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-02-09
Going to mash Again.

Going to Sm ash Again.
The whole hos, Of beats, copperbeads,
traitors, rebels, and grandpa fiusuclers are
agaiu trying hard 10 make the people be-
lleve that every soon We are all goiue to
smash" How such au event Is to come
about has not yet been made plain, and as
70 the dstes Of said catastrophe, no Daniel
among these fusuclsl prophets cap yet ci-
paerIt out. Where lie tBi. -nash 10 be-
gin aud who will sHoW Us auy sign
thereof, tangible to the sepsc.! As tor
ourselves We do Do; look for the ,uassiHg
anywbere-saye aud except that which
Gen Grant shall finally give to the rebels
That kind of . smash" We most devUutly
pray for.
Are our merchants goiug to smash !!
No. We say, mos, emphaiics'iy. So long
90 they continue to do business. for cash
aud very short credit, IS they have done
the past three years, they are safe. Tue
man VINO can, 10 view Of present facts,
IrecIot su esriy smash iu ,bat direction
/. slmpletoa. Bot, 1t Is said, goods are
gniog TO fail, and then the smash will
come 10. Don't cur merchants know
TINS, aud are they oot only prepared for
1t, but stundan!!y able 10 Tlde triumph
4. 1,s
loss Of tie rtOh.s Oh seasons b.siuess,
or 90 even that Of d whole year, would not
hurt them. aud much less smash" them.
Whosver knows anything abou, the pros
p-riIy they have enjoyed the Pas, ,wo
years, Will Dot predIc, disaster in that
quarter. No, no the merchants are DO,
going to smash. They are stronger, safer,
more iudepebdsnt than ever. Many of
them msjorlty, We think-ceuld pay
every dollar they ose in thirty days, and
without any special effort, either. Res,
easy, therefore, ys crOakers, about the
merchants
Are the manufacturers going 10 smash
Well, the thought Of that provokes a
smile. As clsss they are absolutely
beyond tue reach Of any orilpsry 6D.ucial
disaster. If squall comes, they have
only to trim their sails and 20 to sncbsr
They owe nothing, as class, aud are Bow
selling their goods mostly fer cash, as fast
as they can be delivered. A mule ari..
tocra,ic, independent Sc. Of men Go not
exist, here or elsewhere, than the manu-
fse;urers. Count on one thing as sure,
that this special class of our felIow-ci,izeus
are no. ys, quite ready to 60 TO smash.
Are the farmers going to smash? We
would like to see the man who will vep.
:ure that prediction. Such a time for
paying of notes, Mortgages, and old scores,
among this class, never was tnown before
Asa whole they are now "rich aud saucy
md as sound as nut. Some of them
,ry, it is true, because they have not more
'orn to sell At . dollar and q quarter Q
'usbel, more onions at six dollars barrel,
more butter a, thirty cents ponds, and
more cheese at fifteen; more bay at thirty
iollars q ton more horses and more OK.
N, more beef aud more pork. more wool
I'D more-eSerything-to sell a; unheari-
# prices. Poor fellows. We pity them,
u, they shall not 60 TO smash jus, yet, if
'e can help it. Ii is asserted, With some
how Of evidence, that the farmers have .
settled fever" for "ereebtscks" sud
fve-twepiies,' aud that they are now
sying iD good stock Of the latter 10 or
er to be oil ready when the smash comes.
lerein they are wise and be it known
hat all Who do not thus provide them.
elves with these documents for the future
lpport OF their own households. srs worse
DaD-Jef Davis 4
Are our railroads, banks, insurance
ON psnies, aud other corporations going to
nash! Who says SO? Show US the
ian. Is i, cot fact that they are sll ,
oins q snug. safe business? Have they
0, paid off their floating debts {? Are
'ey not earning more money than ever +,
Efore, aud making larger dividends? .
here sre certainly no sisus Of weakness 1
that direction. Il
No, ss base only to smash the REBEL.
o, snd oil oths, snsshes will be ipdef 4