, 1873-10-03
Comments OF the Press.

Front tic Neg l1oyk Tribune, sept. 30.
The country ~ passing it1 grendcst opnorauh,lts
pasaago Of the Legal Tender act, any financial
situation Or CRISIS tlat held out all its haiids
inviting to resumption. Shall VIC let IT go by
Tho crisis calls for llrln l.autl, clear head and
superhnnlan wisdom to discover our disease, or
any profound political acleuce to detcctito call7o
We init bctwcon pellation and cure: Horoa an
hours work with the knife, or al endless stretch
opiatcs and ytimuants, with recurring paroxys'ny,
ellasme nutl v,lAioau and mover sound loalth
III body Or limb. Sha! it 10 surgery o. quacicry
Wa must chooRe between them. To-dny's op--
perty. for tho President. II is within tho roach
| Of tho President, who has but to put forth lis
hand and solzo it, to make himself great name,
give Ills party tho new prestige TINT it needs.
wholo country up to pure air md solid ground.
Lot tho PrepIdont issue his proclamation con-
| ycning Congress III On oxtra session at oight Or
| ton days notice, will. tho solo object, ds- dis
Immediate resumption Of specie payments, For
nothing but stand III front Of thcir balance
shoeta and inventories and sec q rapid mud con
] Htnnt shrinkage in values. And there's no
knowing whero it will stop or when, for the sim
Mo reason that there is no financial hArtl-an. 1t
has boon abolished by law. For eleven years Wo
llavo gono on doing husiness with irreaeemablo
! promises. We hayo taken notes Of each other
and paid them with tho notes Of tho Govern
| 1nent which themselves wero without relations
to anything having q fixed va1uo-nnstablo aud
irradoena6lo. So long as Wo oro content to 10
| business upon tho system Of renewals, giving
and taking now notos for old oncs-wth Gov
ornmont Setting tho example-we seom to
be prosperous and hcalthy-we grow up IN full
enjoyment of tho dropsy, or ratlor wo bulge out
| tions, with @ urlp-lino" hanging within any
| body's reach. Thoi, con,os tlme-it has como
to ua-wheu people begin to inquire wlat the
paper represents, aud to grope for standard Of
stands still. except In bankruptcy courts, TIL
that standard is reachcd. Lot us have TINT ea-
tublishcd by rosuming specie payments. We
lfnyo haa quito enough Of talloonins; enough OF
Of laying raiiroad tics OIL rnoonbcams, giving
mortgages on fog-balls, and calling ourselves
stout because NO have gorgcd ourselves With TIC
east wind. ~, /,
admitted. Why not now? When will there DC
a botter timo? When would tie Wlloe country
be moro bonoited by it than now? There ought
to be atates1nanshp enough n ConEresn to tis no
province Of Journalism to loslslato, md legiBla
turos nrc proycrhiay Jealous Of interference
with tLoir functions by tho press. Va suggos
nothing except TINT congr911, , 30 10y, anqHed af f } 70
tor over aud tinker up matters, but s'tnpl!
to lcEslato for resumption. Tho Administration
of President Grant Lna an opportunity to lift 1t
} self Into better place tn hlhtory Than a'n1s
Republican party has chnnce to- redeem itsol
from record which i:s best friends admit III no
wholly glorioua, md tao country las an opport,l
nifty to step out into tho grnnttesss part of It
! career, Shall it rngB urlmprovel? Lot Probt
dent Grant gett1o it, 80 far as lio Ia concernats
; by conyoniug Congrcna, and putting upon 1t th
responsibility of meeting tho emergency.
Bro11Ep 5oD3.
fAAas,f fSaS Fr]t{t hrr,Jf
It Is tim Ill wind TINT blows nobody. t,aott:.
; Tho financial tl'sorler already promises bonol
iii moro than one direction, but especially In nIo
ducing grpater economy in GoYcrnnents, Ne
, tionnl' Aiato. and lccal Strong public. fco!iuE
' aroused by tho events Of tho past ten days, vi
/ aternly forbid new grants. nov Jobs, and ~ ~
reasonable nxpendsturcA; 1t viii calnpc! the IL
otntto postpolGnent ot mauy coffpt aGne!pG as ~
q ee!ary-gtab aud many other 1noas'1ros ny WING
= puble good has heon sacrificed to private gel'
. i lttio w,iso ago. 1t wna boldly dse!araa t!!f
/ Congress must aHHlnia tlo aeota OF tle noul.
y orn Reconstructed Htntes, and Il was Mnt1erseoo
that Dutior would put himself at tue hoatt {
tho army OF Southern algonturera WHO woul
clamor for thin 1ncas'iro. cossnpt MG.nnni ;.l at
from Tho North woro expected t9 3 1onh r. III nra rn
t rect liz now extremely dark for bucis actonlo
Tho Treasury In by no .neans ~ full as It wa
= tho negotiation Of our bonds IN Enrop9 u!
been aFrostoa and Y Is Plsn to sho 9taat
jneroaso its liabilities to the oxtant nocosbary 4
. tha assumption OF southosn State dobta wltAol
= involving itself IN very grave financial dl'llen
= ties, TAls plot will tayo to 10 put awsy aas
I, moro conyenlout soason..,
q Another gigantic Bwindle was bnt very =
/. contly urged with much chance OF hlcscb ICE;
- Scarcely en days ago. whom noaa ssn9eppera,, w.
70 tho Washington ring succeeded Mr. Cook
u cIppiad by reason Of lss participation IN y
ID uupitnoua North Pacific Job, 10 declared I'll