The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-25
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There is no reason why the American
people should not thoroughly enjoy the
holiday season this:year. otallthe nations
that are accustomed to observe the Christ
mss season they are peculiarly and most
savably Circumstanced TO enjoy 1t. They
are Just closing year Of almost unexam.
pled prosperity, and apparently about to
enter upon another Of the most promising
character. Employers and employed have
had good year, and unless ali signs are
deceptive they can expect plenty Of bust.
ness, fair !prOfts aud good wages during
1881, aud for an indefinite time beyond
Il. Never in the history Of the country
have the crops been more universally
satisfactory as to yield or as to prices.
The great agricultural interests Of the
country are sound to the core. Extraor-
diuary good fortune has followed the farm.
sn Of the land for the last three years, and
seems 10 be following them still. They
have again sown an immense acreage OF
o!wheat, and it never promised better
yield than it does now.
The year closes upon busy scenes Of
prosperity in all departments Of trade.
This is the news from all the centres Of
business, both mercantile and manutactur.
iuy. The people are employed and re-
maucrativoly paid. They have got safely
through the political excitements and haz.
ards Of the year, and 1t does not look as II
anything serious could happen to interfere
with the public veal for the next four
wears. This is as Ear, under our form Of
government, ,sswecsn compass the political
outlook, aud it is far enough. The coun.
Try is more thoroughly at peace with itself
and all the wcrld than at any time since
the close Of tho war. It rests secure in the
confident expectation OF wise admins
trstion of the government-one that will
encourage, protect and defend every
American interest.
Contrast our situation at this present
return Of the Christmas season with that
OF almost any other country OF the Chris.
tiSn world, and mark the difference. Great
debts, great military establishments and
grea. auxieties as to the future are the
conditions that beset nearly every one Of
them. Work is not plenty even at very
low wages, and as for food they are forced
to depend largely on this country. No
wonder their people look with longing
eyes to America, and are coming to our
shores in such overwhelming numbers.
At this Christmas season the one thought
uppermost in the breasts Of thousan DIS OF
foreigners is that II no Ill betides them they
will spend their next Christmas in the
land that to their Imagination literally
flows with milk and honey.
When the people Of the United States
stop amidst the merry.making incident to
this season OF the year, and calmly con-
trast their present condition with that Of
any and oil other nations, and even with
their own condition some years age, they
cannot help but feel that the present holi-
day season should be one of the brightest
and happiest OF their lives. II we cannot
afford to be thankful and. JOYFUL during
these closing days Of 1880, then indeed
must we be, as has been said Of us, "a ma
ton Of dyspeptics, whose amusement is
work and worry"