Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-08

iny 800 win any holder self 1t under your bills Who
beeyesit, Remember the vulgar saying but wise one
that one man may carry horse 10 water but hty cam
no! make him drink. So you may order what prices shall
be t,ksp but YOU nor fty Legislatures make man
take them No, sir, commodities of every d scrpio.-
even those essential to life isei- and wheat aud
bacon, and sslt will in obedience to tha eli pervadtg
and irreyersb!e as Of trade seek the best markell
Despite Of all laws-,ll rastrichous-au pena.:ee, way
will be found TO eysde or violate them. Through a
thousand rknoxn channels they viii leave ". oearth
"A yoid-hitherto u5knewn, Of the most nesded and
vital commodities, will spread over the laad. Such
howl OF distress will 20 up from every part OF II as new
er yet saluied our ears worse tnan tne desonuon
of war tef will be the terrible effects Of this edict Of
famine.
Gentlemen should take time to consider what Is in
their power aud what not They point out great evil,
and saw they must remedy it. Ulcss omoipotent, SIR,
there are many great evils beyond heir feeble reach
There are three things especially, that law has no spe
and Famine. II the Legislature, - some gentlemen
seem to think can correct every evil s them stop hrF
II thew can, this crying evil that % cn "a, Of vS and
Introduce some measure 10 put sn end 70 IT, Tnsy 80
the hopelessness of H. and forbear; and YET thsy a.
tempt what Is even Q yet more dfhout TASK TO cure
famine by law say famine, sir, for high prices 10 but
the and Attendant of scarcity, which, al Ger
tim int ia famine. From tho beginning OF time, all
countries have had their seasons OF scarcity aud tgh
p,ices which last have fixed ard mmuta6ls relation to
one another Laws have proven utterly powerlesi 10
vert or cott:ol them. Ye. gentleman come, at this
lime of dsy, with short, patent plan to reduce prices
in tue OF scarcity OF commodities aud esundirce Of
money and thereby restore the country ss Ihe5 fondy
imagine, to i.s accustomed ease aad comiGrt Aud
their psn too 90 simple aud obVlouI 'h, ro man could
have helped stumbling over t IN seeking tor remedies
yet 10 ulan ever kdoUn to have successfully eu-
plCyed it. All countres-but especisly F:arce. Eag
land and our own country, where paper money was IN
use have sseTed hess seasons OF scarcity and high
prces Aad il not striking fact and worthy the
sderion CT this House-o! itself, almost conclusive
against this me- asQre-hat all tie Legislatures aud all the
tisinsu shed political philosophers Of those periods and
counti g. should all have overlooked so simple Plan Of
relieving the public distress that now prop osedthe
N re arbitrary reduction Of pross-if there wee any
! mer. in III
Bltit has been reserved for mod philosophers
70 ii cover AID apply it, Il is not uhred even In this
yery city aud under eyes, and Was most sborse
and disastrous ALLURE Gen WndtE Issued his scale OF
o-css with all the sdid terroEs Of tris law. Did il
fJrd relielY Did it not rather greNy aggrsva;e the
public distress? Commodities came in reduced 9aant-
Il q 10 market Great ensusd The oamor sgAins;
hga prices now became csmor tor larger supplies to
the markets Tae orders we're revoked, aud supplies 70
appeared TIE aemp! to relieve the people by regu-'
ting proes proved, must ever d. an utter fsure
Tns fac. " this whole scheme rests on fIlsc founis
ton /! suppOsas high prices the evil IL is not So
The real evil ia &c odSr part, g:Grcity OF yersl a.
the redun danoy of money. Sal, leather snd other
arsicls ore Goscy;ey uparce, and hence high; bu:
every article Of whatever kind, without exception, lie
snhaucsd In pros and it ia surprising the. little ron
ton should not have "a in ID tts gentleman from Bote
tout who has mantanei that curreccy has de
precaed-.hat this universal rise o. prices the recog
ID and ndspu.sble proof OF the redundancy, and Of
course dopreo;G ioa o. poncy. This deterioration
=, ~, ~ncr. ell history shows, aps teten place
sysryvbere where paper ."Av used, 10 time 81 war
Ia france, ia Egg aud, aud in this country eH az
psrsuce has been the same in circumstances similar TO
oara now Il is il progress here, but sm happy TO
believe has not Irogr6Egivcd fer, snd under the
lighs of the experience OF the past likely hope, to os
checked before Il shall attain any serious degree OF de
oreoi zion TIE raics fault OF the bill Ia att IN o
20 cure The Lesser evil in mode which sgsrefa;est
V.slter one. assumes the capital want OF the people
70 DO money, 'h CT high prices deprive them CT IA
sAd as il really Is, cOmmodies-bresd, meat, salt
49, These are the ,rao and pnam ount wants OF tbs
people ia BG.i0s GlSn pric's you cave money, in
deed but drive away supplies 1u net eay give away
supplies but you lcss'n production. A. was wisely
aid by lead near me, (sr. THRiH BY reducing the
prizes Of wheat and leaving freq the price OF Tobacco
What IL Il but TO turn Your vhea. hpds into too'cfo
aid, Would you do thas Tle priocipe is OF ex en-
awe arr i,Ato1. Wa. better proof can there be ths
the p,onle vsat c,L nodlteS moro than money than
hat thew give nancy for theus lf they Fsrt tue
money most, why DONE they keep IL Nobody to'ees
mora than money. Nov, the bill d mics them b end
AMI her necessaics, by diving them to better and
rec market, aad by !ess,uiOg their prediction in
,pdeavor vain as would be pernicous, to presrve
their money. l. viii miss thos, against whom II Ia
,;pei-,he co;moraut the extortiouer, aad tho3s who
pile no large fortunes BY speculation whom my fread
rom B1e,osr 60 eloouenily inveighed sgii7sI Tley
vi. but add 10 tar ptssnt demands to cover the rsque
thew run in violating the law, and the YoSr sFyer is III
more sVilJ coed. Tho rich and asaricoos iu' pu'
more money in ,teir pocket; bui the ere BODY OF the
oeope viii sufs- AID will G. 10 proportion to their
poverty If &c tho g'ntl'mal ntimstes, repre en-
here the fOrru,r ol,ss, N GIT support his bill Bat
jsel lin .he comp nsnt reps AMT sp'ciily neither
tie rcl nor hc poor Where geeS. p'incpes aud great
Interests are involved represent the great body OF the
eeop, rich aai poo ske pa. here il il the poor mas.
ss suffer- aud in theie name and for hsir sakes do,
ith ali nv soul aud heart, AID un!srstsntiag oppose
dis moe crude i'll considered, aal pefaei u ,asure,
and inplore the H,us, to Withhold from it heir sane
ton.