Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08
NO REASON FOR FEAR.

A good many people fear that the
country is going to the demnition
bow wows on account Of the currency
question. 1t is right smartly aroused"
we admit shaken up as it were, by an
uninterrupted circuit of severe cleo
trical disturbances, but the fear that
WI are about to be overtaken and COM
pletely crushed by the worst financial
disaster the world has ever known is
not justified at all. If the people will
just stop for a little brief space Of time
and recall the most salient features of
American history since 1860, they will
soon feel the tingling thrills of a glad
assurance.
Within that period the Republican
party solved the most disturbing ques.
ton in American politics-slavery.
1t solved itpermanently, in a way that
brought peace and prosperity to this
county and ELECTED the wonder and
applause of the civilized world. 1t
required four long years of bloody con.
f1ict to eliminate the monstrous curse.
As a natural consequence demoraliza.
tions followed. 1t was an era of specu-
lation as we'll as bloodshed. 1t was
necessary to resort to new and untried
devices to finnish means to support the
tremendous armies in the field and to
meet the other current expenses of the
government. These expedients were
designed by the %sagacious men who
formulated them to answer the present
purpose, and never to be incorporated
permanently into our fiscal system.
At the close of the struggle and for
some years afterward the country suf-
fered from the disordered condition of
u finances, owing to the fact that
the metal vas not obtainable to redeem
the paper that the government had
floated. But under Republican rule
the people were prosperous beyond the
expectation of the widest enthusiast,
wealth accumulated among the masses
with fabulous rapidity, every man
who would work was employed at high
wages, there vas ceaseless activity in
all the departments of industrial life,
every form of national indebtedness
was approaching in value, and in 1879,
fourteen years after the close of the
war, the Republicans passed the Re.
sumption Act and eve since all formt
of current money have been on a parity
every dollar worth 100 cents in gold
If the policy of the Republican party
carried the country safely and triun
phantly through a war that ~convulseG
the earth, destroyed the slavery curse
and brought order and veal out of thu
revolution of our industrial system
and established q monetary adjustment
whose securities are gilt edge the worlt
over, it may be safely inferred that tn,
broader and enlightened statesman
ship of the Republican party of tn,
present can successfully cope with an,
exigency that can arise in our civil
industrial, financial and political life
With the election of q Republican
President and Congress the Republi,
in all its varied interests is saved ant
safe, the pesimists and alarmists 'tC
the contrary notwithstanding" TIL
problems before them may be obstrus,
and p~erplexing on account of the blum
ders and crimes of Democratic admin
istration, but their satisfactory ant
beneficent solution is not questionable
much less a matter for grave concern
and anxiety.
The people are in no temper to dali,
longer with the tricks of the charlatal
and the vagaries of the men who woul,
substitute shams and pretences TO
American credit and honor. They ar
going to make speedy return to the en-
during principles of sound bushes
sense. The devastations of the las
four years and the ruin that would foI
low four more years of misrule are oh
ject lessons that make them keenl
alive to the momentous interests q
stake, and a sense Of their own dr
ty. The time has come when til
scheming, self seeking POLITICAL mus
; go down to his proper level of obscr
rity. The patriotic masses are march
ing with banners glinting in the sur
shine Of a new, bright day and keel
ing step to the jubilee song of a bette
: hope and a grander destiny. Their
( is no reason for fear, for there Is moth
3 ing to harm or destroy in all the noun
= of deliverance that rises up before tb
people.
The Worlds Fair Test.