The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-09-28
ulhv Tilden Should Be Elected.

r,o,n the Fort Wayne (Indiana| SENTINEL
There is nothing in the presen
copdition or prospects 0fthe country
vhich entities the party in power Il
claim for itself any credit, or to de
md the continued confidence o.
.nnport Of the people. The situa
t;on Of affairs is about as bad as il
reIl could be, and we turn in vain
i every direction for an encourag
;nr report. The panic which was
asRered in by the failure of adadical
Arm of wild cat bankers in 1873,
st;Il casts its dark pail over the land.
the three years which have elapsed
e;rce that tiule have been years oil
financial distress, of commercial fail
ne. OF general bankruptcy. The
manufacturing interests of America
are y,aralyzed; mills and factories
are closed up; hundreds and thous-
ands Of men are out of employment;
.yast army of ,nen, once prosperous
mechanics and laborers, now con-
tetpptuously styled ''tranpso and
Aysersnts,n march across the land,
yainly seeking for work, and CON-
uelled to beg or steal their daily
bread. Their wives and children
arc starving. Trade is paralyzed.
The bankrupt courts are overrun
with Business. Real estate is depre-
cistiug everywhere, Mortgages are
icing foreclosed and hundreds OF
farms sold under the hammer of the
sheriff. American shipping has been
driven from the seas. In Fort
Wayne to day there are nearly one.
thousand men out of employment,
and forty or fifty stOre-rooms lying
empty, which will not rent for
enough to pay the taxes upon them.
We might continue the details
threngh columns, but the above
truthful presentation of facts suffi-
ces There is no natural explana-
ton for this sad state of affairs.
For many years We have had neither
val, pestilence. nor famine to con
tribute to our distress. Peace has
prevailed, the general health has
been good, the crops have been
bounteous And yet our young
and vigorous country, with her vast
resources scarcely touched. is in the
pitifll condition we have described.
Truth aud candor coinpels us to
attribute our troubles to radical mis-.
rule. The proscriptive policy pur
sued toward the south has kept a
vast section destitute and impOver-
isbed, aud thus affected the entire
country. Our swindling protective
tariff has crippled the business in
ieKsts Of the country. Radical ex
trayagance and corruption have adj
,lesl heavily to the burdens OF the
pepla The misdeeds Of radical
officials have injured the good name
aud the credit of the United States
throughout the entire civilized
world.
Surely these are abundant reas
ons for thorough change in the
administration. Carl Schurz tells us
that Hayes electiomineans a change,
but 10 view OF the fact that Grant.
aud'gaIl who have been. concerned
With him are exerting Herculean
e10fts to ensure the success OF
Hayes, We are constrained to believe
tbat his triumph means simply .
Continuation in power of the present
administration with q new figure
had Mr.. Tilden's election offers
ise only hope Of any Improvement.
he should be elected,
First, because he is a statesman. a
man pf education, culture and long
experiencein public affairs, Of fine
mental capacity, undaunted nerve
ana courage, aud indefatigable ener-
y and industry.
Oocause OF his high per-
sosal character for integrity, hon
ana independence; a character
y which the leading republican
journals Of the country have born
aea!sy, repeated and unequivocal
testimony.
.n'rd, because be is the most con
.eaoas and distinguished practi
0.eIotmer IN public life. Almost
caaaoed ne broke up the gigantic
1seeo ring, which had fastened
~ New York City, and had plum
49, me great commercial lnetrOp
0 the country of millions of
'an TWAS Mr.. Tilden who fled
- amdavit upon which Tweed was
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