Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-20
FoR TIRE ENouIRER
TO THE HONORABLE TEE CONVENTION OF TIE
STATE OF VIRGINIA.

Yupr reouers respectfully represent unto your hon.
orabls body that they holders OF the bonds oil ne
u,sss,ion since the 26h day of june 1861, from the
dominica Of our enemies and upon which, oy an ordl'
NANCE of YOUR honorable body, passed 2O,h june 1901,
the payment Of the interest due on the Is. day OF July
list aud for the future has been suspended Al the time
of the adoption Of that ordnance large ballnees were
due bv cit1.Rs of the North to citizens OF Virginia
Thss bsaucss could not be realized BY citizens al
though debtors az The North were wiling TO pay them,
bee alse the specie could not be transferred with any de-
gree of safety the South In the existing CONDITION OF
the country The only mode BY which these balances
could be saved 10 and realized by citizens to
convert them into unds which could be made available
A. the South Had this mode not been resorted TO, these
large debts due from Northern to Southern men must
have been eft 70 have been conf Gated by the United
Stes Government and used 70 aid ia their attempt to
subogas our people Southern creditors were natural
ly desrous TO collect their Northern debts and in or.
der TO DO So either directly through the agency OF
third parties converted their baauces into bonds OF the
Safe o. Virginia which could be safely transported 70
tho South ari which they fe assured they could make
ay,ii,Sle % soon as ycur honorable body became
Informed OF the facts and OF the necessity for PROMPT
and immediate action. They considered, and still
consider that the object or your ordnance was
20 cripple the enemy by Withholding the interest
due upon the bonds held by them, and they did not
des,u 70 no. 90 they think that they have contra
vel.d the spi OF that ordnance by converting Their
fu7ta srrs " il he hands Of tie euemy, into bosds
which YOU uflmo'ey De avail ttle 70 tntm Iley au'
d,d uog cola 10 tie available wealth Cf The enemy,
nor "a tNoy by sdo9i1g this course subcac one del
lar RON a. sy.i hl1 wealth OF the South. o. the con-
tlry instead oeaving their funds and the bonds both,
in tie hsuds OF ne enemy they bave deprived them ct
the bonds a. prscilted AMI 20 that extent have
crippled the resources Of tho North and decreased The
avail be Fe1lh Of he South. In oh words, We OILY
took 4f ly our deb,5 from debtors in the Kind 1t
SECURITY En- wl-cl We had most 6isgco, and which
tls r-uIt hes AlvB ollv done in time to obtain
sey-rIv o- utvn.1t or a0y desc ipto1 whatever for
l.-s. auou-,s dl. b. the North 20 the South Tho NJ
r., gr rao- NJ to this device, in order TO collect
dgois G, BY ciz.u5 of thu North citizens OF VrR-
MA vas uo anticipated by any member i.is FIR TO pc
sumo oryou' honorable body, or any one slse, At the
ruc ct the u5p ion Of the ordnance of the 26ih Of
Jlrp the sweeping provisions Of which embrace ail
bonds thus "a, lirsl by ei izeps and prohibit the pay
rsat Of rrst due OF thCIn although ther acquisition,
SO from cC1'rsverng the spiFi. Of the ordnance IS
D. -pDtRJ the enemy, IA strc. accordance vito It's
spirit.
A TAR "a yorr petitioners know or believe rot one dol
L. h esl carried % the NCr 10 spsce for the purchase
o. hs bon d. ard not one Of said bonds Is held TO our
hlo~sdse - the South in FIR ciiz OF the North
Bi- hes have FAR your petitioners know or believe,
bscr acquired solely in exchange for funds held at
TIE North which could not otherwise have been brought
home BY our own people.
Under these circumstances then your petitioners re-
specially ask tha. they may be e1emp ed from the opa-
raotf the ordnance Aforesaid and that the interest
due on al bonds thus held by citizens Of tie COME ie-
rae States now may be paid, aud that such bonds be
nlscet unor the footing as those held by said c
zsns r--yious % the p,ss'gs Of said ordinance.
Aud your petitioners vii ever pray, &c.