National Republican., 1878-08-19
THE MIsFoKrrSEs or LIFE.

Times are hard, business is stagnnnt, and
suffering is widespread, not only over this
country, but throughout the habitabie
globe. The EOof OF snCiety and business
interests so intimately combines and blends
the welfare of all that none escape the
pending ills. The lahorng man, who prays
for field of labor, but prays in vain; who
is willing and any ious 10 work, hut cannot
find employment who is surrounded by a.
helpless and dependent family; who not
only have not the cOiniOrts of life, but who
are on the verge Of starvation for the want
of brcad-surycys his prospects and uecesl-
ties with heavy and bleeding heart He
thinks his the direst lot that earth can AZ
ford--and we must say II is had enough
bu, 1t is not alone There arc other children
Of misfortune. whose prospects are under
a deeper cloud, il possible for they
have been cast down from q
higher estate into the vale OF poy-
crty. and its waters are all the mOre bitter
TO the taste on that account II is terrible,
We admit TO lie reduced to the extr'metie.
Of want. but none are permitted to starvc in
this land Of plenty If their necessities are
made known to the public. The granari's
of hlier!ca to-day contain an abundance 10
feed the civilized world, aud hence none on
this continent must BE- allowed to Starvc.
The worker thinks he has u hard time of
1t under the msiortunes of life, and 80 he
has bat he should remember that he has
an abundance of company in his InisericS
The storm has enyelOpcd the man Of rcputed
wealth, the manufacturer, the merchant, the
capitalist, the mOnopolist, and even the
"blolted bond-hUIder,' as he Is derisivcly
termed, in its destructive folds and
many man who was one year ago
thought TO be rich, if not mil
lionairc, now finds himself in the
of comparative poverty under the withcring
influence Of the times lie was possessed
OF property and he owed debts The latter
have been magnined by time, while his
assets have wthcrcd and shriyellcd to merely
nothing and have been swept away to u de-
gree that cOnsigns him TO hopeless bank
ruptcy This man has been cnterprisins
his business has been extended he has
given employment to the Industrious, and
pu, bread in the mouths of the poor but
when the storm Of ndversiiy came he wa.
forced to suc,umb, and the misfortune
touches large circle whose interests were
| intimately blenied in his enterprises Verify,
such u man is consigned to deep, If not equal
suffering with those who cry ior bread
We have u case in mind which portrays
the vicissitudc, of life IN II remarkable de.
gree. The REMINVr3Ns at Illion. New
York, who had bail, up an extensive bIrsi-
ness in the manufacture OF arms nj the close
OF the Frauco-GeTmln war were 30 over
loaded with the fruits of their enterprise
that they could scarcely lind safe invest
ment for thcir surplus funds They were
municent IN their charities, especially in
the Methodist denomination, with which
they were identified The Syracuse INT
versity was the recipient of :lOO,OJJ They
established bank, to give employment to
a worthy hut less fortunate relative And
50 on. we could cnumcrIte repeated in
stances where instead Of boarding they put
thCiI means where they thought /, woUId
do the most good
Tie rcvulsiyc storm came with its with
criug power over property values and hast
year the REMlNGruNs were forced to sus
lies were deprived OF employment and the
mean. of subsistence The prospect of III,
prrmLugu, v.u.iug OF this Nu.t husucss cN
cited much lntcrrst and sympathy il Cen
trad sew York, aud deep feeling Of rrgrr
Invaded the ,onm.unitY We ar h'lp
now to lrlru t!ut these gentlrm"n hHv,
Ip,arrd their Immense estates under mort
.r.-c~ By which they have been uhlo To- rr
irct q five year loan Of nearly on W.lNm
Of dollars with which they wIu IrsuUI,
business uHIcI auspices that VTrrulSc,, :,
carry them through in safety. This iru
il,y. identified Themselves with the husi.
nc,, interests Of the National Capital city
and then enterprises We suppose. con.
wi,hiu the limit oi such drnuuclLtJnS a
"robbrr, "vumpyres, and "bi0od-sucscrs
rhut are G'ppuutLy buried at the uau Il
eutcrpris" aud effort by the dclu,gogur
VINO alN htIhNtne lll' Nbi bihlilGNI'N u Ol Ia
rouuuy into their tolls 1t is thu tail
ura of such men aud such cmtc'pli,,.
that ARE spreading disaster nu
misery all over the country, When nllnu
lacturers are prosperous employment !
plenty, It's rcwaIds fair, and conteutrnon
, and happiness attend the lndWstuOW
t work"r We are now suffering the r"ycrs
Of this, and the demagogUe can never lea,
L this people out Of this wilderness OF mis-
. fortune.
{ Oar own city has not escaped the mos
I serious effects OF this financial storm. W
= could point to repeated instances where thu
: business man III pushing prosperous enter
= prises to the buildng up Of the Interests q
5 the city have oyerstepped the bounds q
+ safety, and are to-day wrestling with I'D
| ycrsity under trials more keen, il pOs5ibl,
. than attend the unemployed laborer Whll
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