The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-04
sELLIse corTos no THE ENEhIY.

with lthat buy clotllings salt and other neqessa'
ty aEEicIes. In answer to this. it RAY be said
that the cotton cannot be sold unless il is car
Tied tvithin the cneny's lines, and then they
will Hot permit clothing. salt. or any necessat
FEes tol be brought within the confederate
lines and, consequently the sale 81 the cotton
can l5 the Confederates no good. If the ! am
KEGS would permit US to exchange cotton for
arms ammunition, clothing. salt aud the necesE
gary articles, even then it would be doubtful
EhctlHes we would not be doing them more
good by1buying such articles from them than
I'VE YpuId be benefited. We had better learn
TO rely upon ourselves. even fit does cost
Some Hardship. than to furnish the Yankees
with cotton. we can make our own clothing.
rough though it be. We can make our own
guns with the exception of what We can buy
frprn foreign countries. But i'll Is useless to
argue tits, because the Yankees viii not per-
init those who sell them their cotton. 10 bring
supplies to our army. In fact, We believe
those Who sell cotton to the endniy, have shown
very little disposition to furnish our army with
supplies. Their Object is theft own individual
gain, ana not the good of the country. We
sannct expect 10 have a war OF tliis magnitude
Without Suffering great hardships- We ought
not To think Of having all tile c1nvenienues and
Gwen luxpriesof peace in time of war. Coarse
clothing and coarse food are far preferable to
trading with the Yankees. Another excuse
sometimes given is. that man does not wish
10 lose Lis cotton, it would be too hard ON him
Neither does a man wish to lose his life and
49, u, l,1s - -, -s15-<l A
who sFlll The eheniy cotton are enabling them
Ip tskf tic LIVES Of tie very men who are fight
ing to Iprotect your fnriiIies and your property
70 THOSE who say We can get gold for It. we re-
ply. Sd did Judas Iseati6t get thirty pieces or
silver foT selling bis Saviour. Another man
says, ID did not sell to the Yankees, I sold to
SoutlIfrH mem Did you not selII IL men who
were inting for the Yatlkess or to sch to tInens
If 50, IL is the same is if you had sold 10 tic
Yankt lies yourself; yon had as ven sch directly
As Indirectly. The principle Is the same The
Ynnkdes had 4t tile iirstI Of lhis month. accord
ing 10 their osil reports. only IS, 600 bales Of
cotton % hand They we're eHpeeiihg to gel
5oOs llalts per week from The South. Vow if
no coiIol hadIbeelf sold them from Tennessee.
North Alabama and the Mississippi river.
they Ionld ere this have bscn entirely eht OF
cotton. and all tlleir mills wbnld lave been
stoppdd Even now they are Essttihg. as they
estimsItc 50O1 bales per week from tie south
Were al their cetien mills clpsel, i v oald
Iroduh Re 4 fiuailciaI crisis at tlie North which
would - lnrsil, 30 stop this wa. Even a il Is
k9tioi, ieiat six ~ cents found AID gold over
thirty PER gent. prem.ns.l The lnr who fur
llsli tAa eiienlS with chtton dnripE the past
Spring aud 5 Fnimers are EesponIAit'le in great
aegred, Tor thu csniinuapce Of This war Our
tphkrfss has passed law making the selling
of ciasoh b tie eneipy'a felony This shows
the esHnaaiiosI placed npon II bs oar Congress.
II a n4a were 10 furnish the enensy with guns
and aihinIaitipni or become recFniting Off
Ger Toll ihAn. HE would hot be 81 much anenc
my pfiEAesoqfls as if he were u supply ihen
with tEotlPn. because il they are furnished
with ehtt5li they can get nlsil. bind can obtain
ample s,lfpIiea Of all the rnfpihons OF war
iIa4iaIh our people refused toilet diem have
any cdktoH, Vi, would now havd ssena differ
etit state 9f things, but the cotton which they
haze dltansd from the Confeds rate States has
kept their looms ia motion. and enahled Them
10 proI gute this war. y hat las been Zone
cannon be avoided but we may the future
guard against those things. It's useless for
some flEieIi obe shedding theirlblood, saariGc-
Ing tIEeir property ant enduring llardships,
whilst others are furnishing tie chenny with
the ln{alls ofcarrying onthe war We hope
tile Ikess 9f the Confederate States will
cal atEentioIt to this subject. for il is one OF
llIie highest appearances
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