American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-08-31

while such efforts are being made for our
sublugalion By lis Lineoln Government.
no effoEt should BE wanting On our part
10 repel The invader and insure success
to cur cause. We have nothing 10 fear,
so far as abe number of men aud the
+vaaor of cur arms. Men. we have ia
sabundance. and such as VIII fight Ike
none but those v no i've under South
ern sun, and warmed by the love and
safety of home, wealth, life and every
thing dear TO freeman's heart. But
while we have the men, every effort
should be made for their comfort; means
should be placed in the hands of our
Government, ample and abundant, 10 arm.
/ feed and clothe them. Asyet, every call
made has met with a ready response,
which bowed we loved 10 act But It
is high time for us to take a high stand,
and as planters Of the South, to plant
ourselves in the front of the battle, SO
/ far as money will do it, and in order TO
effect this desirable object, | submit the
/ following proposition :,syasa~
/ 7. That we, as cotton, sugar, tobacco
and rice planters, resolve that we will re-
ceive nothing in payment for the same
but the Bonds and Treasury notes of the
/ c. S. Government SO long as the war now
waged against us by the Lincoln Govern
ment continues.
2. That the C. S. Government be re-
quested TO issue the bonds and notes of
such denomination as will adapt them to
circu' aing medium.
8. That the planters throughout the
Confederaey meet in their primary as
semblys and pass resolutions to the above
effect at as early day as practicable.
The advantages to be derived by a
united determination Of the planters to
carry the above into effect would be
/. A certainty that our Government
Treasury would be filed, for by it Euro
pean purchasers would be under the ne
cessity of purchasing the bonds and notes
from the Government, before they could
buy our produce.
2. 1t would exhibit before the world a
truth we all feel, that we have unbounded
confidence in our cause and the stability
of our Government.
8. 1t would at once make the bonds
and notes circulating medium, for the
planters possess the power to say what
shall be our currency, and the bonds and
notes would prove to be the safest and
best we have ever bad.
4. This plan would suit every depart
ment of commerce, and would be admi-
rably adapted to meet the wants Of mer
chants, as our trade viii be with foreign
nations. Let them see that while the war
lasts the great and leading staples of our
country can only be purchased by the
bonds It would at once make them the
best currency abroad and none would
have any fears of them after our indie
pendence is Acknowledged by the Lincoln
Government.
Much might be said on this subject. but
my letter is growing too long.
espectfully yours.
JOHN II. STONE.
P.S Our port Galveston is in a
state of blockade. but Van Doru is put
ting it in thorough state of defense, and
no fears are entertained but that we can
hold it against all the troops that may be
sent against it; perfect confidence pre-
walls on this point.
The last three weeks has told badly on
our cotton crops in this vicinity. The
boil worm has made fearful havoc, some
farms are literally stripped of forms and
bolls, hut we have ample time to make
good half crop yet if they stop at this.
We are onthe eve of commencing to pick.
Contrary to my expectation, We have
had quite a sprinkle of the chills and
fever, but they are quite light and man
agable. J. II. S.
STAMPEDE AMONG THE PRINTERS AT
NAsHyILLE-The Nashville Gazette, of
the 2Ist, says:
We understand that a number Of
Northern printers engaged at the Meth
odist Publishing House, in this city, /
threw up their situations yesterday, and
leave today for the other side of Ma
son and Dixon's line. The proclamation
OF President Davis has shown them up in
their true light. Since its publication
they have been seen in groups upon our
street corners, evidently consulting in re-
gard to sudden movements. They have
been holding good situations for several
years past. contributing, no doubt, lately
a portion of their wages TO assistin sub
jugasing the people who have fed them,
acting too, probably as spies in our midst,
communicating such intelligence as has
recently been seen in the Northern papers
under the head of " Nashville cores