The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-04
Going 70 sn,n.E, Again.

From the New York Independent, January q.
The whole host Of bears, copperheads, trail
tors rebels, and grand pa fnanciers are again
trying hard 10 make the people believe that
very soon we are all going to smash" How
such an event is to come about has not yet
been made plain, and as to the date of said Ca
tastrophe, no Daniel among these financial
prophets can yet cipher it out. Where is
this smash to begin? and who will show
US any sign Of, tangible to the senses As for
ourselves, we do not look for smashing any
where-save and except that which General
Grant shall finally give to the rebels. That
kind of Smash we most devoutly pray
for.
Are our merchants going to smash? No!
we say, most emphatically. So long as they
continue to do business for cash and very short
crdlt,as they done the past three years. they
are safe The man who can in view Of pres
ent facts, predict an early smash i'll that direc
ton is a slmpleton. But, it is said, goods are
going to fall, and then the smash will come i'll.
Don't our merchants know that, and are they
not prepared for it and abundantly able to ride
triunphantly through such adverse changes {?
The loss of the profits of seasons business
or on even that of a whole year, would not
hurt them, and mach less less ''smash" them
Whoever knows anything about the prosperi-
ty they have enjoyed the past two years. will
not predict disaster i'll that quarter. No, no,
the merchants are not going to smash. They
are stronger, safer, more independent than ev.
En- Many Of them, a majority we think could
pay every dollar they owe in thirty days,
and without any special effort either. Rest
easy, therefore, We cr0akers about the mer-
chants.
Are the manufacturers going to smash
Wellsthe thought of that proYokes a smile.
AS a. class they are absolutely beyond reach
of any ordinary financial disaster. If squall
comes, they have only to trim their sales and
go to anchor. They owe nothing, as class
and are now selling their goods mostly
for cash, as fast "a they can be delivered. A
more aristocratic, independent set of mer
do not exist, here or elsewhere than the man
ufacturers. Court on one thing as sure, thai
this special class of our fellow citizens are not
yet quite ready to 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 THU
class, never Yves known before. AS whole
they are now ''rich and saucy,' and as sounC
as a nut Some Of them cry ii is true, becaus
they have not more corn to sell at a dolla
and quarter per bushel, more butter at thir
ty cents pound, and more cheese at fifteen
more hay at thirty dollars ton; more hor
SEES and more oxen, more beef and more pork
more wood, aud more-everything- sell a
unheard Of pri ces. Poor fellows, we pity them
but they shall not go to smash just yet, if W
can help it. 1t is asserted with some show O
evidence, that the farmers have a Settled fe
| for I,nlrc
they are now laying in stock of the latter
in order to be all ready when the smash comes
Herein they are wise; and be it known tina
all who do not thus provide themselves will
these documents for the future support 0
their households, are worse than--Jetf. Da
Wis.
Are our railroads, banks. insurance compa
MES, and other corporations going to smash
Who says SO I? Show us the man. Is it not
fact that they are doing a snug safe business
Have they not paid off their floating debts
J Are they not earning more money than eve
before, and making larger dividends Their
are certainly no signs of weakness in that d
rectiOn.
No we have only to smash the rebellion an
other smashes will be indefinitely postponed
All will be well with us If we 9re wise in OH
war movements If we are afraid to hun
traitors in their pockets, or on the neck;
we want to preserve slavery-the sum Of a
denominations if we want our armies officer
cd aud controlled by ''do-nothings; ;" if W
rush headlong over present duty and so no,
to President making; if we are more anxiou
to please Government contractors and curr,
favor with the copperheads, than to do just!,
and love mercy; if we want to do all thes
things just at the consenting moment
look out for q smash. 1t will come in jus
there.
But now we have other business SHOULDER
ARMS.