The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.

BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
The Radical party is becoming desperate.
1t has been driven from its strongholds. its
refuge of lies has been demolished, its props
knocked from under it. 1t no longer i'm
viteS bold, manly. stand-up fight, but has
resortcd to contemplate subterfuges that
are understood to be confessions of defeat.
1t has ceased whistling-a pleasant way for
towards to keep up their courase-and has
taken 20 bowling. In the South il hopes to
achieve success by numbering liberty with
Federal bayonets, and accepts the testimony
of notorious villains i'm justification of acts
! so ncfarious that fair minded men pronounce
! them monstrous. In the North. where bay
onets can not be profitsbly used, the organs
and managers resort to schemes so transpar-
| emily false that ray OF truth renders them
| powerleSs. Having exhausted their resources
OF falsehood upon Governor Tilden's private
life and public record, they have concluded to
| try the power OF concentrated mendacity in
another direction. Having failed in con-
vincing laboring men that the election of
Hayes and the continuance of thieves in
office Will prove beneficial to their interests,
the purpose has been disclosed to array
capitalists and business men against the
Democratic party The cry was started that
the syndicate would refuse 10 talSe any more
bonds Until 1t was settled who was to
be elected, and would take no more at all
if Tilden elected, but Mr.. August
Belmnt promptly disposed of that rickety
scheme to deceive the people The cry
came from "A miserable set of schemers. ms il
did in lS72-such men aS Jay Cook, who are
preparing now as then to rob the govern
ment and all who put any faith in their
representations This dodge having been
promptly put to rest, the next scheme is to
impress the public mind with the falsehood
that business men in New York and other
cities are arraying themselves against
Tildcn and Hendricks, because the
| fiscal affairs of the government under
| Democratic rule would not he faithfully adj
ministered Tilden's record as governor of
New York will effectually trample the life
| out of such a weak and malicious fabrica-
| ton. Tilden's administration of the finan-
cial affairs of the Empire state is the grand
est record ever made. Since his Inauguration
thieves have had no show at all.
He has saved his pcolpe millions in
taxation and in the expenditures Of
| the state. 1t is a record of honesty and
| economy, of retrenhcment and reform,
from first to last. In addition to this we
| have the record of the Democratic House OF
| Representatives, showing n saving in the
expenses of the government of $4,000, 600 a
| year Business men comprehend such re-
cords, and when conuasted with the swim
| ding. thieving and squandering record of the
Radical party, it is easy to determine how
| they will cast their votes, and where they
will give their influence Notwithstand-
! ing all this the Chicago Tribune
Of yesterday captions an article
The Business Mems Campaign" and
labors through a column to show that all the
| New York business men are working to de-
| feat Tilden. Ii saws:
Good news from New York. The business
/ men--the merchants, bankers, capitaliSts-all
who are interested in maintaining steady
standard of values and dread q rcyulsion in
| In the present growth of confidence and re-
sumption of prosperous times, have been fully
aroused al last to the danger threatened by the
/
success OF Tainman.J Hall and .solid South
in their efforts to obtain possession of the gov
| eminent.
| Ii may be well to look at the business al
fairs of the country and of New York for a
few years past, just to see what has trans
pired 50 we'll calculated to make business
men anxious for continuation of Radical
rule. Since 1860, the date when the Radical
marty took charge of the government and
including nine months of the current year,
the business failures of the country number
50, $3.50, involving loss of 81 $50 40, 600.
Since 1867 business men of the city and state
of New York have suffered terribly by fail
ures. In the city of New York there have
been 1850 failures, involving loss of ST.
81. 900 and in other portions of the state
1895 failures with loss of SIS, o29, JIG, a
grand aggregate OF 6, 124 failures and los
of $562, go, 49, average of more than
SCI. 100000 year. Such has been the in
Huence of Radicalism upon business affairs
We conclude that business men have
not particular fondness for thai
sort of management. Nor are they
likely TO indorse party with enthusiasm
that has contributed largely by its profigacy
by its frauds and thievery to such state o.
affairs The attempt to array business mer
against the Democratic party will, like othel
schemes of the Radical party, prove sigma
fa;fu~o Urtv;rces man demand an homes