Ellsworth American., 1878-10-03
Courage for q Little While.

In the case OF many who are pronounced
| greenbackers, or whose faith In the righ,
! cause is wavering on the verge of deser-
| tion, their despair has mastered their rea.
son. This Is one cause OF the large green
back vote In Maine, without denial. Sound
logic and the warning of the past were ap-
| pealing to them on one side; on the other
was the retort: When money was flush
we were prosperous; now there is less
money In circulation and We are suffering.
This was sufficient answer for the men who
have become weary In waiting for better
times, and In their despair are willing to
run the risk Of all evils il the flush times
| can only be restored. Republican orators
were speaking to their heads; present dis
tress urged successfully against the intel
lect the argument of the stomach. aud. as
inevitable with those not ready to bear
present Ill for future good, the clamors of
the stomach drowned every other appeal
For all people OF this class the present
need Is courage. IL Is downright coward
ice now TO despair and risk all that has
been gained for the sake OF the imagined
prosperity when the country lived in bor-
rowed luxury. l. Is chidishness TO seek
TO avoid the present slow movement of
trade and suffering OF labor simply because
II hurts. We have, as a social body. vio-
iahtu tiit VI kut pbttHL laws DtGP>-
sary for social peace. The luxury Of sin
extended over more years than have been
covered by the period OF retrbution We
cannot complain. The worst is over. I'm
agination /, fond Of turning back and
pointing at the immense amount Of hard
ship endured In the last five years, and
groans TO think what terrible time il has
been and the bewaller supposes that he felt
continually as one accumulated weight the
many little burdens which he has had to
bear In the many days numbered In fve
long years. We are almost at the end. It
is folly 10 look back. The argument OF the
stomach, however clamoTous, must be ST.
fenced long enough for the argument OF
the head to be heard. How can you avoid
the charge of cowardice in yieldlng to
your fears when the pensty has not been
fully paid; How can yoI justify yours self
in abandoning now the safe ground on
which you have been standing. just before
the hour when your perseverance Is 10
have its reward' And most pregnant OF
all comes the question TO him who looks
forward. How can you avoid suffering
again all the pain. desttutIon and starva-
tion OF the last five years IL you renew their
causes: These questions must be ans
wered, and hc Is only cowardly, blind, or
ioDlishly reckless. who in despair clutches
at any preseut relief, however full OF evil
for the future, or who trifliugly says that
the future may look out for ITSELF that IL
will all work itself out right in the end.
That the greenback strength In Maine
owed - proportions largely to this feeling
OF desperation, that hopelessness OF better
times under contraction is the reason of its
strength in this State. Is clear. The one
thing TO do TO expose the folly OF this feel
Ing Is 10 show tha, better times are surely
close at hand. Not the old flush times -
may they never return,-but days OF steady
work with peace in our land. Hopeless
ness is not In the times, II is in the men who
look back at what they had to 90 through
10 pay for their extravaganza, and who do
not study the signs OF the times themselves.
Worhmcn are in almost universal employ
ment now. Exports are large, far In ex-
cess Of imports. National and municipal
debts are disappearing. Rotten and dis.
honest establishments are being cleared
out OF the way. Now, az the end Of all
this, when specie payments are just here,
when business Is rising up anew on The only
solid foundation on which II can stand. it
Is childish ignorance and shrinking which
prompts relief by another issue OF the cause
OF the troubles. The only course in reason
Despair will ruin the gain OF the last few
years. The pain must be patiently en-
dured. Ii Is fast diminishing now il can
not last much longer.-Bo BostOR Daily Id
rerilser.