The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-08-06
iFoR THE LANCASTER LEDGEE.I

FOR THE LANCASTER LEDGER.I
Why is it that the people of Lancaster
VIlInge, and many others in the District,
who do not produce the article are in great
want of Flour! Is it because the great dis
pcCsef Of all earthly good has withheld the
early and the latter rain, and thus denied
the husbandman the reward Of his labor =?
We answer these important questions in
The negative. And when we answer thus
we do not mean TO assert that full and
boun,iful crops Of this cereal have been
made in our District; but We mean TO say
that much greater breadth of land was
sown than usual. and that in many sections
of our District full crops have been made
while In other sections, less fortunate, about
half crops per acre have been made. Thus
swelling the aggregate 10 something like
an average crop. Now the true answers to
these questions arc to be found (and il is
no t'me for prudential reasons 10 disguise the
JdctJ in the morbid, greedy appe,ites Of
those whom. n kind Providence has blessed
with good crops. Is this "a proper return
! for His blessings thus freely bestowed -
In the Hi Chapter, 25th and Goth Verses
Of Proverbs, may be found these words, to
which | would ask the reader to refer -
The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he
that wRtereth shall be waiered also himself
"He that "ithholdeIh Corn the people shall
curse him, but blessing shall be upon him
that sclcth it,"
Are the heads and fronts of our Churches
teaching and prnc ticing these doctrines .
Are those who stand up before as al stated
'nte-rdis, 10 teach lessons Of morality and
goodness, hrirg up 10 these golden precepis !,
IL not let us say 20 you in all candor and
from the authority of this Book that your
teaching is in vain. The writer does not
mean to point out what our relative duties
TO each other are, viewed from moral
stand. point, for this the reader is referred
, to Ethical writers. But | write TO hold up
to public view the conduct Of those who
are Withholding and extortoning on the
prime necessaries Of life, while our common
the poor soldier has been compelled to
leave his wife and children, take up his
musket and hgh. for the piliful sum Of
Sll.O0 per month, and while he is submit.
ting thus to all the privations incident to
the soldiers life, without n murmer, here
are those who ought to be his friends and
neighbors instead Of selling to the soldiers
families, many OF whom are dependent upon
his 81 90 per month, added TO the pittence
eaked out by the different boards Of relief,
Tor their entire support. How much flour
will Sll.o0 buy at SO to $40 per cwt?-
Make the calculation, thou extortioner, and
see IT your conscience will feel easy, whc.I
you remember this money is, in all probn-
bility, the very last cent, which remains
from n draw Of S22-two months wages.
! If the Government has the power to com.
mand the services Of the citizens and make
them soldiers nolens rolens, and that at Sll
per month, which none now for prudential
reasons doubt. Then ask has not that
Government the power TO regulate the price
| OF. at least, the prime necessaries of life .
II is idle to talk about public opinion opera.
Ting on n man whose face is hard enough
to stand up and ask his friend and neigh Dor
81 per bushel for wheat and Ss to $40
per cwt. for Flour.
Then lot the people rise up and ask the
Government TO protect and assist them TO
extricate themselves from tho power Of
these craven. hearted extortions. And if the
Government refuses to protect the families
Of soldiers, while they are compelled to re-
main in the service. Then, as law abiding
man, rather than to submit to these exorbi.
tant prices, | would favor nm uprising Of
the public, TO that extent, that the people
seize hold Of the Flour aud other necessa-
ries Of life. row in the hands Of the specu
Iators, extortioners and producers, who are
Withholding their crops with an avowed in.
ten,ion Of getting S25.per Dbl. Let this be
done and a fair price be paid at the time of
seizure TO the craven. hcurted extortioner,
say S2,0o per bushel for wheat and $500
per cwt. for Flour. This seems the only
course left for the protection OF the
NON-PRODUCER.
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