Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-30
The STANDARD.
For the Standard.
49,, ,,,,,rr + sCJst ALTON NECESSARY.

II
a sos.s,t comubuncatioh from Martin county, reia'
live to the proprety Of purchasing tue present co.,,
.on and tobacco crops by the Confederate govern
,,nent Such Legislation under existing circunis'"'
,:.s 10 nlar,,,onnt 10 every other consideration
Aware that theories sometimes appear hea''t'' ,
hut are dtc,llt in their practical operation can
suggest the following plan by which the so1t invest
he carried out free from conplicatio" ''''
ton: .o,s. to nav
A. to cotton. let the government propose 70 pay
ton CENTS ne, mound for the short stapie OF gre"
,..I Il II Ia Of average quality with d'Seret'o' W
The aneh.s IN advance the price Tor s''Pei,"' N.'
I'D ,Se ,o,y sfanle or sea island cotton, anu ~ re-
;a,,e the nrcc on inferior lois. Let an asen.,
Gnv mower to appoint aids IT necessary oe
I'D in every county where the ar''cle 10 "".:, .,J
&c.,, Il sbsll be to examine, purchase, We'sh a"u
"u.y ~ lars M. less than one hundred bales when
hc nronerly stored and secured from the weatn'
''A 7 -, e.rb hale be numbered, and the planter
r s.sr's name, together with the weight, be iegi-
Jv nut thereon. Let the parties designate Tue
nlsee and the seller be obliged to deliver his COTTON
when REQUIRED to do So at some convenient ra'lroau
station, or at some landing or naViSaoie "a'er-
course whence the article can be tranSpor,vu W
rubc conveyance to some port town. nv TO-
CENT OF its delivery from Railroad ageh'' Warehouse
keeper, or other person authorized 10 receive
81, III release the seller from such oohgatioh itS
accidental destruction by fire, before delivery Shall
ul., release him. would suggest that the agents
ho ,,id twenty cents for each bale purchased, as
condensation for all their Labor, including their at
,,,;op 10 its delivery if such attention shall be
deemed necessary.
/, the main, the above remarks will apply to to-
b,,co ~ we'll as cotton. lshall omit to suggest any
nrcc for that article, leaving it for those to do
who are better acquainted with what is remunera-
tive speak only OF the proprety Of purchasing
,h.se two great staples, because they are the
most valuable and abundant, and when put up in
o,l order the least pershabe, nothing else should
be bought. Let the government issue two hundred
millions n dollars in Treasury notes. bearing no in
terp,t. d: the denomination of fifty dollars, and up
wards or 80 w'lch rs may be necessary to purchase
the present crop. Let these notes be distributed,
and placed in cent tain banks in the different States,
and the purchasing agents be permitted to draw on
them As much responsibility will rest or these
agents of course they ought to be bound with sure.
~ and required to make such returns as would give
ample guaranty for the faithful discharge OF their
dit.eS
The proprietv of purchasing in large lots, instead
al small ones, when no inconvenience to small farm
c,s can alt as several OF them can club together,
as well as the policy of storing in the country. ~
stead OF seaport towns, is manifest. Reasons for
other propositions in the plan will so readily sug-
cest themselves that | will drop the feasibility OF
the SCHEME and leaving the intelligent reader TO re-
fleet on its freedom from intrcacy, and will proceed to
discuss the necessity of the admit that
ordinarily the least Interference is best the part
Of government, in the great laws of trade which reg
ulate supply and demand, and even in obligations
existing between debtors and creditors But deS
perate diseases require desperate remedies; healthy
men REQUIRE no meGcine-sick ones do. Ihc great
body polite in healthful condition, requires moth
ing to which it is not accustomed BY powerful
enemy, every hcalthul channel through which pros
uerity flowed to Us as people, has been Instructed,
and beng Frustrated we need extraordinary means
To produce relief. It is tIue that We live in excl
ting times. Scenes in the great political drama
which is being wrought. changing almost
az rapidly as they do at each turn ri the haeide
scope We cannot tell what a day nor an hour may
bring forth. What is necessary to be done today,
may not be proper tomorrow. Consequently, we
can only look at the circumstances by which We arc
now surrounded, and act accordingly. In view Of
them, Congress as soon as it convenes, should au-
thorze the government to purchase the present
crops of cotton and tobacco and thereby relieve the
people. Would such legislation produce relief? |
think so. | take it for granted that the people
would sell at fair prices take it for granted that
the Treasury notes would pass current. IS we are
cut of from the balance of the world, there wouil
be no foreign standard hy which to note their de.
preciation--ticre would DC no cxtrinsic influences
10 operate against their apparent value. II we have
faith in our governn,ent-fath in our ability to
achieve and maintain our indepenlcncc--abo all,
il We believe that Cotton is King then we know
that the government has quM pro gao and will
lie able to discharge any liability incurred By the
purchase of that great staple. How are planters to
Jay their heavy taxes-their store ACCOMPLISHMENT
ck.Smith's bls-their medical bills? How are
ticy to school their children or even paw Elitors
tr their papers: With blockade staring them in
'le face and an apparent disposition on the part of
regn powers to reSpec, that blockade at leas; for
1lc present, again ASK how are planters who have
no money, TO get any, unless the government gives
1t to them for their produce? Let the government,
buy it. Let this war be made popular Let the
people have no Cause to complain, and they vii
never mnrmnr as the israees did after they wer,
delivered from bondage. Let the government thu.
relieve the people, aud they will never ask VIII,
they were taken from bondage, and placed in th
wilderness to perish Every hand will then be en-
gagged, and every heart enlisted in this war. Nom
will then he found who cai;not say to the South il
the language OF the greatest Latin bard "tccvb
f1tere datGDl. fecRm 0bSNM Lb.Rsi' with thee
will love to live. with thee will willingly die"
the planter is relieved so will be the mechanic an
manufacturer, for these are supported by him.
sincerely believe that with little fostering care O
the part OF the government just now, the South wi
spoh pass us crslS-lct Lincoln do his worst
Through the dark cloud that overhangs our polite.
horlzon see ray of light IF the people are nc
larayzed III their infant struggle for independence
Inns war will make the South selEreliant and 500
independent OF the world. Factories. mills an
shops will spring mp all over the country and mr.,
'uce every needul article Every planter thron r,
ont the South is now straining every nerve to rs;.
his own meat for which millions of dollars bera,
fore have annually been paid to the North. +,
another year, meat must be scarce Govern,ne
cannot furnish it. Nobody asks it to do so. Ito
however. initiate the government of Pharaoh in d
days OF Joseph, and buy the surplus produce of t
country, and thereby provide for the wants of t
people to some extent. Then, let the cotton a
tobacco be controlled and stored by the governme
all over the country. Let all temptation be tax
away from the people to run off these articles,
hook or by crook. Let the world be distinctly t,
that these articles cannot be gotten out by steal
through some port here or there which the Y,
KEGS may designate Let the blockade be- fai,
AND squarely raised, or the world go naked.
But | may be told that the government No,
relief also.needs money to carry on the war,
may be told that the government gets no money