Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-17
sINKRRs.

FROM TIE i9lston (ieNGy Telegraph
If you pass about the streets in ordinary bust.
ness, and ind a pieayune trsdeF Of any sort
whining a0out the times, and about the alleged
depreciation of Confederate currency, and at the
same time declaring his willingness to take shin
for anything ne has got, rely upon it,
that mali Is q silver tinker. We have watched
such men, and seen them when some customer
has bought Il yard Of tape and paid a silver dime
Tor il. We have seen the light spread over their
.countenanee- As soon az tie customer is gone,
and thinks no one observes, IL is a sight 10 see
them take that dime away TO some retired cor
.ner of their shop, open the strong chest and put
il away OUT Of sight. One can almost imagine he
hears a shrek Of the head of liberty. stamped
upon IT, as it is thrown into that ~dangeoa.
A silver sinker is naturally a mean man. His
soul Is one OF those i~nfnitesi nal things that no
combinations Of msgnifers has ever been able to
make yisible-a something which may perhaps
be demonstrated by some mystical mathematical
theory to exist, but such a demonstration only
leaves an Impression after all that It IS a mere
imaginary shadow. A something that by the
laws OF nature ought to be-in a certain place,
but which no human being ever could prove 10
have been there by actual knowledge. We know
them the moment we see them. A souness fzce
is as marked an object as a n~oseless face would
be. We could 60 up and down the streets Of
Houston and point them out by tens, and faith
twould be a treat to do it.
Ask one Of them to contribute a little in sup
port OF The worthy poor and be insults you with
excuses. Ask him % aid in any matter in which
he IN common with TIE whole public is inter
.ested aul be slirks the burden. Let him lose
i've GEMS and he passes a sleepless night Take
IA paper to him for contributions to help the sol
der and you get the cold shoulder. If the paper
Of the finance committee Of last spring and sum
mer wa to be had it would testify.
The siyer sinker is the 6rst to fBl out that
any article Is scarce in the market, and to buy
ft up. He Is ;he FIRST to put up prices aud to
adopt any eDpedieHt that viii tend to put them
zap When sldnplasiars came Ia vogue, the sill
YEA sinaer was ia Bis element. Now he would
b. able 10 keep bis clearly beloved silver, and
sell his tape and needles at B higher price than
before. Let but shiupiasters become the cur
rency, and be might after a while, perhaps, issue
his own shinplasters, anduake money in double
direetiohs. Atany rate the flood Of shinplas-
ters would lepreciate the currency OF the c0un-
try, and he could sell his silver at a profit.
Let TIE people beware Of the silver sinkers.
They as thsenenies Of the community. Very
many o them are transient and have no interest
with rs They are vampires upon the body
polite, iuckng is very blood. You who refuse
to eounieuance the unlawful and irresponsible
currency THAI has been attempted to be fastened
on this community, refuse to trade with such as
do counienancei it. There are merchants in eyery
branch VI trade in Houston who viii neither
take nos give except IN the currency Of the Con.
federscy OF 10 Cosn.
They never sink their coin, but use 10 for the
purpose Of change They are the true patriots
! They vii not only not countenance a violation
Of the ltw, but they will not c0untenance
9 wicked attempt at further depreciation of the
money snr soldiers are paid in, by putting it Oh
a par win the wretehed and legally worthless
food Of hinplastens which Tom, Dick, aud Hat-
2 ~ have put cut amoRg US. And these men VIII,
do tlis ray answer for themselves how muci
patriotism they have.
, Again we say, beware Of the silver sinkers.