Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1877 — Page 8

Going to the Dogs.

If a public cQchb) corrupt bi* .office, disgrace hie relatives and friends and conduct himaelf in an unseemly manner, the Government is going to the doge! If a minister of the gwpel be detected in an act unworthy ot his cloth, the church »* going to the dogs! If a merchant make a disgraceful failure by which the faqs is developed of his havipg traded upon hie reputation for m-’ Itiuity instead of actual cash capi‘taL the mercantile community is going to the dog.«! If« lawyer, tempted beyond his power of resistance, embezzle the funds of his clients, the bar ie going to the dogs! If» sailing matter intentionally etraad his vessel to get insurance, the merchant marine is going to the dogs! If a farmer commit a crime, the rural population is going to the dogs! Such is the openly expressed opinion of many people jw thia world. Notwithstanding ih« thousands of government offi ciala, ministers of the gospel, merchants, lawyers, shipmasters and farmers who go their quiet ways, attend their respective duties, fuaintpiu honest and upright characters through life, |nd finally die Ls/oved by all who know them, if pne of their number do wrong, the whole class or kind is going to the dogs! Why do people say this? For the same reason that a thousand and pne things are done under our eyes every day, ‘because it is easier than think the thing out. They forget that while one man commits a wrong and his is published throughout the land, ten thousand other men are living a qipet, honest and useful life of' which the world never ue&>*B. They forget that the world ia growing wiser and better every day and that Meir somber view of the wickedness of the present generation is but thereiex of their own misspent lives. This tendency to view the world as constantly deteriorating, is more especially noticeable in elderly people and is attributable largely io the decrease of their power to grasp things as they actually ajre without bias from their own feelings. Xn them it is excusable even if incorrect; but when a young person is heard to rail at the world as going to the dogs, it Is safe to conjecture that the poor world never has nor will jt ever get any great benefit from the railpr. It is a trite but true saying, that they who suspect their neighbor will themselves bear watching, and ao, they who think tbe world i« going to the dogs are themselves on the downward course, jtyood people can always find plenty o/* good in the world, while bad people can seldom discover anything but bad- On the day that a man or woman actually discovers proportion of wickedness in* the world is greater than it yi r as the day before, then should he or she pray to die. No, no! Let lie find tjbe good and the beautiful things wUh which this world is Lei us look upon’the bright side. It is not jiecessyy to deceive ourselves as to facts in order to do this. We can always find plenty of beauty 'and good if we look for it, Let us not walk with pur noses to the ground like dumb beasts; "but with head erect and senses alert, let us take in with every breath the many inhpcent pleasures constantly surrounding ' us. None can seek them i$ even the hu mb lest, the poorest and the most afflicted. The desire, however, must be within the persons themselves and then its gratification is never difficult. Let us give the assurance that a few theiving officials cannot ruin a pation nor a few sinning priests destroy a church, neither can a dishonest merchant bring the trading community into disrepute. Whenever a person is discovered who thinks jjiey cap, straightway suspect him, .unless he is enfeebled by age, for the world” is certainly •quite as good and eyep better today than it was in old tiipes, and is in no danger of going to the dogs.— Rural Stw- Yorker.

Protection for the Blacks.

■Those pho have carefully read f-he inaugurals of the different governors iii the South have doubtless had their attention fixed by one the eager desire to impress th'e blacksCwith the Relief that under democratic rule their liberties, rights, privileges and Jives are more certainly secure 11 an ij republicans held the reins of power. Rvery governor or pretended governor, from Wade Hampton, in South Carolina, to Miller, in Arkansas, and Nicholls, in Louisiana, has taken special pains to t on fiiis point in bis opening ] fpyech or in bite message, and to assure hi* “cpjored constituents” ’*‘ at h *y» y> better friends than the democrats *ho elected jntU to office. - It is hot Mrajige that the dem?prata, *b® baye peen successful in overcoming a legal majority in so piany Southern states, should be to throw a sop to the col ©red republicans, who hive been fbaptfileasly cheated out of the-jr

rights; but q soutouhat remarkable that men who hve had the experience of the leading democrats of the South jifipuid think it worth while to attempt conciliation. The record of every Southern state which hMibeen what is called “redeemed” from republican to democratic rale, shows that no partiesliyr regard was paid to the feelings , of the negroes while the campaign ivas going on, and very little anxiety was manifested, save to secure their votes. This last was an important item, since the republican officials were in power, and only by a victory at the polls could the government be ousted. Accordingly every means were resorted to; and, while mounted bull-dosers were galloping over the country shooting and intimidating, democratic orators on the stump were telling the negroes that all the troubles to which their race was exposed arose from the fact ot their being republicans, and assuring them that the democrats once in power would care alike tor the rights of white and black. The governors reaffirm the declarations of the orators, and point in illustration of their assertions to the •‘peace which reigns in every Southern state which has been gained by the democracy.” Il is true that we hear less of the work of the bull-dozers in Mississippi and Georgia now than we did before the elections which handed those states over to the enemy, but there is a very good reason for this. So long as republicans were in power, the officers of justice were ready and willing to hear the complaints of blacks as well as whites, and the former were as free to speak as the taller. Since the democrats have installed every slate, county and municipal officer in the democratic Southern states, the negroes know perfectly well they have no chance of justice, and so forbear to complain. Indeed, with sheriffs and constables, with justices and marshals and policemen all of the opposite political faith, complaint is of little use. The declarations ot the governors, therefore, that they menu to see the negroes protected in tjie.ir privileges is only a piece of strategy designed to apologize for the work of the subordinate state officers. Unfortunately for their reputation for sincerity and honesty, however, the conduct of the canvasses by which they were all elected was such as to destroy all faith in the sincerity of their declarations, and to' render clear the fact that their protestations of protection and favor for the blacks are quite as transparent as they are uncalled for and hypocritical. — St. Louie Globe-pfmo fraf.

A Sinister Result of the Centennial.

While it is much more agreeable to believe that our Centennial Exposition has been attended with none but beneficial results, the fact esnnot be ignored that one unfortunate consequence is just now strongly obtruding itself. To the unsettled state of politics is undoubtedly owing the check which all have remarked in the rapid recovery of business from the stagnation of the past three years; but to that cause alone cannot be laid the unusual financial stringency which prevails at the present lime, most especially in agricultural districts. Reports from many sections of the country state that failures to meet obljgalions, among the farmers, were never so frequent; while business with usually thrifty class ot the population has rarely been more dull. It looks very much as if the people, possibly relying on the favorable indecalions (which appeared* during the summer) of a brisk fall and winter trade, had invested their saving in Centennial excursions, ajid now find themselves compelled to retrench, or, in many cases, driven to the worse result of failing in their payments. There is one consolation iu the fact that the money has not gone out oi the country; and although the movement may remain sluggish till the new administration is settled upon, a general revival of business will undoubtedly come in the spring.— Scientific American.

N. WARMER, DEALER IN HARDWARE, Of All Kinds, RENSSELAER, IND. Keeps constantly on band a large stock of Steva, Tinware, furniture, etc, etc. Would respectfully invite the citizens of Jasper and adjoining pounties, when in need of anything in his line, lo give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. A careful inspection of his stock i* M ’J that is necessary to convince anyone that he keeps none but first-ctaas goo.is, aj»d »ells then, cheaper than they can be sold by >ny other (foalcr in the country. He defies companion, Re.member the place. XAberal Coiner, 9*44£ Rsuselaer, Ind.

NOW FOR BARGAINS! M Closmg-out Sale, Regardless of Cost, in order to make a change in business. Present stock must be closed out by March Ist, 1877. A LEOPOLD. - » Grand Closing-out Sale, regardless of cost, in order to make a change in business. Present stock must be closed out by March Ist, 1877. A. LEOPOLD. MBBDaMMIIM’ 1 -Will 111 ffWlli I Whlii IWI IBg—i u , L , , ■ .. - ■? .... - , ■ I -■■■ ■■!■! I > . Grand Closing-out Sale, regardless of cost, in" order to make a change in business. Present stock must be closed out by March Ist, 1877. A. LEOPOLD. 7 * T— —. 1 - - ' , _ » ___4 _ : - Grand Closing-out Sale, regardless of cost, in order to make a change in business. Present stock must be closed out by March Ist, 1877. A LEOPOLD. x * ••• . . • z ' i ' ; ' ' ' ' ' " ....... i • . . 7* Grand Closing-out Sale, regardless of cost, in order to make a change in business. Present stock must be closed out by March Ist, 1877. A. LEOPOLD. *.. ' ’ ■r• . - Grand Closing-out Sale, regardlesss of cost, in order to make a change in business. Present stock must be Closed out by March Ist, 1877. A. LEOPOLD. r •■‘c : GRAND CLOSING-OUT SALE, REGARDLESS OF COST, In order to make a change in business on the Ist of March, 1877. Present stock pf goods must be closed out by that date. .