The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-29
Whose Fanlt is It,

From one end of the country to the other comes up
the wall Of the suffering masses and we no longer feel
that secure prosperity We were so accustomed to
through long years. in ante-bellum times 1t would
seem as though country highly favored as this is
with immigration, capital, industrial powers and en-
ergy could almost defy the consequences of bad gov
eminent and national decentralization. But such IS
not the case. The tide of fanacism, with its au1a-
res, folly and corruption, has gathered such volume
of strength in its onward course as to sweep away
the prosperity Of the country fortified as it s with
natural resources and favored condition. Even New
England favored as she has been for years with sec
tona legislation, sends up cry OF distress. Her
merchants her mechanics, her aborers, all join in the
chorus Such general depression of business through
out the North was never before known. Whose fault
ia it? The New York Tribune, in speaking of the
past year, says:
Want has made itself felt among US upon the broad
sandy levels Of the South and in the crowded cities Of
the North-in part owing to the desolations Of
and the disorgansaons of labor, but in part also to
the deficiency Of our last harvest.
Other Radical organs have discussed the subject
eaborately some attributng the to thing
and some to another but and ALL Intentionally or
otherwise fail to give the of the national
depression. They seek for the in variety of
adventtous circumstances, wholly inadequate to pro-
duce the results now manifest, but once recur
to the twenty-five years which they have spent in ed
ucating generation to accomplish the ruin Of the
best portion of our country They persisteny refuse
to acknowledge that all evils flow from the crimes
they have committed against the South. To their
mind, it amounts to nothing detrimental to the
try to destroy $4,000 900, 900 worth of property,
cripple the resources of ten States and turn loose
100000 Of industrious people, masy of them, to
become vagabonds, thieves and paupers. In their
logic all this has nothing do with the present de-
preston of the country. In word they have set at
defiance all received theories Of cause and effect which
would remind them Of the great crimes they have
committed against our domestic prosperity Although
retribuon Just it inevitable has followed their
actions they refuse it in that light and persist
in still further involving the country The President
must be impeached, not because he is guilty but be
cause it suits their purpose the negro be given
the ballot, not because be is entitled it, but because
they have Use for it ten Southern States, saddled
with negro equality and negro juries must be kept
out of the Union, not because they deserve it, but
because their lease of power hinges on it. To doubt
that evils unheard Of before will follow in the wake
of these crimes and ollies is doubt the Justice of
heaven. There is but one remedy and that is change
Of rulers. The Democracy of the North appears to
be waking up to the fact, and is stretching forth its
strong to save the country. This country has no
hopes but in their success. The ides of November
will a tale Of either veal or woe to US unfold.