Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-09
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SEE REE8NSTRVeTEeN EsDFIsCY

The gnS that indicate Improvement on
every side are multiplying in the city, day by
day: the deafness and apathy that were upon
us 50 long have taken their departure. That
cxhjiton-so m eagrely witnessed amongst us
during the war-of the sidewalks blocked with
goods boxes, has come again; whilst SO great
Is the throng Of express wagons, drays and
other vehicles, appurtenant to trade, that at
times it requires some deXterity and senses
wide awake to cross our great thoroughtareS.
And as indicating thorough faith in our better
future at last, capital is loosening the grasp ii
has held upon its purse-StringS so long; stores
and houses are going up, old fronts are being
renovated, whilst the rattle Of the brick cart
and the sound Of hammer and trowel are heard
on every side. A little time back, and stores
and ware houses which went begging III vain
for tenants, now rent for sums which would
have been considered madness to give in the
oldcn time; and no sooner does lease expire,
than the owner has Il throng after him beseg
ing him night and day, and giving him no
peace until he agrees to rent again or to sell.
New faces, too, are seen on every side; eager,
inquisitive, looking out for the chances of
trade; looking into the future Of city and
State The ''world moves with us at last"
But what has wrought so marvellous a
change within brief period? 1t seems but a
few days or weeks since our streets were thronged
with hundreds and thousands of stern, earnest
looking men, vending their way to fields reapcd
by the sword; it is but little time since long
trains choked our thoroughiares laden with
artillery and munitions Of war, instead Of
as now, with coal and lumber; with packages
and bales of goods. What has wrought this
wondrous change, we again enquire? Let us
try to answer the question.
twill be remembered by the observing, that
after the war was really ended; after the great
review at Washington was over and the armies
in process Of disbandment that the nation
paused; that business was almost at q stand, as
if awaiting what was to happen next. "Capi
tai is timid,' and it seemed impossible that so
tremendous an uphcaval in national affairs
could occur, and not subsidc with shock al
most equal to the original convulsion. Men,
under the influence of the fears that had so
long possessed them, could not believe that
matters could readily rcadiuSt themselves under
sure us Of permanent peace, permanent SecH-
ritz. But what has happened?
BY that Providence which has so evidently
influenced our destinies throughout, one was
called TO the helm of State, who knew the
merit of deterring to the common sense and
rIn of no IL l.,
ieved that the dread lessons they had received
and inflicted would never be forgotten And
so he proceeded to trust them. Sending back
to their homes and to peaceful pursuits the
vast forces so lately in battle array he threw
himself unhesitatingly on their support, on
their habit of obedience to the laws; on their
Difference to the Constitution; and making all
realize that peace reconstruction and reor-
ganiZation was to be the policy, the tumult
ceased; confidence returned: and men began to
realze-even the most timid Of them-that we
had government, solid, completely vindl-
Gated, capable of protecting the most insignili-
cant who trusted and honored it.
And so with the conviction once more pre-
vaiing that their tonnes are secure men are
ready to enter on new enterprises, to cultivate,
to build, to push commerce and trade, 10 'cork
for their children Nth the assurance that lcRdt
they mag leare as al inheritance acW be made
secure And it is this belief this comforting
assurance which again calls into requisition
hammer and trowel, and dray and express
wagon; which sends every one along our streets
with cheerful faces; which repairs and changes
things for the better. What do we not owe
the men and the policy which have achieved
marvels so great? Should we not all watch
Tor the occasion to show our grateful apprecia-
ton OF it?