The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24
ARP'S MUSINGS.
WILLIAM SEEM TO BE Il FARMER
NTH MONEY IN BANK.
He is Looking on the Bright side-He, Also
Has Some Reflections on Pensions
and thei Increasing Roll.

Now is a good time to look on the bright
side and be thankful. The old people who
have memories Of the war can't help pelis
thankful when they recall the ulais anu
tribulations of that awful time ana the re-
construction troubles that followed III l's
wake. There was poverty, desolatlon anu
depression, while now there is peace anu
plenty and political freedom. For two OF
three years we have been passing through
that reaction that always follows a poon-
an imitation. Just SO depression always Ioi-
lows a big drunk or a protracted spree, and
the victim has to take medicine ana SuiLer
from stagnation of blood and brain. But
the nation is now recovering and II IS d
good time to look up and get glimpse OF
the bright side. Confidence is last being
restored, and soon the long hidden money
will come forth and go to work. Ot course
there is something in the tariff and some
thing in silver legislation, but all this time
there has been just as much money In the
nation there was i've years ago. 1t has
been hidden and kept dormant from lack OF
confidence. That was good medicine IL
put stop to the unnatural boom that built
great houses and put nothing in them. IL
forced economy and made the people pay
their debts. This silver business about
which our greatest statesmen differ had but
little To do with it, and if right now the
ratio was suddenly fixed at 10 to l, or any
other ratio, the common people wouldent
know the difference for months to come.
Does anybody suppose that it would raise
OF lower the price of cotton-a price that
has been fixed by England for half cen
tuTy, and fixed according to the law OF sup
ply and demand? If the farmers make
more cotton than the world needs they
must take the consequences. There are
more consumers than producers and cheap
goods are a comfort to them. l would
rather be farmer and make cotton at b
cents a pound than be q poor factory girl
a hireng of any kind There is no priv
ilegc 50 precious as freedom-time to come
ana go at your pleasure-time to rest IL you
are tjred-time to lie down if you are sick
time 10 visit sick nabor or go to church
or camp meeting, or even to the circus or a
hanging. All this the farmer has, but the
palc-fdced factory slave does not, ana
many of them feel like singing
"Oh, but to breathe the breath
OF the cowslip and primrose sweet,
With the sky above my head
And the grass beneath my feet"
The discomfort and ingratitude Of these
political farmers is a sin against heaven.
ShroWd and uuprincipled ambitious politi-
ci&ns sowed the seed of discomfort among
them. and from the stump and in their
newspapers are everlastngly preaching the
riches of Vanderbilt and the Goulds and
Ast0rs instead of the blessings Of a peace
lul home among the hills or in the villages
where tba SIM shines ana tho rain falls
.rl tt,or., :; ,,otI,in,~ b.t,,,,l,, +ban, and a
kind providence except their own discOn-
tent / don't wish 10 envy anybody, but /
would today rather be an humble farmer
with a little farm well titled ana little
wife well Wiled" ana half dozen healthy
children Ia love mo and make me glad and
-, -, - - 49,. - ,,,l,Ia
IN ioO''0i9 90 ~" en- -
anu So"S anu SOl1S anu piss anu 7ii''h Go
q good garden and orchard and some good
Majors not far away, than to be Wander
bilt or Grover Cleveland: but most of these
,or.riists want Nandarbilt,s money v,irbout
~ -. W. aIf III o,,or Tho fanca
MS uHupIeS. we an looh oFcl IN A'4
TOO much to see what our neishpof mas so'.
/ Envy and selEahness are at the bottom OF
our politics. and o. CO.! lea.l OF it is mixed
nv, ,-itb ,,nIitfcs and falf,lon
..y,,t.t fo,Is t,,ss,, ,,,or1oIs ba,, ahout mol
"",' 80 ., -. H.
it'.S' - lop"lSt N'""Si 9"'U H'I 49,
that monument ought 10 De puilI 10
Grover Cleyeland's infamy as high as the
stars" What kind Of talk is that from an
f,tl,l1,sa,t A,,a,icon citiz.n9 With these
t,9.t a, a. IN 49, ~ IN bata
nlI'el pa o7""9 - - - -
They idolize a man or they denouhce NM
Mr.. Cleveland Is our president, and while
he is nothing but a man with like tailings
-, ourselves no deserves fine rpsrect of the
- ~, ,-a-,, -, &C daneun,ed
n"''UI' He ue'iiOol az - '', - q, 10
Mr.. Harrison the same way. 1hete - 10Y
much abuse and too much ldolduy' ~ -
amusing 10 see the gyrations of these pro-
feesiopal politicians uara we at he south
80 -, -. t,,,ti, o,,rssI,,os tbat
nave peen ooIl5 a. -, lreaI,-
the secretary OF the III "a SSi d tU ,,i a. ~
cut Gown the peilsI9hs %-U,Dg''U'J "y de-
ms ou' llduHS "l'u ~ J"l. ~. -. e.,td
partmeht. Ihat IS what our Pdpel9 49, 49,
and we cried hurrah LOT our h0ple SEE ttl /;
But the Grand Army az FlllspuIS Sol 49,
OF Al ana denounced MN L"I uoln5 ~, 81 ~
II was hurting tne northern ueIiluc 49, 80 80
Inc New Aofh WOflu Sent Hlal az" ~ -. ~
washington 70 see Whdt the 9SCls',llF w., va,
doing TO the union soldier anu lhahe y lc
port from an interview Win pepuLN 1V"l-
missioner Bell, VINO IS the cnleI 9H!cer IN
der Lochren. And Bell declares thar not q
dollar has been saved from FRAUDS anu Pei.
jurtes any more tran was saved uAlcI
Raum, and that the $2OVUUVgD was SIN
ply the surplus Of the applo-
priation and arose from a natufal
decrease of arrearageS. Ihe hlg hettuiihes
are mo Decrease in Pensions ana there
are now 969 900 pensioners on the rolls. Mer-
cifu heavens, The war has been over thir-
a %aqy Of 5 hsW our oG5 eoa handful Of 'onfed