The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-11
The Nations Future.

| The Nations Future.
| There is no reason now why this coun-
| try should not enter upon career OF
prosperity it has never before attained.
1t has been exceptionally favored in many
ways. The crop failures in Europe last
year made ready and profitable market
for our surplus products. Resumption
established the national credit on an en-
during basis and restored confidence to
capital, which had long been withheld
from commercial and industrial enter
prises. Emigrants, many Of them of the
better class, who came supplied with
means as well as hands to work, have
poured into the country from over the
Atlantic, and the great majority are now
engaged in developing the new soil of
the fertile West. The crops this year
have been abundant. and we are obtain
ing new markets for our surplus The
shipments to England of beef live cattle,
sheep and hogs are attaining large pro
portions, and the same is true of the eX
ports of our dairy products american
beef, cheese and butter are finding their
way to the tables Of the English people,
and are sold at profit to the producer
In canned meats, fruits and vegetables
this country can defy competition and
the present enormous trade in these arti-
cleS will be greatly increased in the near
future Steps are being taken to extend
our business relations with Central and
south America, which will increase the
demand for our manufactures, canned
goods and other articles. No other ma
tlon contains within itself so many elc-
lnentS Of wealth. or such possibilities of
growth, such diversified soll and climate
and variety of products. The great West
Is not only the granary of the world, but
is capable of supplying the world With
beef, mutton and pork. The South CON
tobacco crops to the national wealth, and
the east with its diversified products and
manufactures also supplies the capital to
move the crops of the South and West,
to build their cities and their railroads.
There is surely no conceivable reason
why this Nation should not become great
er and more prosperous than ii is to-day;
and such We believe to be its destiny.
Politically the outlook is no less favor
able. The election of Mr.. Garfield to
the Presidency is a guarantee that the
policy which has brought the Nation to
its present prosperous condition Will be
maintained; that the affairs Of the GOV
eminent will be conducted by its present
competent and experienced servants :;
and that every citizen, however humble,
and of whatever creed or color will be
protected in all his rights. The sectional
issue has been eliminated, we trust for
ever, from our politics. The bloody Shirt
Is not Il slightly garment. Let us bury il
now, and with it all the paraphernalia Of
the ku kluX and White Leaguers Let
us hope that with the supremacy of the
laws established in all sections of the
country there may be complete harmony
between the sections; that We may be
the United States in fact as we'll as in
name, and that all may enjoy alike the
beneticent institutions bequeathed to us
by our fathers and saved to us ut SO
dreadful a sacrifice OF precious lives.
The Progressive Age is very unhappy
over the results of the late election and
no wonder 1t now realizes if it never
did before, the fearful mistake that its
conductor made when he embraced the
exploded humbug Of fiat money, and
sought to impose it upon the American
people. The Age did more than that
1t was vindictively abusive of all Repub-
leans, and especially SO of those Demo
Gratis who chung to their sound money be-
lief, and all that it implied. 1t is justly
punished. 1t went to bed with a lot Of
demagogues and repudiation scamps, and
wakes to find itself the worst used up
representative Of bad faith since Satan
was kicked out Of paradise. The Age
declares that "Thc battle though lost is
not decisive. Let no timid heart faint"
just so said Satan
"What though the field be lost
All is not lost; the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or Weld"
But the administration in the other
world got along very well, notwithstand-
ing.
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