Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-12
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WEEKLY COURIER
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8 Nc1VEpS EspAY MoRNIKs, SEPT. IL, 1877
20 21l iR ~ SPEECH b9
Of Hon. James 4. wilson, Deiiv-
1n at ottunwa, "Wednesday Eve

1.
tions which most Involve the future
OF, this country are receiving compar-
.,atiyely little attention now. Inc
questions Which Will stay Win w,
and in their results bless or plague
the nation through the long line OF
coming years, are pushed out on the
o wsy, to make, room for those Whlch
center around our unsatisiacsory n
hi n&ncial condltlon, our suspended IN
!, dustrics, aud make themsctVes pusy c
in the feverish brain OF the specuia- c
10 tor and rummage the empty pocKets
. OF the bankrupt. ~ IS useless 70 ar {
"a que against TINS TACT. however tcm- Z
* porary the causes winch produced " {
IL may be. 1t ls nevertheless 2 TACT, ana
ittitis wise 70 recognize II. II u an
important factor IA our present. poll
10 tics, and wall so remain until the pass.
lvoMgs wave 81 hnanclai pressure snail
iA give place TO the buoyant swell OF re-
a turning confidence and busy trade.
.zoga There IS no conservator OF the pub
10 lie peace more potent than r.,
times: Nothing tends NOR" ssod
, gaop disregard for tb' 70 devel-
a ers, for the best - rights Of 9TH
Jnafor even Gr:s3sS Polltlcal institutions,
. The e'h of~fganized liberty itself, than
,auTd- .,,Vsence of this great conseryator.
fa AZ re presence of financial distress
1851 anarchy can steal in upon order, and
ella people may trade o president for q
, liking. Nothing SO unsettles the found
an atipns of society as hard times. Nor
saudOes it make much difference Wheth-
ss er the hard times are real or suppos-
D. ed, The one reaches about the same
A. result as the Other. the principal differ
! h encs being in the duration Of the ef-
,.l =, fects produced, It is the difference be.
II tween waking fact and passing dream,
lqst! Each seems real while it lasts. The
sdi restless victim of q narrowing dream
~ suffers torture quite as conauerinp as
IL that which overwhelms with disaster
the struggling man whose faculties
4 are all wide awake. Bring the sleep-
or to consciousness and he is all right.
.ls., his distress is all gone. and to him the
d, .g world is again beautiful. The other
tAs victim whose calamity is real and
ma crushing. NAV, from exhaustion. sleep
a d, and dream pleasant dreams Int onlv
81 to awaken to a more bitter d;san-
pointment. Time. which is saifl fo
make all things even. NAV relieve
ii him by and by but he must struuple
and wait. Every communities in this
Z y, nation is full Of such cases. The con-
! >, dition of society is disturbed. restless.
81 RESPONDENT, The forces which drive
re Industry and evolve nrosncritv and
eT contentment are dormant or refracto-
~ nv. Most men paint their pictures in
uqs black, and very few rild them with
55g sunshine. Men who eashtto oenn.el
IS the people wisely talk wildly and
; need themselves to be led. There is
monstrous uprising of demagogues
e'a and . bountiful harvest of demagog-
ara cry. Communism here and there
roEn puts in an appearance, and proposes
lSas to regulate everything by law, and
& then divide the result at the end of
each year. Capital reduces it's ex-
penses, and labor resists to the cx-
trsmity OF disastrous strikes. These
I things are the natural OutgrOwth of
hard times No matter what the real
causes may be, nor how much the
bIr most complaining individuals may
II have had to do with bringing about
Il the worst features Of their own cases,
= the general result and sum total Of
distress, will almost always be charg-
lIesi ed TO the wrong account. In such
,his times, men are not apt to devote much
a0tt time to the study of the philosophy
j, % of organized society, the laws of sup
H1s ply and demand, of the true relations
I % Of capital and labor, or to forecast
jst the effects of the present actions upon
the future of themselves or of the
country They feel the need of
SStroiief, and stand ready to welcome
q the first conner. The first conner al.
sl most invariably makes its appearance
-d in the form of proposition to appeal
- to the State and National govern
a' ments for relief. Here is very pres
li' emit help in time of need, Nor does
. it seem to make any difference wheth-
a or tho need is individual or Of multi
ard tude, local or general, private or pub
y gtiic. The reckless speculator. the
az hopeless bankrupt, an unnecessary
sosu railroad, decaying leyees, cramped
capital, distressed labor, surplus SUP.
plies Of all.ahe necessaries Of life. Of
1awhatevets there is too much or too
. aoifttle, Gcaci, and all stand ready to
za N mako common cause in an appeal to
government for help, Improyi-
dt dence may lie Mt the bottom of il all.
slnn but the e greater the appropriateness The
- louder comes the cry for help. A
4 universal longing for return Of the
" 'tgood old times" assumes the direc-
hasti0n of mems actions: each one SEEM
" ing to forget that he has spent his
whole life in struggle to change the