Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1878 — END OF VOLUME I. [ARTICLE]

END OF VOLUME I.

With this No. of The Democratic Sentinel volume one expires. Its success has exceeded our most sanguine expectations, and we enter volume two gratified with the prospect. Today The Democratic Sentinel is largett. in size and in its circulation, ol ths journals of Jasper county. Respectfully thanking those who are now our patrons and readers, we solicit a continued and and increased support for volume 2.

Read the article on first page entitled “King Shylock’s Tribute." It contains extracts from speech of Senator Beck, in the United States Senate. Read and reflect.

Foreign and Wall Street Shylocks now want to compromise with tiepeople, the victims of broken con. tracts through the cupidity and duplicity of Radicalism in the Senate House. Let ’em want.

Chicago failures for 1877 foot up $30,757,938, of which $8,043,012 comes under the head of “Real Estate,” and $7,662,886under the head of “Batiks and Bankers.” Builders and contractors were stuck to the amount of $1,015,936; ironand hardwaremen, $2,123,333; commission merchants, $454,990, and grocery dealers. $472,646. It was altogether a hard year for Chicago trade- What blessings approud - ing resumption brings in its train.

Suppose the greenbacks should advance to a premium over gold, hs is very probable, what would the bondholders do about it? Would they demand that the bonds should be paid in greenbacks? Or would they insist that the weight of the gold dollar should be increased until it became of equal value with a greet back dollar that It be made an “honest dollar?”

“While we are in favor of silver, w«are not in favor of a repeal of the resumption law. Just let that stand, and tho business of the country wilt bring about resumption soon enough.” - -Winamac Republican. All very well, Mr. Keiser, but if l> t stand, the law will attempt to enforce resumption long before the business of tho country will bring it about. We think the law bad better be repealed, and the question of resumption turned over to the business of the country to determine.

Tho silver meeting held at Rensselaer a week ago last Saturday, resolved in favor of the restoration of tho silver dollar, the repeal of the resumption act, and substitution ot the public legal tender notes for those of banks The Union seems to thins the meeting managed in the interest of the democracy. The resolutions seem all right enough; just what me call republican.”— Porter County Vidette, Republican. The resolutions are certainly right enough, but the radical legislation will not prove them republican. But aside from their being either democratic or reepublicau the dangers ahead Indicate that the masses of the people can well afford to cheerfully and heartily endorse them.