, 1862-12-03
EaENERs, T5EEEEys. aTnFxay

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Eas1NERs' IzEsEEEve. at EsEX1N.
We devote ampl. space 10 report Of
tie Proceedings Of The Farmers Meeting
at D;Sop, OF Stoal:.y last. The report,
inasn2,'ch IS it reveals III. tcae and TEN.
per ct tic agricultural classes in Northern
Hhrcis. aud as it gives the key to tue pol
icy TO which thcj STEM 70 be committed,
VIII, as it ought, attract general attention.
We cor,meea il to the careful coasidcra-
tlcn Of our realcrs.
II 80 lar as the proposed acti5n Of the
farn.ers loo,s 10, first, 3 restriction, and.
finally, to prohibition Of the notes of the
la2ks CT thc United States, as o substitute
for money, i: has cur warm and hearty
sr;1o7d l. is II strict c5nsorsn;e
with IT: a. We Terc The first to
advocate after the breaking out of 1:,c
Wat :s2eorGs Sxac!lJ with .llt VI. il.ys,
almost ely advocated =Ter eiuce, Ngc.o
fs:atheT 1i:an tie 1hr;ne-s, and point out the
exact 1netLod ty which t:a.. pronns;;;,,n
slal he rIsdc effective. W. rccoiau1en,i :,
lax upon Da1ik circula,ion so heavy that to
manufacture anfl Issue paper proali5as-to-
pay VIII hc q constant and Increasing loss
to ali banks that ere engaged therein. And
tLe=c is 10 otbcr method. Let 10 The ao
tcn of tie States By which the bauls Ne,c
called lhsc existence, the legislation would
he as 1is2ordart aaa ,ss useless as if ;tysre
eao IN 50 many town meetings. While
NliEo,s =ruuld il.er:.ict i,a:.ka u. home on,}
tic NeclEcu:a:ier ct tiae nntes OF cor, ,ra.ions Of
o7lrr StateS, inc'iana AMI Wisconsin, m;aAt.
ard probably would, add 10 the numbcr of
ras'Aa III existence, a'sG greatly esslarge
1He:f e3sfre'l''n To issue their paper when,
N1iere and in what amounts suited Il, IN
GSst. !::.c end would be confusion worse
cobf:Endea; certainly it would be every
Gig lat an txc1usin!. of ;,anl notes ;fn1o
the tb:alrels OF trade The Evil then, isuai-
rersal and the Tcn.cdy must be co-consl
thelc"l'i1. 1t is q rational matter, AID
nothing hut Ccng:ess, representing tue
national zovere:Gcty, can deal with il in
such way as TO afford the vcxcd and
pfundtred people any adequate relief
Herc we ERE ahead of the farmers, mas
much SIS &c I27e, with them, 4 com pre-
henssan & one ct the Causes Of the dis
ab'li:las under which they labor:
~hhe Nc have also 3 sharp, well
edllcd and, We believe, an eGec-
tive l,cl1ty hy which those
disabilities may be removed. We also
agree with the meeting in its estimate Of
the real value, the present worth and ulti-
mate redemption Of the legal tender notes
tcr which the government is responsible
We viii labor heartily, and with such
TALENT as we may have, to make them, to
the exclusion IF every thing else, save gold
and silver, tho common aad only currency
ofthe country. We know That, as every
mans property and honc7 aye pledged for
Their redemption, :hey are az good as the
government itseI, and that, whatever the
Issue CT the Aalional struggle, tbs holder Of
then., perhsps after vexatious delays and
possibly onerous Losses, will be paid. We
sympathlsc, too, with the situation in which
the ag1iculturists, particularly those Of
the West, find themselyes placed. We
have been ground between the uprer and
The hether 1nillstcnes, and we know what
the sensation is.
but right here VIC dissent; and as VIC
lave !abo1cd Increasingly with al eye only
to Tie public good-labored for wears
and years, to secure for the West aud the
country circulating medium IS near to
specie as possible, We have right to pro-
lest The farmers propose, by implication
II not directly, further increase Of Cow
e1nment paper. not because such an in
crease may he necessary TO the successful
conduct OF the war, but because they be-
AeVe that 1t would relieve the cmbarrass-
menss under which they suffer. We pro.
test that that they are mis,aken-tbat 4,a
Pohey 1hat Trey recommend is suicidal and
that n Aen 1t is acoptcd by the Govern
meas In answer to their demand. and
NOT In obedience to an empowering M
1'ensl necessity, an 11eury is done to them
anu she country at large, the pernieious ef
aect o. Which, yesrs OF suffering will not
remove Kit. trouble to-day for them ia
hos INC nAuonal 1a2 OF the o;i,cr taro7 to
WHICH ihcy aEe subjected. I.is not in tha
direct effect e1 the Wat upon the ma,,.sts
IL which they buy and sell. Tho +a-,, &c
the country were in g nern,sl con,,;t;,. =,
are bogatelle; the markets are noni,aur
gooG-tfe farmer in selling. finds them m.
durable. The cause # 1Ae high prices Of
labor, of the extraordinary advance in the
great necessar1es Of farm and domestic
economy salt, leather, lumber,
sugar, textile fabrics both Of cotton and
Wool-ls an excess Of psper money, the is
sue OF which WAS necessity that every
friend Of The Government and the Union
cause must defend. This is as certain as
tlat ahe sun is in the heavens or that tho
earth turns on its own axis. An increase
N the volume Of paper would be onlymore
fuel added to the flame that is burninp tbc
farmcrs' industry up; aud though, in the
progress Of the war, the amount of
Legal tender notes 1oW. at1oat may, up-
der the inperiors demands Of the army,
be doubled, we shall, despite the opinions
80 confidently expressed at Dixon, mark
thatas black day, IN which this demand
assumes the form Of law. -:
We have not the space today to verify
those; assertions by the proof, which, vii
carry conviction home to the mind of
every man who Will consider 1t; but now
tbs: the discussion is started, VIC shall not