, 1861-07-23
A BLAST AGAINST JEFF. DAVIS II
COMPANY.
Nn1on feeling Of tbs South Cfopp1a&
out

a BLAST AeAINsTc .,a 7EFF' DAVIS Il
Union feeling Of n: e.: South ofoppi"s
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from the Evepipg True Delta sf the 10th.
We bayc, we believe, been the only jourual
the duty Of arouslng the people to trde
sense Of the actual condition of public ailairs,
aud pciDttd ont what, 10 our opinion. their
inF r:auce u1ger:1y req1tr4s IT, be cong il the
present revelu'ioAar5 contingency. We hau:
iueontroy'tibly saomn M1f ~ msn wao a11t
;7:a,eG.ti to ges the coazt,y irto the scar hare
shown ~tb; nee1v. IS incapable OF carrying 1t
s:fci9 ard Hoaor'''ly through; aud that, 60
1ai since It's initiation, all .h4r ms bren Il ;ne
haa eprtl.g from tic zeal, en.ausia5G. and sGEl-
G, Gus libcrality OF the penpe:.; RAJ: in :517
and other SEa>cs Hnct Of the b1rden ana the
ana bore hy thuse who were EacoHTiccsa Of
the propritty OF wisdom Of what has been
done A. lie very outset Of their proceedings
cur readers will rscollee: how urganuy we
pressed the provisional managers Of the revo-
lrtionary movement to maks adequa.e exer;
tiopB to preserve the country, then committed
to war of uncertain duration aud enormous
magnitude, from the possibility Of disaster,
defeat and disgrace, by at ones making sui1a
lie provision tor placing an army IN tie ia.d
aEd sustaining it thera
We implored the body which, without popu-
lar warrant, had constituted Itself the oTern-
msnt, not to heguilty Of the dangerous folly
OF provoking bloody, ruthless War without
making all the provision necessary to conduct
Ii With energy, Intelligence and success, We
pointed cut what the experience Of mankind
everywhere has demonstrated. viz: The i'm
possibility Of conducting var upon the
1bagnitrde ard scale tits imperative upon us to
n IN ha n IN.
zation Of the finances as, under every posi-.
Bile or imaginable aspect OF affairs, could he
made sufficient to sustain our armies in the
field, aud guarantee safety to our households.
We besoEght this provisional authoritJ-al-
belt Tanting that Confidence in i!s compo5l-
tion that would inspire hope Of its capacity to
administer the Government it lad assumed
to avail itself of the advantages Of its position
| to bring cur pclitIca! troubles to al early and
satisfactory close, by ut once putting ia reqai-
| Eitlon the enormous resources Of THESE Con
tederate States, and to avoid the ptddling, tri.
fling and miserable expGdicats to which men
Of narrow yieWs, and Incapable ot appre:ia:tns
| real stateemanship, would naturally resort
With accurate prescience Of the consequences
we raised our voice in entreaty to them tt
avoid the stultit1c2tion an Imitation Of the tar
iii policy Of the free states would surely pro
ouce, with It's swarm Of useless of1cers, IL
expeneiYenees and Its corruptions. IN lie1
it We suggested an export duty upon cotton
OF two Or more dollars per bale, and direc
tax upon slaves Of two, three Or FIVE dollar
tlon, also, Of twenty-five, fifty Or more cent
per acre upon land under cultivation, and
proportionate amount upon land uncul
tiGated. These taxes we proposed a
q basis Of loan Of sixty, eighty or
| hundred or more millions Of dollass, the sarn
TO be diminished or increased as The exigs!
cies Of the public might require We aattc
pated fEcm these taxes, aud others whic
! would suggest themselves as eligible viii
| the war continued, Ell annual income sui
cient to meet with exactitude the interest u
On tno hundred million debt at even the il
judiciously ligh rate Of eight Per cent, p
, aDnnm interest, and leave handsome surpl'
for contingent purposes. With these msa
. | ures as the complement Of free trade legisl
tion and an earnest Of large statesmanshi
these Etates could have avoided the hunlfl1
). tions incidental to the pilgrimage Of co:
! miEsicnerzlip trinity, and safely left comm:
eial Eu.ope to operate upon its government
I. hermeticalIy by the cruisers Of Lincoln, 7
6 should have found thousands in Europe
$ eager as we could desire, TO undertake Q
q work Of priEateerlng, aud who, without Ri
s. 3 Or expense to US, would have sTe
:, Northern commerce from the face
= the deep. Instead Of this, what has this mn
r beslebbered provisional suthority, which t
. kindly undertaken to relieve the people Of t
6 cares Of government, dnne? Why, they l
= I dtEtook to impose IN export duty, not
y CUT suggestion OF two or more dollars T
:. bale, but Of si2tJ-two and half cents, and
of make home lean Of fifteen millions OF 4
el lars, in which they partially have failed. Th
= the country with an army Of useless stip'
u diaFies, aud sent three missionaries upon
y :, boot1eas errand. and with a rowing comm
NJ eion to Europe. Is It proposed - con.iu
r such 1nen in power, or are the people
Q awake to the necessity Of finding the men
le the cabinet znd the field Who are capable
er extricatipE them with honor aud succeas If,
~ -, the difficulties which surround them?
re- csuAtry upon the face Of the ecrta eau n
~ gr&ater facility bring its entire resources
ch the support CT \ government deserving
re popular confidence for its talents a
H. integrity than this; wnst ex:aRe {
oe oe be offered, then, for want Of friendly
ID perfect military Organization ut home ul.
such circumstances? It the men who h
r. thrust OF wlre-wo orked themselves into h
~. office In the present political perturb,ti'
e can give ho good reasons why sentence Of c.
,ayy sy demnation tor incapacity should not be T
On people awake at once to the opportunity t
on will seon present to find otnera more q
carry us With honor, glory and success
di. triumPhal termination Of all our troubl
u u The men in possession Of po7cer hdre, il fo
m. w. :ee, absolutely established 6y their on acts i
res utter uatess for places Aey Aaue succeeded so
ws heto or 0l1eT ~ 7edchin3; enu Al tn1s very
ro~ ment, when the enemy occupies our terrlt
ept ard desecrates the home of our brethr
ar when force Of two hundred thousand nos
II sayoeets are establishing themselves at vui
W able points on cur frontiers, they seem tx
without any othsr plan Of rep!ari=aii,3
e1chequer Of the Confederate States than
eleemosynary scheme Of persuali2g /;
~ planters to promise to invest = portion
their unsalexble crops in the bonds they
issuing, without any real guarantee Of cur
'ur interest CT ultimate redemption.