Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-11-14
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An INSIDE. VIEu OF rHr SourH-
CHIvALRY SAVING Irs RAGS TO HIDE IT'S
NAKEDSEss.--We have an inside view
Of secessia painted by the Richmond
Examiner. and . glimpse At il may
prove OF bene6. to those in this vicinity
who long to spread the blessings Of the
Confederate Government over our State
and people. The Examiner absolutely
sneers at the idea Of the ConIederstes'
prospect Of self-defence. It speaks Of
starch, soap. ink, paper. leather, cotton
goods, yarns, and a hundred other COM
modities, as scarce. used up. or out
rageously dear in q country Of "abund-
ant resourses"-among q people who
want nothing from abroad" and who
intend Gin future to depend upon them
selves" What terrible sarcasm is con-
tanned in this language. but it is not the
worst used by the Examiner, now that il
Is at the confessional. "We must be-
come 8 more practical people," is its
blunt advice in the region Of impraeti.
liabilities and the distractions, and
among men who have dropped the solid
substance Of national happiness and
honor for the shsdowy dream Of q new
Confederacy with all the pomp Of loyal
ty and the glitter of titled aristocracy.
1--WE must pocket our pride, and, IL
we cannot be lawyers and professors,
give our attention to those occupations
that will pay, and not leave the success
ful though less aspiring Yankees to
creep in and establish themselves in this
or that craft, and pocket our money
because We are too genteel to supply our
own needs. Our children have been
reared in habits Of wastefulness and ex-
travagsnce, our very servants despiss
saving, and have no notion of collecting
SCRAPS" continues the Examiner. And
what occupations will pay; what will
be the genteel thing to supply their
needs; what will their servants and
be put 10 for instruction in care
iulness and economy and the picking
up of unconsidered trifiesf Listen all
ye who pine for Dixie, listen to the EK-
aminer, when it says:
Rags. sheets of paper. bits Of twine,
pens, pins, needles and bottles are daily
swept away. burned up, or cast on to
rubbish heaps, which they are too lazy
to pick up, even "to sell for cash, and.
which, in such times as these, ought
never to be on the floor st all" Nay,
this is not ell, there is an aExeelsior''
for the Coufederates to. attain beyond
picking up things of less value than
forts, arsenals, mints, navy yards and
cutters. You must says
the Examiner, "saVe your rags II you
want your daily papers. Save your
grease, it is needed for soap, which lat
ter housekeepers should turn their at
tention to making at home. Also starch;
both easy enough" Here we reach the
nub, the point, and the moral Of the
wholel Here we have the inside view
Of the Secession Utopia opened upon Us.
"Save your rags!"
Here is employment for Breckenridge
and Preston. There is employment,
honorable employment for all; seces-
sion postmssters can pick up "bits of
lvine," Haldeman and Mckee can gath
er up old "sheets OF paper and pens."
Sam Cassidy will gather up all the old
bottles after they have been emptied.
and Blant. Duncan can "snoop about"
among the women to find all the dis
csrded pins and needles and "sell them
for cash." as be did his soldiers blsn-
kets, given to them by the Maryland
aides. Buckner can furnish lie enough
Tor the saponaceous compounds and the
psrs ct 6ls, will provide starch,
as they are the very small potatoes out
Of which it can be made! Here we
ought perhaps to pause and draw the
curtain, but there is one prominent part
Of the picture which we look at with
such pleasure that we resume it as .
tit-bit for the last. "Save your
grease" says the Examiner; and
straight is conjectured up the vision Of
HUMPHREY Marshall and Roger Han
son, trundling along as "fat men,"
mol imagination must do the
rest; we are unable to gild refined gold,
DR. begrease more unguently Humphrey
and Roger.