The examiner., 1881-12-17
Political S0phistry.

FOIlGlca1 OOpnlSGry.
 Insinuation, it is said, is the devils most potensweapon, but we are inclined to the belief that this is not the truth. Sophis- try is far more potent than insinuation. enemy, while the former is an enemy clothed in the garb of friendship. We may protect ourselves from the one, but are never safe from the wiles of the other.
 These thoughts were forced upon us on reading the following extract from one of our Hartford dailies, clipped and handed us by a friend
 The increase in the number of failures during the nine months of the present year, is regarded by many as indicative of the near approach of another financial crisis. The ordinary routine IS, crash, the wedding out of over-speculative firms, @ start on better principles, and then, as prosperity returns, another expansion of business beyond it's legitimate limits and an inevitable break. Usually the times of disaster have come in ten year periods and according to this analogy the next IS due in 1888. The movement in that direc- tion has doubtless begun, and some ob servers hold't the date will be anticlpa- ted rather than postponed.-Oct. s, 1881.
 The object of this, as all discerning minds will readily detect, is to force the masses to believe that this condition of affairs is the normal and inevitable condi- tion, thus inducing them to abstain from seeking after any other, and thereby handicapping and cutting off the reformer ana the phiIanfhropist from the ear and the sympathy of the people,.
 Whilst its animus may be devilish, cer- tainly it's logic is outrageous.
 We read, "the ordinary routine is crash, the wedding out of over speculative firms, start on better principles, and then as prosperity returns, another eacpansioal of business beyond it's legitimate limits, and an inevitable break" Now we ask right here: If there is 8 start made on better principles, how then can the result be the same as before? But there is no such thing and that is just what the Post is striving to prevent, @ start on better principles" for if this should be accomplished the political sheep shearers would then have to go without their wool.
 It goes on, Usually the time of disas- ter have come in ten year periods, and ac- cording to this analogy the next is due in 1ssS." That is, it is supposed by this time that sufficient crop will be again grown on the backs of the sheep (the people) to warrant another shearing. Again, it re- sumes, the movement in that direction has doubtless begun, and some observers hold that the date aUiU be anticipated (hur' ried) rather than postponed"
 It is an ill wind that blows no one good, and we say to you people, honest and con- fding, that while this is intended but to soothe it may also serve as an alarm o1 the storm approaching.
 You pay no heed to the admonition ot friends when they strive to point you out the uncertainties and the dangers of our present financial and industrial systems then will you not pay heed to your ene- mies-those who are now pulling the wires when they, although nnwittingly, fore tell you of your destruction.
 We say they do this unwittingly. Yes, they depend on your lack of reflection, o1 reading it over without penetrating it's depth, or may be of your not reading it at all for they are we'll aware of the boast of many of our citizens, who although nAklu& 1I u POulC GO VOG0 every CAA4o1 SCAA claim to know nothing or care nothing for politics"
 And now what is this crisis to which the extract calls attention? What does ii mean? It means another piling up ot unsold goods, which they will call over production ;" another bankrupting ot business firms, which they will call ''over speculation ;'' another loss of homes swept away by the mortgaging piracy from the thrifty and industrious; whom they will call ''extravagant;" another plundering o1 the people through the agency of dime and other savings banks. which they will call very politely, "the bank suffered 8 loss, yousknow ;" and another million o1 two of men thrown out on the highways and the byways in quest of work and bread, which they will call "tramps" and vagabonds,"
 And those crises will occur again and again, so long as the people go on in theil sleepy, sluggish, indifferent manner, never stopping to think, but walking blindly and deliberately into the traps and snares set for them by wiley and interruptions men.