Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-11-24
THE GREAT DA NGER

HE tThEdJ DANIER.
The Republican party with it's moving
Of troops and silly rumors about revolution
will not succeed in diverting the eyes of
the thinking men, the men who having
worked all their lives and amassed suflic-
ieDcy have time to think, from the real
dai ger that threatens this country if the
usurpdtion Of the government is persisted
in against the votes Of quarter of mil,
lion majority of the American people 1t
is not revolution which these holders of the
purse strings at the North fear SO much as
lnvolutlon-the country turned in upon
itself. The day that should seat minor
lty President over the american people
would seal the fate Of the government III
the eyes Of the world. 1t needs no revoe
LUTON to tell the world that this Republic
tbereafte" is on the top of volcano. 1t
needs no leaping fame to tell that the fire
is burning in the heart of our country. On
that day confidence in the stability of our
institutions ends; on that day the credit
of our bonds receives a shock by which it
is loosened and the bonds themselves will
shortly be floating to this side of the AT
lantic. There are other Republics besides
the United States. Take one Of the South
American for example. Does any CAPT
talist when he reads that yesterday such I,
state was garrisoned with troops o'prevent
an outbreak" and to~day troops are being
fastened to the seat of the national govern
ment and tomorrow an attempt will be
made TO count in a President who has
lacked $50 600 Of having u majority Of the
people on his side-does any capitalist We
say want to buy the bonds of that Repub-
lie at ten cents in the dollar OF at anything
Would he not commence looking for the
shortest route to get his money back on
the bonds he holds. That will be the case
with the United States. Europe does not
trust creditor who tomorrow 1t does not
know where to find.
Already there is the stagnation Of death
in the business of the country at the bare
idea of such an event. No man wants to
invest ill anything until the matter is set
tied, Europe will commence returning our
bonds il thirty days and that means gen
eral bankruptcy. 1t is said that the order
Of Gen. GRANT for the presence of troops
al New Orleans to insure "a peaceful count
of the ballots actually cast" was given at
the suggestion of eminent moneyed men
in Philadelphia, which is probable but
those moneyed men know that peaceful
count merely to ensure the success of
fraud brings no confidence with it. What
they wanted and what The moneyed men
at the North want and What the South,
that is just struggling into prosperity and
has some bread and meat interests Il not
moneyed interests, wants is a fair count,
that neither Democratic nor Republican,
parties can object to. All those interests
in the United States want a count that
will be followed by peace and satisfaction,
and if politicians uphold different result
lumbia thea they want Congress to set it
right. The men who ale working for Il
living or have worked for living and OBJ
tanned it, want this matter settled peace
fully, fairly and satisfactorily. AS for tie
skipping hither and tilither OF a few thou
sand troops or tie bravado Of y Pennsyl-
vana militia general ABOUT three days Ia
lions for his men, they amount to nothing
with forty millions of people who depend
on the prosperity of he country for their
livelihood. Tue, toying with troops
by veteran commander in chief, not no
ted for sobriety may cause anxiety and the
bluster OF Il militia general may excite rid
;cule, but the central thought with the
thinking men of all sections now is: is our
Repualic in danger of losing its standing
in the world, for with That gees our credit
our prosperity and finally our peace.
The Republican party can't stand this
pressure. No party could.