Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-02
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Now that our great ausdrennial ma
tional agony is over and the country is
once more in safe hands, there is a very
fair prospect that business will revive in
every quarter, and the sluggish pace at
which it has proceeded for months past
will DO quickened. Renewed activity
is, indeed, p~erceptible already; and
everywhere, except in financial circles,
where temporary distress has resulted
from purely artificial causes, business
men are inspired with anticipasions OF
active operations and increasing profits.
The abatement Of political excitement
and the approach Of the holidays to-
gethsr, give a temporary stimulus to
trade in the large cities, but this is, OF
course, merely upon the surface. There
10 a deep grouud-swell which finds its
motive in a stronger influence, and
which reaches into every remote section
Of tho land. The election Of General
Grant settled two things which have a
vitality important bearing upon the pro-
ductive and commercial interests of the
country. It gave the infamous Demo-
cratic doctrine of reputation its
quietus, and thereby prevented dsprs-
citation and subsequent variablensss Of
the currency. If this doctrine had pre-
vailed, values would have been I'M
settled there would have been such
constant Huctuation that everything
would have been in a state of uncer-
tainty, and business would have been
harassed by countless p~erplsxities and
embarrassments. Now, prices are in q
degree fixed, and there is a firm, sub
stantial basis upon which to operate
and this gratifying condition Of things
is guaranteed to the country during
General Grants term Of office. 1t wal
not the slightest claim of the Republic
can party upon the country that il
promised this much.
But it wrought another good work fol
the commercial interests Of the country,
A Democratic success would have beer
followed by an attempt to overthrow
reconstruction in the Southern States,
and it might have hurried US into
another rebellion. Even the first contin.
gency would have ruined all hope of q
renewal Of Southern industry and Of that
Southern trade which has proved SO
profitable to both North and South in
the past. Under General Grants ad-
ministratiou, life and property will be
safe in the South Southern men will,
we most sincerely hope, accept the iney-
liable result %graciously and determine
to abandon political agitation, and turn
their attention to developing the re-
sources Of their section. II cotton can
not be king, it can, at least, be a very
agent for securing wealth for
people, and for restoring the
old equilibrium, which kept our foreign
exchange even, and brought Southern
into our markets.
If the Reconstruction laws remain in
force for four years longer, they will be
the probability Of defeat or
overthrow, and, with judicious admins
tration, the people will have been con-
convinced of their excellence.
assured Of their substantially,
and Of the final reorganization Of the
Northern merchants will no Ion
ger fear to give credits in that direction,
and we can transact business, as in the
old time before the war, without any
apprehesuious whatever. The whole
country will be benefited by this insti-
of an terra Of good feeling" not
less than by conviction of the fact
that NC have at last reached the conclu-
sion of the troubles which naturally fol-
the war, and kept the nation in
agitation. At last we will
have profound and enduring peace,
will bring its own blessing with
il, and will compel the conviction, even
in the Democratic mind, that General
Grants election was the happiest event
that could have befallen the country.
JoshbuIInssiana.