The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-11-02
a Few Words to Thinking
Men.

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Those who are crying "Hard
Times, /" and looking to the advent of
the Democratic party to power for a
renewal of prosperity, would do well
to note two facts before rendering
their verdict at the polls on the 7th
of November.
LIST. That but seoeaa per cent. of
the business Of the country as done
toith money, the remaining ninety
three per cent being transacted by
means of credits, in the shape of bank
and book accounts, notes, certificates,
&c, &c.
I'd. That q Uery large majority
of the business of this country is
done By Republicans. Whatever this
may argue, it is fact that the capi
talists, manufacturers, merchants and
other active, enterprising men of the
country belong mainly to the party
hat goes ahead, rather than to the
the one whose traditional policy it is
to pull back.
Whether they are right or not in
their belief, these men have no faith
in the leaders of the Democratic par
ty. They do not believe either in
their honesty, or in their ability to
manage the affairs of the country
successfully, and, acting upon this
belief, they will, if that party sue
ceeds in electing these leaders to Of
fee, at once begin to make them
selves as safe as possible by getting
their property into thesecurest shape
into which it can be put.
Now, the most secure shape for
property in times of uncertainty, is
not by any means to have it scatter
ed out in miscellaneous credits all |
over the country, and the first thing
that will be done by all sagacious
business men will be to contract their
credits. Capital is sensitive, and |
however humane a man may be, he
seldom has any hesitation in forcing
the payment of a claim when he finds
that it is becoming a hazardous in
vestment.
If, therefore, we have a change of
administration, we may look for a
general suspension of credit by all
who distrust the incomers. Capital.
lists, not because they are Repubi-
cans, but because they anticipate in
furious legislation and management
of public affairs, will call in their
loans and wait to see what is going
to be the new policy. Manufacture
ers will abstain from contracts which
may prove their ruin if certain du
ties be altered or others repealed.
Merchants will be very careful as to
the names they put upon their books,
for the rich man of to-day may, by {
some unwise policy of the new dis
pensation, be poor man tomorrow.
And the merchant, if he be a eau
tious man, will put extra profits up
on his merchandise to cover his ex
ira risks. {
In short, the feeling of uncertainty
will cause a depression in business t
such as we have never experienced
n our Nation. The great "panic" :
of three years since will be held but /
Is child's play compared to what i
will occur under the circumstances =
If which we speak, and in the gener- :
i distrust, alarm and scarcity of :,
money the crafty capitalist will plant e,
mortgages, and buy in property at a
orced sales, and use the money P
which he has gathered for the time u
f trouble, to SOW the seeds of rich II
arrests for himself from the ruined W
ortunes of his neighbors. ii
Gold gamblers and stock opera ~ =,
ors will thrive upon the ups and v,
owns of values, which will vary with 81
very whisper of an act of Congress al
r veto of a President. The "bulls" 10
nd ''bears" will run wild, as during :,
.ndrew Johnson's time. "Black h,
'ridays" will be common affairs, and
ne people will pay the fiddler. fo
1t becomes men who claim the lie
ght and ability of self-government ht
, discuss such questions and possl- al
ilities as these, instead lnstlgatng Il
arty prejudice, and appealing to the bt
aser passions of mankind by incen- la
iary harangues, and flooding party CO
organs" with vile personal abuse tn
nd insult of those who view the II
reat questions of the day in other VI
ghts than those which fall on them Ia
no speak and write. A campaign I
" Office is a different thing from a no no
of the policies that should Do
9 pursued by those in office. The Ea FL
esire to beat is not patriotic mo- FIR
We, nor one worthy of men who I Ie