Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-20
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universal suffering in a Land of
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Indianapolis sentinel.

indianapolis Sentinel.
The population of the United
E States is estimated at 45.OOO. 600 :
3 some place it as high as so, 1000. .OOO'
or this population it is estimated
That the Radical policy of contrac-
uon, shrinkage and bankruptcv has
sent fully 5,000,000 willing workers
INTO the ranks Of idlers who are now
not only not earning wages, but are
TO great extent a tax upon the
charity of the country. OF all the
curses that Radicalism has inflicted
upon the land, that which struck
down its Industries and deprived
willing workers of the means of
support is doubtless the most far
reaching in its develish and dubious
eiect5, and Is well worthy OF care
Iul study. If the Radical policy
mas thrown out of employment s.
| OOO,OOO OF workers who were earning
an average per diem of 81, the loss
represents the annual sum ofSl, 800
OUO,OOO. III this curse has been going
ON FOR five years, then the grand
aggregate of loss sweIls TO the sum
of $500, 900, 900. If these peoDle
have been prevented from earning
that much money, they have also
been prevented from spending n
and the amount, vast as it Is. repre.
sents only a sufiiciency TO meet the
essential necessities of living. II,
then, these people, unable to earn
iiNellnOOd, have been thrown upon
the charities Of the country, and
such Is the case, for they have lived,
then, instead of earning the cost OF
living, they have been a tax uDon
the country to the extent, which If
we place. their support at prison
lare, such as criminals obtain I'm
Jails and penitentiaries, of Sl ,O9i,-
100000 year, and for five years the
amount reaches the enormous sum
OF s., ,475, 100000. With such a vast
number OF people out of employ
ment and unable to purchase any
thing, 1T is not surprising that there
has been large Over-supply of all
Of goods, wares and
merchandise, and that business Is
dull and languishing and il IL safe
to affirm that business cannot revive
to an extent of general prosperity
until these people thrown ont Of
by the accursed policy
OF the Radical party are restored to
1t has been shown
upon Radical authority that the
of the party reached the
enormous sum Of 800, 200, 900 annu-
ally. 1t has been shown that under
Grant every department Of the
Government was debauched, and
that thieves were his favorites and
the chief supporters of his admins
Iration, and 1t has been shown that
The Radical party, ousted by the
people by n majority of more than
quarter Of million votes, managed
70 retain possession Of the Govern
nent by frauds unparalleled and
)e1uries such as never before defled
Still, with all these
'rimes resting upon il, the ruin
which the party inflicted upon the
business OF the country, and for
which it will have to answer, out
weighs them all, for e represents an
Increase of crime that il would be
tifficult TO eXaggerate, an increase
If poverty that startles every OBJ
erver, a shrinkage of values that n
represented by billions, and a pros
ration Of industries that has been
elt in every community. It would
,e well for the people TO consider
he direct effect Of the Radical poll
" upon the subject of CONSUMPTION.
Ne have shown that the loss "a the
ountry in wages for five years
to the sum of 81, ,bO0,OOO,-
100. This, at 81 per bushel, would
purchase 1900, 100000 bushels of
amount equal to more
han eighteen times the present
rop Of the country. It Is difficult
o grasp in all of its magnitude such
curse, and still the country has
een compelled to endorse il. The
Dss to the country by throwing
100000 people out of employment
Dr. five years represents in hogs, at
~ each, G25, 200, 900 head-zequal to
he slaughter, at the present rate, of
53 years. 1t represents at $50 per
cad, 150,000,000 of beef cattle,
nOugh to supply the world. We
hight extend indefinitely illustra-
ions Of the curse of Radical rule,
ut enough has been written TO set
he people to thinking, and to de
land with emphasis that the Radi-
al party shall be dismissed from
over.