Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-24
BuSim ess.


 ing passed into history, and the question of party ascepdancy being for the present irrevocably fixed, it is unquestionably wise policy for business men to accept the situation aud make the best of 1t. We do not mean by this that business men are to indorse Radical views of finance, or sub scribe to the policy by which order has been dethroned and chaos substituted. We do not advise the abatement of one jot of vigilance, which business men should exercise in watching the drift of national legislation, but what we recom- mend is, that, instead of regrets and repinings, business men and capitalists should at once address themselves earn esty to the work of giving vitality to every department of business and pros perity to the country at large. Fortuna tely, in this great work, benefcent Providence has with lavish muniGcence afforded the means by which success is ai- most guaranteed. Seldom, in the history of this or any other country, has the earth responded more bountifully to the labor of the husbandman, go few and rare are the exceptions, that it may be said the granaries of the world are stored to reple- tion. The wealth of forest, field and farm is the theme of universal rejoicings. From the ports of California it is reported there is notsuficient tonnage to bear away the products to the markets of the world, In Chicago and other Western grain centers the elevators are overburdened From the South comes the glad tidings nat "cotton has well nigh gained it's for mer importance as the great commercial crop of the country" and "the exportable surplus of the staple is now estimated as worth $125 ,000 900 in gold, which is near it's average value between lS5b and 1860" !" Tho Western tobacco crop, for the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, In- diana and Illinois, it IS estimated will reach l20, ,000 hosheads-say IA 900 ,000 pounds-and that the price will average ten cents per pound, which from present indications, we regard as fully warranted, and we have for this one item in the West about $l5, 900 900. Should the hog crop this season prove as large as that of l867-S, it will set afoat between $55, ,000, eco and $60,0o0,000. We have not the necessary data at hand nor have we the necessary space to give an exhibit of the value of the various sources of wealth now waiting the employment of capital and enterprise for their development. The South pre- sents sublime spectacle of what may be accomplished under circumstances the most unfavorable, challenging the admira- tion of the world, arousing emulation throughout the length and breadth of the land, and demonstrating that war with its manifold calamities, including dsieat and poverty, tyrsny and oppression, is not sui fcient to crush the spirit Or wrest from the grasp of the Anglo American his birth right of independence, or de hrone his God constituted superiority
 It is gratifying to know that on allsides, in spite of the political situation, there is a disposition to inaugurate an era of busl- ness activity The nation will not arouse at once from the apathy that has for months made stagnation the distinguishing feature in all the trade centres of the country.
 Doubts, fears and prejudices will have to be overcome. Capital will have to be withdrawn from stock and gold, gambling schemes and invested in legitimate busi ness enterprises, But, if we are not mis- taken in the signs of the times, a more suspicious era is about to dawn The plow, the loom, and the anvil are to be reinstated in their ancient positions bo- fore the tinsel of shoddy seduced thou sands from honorable walks to turn camp followers and government carpet baggers The dignity of labor is again to be recog- nzed, and its blessings acknowledged The harbinger notes of the new era being heard on every hand, and, if the nation now is true to itself and to the demands of it's boasted civilization, the day is not distant when, in defiance of Rsdicalism, it will enjoy it's noontide effulgence.- - Courier J ournal.