The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-11
lilIshuruusb gsfarasr.
WEDNESDAY u. SEPT II 1878 !
FOR CONGRESS-
JOSEPH ]. DAVIS,
or FRANKLIN.
COLLAPSE or KEARNEY.

a nc lilhHtt trUHiibuh sense 81 tht NUneTl-
can people istheir safeguard against the cx>
tremes Of the theorist or the revolationist.
Acknowledgements the outgrowth Of had
government sometimes give ihiscla willing
listeners; because Americans. in no cnnli
lion Of life bind themselves to the subjec-
tion ofinfexible rules. and ara alway rea.
dy TO frame or adopt expedientsto extricate
them from their enlbarrassments or distres,
ses. But they viii insist that these expe-
dients conform 10 practical reason and the
analogies Of the institutions under which
they have been reared.
Looking over the whole country, and con,
trasting present prostration with past pros
peri,y. il was easy 10 see that for awhile the
game Of the political charlatan might win.
and that golden err Of universal happi>
mess might be inaugurated BY the adoption
Of his ideas. On the one hand. enforced
idleness. inability 70 iud work. .disconten,ed
OF desperate men and starving families On
the other. oy.rgrown and tyrrannous capi-
tai. denying to labor the pittance needed
for existence vast boards Of money with
drawn from circulation to swell the already
bursting Golfers Of men taxing ingenuity TO
Sod new subjects to feed fantastic luxury !;
and ela.s. the most obnoxious Of all. the
privileged bond holder. dominating .he
dessinies Of the nation, and enjoying his
ammunities free from the common burden
oftaxation. -
The contrasi sasa striking one oue cal.
culated not only 10 excite the imagination.
but 10 insane al the passions Of resent
ment, Of envy and Of ayarice. keimey's
remedy vas direct one. Il was to excite
the rich against the poOr, 70 array labor
against cspital. and to crate a new equili-
bnum hy the destruction Of all existing
conditions. And for while success SEEM
ed 70 lay open before him for il was hard
strain on human nature to see. unmoyed.
and uDsngered huge wealth and vast capi-
tal commanding every luxury and indie.
pendent Of every want. the possession Of the
happy few; and want and misery ant en-.
forced idleDess the lot Of the multitude and
IL seemed 50 easy and 50 right to strike u
balance, BY levellipg all distinctions Of
prosperity. and making the poor equal with
the rich. ..-... Al, ..s.a .a .4
But then the sound common sense
Of the American people came in foI
their salsation. They saw that al labor
Vas 10 ihe process Of convers:on into caPi.
tai; 20 eapital..is elf creative. Il is the
product of pains taking labor. Of thrift. Of
intelligence. The lahore. in his turn be.
comes the capitalist and in his tarn be.
comes the sustainer Of labor. This IS a
process continually going oL before our
eyes. The poor f One generation are the
rich Of the next. To strike down the rich
q sas salisn' ssne.-'iOn' : = s'o's 'O's's,
me plass.y .oa a,u's s.eoo,'oI' 1p'
W sns" ~
able poverty. All men started alike 10 the
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