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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
TRUE PROGRESS.

Progress is something more than
motion. 1t is movement in the right
direction. 1t is advancement In all
that utilises, beauties and perfects
existence. To comprehend what true
progress means, it must be illustrat-
ed by some grand ideal. That can
be found no where save in Deity
Contemplating him what suggests
itself. What, but that God, infinite
in all his attributes, capable of GREAT
ing all things by the fiat of his will.
nevertheless, uses in accomplishing
his purposes, being less munincently
endowed. In his hands what are
animals and vegetables, but SO maRy
admirable conceptions for multiplying
and replenishing.
The minds that have made the
highest contributions to human ex.
altatiou have appreciated the suita.
bleness of such nm illustration. Faith.
oming the principles of the power
found in the operatives of Providence,
these benefactors have advanced t.
inventions imparHng grsatar force te
some Of these magnificent agencies,
What are engines, locomotives,
steamboats, and t~elegraphs but addi'
tons to human capabilities. "a.
Every practical producer admits
what has bsen advanced. How could
it be otherwise. There is no Other
way Of judging how q preceding gen
Grafton has been surpassed but BY
the increased rate that production
sustains to effort.
Applying this test to our own times
what Is seen. What but vast and
unprecedented productiyeness. In.
crease Of export. Diminishing OF
import. That the condition of pub.
Lie, finance, the boarding of coin 10
the national treasury and the stsgna.
ton of some industries have had
much to do with this state of things
cannot be denied. 1t 10 not wholly
due, however to enforced economy.
Development Of skilled methods has
been q far more potent agercy. We
have reached a point in the progress
Of the nation that enables American
operatives not only TO compete with,
but ontstrip those Of othsr countries.
Our competitors acknowledge our
prowess. Speaking Of this nation,
the London Economist has said 'sThe
conditions of industrial production
in tue United States have undergone
such changes in the last five years
that possibly that country is to be-
come our most formidable rival"
The outlook: was never mors rass-
suying.l Every successive exhibition
at home and abroad demonstrates our
progress. Scores Of labor saving in.
vsnflons and money making improve:
rnents E being constantly intro
dnced. The ~sesult, In the sear fu-
ture must be- that our industrial pro-
ducts wilT be ehsspsned until the
United States shall head the world In
almost every enterprise.
Admitting I'll this, we may we'll
take encouragement. ." Low rates OF
interest and wages, abundance Of
money, the. plantiful supply of cap.
itai. Stores ofgIraw material, aud
the calm political condition Of the
country properly appreciated and APP
piled must crowp effort with success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

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contradiction that under the National
bank lay an .associ.tion of gentleman
in an Eastern State raised three hum
dred thousand dollars In currency,
which they exchanged for ak per
cent. j interest bearing bonds, for
which they obtained $4,000 Ma
tional bank notes. The amount with
held by government WAS $50 600 in
currency, on which they received
SlS, 900 annually in gold exempt
from taxation and had $27O, 600 to
loan. But they did not stop here.
Their bank was selected as q desposi-
tary, and there was scarcely ever less
than q million OF dollars of govern
ment bonds in their vaults. They
did not like to zee such q vast sum
earning nothing, and therefore, bought
q million Of United States six per
cents. In other words, the govern.
ment paid them interest on that much
of its own funds. Thus for $80, DOC
in currency they actually received
$7S, 900 annually in gold. This may
be an extreme case, but doubtless
there have been many similar ones
Is it wonderful that gentlemen tina
| do this kind Of business want resump
ton sustained and greenbacks re
tried in order to create still better
opportunities to bank. and grow ricl
ON national credit.
Mr.. Sherman also asserted tina
these banks were incapable of con
certed political action. Assemble said
he q dozen bank presidents, and yol
will have as many diverse and irrecon
silable theories. The country howev
er, has see the Republican party ii
Congress l~egislating in their interes
by ordering the redemption of green
backs, passing an act which ought t.
Lave been entitled an act to enabl
the National banks to furnish ant
control the national currency. A
act which if it had not been altere,
and amended by the Democrac,.
would have contracted the currenc,
reduced the value of property and en-
HANGED Indebtedness to a degree this
would have resulted in almost uni
versal bankruptcy, without benefit t
anybody. but these corporations an
their stockholders. Legislation c
such q character is the strongest evi
dence that can be furnished, tbs
these banks are more powerful tina
parties. They have also c~learin
houses and syndicates. They assembl
stately in conventions, discuss COZ
iitions of the nation, demand releas
from taxation, favor increased rate
Of interest and pass resolutions wit
the public, and avowed purpose of Oh
tanning favorable legislation. Som
how or other, through the power c
their money, or otherwise they oh
tain whak they want. 1t has bee
only q day or two since the associat
ed press announced from Washing
ton that they were raising campaig
funds T., secur the election OF Re
publican congressman, in district
where Democrats are likely to b
chosen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
NATIONAL BANKS.

From their incipiency, the great
mas of people have lever been able
to understand why National banks
were created. When they we're in
troduced the North and East, where
they have been most numerous, were
well supplied with State banks. De-
stroying chartered privileges Of these
institutions was an unheard Of stretch
of power whom it was accomplished
but it was submitted to az prelimins-
~ to the Introduction OF legal ten
ders, at ? time, when to question na-
tionsl authority Of any sort was de-
nounced az rebellion.
The circulation retired by the sur-
render Of their rights OF demand, by
the State banks was not replaced
however by greenbacks. New banks
of issue were created, ard their paper
inflated q currency already excessive
~ expanded. The hundreds of mil
lions of notes thus put into circula-
ton fastened and heightened the de-
probation OF legal tenders, and "a
has been intimatel the public could
nevsr understand the policy by which
such results were reached.
The people were tcid that these
new institutions were an excellent
device to negotiate the five twentieths,
that the money received for the bonds
purchased by these banks to secure
their notes would add to national re
sources and contribute to the sinews
Of War. The public, however, could
never comprehend why 1t was neoss-
sary to pay interest on 30 many mil.
hons for the purpose of creating q
currency that the government could
have supplied without, the interven.
ton Of complicated financial machin.
cry.
In these banks the people have
never been able to Q anything be-
yond IN unnecessary, and expensive
monopoly dangerous to the State. In
has speech ~ Toledo Mr.. Sherman
descsibsa these institutions as very
Aarnlsss alfAirs empowering ave per.
soas 70 do what, but for want Of capi.
~ and intelligence might be done b,
~ body. II has been said howevel
epoa ths aoor Of Congress withou,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
EATING CROW,

The Greenbackers of this county
have nominated q gold bug for coun.
ty Clerk. Nominated him simply be-
cause they thought he could COM
mand q ~ Republicans vote. Now
Wright and Haley, where are your
incorporating steps toward liberty.
Friends don't you see how you are
being duped. as,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

Hon. Dan Mcintyre has received
q majority Of votes at the Democratic
primaries in Audrain, and is their
nominee for representative. j. Med.
Trimble received the nomination for
prosecuting attorney. We eongratu-
late the DEMOCRATS Of AudrRin on two
such exesllelt nominations. No
doubt their competitors were worthy
men ; but we know these gentlemen
and feel confident that they will fill
their places weh.-Callaway Gazette,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
"HOME FIRST, THE WORLD
AETERWARDSOT
ONLY SOC

We will send the LEDGER TO any
new subscriber the remainder OF this
year for Scots. cash in advance. Now
is the time to procure q paper If you
wish to keep up with the times. We
make this offer SO that every man in
the county q try US for q year.
There is no reason why every man in
the county should not take the LED
GER. 1t contains more reading mat.
ter each week, than any other country
paper in the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

"' "CRAZY En-" WRIGHT, the champ
ion of the Pomeroy party in this
county, opened his battery of abuse
on Us at a picnic near Farber, last
week, That's right, give it 10 us
when we are not around. "a. we
all know what is the matter. with you,
our party did not, or rather did ap-
preciate you by not giving you Office,
and for this reason yon attetnra in
your small, but lend way to ipluro
our party. A little rope IS all you
want, but honestly we don't like to
see you make such goose of your
self. " ""
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

y We congratulate the PEOPLE of Au-
drain county upon the nomination of
Hon. d. H. Mcintyre for reelection
to the Legislature from that county.
He 10 q man that will be an honor to
his county and q benefit to the state,
Sturgeon Leader. o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

''How happy it is to dwell togeth-
er in u~nion'' Republicans and
Greenbackers. Yes, and you
greenhack men vote for q hard money
NAN and you Republicans vote for .
staunch old Democrat. What q glo-
rious victory that would be even if
you should elect your man. Why,
neither one of you would claim him
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

THE Greenbackers and Republic
cans both talk about holding the
'.'balapce OF power" Ny, how we
apples do ioetl Why, there 10 no
balance Of power in this county. The
power IL al one and concentrated In
the ticket at the head of our columns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

You might as well try to find a
thimsle small enough to hold Ed
Wright's brains or a gun wad small
enough to wrap his discretion up in
% to try to defeat the nominees of
the Democratic party i'm this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
IDLE MONEY.

The Republican party has been in
the habit of boarding money in the
treasury ever since it came into pow
er. No good has come of this prac-
tice, and none can ever be- derived
from it. The treasury should CON-
tain sufficient money to discharge its
ordinary duties, and no more, which
ought at all times, to flow into and
out of it, according to AN accurate
systsm of receipts and expenditures
without amassing vast and unneces-
sary sums to tempt cupidity or excite
extravaganza.
There have been monies constitut-
ing various funds in the treasury that
have aggregated as much as $685.
586,629 and by recent statement
there appears to be an accumulation
of $500, 002, 1881 of which ,420,-
700 is said to be coin. In order ac-
quire this vast sum an addition OF
81, 847, 16O has been made to the
interest bearing bonded debt.
The avowed object of accsmulat-
ing this vast sum is preparation for
resumption, and although there are
only about $2S5, 161 ,O84 greenbacks
in circulation, Mr.. Sherman takes
great credit that in view of the mo
ney held to redeem diem the public
has full confidence i'm his ability to dc
80 and receives them at par or nearly
so with gold. - :.- .....
/ Let US see what this pet financial
policy has and is going to cost amt
ally. There is lost annually in inter
est On the following items: 4
increase of debt..... 8 3,313,S86, AZ
Cash in treasury. $4,000, 1852
National bank nstes.. II, l55, 1876, ~
Annual loss 1890. $27 1853, 1877, 81
Which if the interest paid on tn
bonds securing the national banl
notes we're deducted from the genera
int sest account, would be one-thir,
of the entire remaining interest Of
the bonded debt.
1t must be remembered, however
that the annual loss above stated O
interest only, is based upon the sup.
position that there is already sutf
sient coin in the treasury to sustain
specie payments not yet commenced
but as it is evident that additions
purchases of coin must be made 70
that purpose. it follows that ever.
bond issued hereafter for either gol
or silver must Incl ease both the prin
cipal and interest of the bonded deb,
In the meantime the boarding G
SCI, 582, 172 idle greenbacks in til
treasury is An equal reduction of thei
circulation and leaves only 1926, l6l,
0s4 outstanding among the peopl
and banks which Ia q greater con
traction of them than has been prom
ised by S14,S38,9 l6.
The only way to reach and remed
these evils is to elect. q Democrat
Congress that will repeal the resumI
ton act, retire the national ban
notes, and lessen the national deb,
by investing all these surplus an
to reduce both its amount and inter
est
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

Ii there Is any one person we feel
nore sorry for than another, it is q
man that don't know what he wants
and don't know how to get it. We
have some such man in our midst.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

WONDER how Blaine, of Maine feels
now, since his State has gone over to
the Greenbackers ? Old fellow, you
did not ''play 'em right" You
should have drawn down to your
hand. 80. . ....-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

PLATFORMS don't make parties, but
parties platforms. Principles make
parties, not men, therefore piinoiples
make platforms.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

Poor old Maine has gone back on
the Republicans. Boys you are not
playing your cards well at all.
"StraigAts" arc no go IN this g,,me.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

AUDRIAN county first, the State Of
Missouri next, then the United States
Of America, the world last.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUNTY CLERK.

WE are authorized to announce W. Z.
w Bridges % . 1oaseidsts for County
Clerk of AudrAin county, on the indie
pendent ticket, fubjsct tc the November
election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

How the nightly have fallen. The
Republicans support q Democrat and
the Grssnbaoksrs q hard moasy man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-16
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-28

pleasure. A Capt. Mantagriae, who
was executed in France during the
religious wars, but was rescaed from
the eibbet at the i~ntercessioa of Mar
shal Turenne, complained that hav-
ing lost all pain in an instant, he had
heen taken from a light of which the
charm defies description. Another
criminal who escaped through the
breaking OF the halter, said that after
a second or two OF suffering, a light
appeared, and across it a most beau
it'll avanre of trees" All agree that
the uneasiness is quite moinentary,
and that a ~pleasurable feeling imme-
dlately succeeds, that colors Of various
hues start up before the limited space
that rest in oblivion. Tie mind,
averted from the reality OF the situa-
ton, is engaged in scenes the most
remote from that which fills the eye
of the spectator.-All the Year
Round.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-28
DON'T GO TO THE CITY.

A member of Congress lately as
serted that there four hundred thous-
and unemployed people in and about
the City of New York, compelled to
live by begging or plundering. The
assertion was q gross exaggeratlon OF
a lamentable fact. Probably there is
not one fourth that number. Never
theless, it is true that not only New
York, but all cities, are overcrowded.
The tendency is to crowd them
still more. Thousands of young
men in the country are looking for
ward to the time when they a go to
some large city, and there find en-
ployment. They do not know that
the chances for success in life are far
greater in the country than in a city.
One out of a hundred in q city may
be able to lay up a little money, and
one out of two thousand may be-
come wealthy; a small portion will
live in comparatively comfortable cir
cumstances; the rest, even if they
get and keep constant employment,
who are drudges, who work hard, get
poor pay, besides being condemned
to unwholesome diet, and to breathe
foul air. In the country very few
men have an excuse for being
wretchedly poor.
The nation weuld be richer, hap
pier, better, if the exces of popula-
ton in the cities would remov to
fertile farms, either in New England
or in the west, and engage in tilling
the soil. 1t is an occupation quite
as honorable as selling dry goods,
and lar more desirable than the
and confinement of city
lite that wears out the body before
old age comes, and no adequate
wages to sustain life in return.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-28
THOUGHTS Or MARRIED MEN

That all the girls used to be in love
with him.
That all the widows are now.
That if he were a widower he could
marry again whenever he chose.
That all the other fellows are
fools.
That he wouldn't introduce any
fellow he knows TO his sister or daugh-
ter.
That his wife is a littl e jealous.
That she used to be- a pretty
girl.
That his mother could make good
bread that his wife can not.
That he wouldn't trust most wo-
men.
That if he should ever speculate lie
would make his fortune.
That he would enjoy a country
life.
That his girls will never he so silly
as to marry.
That his mother-in.law may be a
fine old lacy, but
That smoking never hurt Il man
yet. =.
That with a little management the
servants would always do well.
That his shirt buttons are grossly
neglected.
That he is going TO make his for
tune some day.
That he despises old bachelors. i
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-28
SENSATION DURING HANGING.

A question has arisen which very
few living. persons are in a position
to answer, viz: What are the sensa-
lions experienced during hanging
Some of the lew who have been able
to give any account Of their conscious
ness at SO critical a moment say that,
after n instant of pain, the chief
sensation is that of a mass OF brilliant
colors filling the eye-balls. The
Quarterly Review (vol. lxxxy. )treat-
ing on this matter says: ian ac-
quaintance of Lord Bacon, who meant
to hang himself partially, lost his
footing, and was cut down at the last
extremity, having nearly paid for his
life. He declared that he felt no
pain, and his only sensations we're Of
fire before his eyes, which changed
first to black and then e. sky-blue.
These colers arerxeyen q ysource of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-28

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