The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-03-12

Of taxation, would be rs usual; and this
scrip would be receivable N payment Of
taxes. 1t is evident that the whole a.
mount Of the circulation would he advan.
ced by the people,--its holders and
they would he benefited, bv having a
convenient medium Ct exchange. more
stable than gold and silver. which would
be affected TO a great extent, by the va
rying fortunes Of the war.
When peace was restored. II the indie.
pendence Of the Sta:e were preserved.
the return Of gold and silver,-for the
enlarged sphere Of foreign trade. again
opened,-would gradually deprecia,e the
value Of the Scrip which would be only
available for domestic traffic, and for
taxes. The public expenditures would
also lessen The decline in the actual
value Of this currency, and in the amount
Of taxation would be gradual, and con
current and by tho time the Scrip WAS
all returned to the State Treasury, to be
reduced TO ashes, the taxes would he re.
duced to the expenditure of the peace
.ll;shme,,
7, u.v ha wo,,hr os ,o..h ,,., :.
,;ue of w,r sc.,ce,r INV noo,,o o.n ho
- 49,, og fra,, ,,o , - - -,,
what soma i,,e,cou,ss will, Ia n.;,,.;,
od with o,is,s. and .l,,o,rL ,.;,,o
on,ornr;so n;o,, b.ro M E..;,,.,
tho oovorruer, wo,,d ,.va o..,,;o &.
the use Of money. bevond the do,n.;, of
,bo s,.,e. and .mo,, norso,s who
w.re M, u,da, ;,s aleo;arce 7, wo,,d
,ben annron,;a,e wba,sve, ,..I uorsv
w.s .,ro,, tho ,a,rI. I no,.s g.
tho nu,I;c GOOD as !, would tho hyood
and l.ho,r of tho .oI1isr q, .rv o,ha,
,r;v.,o ,,o,e,,r
Tbers ia rs,,Iv ro,h;,o s.c,sd :, oo,d
o,d .;,ver ,bo,,b !, NAV Ls deamoa ,,o
-, ~, "'
'a"e' ''n j" ''eSe '"SS 80 10 a'n'": IL o"'v
"'"e'S ''o" any o'"e' "'''c'e OF personal
property IN being more sensitive OF dan
cowardly and unpatrio,c: or more easily
secre,ed from the public authorities who
,,ov;de for the nro,ec,;on of T.. nosss.
'o''' ~ '''''''" WV" '"' 'e'' " '"' Peo
pie.
When this resource were exbau,,eI
'"' s''''"'''"' :" e"' "'e W '"'"""ee
,ts Scrip Tor gold and silver. where they
had u,. for them. ON any term, nrac,ic.,
hls The ,oss would be ,bs, If tho who,s
u;, -, iii, .ho -.
'' W. s'"'".
WAS the representatives, Inc e'en'ua'
gain would be made by strangers, and
not "a now by ono class Of our fellow citi
zen,. who would ius,lv be odio,s as man
w,o nros, no ,ho n,h,;, Ios.w,o .,o,,,
-,o, :, IN
NC 'es"''eu " "'' ,'u' P"'''o's' u" 'nose
who would se' their country Tor money;
next only ~ MANY 'o h'"' who betray-
90 his Lord LOT '''f'y pieces OF silver.
CAMILLUS.
Lancasterville, February 20, 1862.
-
NoTE In the Charleston Mercury. of
2Oth February, 1862, are the following
paragraphs
"The broker. in Richmond are now buy.
ing gold ut 35 to 37f cents premium, and
selling at 40
mir. Memminaer, the Secretary Of the
treasury, estimates 'no appropriation re-.
q"''eS 10, ,p '"e pu,o"sse o. spee'. '"r .he
.st on i. .,oct n, 20 oon 0"o W: '"'e'
A.. ,n -, .,.
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