The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-08

country demand that they shall b per-
nitied 70 beax their Just proportion Of the
burdens that my b sscsssaIy 10 the
achievement Of orr Independence They
dsmand that II provisions are nsoseeery
for he support 81 our armies in the fGld.
Il horses arc necessary; if clothing, IL
propssty Of any kind is needed; they d.
maud that tho burden Of supplying it
shall not fall on . few individuals, but on
society At large, and in Just and uniform
proportion on all. It Is the right. the
privilege, ~ we'll - the duty, Of oil, to
bear . just and equal portion Of the de-
mands Of the Government. When, there
fore, the Government seeks to levy its
supplies through commissaries, or other
agents. BY imprsssment. instead Of enter
ing the market, % others do, and purcha-
sing them. it deprives the people of the
right which they claim Of bearing their
Just proportion Of the burdens, - well a.
Of the benefits of the Government. The
wisdom Of twenty centuries is against this
policy, and here affirm that it will not
support the army, and will ruin the re-
public. already it has deprived many Of
their honest earnings, and left their fami-
lies in perjury, want, and dependence,
and l call on you to right them. Zap
plause.
l say to yeu all in candor, that the
course our Government has pursued in
obtaining its supplies, has sowed the seeds
of discomfort broadcast over the land, and
is generating hostility to the Government
itself. Look at the prac ical workings OF
it in your own State. In the Northern
section Of il the hand Of Providence has
been laid heavily upon them for the last
two years. Last year the rains we're with
held from them. Sterility cursed. and
old mother Earth seemed to forget her
children. This year the frost has come,
aud, in addition, the foot Of the invader
has been set upon the land, and blightsd
the prospects OF the agriculturists. Fam
inc, war. and worse than impressmen,,
has laid its hand upon them. and you are
asked to make provisions for the support
OF many who will be unable, from these
causes, to support themselves, and hope
you will do it. In addition to this, the
impressing agent has gone around, and,
in many cases, robbed the families OF their
meager support for the year. As q con-
sequence, the soldiers in the field have
become discontinued, and desertions have
taken place. 1t is useless to attempt to
conceal these facts. You know them to
be true. and our enemy knows them TO be
true. The part of wisdom is to rectify
the evils, not to conceal them. 1t is your
duty, As the guardians of the people Of
Georgia, to speak out, and see to it, that
the Republic shall euffer no detriment at
the hands Of those whose duty it is to
guard and defend her interests. You are
bound to see to it that the rights and
liberty of the people are maintained.
After fully ventillating this subject he
takes up the question of the currency
and finds much fault with the Admins
tration for its policy and its bluuders in
that department. We take only one or
two significant paragraphs from this par.
OF the address, but enough to satisfy any
intelligent person that the evil is IRENE
diable. and that the projects limited at BY
Mr.. Toombs if carried out would lead to
revolution against the leaders and tn,
Government of the Confectionery, which
would soon 60 to the "botton of things"
and leave no top for them.
Therefore, We have nothing to fear ex.
cept from our persistence in folly. Our
Government must pass laws by which the
amount OF currency may be reduced to
the required hunts, and then instead of
our war costing US 100000. 600 year.
1t will only cost SlO0, 900 900. and in.
stead Of paying three or FIVE or ten prices
Tor orr necessaries, We shall get them a.
the'r lowest money price, and instead of
promising our soldiers eleven dollars per
mouth and paying them one dollar. We
can pay them what We promised 10 pay
them, and 1t will exchange for something
~herewlth to support their families. 1t
would have been far better to have Dor.
rowed money on bonds at twenty We
cents on the dollar. than TO have kept nm
this folly and delusion single month.
We must reform and commence BIZ in
creasing the value of dollar to that at
which he Law 6xss it, seventeen penny
we'gsts and eight grains Of silver, and |
not let 1t remain at what it is now worth
about grain and a half of silver to |
the dollar. lfa debt is incurred by the
Government, it will be among ourselves.
Tor no other people, believe, will take
our credits. and the people must be taxed
10 the amount it may be found necessary
to redeem it. Our Gcverpnent has Al.
ready called for the service in the field of
lhs ble- bodied men between the ages Of
IL and IS, and msy call out all other able.
bodied men when necessary. Why NAV
L not just as well call for money to apy
desirable extent. Of those who lave been
permitted to stay at. home and make
money! Money is just as necessary for
he prosecution of war, as soldiers. and
ne remark of one of the greatest modero
warriors, Louis XIV, is not far from the
ruin, that when two nations go to war.
nat the one will conquer who has the las,
loliar In the treasury. / nut it To everv