Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-11-08
THE LATE PANIC.

legislators. from President down to
pettifogger, whom chance has elevated
to place and power, engaged in
plundcring the public Treasury,
speculating in Credit Mobilier stocks,
voting themselves thousands Of dollars
"baok pay" and doubling their own
salaries at their own sweet wills when
it is seen that great land grants are
bestowed on railway speculations, in
which the people who own the lands
have little or no interest when
defalcations in banks, revenue offices,
trust companies, post>ofices, ETC., are
SO frequent, is it matter Of surprise
that the people have no confidence in
pubic men, or that a crushing panic
follows such wickedness? With an
honest government, in which the peo-
pie could place reliance, there could be
no ground for such "scares."
Before the war there were opened
up, or put under the plow, sone ten
millions of acres of virgin lauds yearly
This had been somewhere near the
average, and was considerd healthy
growth Of the country. But since the
war, through enormous railway land
grants, more ttan forty millions of
acres have been opened yearly, aud put
into crops. This has created glut in
the grain markets, and prices dropped
to figure rendering IT'S transportation
Improbable Hence the GRANGErs
\ war between farmers aud railroads
is, OF all things, the most souseless, and
only small minded demagogues will
en- .2s>ge in it. The railways are the par
ents Of more than half the farmers, who
are now complaining because the rail-
ways can not transport their produce to
market. Had the farmers grown less grain
and more wool, cotton, flax, hemp, etc,
less bulky than grain--there would
have been less difficulty in its transpor-
tation. What the West needs now is
more diversified industry 1t is true,
our means for transportation between
producers and consumers has aot kept
pace with our agricultural productions,
and instead of new railways reaching
into the wild prairies, we need more
east and west trunk lines, more facilities
for transportation by water. In shoet,
We want direct communication by ship
canals between the upper great lakes
the Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, aad
the Atlantic. If the States aud Terri
tories of the Unioa are to remain united,
the east with the wsst, the north with
the south, increased facilities for rapid
and cheap intercourse must be estab>
lished All barriers which keep peo-
pie apart must be broken down or
removed Negro slavery, the cursed
inheritance Of monarchlcal rrogenitors,
Was wiped out of this nation in Slood.
Those Whot1othe war did not destroy
it demoralized. All felt its cold aud
clammy hand" The pulpit, the press,
/ the school, the family, relt the spirit of
carnage, and the nation was shaken
from center to circumference by that
dread demon, war. Passion became
ram pant Men in armies, who never
drank before-circumspeot men-be.
came drunkards men who were satis-
fed with moderate gains became avari-
cious men gave way to their lusts
and children were begotten under these
circumstances, and passion and belig>
erency characterize thousands OF the
rising generation. But worst of all,
there was general letting down Of
moral principles; swindlers got into
Office, pretended patriots proved bounty
jumpers and wicked rioters low, bad
men were elected to Offices of trust,
which they dishonored because re-
spectacle citizens " were careless, and
neglected to attend primary elections
and nominate men of worth. For
example call to mind our late city
swindling rings, that robbed and
plundered at their Wills.
Weak, if not criminal. Congressman
yielded to the lead of unprincipled
shysters, and were caught like swarm