The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-16
wantea---A Financial Crisis.


The indianapolis Herald has the
following somewhat amusing view of
the situation of the country:
High feeding, little to do and II
good time gener ally, make animals
vicious A fat an d sleek bull terrier,
with n nice warm kennel to sleep in,
and free access to the harder we'll
supplied with succulcnt bones, is
much more liable to insert full set
Of teeth in the calf of the first favor
able leg lie meets, than is the maney,
half starved canine pariah whom 40
body o' rs, and who CLEANS proca-
rious subsistence by grubbing an4onS
the garbage of the gutter, or b, noe
turnal incursions in search of contra
band soap grease, into back yards,
out of which he wonld be ruthlessly
brick -battcd if caught i'll the act
The we'll to do saddle or carriage
horse, with unlimited oats and abun-
dant hay at command, is handler with
his heels, and more given to running
away than the melancholy and ema-
ciated hack, whose life is perpetual
round of arduous service IN cart or
dray, with little or nothing TO eat.
Poverty exercises q chastening and
refining influence upon the tcmpers
OF human cattle rs we'll as domestic
animals What is true Of individuals
is also true of aggregations OF ami
mails in the homo line. Communities
scourged with pestilence or famine
are not wicked simply for the plea
sure OF being wicked But after 4
long season OF prosperity they be
come devilish, meddlesomc, exacting,
and generally disagrecablc. Taking
periscopic view of these United
States of North America and the
strange creatures which populate
them, we are impressed with the con
viction that the country is fast going
to the devil, with constantly incrcas-
ing momentum. Anarchy is but a
short distance ahead, and madness
rules the hour. If you don't believe
it, look at Congress. Read the radi-
cal newspapers. Note the monstrous
and hitherto unhcard of schemes
which are now being elaborated for
the purpose of perpetuating the rulc
of party. Witness the dccadence
Of political honesty, and the fungous
growth OF political scoundrelism.
Sweet are the uses of adversity.
Poverty is an excellent means of grace
What we need now to bring the peo-
pie to their senses, and save the
country from the mad plottings Of
demaSogues, drunk with fanaticiSm,
is financial crisis-Such y crisis us
Will occupy the minds of the rich,
with efforts to preserve their fortunes,
and anluse the poor with struggles fol
bread. For the past five years the
people of the North have been feed
ing too high, wearing purrlc anG
fine linen, like Dives, and farine
sumptously every day. Petroleum,
sloddy and tax exempt bonds have
given our people too much leisure il
land supervise the morals of then
ncighbors. They have :'felt thcil
oats, and become vicious. Will,
great financial trouble will como
peace, andit seems as if Providence
had determined TO intervene to save
this country in its hour of greatest
peril-to save it from its deadliest
enemy-itself The signs Of the
times are portenteus of evil, ont o.
which will come good Premonitory
symptoms Of financial CONFUSION
have been observed for some time. II
is evident that the storm will soor
break upon us. When people begin
to starve, or the dread of starvation
comes upon them, they will begin tc
think. When they begin to think.
there will be room to hope for tho
future Of America.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON. The Rich
mond Times says of President John
son in connection with his recent
message yctoing the negro suffrage
bill:
eve publish elsewhere one OF
those powerful, manly and patriotic
State papers, with which the Presi-
dent IS vainly essaying to check the
mad career Of the legislative depart
ment Of the Government. They
reach us at long intervals, and always
fill Us with admiration Of fresh cvi-
dence of the fearless spirit with
which the Chief Magistrate defends
the Constitution. Amid denuncia-
tons, foul-mouthed abuse. ,nisrepre-
sentations and threats of impeach-
ment, he stands as resolute and
faithful at his post as did the Roman
cantiDo1 of tba rotaa IF Pop,,,ni;