Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10


u3s I.otJ in en- srsu,rent appealing to con-
mon se:iss agaiuSt proposed lay which. Ii
my ju lement, tends to p'nndor The Fccp'e: i
AID pa ;icular. will, if III bill passes, hecom'
general and then Obvious - The seduction Q
mora's which will ersae from, this temptation
! ~i'isp"ring is cltZs into earh mana es,
over tile wnoic Ctnfsderncy. Ii l am right
and lie. each m;n honestly ask aus! rawrl
! that question 10 hilnsei(-t;.rn The good Ali:
had id uur nature. our instincts u protect Gull
Tc'@:b1r'. ana our instincts to p!under thl
mass, unite 10 corrupt ourselves and ruiz
our country. But mr. task IS nave for ths
| country.
The effect nF tho iaw On ,ts pros
pec's you'd Ii, fear, III the fist place, tC
| eyplado lis credit. 1t hes net been forgotten
ssi;h what pleasure We hava hailed each sue
cossiVn nidit!nn 20 the debt of the North, nor
hoT we have b"cn watching to sen their
sincws of war lei down under the strain.-
Bal It Is lair tG look for .ho sumo effect not
grant, with 800 ta,n': political Consequences
under tia at eniion TO whchi improper legs
lation may subj cct cur credit, ESPECIALLY " hun
wronght ~ E Ja.aorsllzins aysfcIn OF u.s.
efianing price.
'ihoGc who iiavc watched the riss in prices
Will not ho surprised t. H:r the:n "a H'lll
hithrr urdur tho or crs,ion of existing ,:anass
| 1t is not nscAi' ;sry to staie hero the TAsiO Of
| flss OH the basis Of pIcsclit appTnpr isti0ns.
but will say that It can no DEMONSTRATED
that if this bill! becomes @ law, tbs cxpenaee
Of The Confederate Goyernmsn: will be little,
if auy, leas tEan two billions PSF annum, or
wi.ll's AL scs 81 six milli'ina por dag. Gen.
!;;''''S can easily tskr TIN proper STRIPS iSsat-
i.iy i's:lf 81 thia, AZ fact 0; eIr"r If II he
| fact, il il ohvi0ns that the debt viii continue
:" GTJT with ea&!, CONCESSION Is, ltinnnl snd
that there will bn practical limit tG prices.
! 90 moi me ~ that The n2.e1sn in certain
! i'rancht" oi tie 4 vice, which imply Inn il
"t':"a "i c%rendituie "a 3 present cUnset
| :"" nca. wilt swell IL to such amount. hut di.
rinrsn tia! Siclt cuI.cas>inn wilt compel q
'H'; IN ether th'ngSaSdtt or irdlrc' tly
r"GHs ct'! with the sSHfTiue and th- COVE ri-
ln7Ht. Which T.Fe will aInnunt I" ;hn .''nvr
! hg sIe,', and lead to the pfeJit'o'i ,rirtnltr
.''..:'c" Nj thea Tnku The pay ct our SOL
! i'r@ FIR instance; all know hnw much OF
thr'r r0n'nrt depends on their own purchases
| f",n Fu;!crs--Iunre than in any ntheT army
: ~ TIC otiPs t':!l lusf nabI's ~
| ia. int csn you ,ase Tho o.; cs ur the r1in
fur'iy sni suil"ra not feci: and on su,l:'s.
S"hanr 7hlsirs the pay "r The men! Can
y.t'i allow tho ,NnCiinns nf tho seilcr without
nah ns The s"liier $50 to u:tet thGm And
| IL ."r G. obliged to metG ru. what y ~
'a'i ra-!Eet price, AZ justice 10 spe:n.a,u,,
nI''t vel pay the soldier, Win risks life. iimt,
'"Anh End p'upeity, less fnr :. day i wages
| ihan Yrm allow 'hrnwny foreigner With a
rnr'su!'- prtrrt:"n Ill biz packet lie gets
'oi:y eight dollars phr month; The soldier
lei than Hns fourth OF that GIi,r. Tho case il,
H'ne ii still gleater hardship Vi, tie "lIicers
J. III IN such Way that tLr expenditures
musL IUn in fabulous figures, md that VI
!ru*t incur the very risk Oh which, Ne rely Sc
strongly 80 subvert what may nnH I'D rslI.d.
wit,rut figure, the Lincoln Dictate s;:;2.
An wat will hc tho etlt CT &c that r,se in
. irr!i nlon buar.uas men VIA: = i! Irnnds
| hr wrr,n " hen they sea ouch pfmiig'ut,. az
ncnr;;"roa: Wll they not srg,ie that ,rlu
dtai":, i! at ms rnd Of all this VIII they
~ %'il the! mt: And will they he ;ishs "a
T,nng:
-An'; in Europs: l suppose there is 10
naticnai maG, hosvver great ii. confidence
in ;hr tins IL: uit--and | conf:ss ,ore I'M
shsk,red as! Gnshak eable--whc does not
wish e.: sIIch cuGn;ensnso FROM Eurnpn as
tht Laws al ne tii:ns and our own efforts en-
TIL. ~ tn claim
Bm! E.IroP0,> vnTy. II nat dubious. She
eati.ratea taJ au:.,tn CT tho struggle rathGr
by Uur rr.!nirres Tor resistance, than by cur
spirj. If :r.ssnce. # she sees lhcsu &c
sources wasted, ii she sces The patriotism If
Ut the people un, quail to the sacrifices Of the
sn'd:rr" Aid the demands of his position
%tat will '.o is tff:rt On her sympaih!es
favorable ur moi
And how vii Ii cpaistc on tho soldier
hipGsh M. in hia battles, be Hill fight
them-knt oh h's disposition to uphold credit
wfan In cumt. lone after TIM war Ia II
likely "r not TIA: ii luay he gpeninuefT u.3rL
=. The i+raEHsuew no will cbii hirnscl! tie
=" "'s' I'i"sl shat tl.n debt ought nor ~ he
raid least fall by the antl;cr, who fought oct
~; sh:Io fit, and thsr 1t ought H. be lyat b.
thS sp"rn!ator .. h0ndholGer? IL such, q
consequence probable or not;
In the var uf tbs revolution, ihc GtcLcs
rasrd cut with a" debt of $500 600 dol
lars aid q population Of 100000 gou'..
lirw much of that debt vas pad, How
have heard of a gentleman "i3o rvfc io!ty
miles to Petersburg viii: e pgImsiitssu filled
with Continental paper to tuy y great rOst
Su pnSa :. m1u to ie ti7e hrshal II Con-
fedcra!e nntfs e. bush. %; cnri,, wha5
ccud lie buy with hin huAhei of money -
Wat il the uso cr ,aluG tIie1i, Of market
p''':s il market prices amount 10 .aga with
llke-r' =: = q dislingui hau stlte0uhn horribly
engraved Oh :hcrn.
Tna general r-crssty OF reducing tina cur
res1y j.; URGED ny MI, and it i understood
that C1Ig'Css Is indicating ia nwn plans and
t;"sr u tha Secretary irr funding it: h>W
strange; that 81 The Same time they sha p
~ imprrssinett bull whuss direct cfi.2s o..
hn 10 cemn.e-s". restriction, and esp hu
currency faster than they CAT T. .ad tn
AMI hy'a m9ra rapid nhstioH > ,nt-nFe il
Laknm pl1re tnau bas y,
The Who'll argument q
i. spFesie. h'ng,s upCa. fsvcr Of the hl
peoplo arc willing to' Tho f,ni ;het oth'
n.eht. sod thsrct0;' Jay T.ofu 'ha' G""er'
marriott vSlue. :, IL IL assumed l'.,t this
that :h,' la.iar' have erdeavo,cl 10 sho
uHa4r:e u y cailad market vain. is nat
do ';ot 81 prirO. might refer, hnt that
'a''s AZ .hi''pt I9gai argument ''"'auso
a1or iiiiy, - ihe fact that valua a'r! :r:'
II ..ot convertible farms in law, ard hi
d books in numerous cases Iefar TO tho di
faction between them. AZ writo for me
IF head and thought, merely suggest th
: point But iftheTe were no law on the sui
J ject, would ssk,,whese is tho nae-Hhsn Il
project Of the SECRETARY provides foc jul
compenaa'ian,' IS explained in my last nun
beef dsa"andinE more in medium
pay Iue": wh;ch will prove worthless in &:
tardr Of the sscifiea. lft'Ia argurt.ht
worth any:. ing, it proves ih"t IS" "Arr'
lc,ry on i:lp gar under the bill except h
eniless ptGtr.6,Icp. Bat il there n lnali rt
would not "a aler tahn even what hs ma
deem ieaa pr'r>s, than risk tbs: prnt'ar;'' !,
lei iiere oDc ~ h,o vii! not, iii the long III
make mere by ,wsll regulated currency ths
BY hi iaiiatrn in which evsiy man p,!;ic
psle1, sud by which tho Einla toum.L'