The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-06
RUsINEss PARALYSIS.

The radical party is responsible for the
comatose conditior OF business affairs. Some
weeks since there was hopefulncss; the out
look was cheering industries were reviying.
The indications were that idle men would
have employment Men thought they
could see The dawn of better times Conf
dence was growing stronger. capital was
coming forth from its hiding places. The
harbingcr notes OF reform were heard. Men
we're taking courage everywhere. The south
from its despair and prOstratiOn stretched
forth its hands and the old-time greetings
Of fraternity were heard. The north
responded with words OF cheer, and
the outlook grew brighter; the clouds broke
away; the fogs disappeared; the public
pulse beat in harmony with the>new de
parture, and new life seemed 20 be infused
into every branch of business OF sudden
all this has changed. The radical party saw
an opportunity to utilize fraud, to make
perjury potential; to mask scoundrelism
with virtue, and to damn its soul for power
and pelf II did not hesitate It's managers,
urged on by Zach Chandler. with promise
OF protection from Grant. would have
plunged naked into he'll for the vote of a
state, and endured the pangs of Dives
to elect Hayes. With violated Oaths
with schemes for fraud concocted and
perfected, in dens such a. thieves inhabit,
they came forth in the hidcousnesS of their
'ieformities and asked Grant to indorsc their
plots. True 70 his instincts, bIear-eyed and
bloated, dead TO every patriotic impulse, for
years the companion of thieves, the receiver
of brides, the debaucher OF all that is sacred
in government. rocking with whisky and
smoke, the embodyment of bagnio bully. a
tit representative Of slaughter pen but in
Gods inscrutible providence. president of
the United States this creature, foul as the
concentrated stencil of sewers. orders troops
to protect villains and proposes - induct his
uccessOr into Office &C the point OF the bayo-
net.
With this policy disclosed. confidence per-
ishes, capital again shrinks away and hides
itself behind locks and bars. t.Ic hum of in
dustry is hUshed, the number of idle men is
increased, business flows sluggishly or not at
all. There is stupor everywhere. The
NblCdr,b I4lt4tc VI z utdE tl1L TIE
'vival OF business activity has been arrested;
that capi,sl Is again seeking shelter. and the
promise Of better employment for labor IS
fading away. On all sides we hear com
plants Of dull times, and fears are freely
expressed that no change for the better may
occur in three or four months. and perhap.
not for a much longer period
Ne date can be fixed for better times. II
is folly to predict revival of business.
The managers OF the radical party have de-
tcrmined 70 maintain power, 10 plunge the
country, a senator Bogy puts it, into bot
tomless and shoreless abyss. Clothed with
the ferceness of he'll. Grant pro-
poses to 15y the capacities Of republican
institutions TO resist the strain Of deSpotism.
He has the will the nerve. the purpose
Cold as ar iceberg. and AS relentless asdeatl,.
he viii push straight on till his purpose Is
accomplished. or meeting the American
people in 5he hot indignation of their power,
ac is driven from his infamous purpose.
While these things are transporting, capt.
tai, says the Chicago Times, 50 viii be
placed UnGe- double lOck so long a there
is even al appearance Of danger that, il in
vested in business. il may be swept down in
the vortex of civil var. 1t is natural that
business len should deprecate this state of
things. II is possible that they may be
willing 70 accept anything for peace,
no matter whether il may be the lawfully
chosen president, or a president chosen by
fraud. But our business men should re-
member that when they make anything
for peace their rule OF action. they will un-
'dermine the very foundation of our politi-
cal structure, and prepare the way either for
anarchy and confusion in which all security
for property will disappear. or for the re-
placement al republicanism By Napoleon
ism. Anything for pesce gave Franco
Napoleon and prosperity. but afterward
Sedan indemnity and the commune Busi-
ness men should heed this. They should De
willing 10 make any necessary sacrifice TO
protect the laws of the lard against violent
overthrow. If they do not, they will soon
lind their property at the mercy either of .
mob or a man on horseback.
II must be borne in mind that there are a
great many men i'm tLe United states who
are not classed as cuisines mem or capital
ists-" These men are feeling with
terrible weight Grants programme of des-
potism, and they must not be pushed to the
verge OF despair They good citizens.
law abiding. long suffering and patient; but
they must net be overwhelmed with misfor-
tune Grants protection of frauds must not
touch too cruelty their wives and sheir chill
dren. Seward. the great leader of radical
ism, the man who boastedicf ais 'little
bell" talked of higher law; and there is