The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-27

the enormous outlay incident TO this war
and carry it on to an unlimited extent.
Now the means by which this is to be ac-
complishcd afford an exhibition of inancier.
ing skill that is without parallel Aud
how is it they propose TO do this ?
In the first place, they begin by author
iEing their banks to issue an unlimited a.
mount OF notes. In the second place, the
Confederate Government itself has author
ity to issue an unlimited amount of notes
on its own hook and for its own benefit.
Thirdly, tits made both penitentiary offence
and haugablc offence to refuse to take the
notes and fourthly, to make these notes
strictly reliable they base them upon cotton
and then purn up the cotton. Isn't that
magnificent fnancicring9 laughter
THE NIGGER QUESTION.
A few words upon the negro question in
! its present phase. There are among us
! here in Indiana and other States, many men
who are brave and patriotic enough to enter
the army-men who are full of the right
kind of pluck, and yet they do not volunteer
! because the little birds in the nest at home
open their mouths because the wife of his
| BOSOM she whom he has sworn to cherish
and protect by the most solemn vow ever
uttered, will be left without support or u
! protector But in the South every man has
| gone. The conscription takes every body,
and yet it takes nobody at all. In the eye
of the Almighty, nobody is worth as much
as rcd-headed woodpecker unless he
works. No recruits who enter the Southern
army go there with sun cmhrowned fore
head and hands hardened by honest indus
try. The demand for troops takes away a
set of pampered men-vcry good men for
the purpose--men who are sort of walk
Il 6 e
ent; but ii takes away nobody from the pro-
ducing classcs-in other words it takes "
way nobody at all.
The country around Nashville is as fine q
country MS the sun of Heaven ever shone
upon. 1t is no pent up Utica can assure
you, 1t is Il country of broad and fruitful
fields, well cultivated by a wealthy and intel
ligent population. Take the three Congress
sonal districts lying Immediately around
| Nashville. Go among the people there and
you will find that at nearly every house you
come to the lady is widow, and she seeks
protection for herself and her property, by
/, repeated declarations that she is u lone wild
ow left with q large nuuber of negroes to
look after. But when you come TO inv9sti-
J gate the matter little more closely, you will
find almost without exception, that the ne
, groes belong to men who are in the field with
: gun upon their shoulders and the knapsack
| upon their backs; men who, forgetful of THEN
most sacred duty to their country have tax
: en- up arms against the bcst Government the
sun ever shone upon.
: WELL why can these men go to war while
) you cannot? Simply because they have the
negroes at home TO work for them and you
: have nothing to depend upon but your own
J honest industry. Besides, when, as is most
generally the case, the wife herself is the
better man of the two, the property is as
well taken care of in the absence of the hus-
band as when he is at home, and thus these
men can go into the army and stay there
until the last star falls from Heaven, and
their wives and children be none the worse
off by it. Within the territory have men,
, toned there are 100000 slaves, toiling day
after day cheerful!y and uncomplalningl
for the support of their masters who are in
the rebel army. Now, suppose you give no
tce to all mankind, and the human family in
particular, that every man who shall fail tC
return to his allegiance within given time
bringing forth fruits meet for repentance
and give suitable guarantees for his good be
havor in the future, his negroes shall be
confscated. Don't on suppose there would
be terrible skedaddliug among these mer
! about that time? They wonld come flock
ing home by hundreds and thousands
They would soon learn by mysterious in.
timation of Divine Providence that they had
got their rights already, and that the bes
8 thing they,could do waste go home and enjoy
them. | happened to meet one day i'll the
road near Nashville, a y Dung man whose ap
pearance was wretched and sorrowiul G
nough. | saw by his clothing that lie had
been in the army, and ! said to him, my
: friend where are you going to?" Said he
Il am going back to old Kentuck." "Whert
= have you been, and what have you been do
5 ing?" His reply was II was soldier in the
: secesh army" well" said !, "How long
, did it take you to get your rights after you
got therc?" "O.' said he, II had them before
: | started, but didn't know it, o, yes
: would be but q very little while after sucl
= proclamation as that should be made pub
: lie, until all these men would go home. AnC
r wish to God that they would go home fol
r one reason particularly if no other The
t ladies who are at home are Just as Jealous
: and as bitter now as their husbands were
Y when they left for the war. They imagine
9 their husbands are just what they were whel
e they left home; they do not know what
| terrible falling off there has been in thei
, devotion to the cause, and when their hus
e bands do come home they will hardly know
0 them. (Laughter.) have mad hundreds O
0 them come to me after having been in til,
:, rebel army, and beg to take the oath of allie
t glance swearing that they had been deceiv
| ed, and g" they would say, what a terrible
y wild goose chase it is that we have been lee
e since we We're induced to join in this rebel
lion !"
!, Well, say you, would you take those ne
+ groes into the army? Would not that b,
: like winning the elephant? In regard t
f what would do personally, would jus
), say that chanced to capture eleven goot
), looking negroes in the little fight at Leban
II on; and have just been standing stiH TO SCI
/ the salvation of the Lord in the premises
C do n2t much want TO see them in the army
e want to hit the enemy as hard lick a
t possible, and do not know how better t2 d
S it than the way have indicated 10 you,
# Letter from OrpheuS G. Kerr.
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