Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-30
ar,ful and skil!ful CT evasion.

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ale RE .,-5s; Lul: Of t~asation ard IS lnUjin
;ru,t ta!i nnoa the great hulk OF property, an
tia, lies. IN this country. IL tie EaGt. Il r.
ag:icuituro'!,ts.
But tits ha, nothing 80 do with tas qaosIie
Of funding.
IN. Tue faar;h ground is virtually iaclude
IN Tho two Las. We "ught not, in our ses
against spectators, however, - maintain ,h
system u: Issuing currency IS we 50 IL;
- wasc%icarly pointed outinihe forego'uc art!
Gle, the dirsciand ine7itab!e effect @! this uoii2
IS II pouris2 speculation. You enlarge thei
numbers. their prosperity. and their chxncs
OF success by this very prlicr. Deal with eE
i-tinc erecula:'rs acc9rdingto your discretion
tut 10 10: pe.petua:e the race By veu- FL:
p,iic1 The irregular standard Of prices, ia
>tur,-n1ouS rises c! prices, will bred snec"!c
FOR. l.! 5 u cnt Of the system By the root
ti2S We aim BY contracting the currency.
i redundant currency Is the vital air Q
Specuiat'oa. AbsaTh i, aad. speculation IS de
!Gn"C. I"u punish i It wor>a thus than in an,
';her va: runi,h Is present ventures an
Brighten it !rym future.
). As - oar territorial limits, and the ,a:
% loan falling rnon comparatively few States
';@t j. equally t.ae upon our fal>" system .
procedure - "pon tne truce. Tie Sa;e
.;i-hjn cur lines have to lear ali the evil O
or currency, lust as o? fundin.. iiy aIncr
Ing 90 oar pTescn: r:licy re ESCAPE nst on:
! 81 ;ha evils dreaded. y
Even II We cnuld thus escape them, wouit
we exchange positions with tho States 81
parts Of States occupied by the enemy? A7t
they ug. thus bearing burdens IS great Us
ours?
i.uIn :, - ny ol,r. -n ,r,,o .no-..lI-
tia: ;he burdens, COZ the time hcing, mus,
i'll! u9cn available territory, end Ept oa Una.
available, and beyond Cur control And vet
States but the redemption Of the bonts.
i. e~.,tireir ultimate payment, falls upon all
the States in the COnfederacy at tbe time
Of redemption. 1t is merely AN advance
by u how, ~ lie repaid hereafter. Who
are Ia make the advance? Only those. If
course, who arc oat Of the enemy's lines. 7;
Gev0lrcs upnn Tie diminished number 70
rraiH;air tht common cause for the time be.
inG. Le..au>. i: is impossible for the others to
all. Hereafter thaY will ccat-ibuie in tho
r"l-mp'ion q :le r-4sen. ojIi-ati9na. The
-e!G's; u 9iie Tropaecd funding IS justly 70 dis
triiC,c -" burden.
bu:. aSil>t remarked, The States un0rcup;ei
] ~ - tt'''L . i..'' !GGHyi! I.'i CT u EDHerisU
ia:e themselves ipon their escape from such
nccHra;!"n u10n the terms e making larger
a!Tal"eS than would otherwise Iaii u their
! -1arr: Tor "a ;T"y r.rapc such advances liz
! i:-I.ti"G ~ fund. imc ciFrct of the latter i.
| Simply t. distribute :hc iurieis equally, and
a: b" same time. diminish their amount As
rtn :!.r ~ wc r":"! - territory - -o ,ov.r hclp.
except i1-.i lar IS the devastation ni The enc>
nv Ha:r reduced hem = poverty FIR Greater
: '!:.r"a" advances haze rcirrni U*. But il
| So -al: J;iat otr bond debt wiii prevent some
N:#t"S !-2T entering in. or remaining in the
1",!si@racr. This i . strange and shot
! sa::tsi c.1"r. We az. IS Iaucii bound Cor
:'r currency DIT, IS the bond iajt, aud tho
| great g. '.c. ~ 50 - manas" a. = reduce III"
Gn,u': i tc't IN ether form. This nciiti.
cal .aasrr ias absolutely laSi than 10 weigh. {:
iJr. uH'n due consideration. anr p,l:cv
which :"s:"as tho aggregate" debt ~l"s-ens the
r"Ho,;ya ab)-" suggested. r. that gnside7a-
tun w'-a - he cttracioaS, the Sia:o would
consider ;hc relative debt 81 the twO nations.
81" Nrr:a anl tho South, and. OF course, the
les: nn@ dob: IT," r:a.r Gycrahir the rompari-
srn. G.he: Considerations wGa'd aj>n largely
~"r"tf"l, c-n"aiallY that under the Northern
Government iIev would lie in . position .,
i.'1- mnTc than their jus; proportion # tie
ieG' ~ their mode o: ta~-at:on. Their gene
mi interest will Gctarmin. the matter to q
larGer cyt"ns than tbs matter Of taxation.
CHOOSING b. wec. two debts. They Lave no.
thir 70 sol to the Nor;h-Knntuckyanl Mis-.
uri-iI comparison with what the" hare TO
sell ~. Their Interest lies on this eide G.
tn la-iI line harraan North md South.
6 / j. urged, however, that ecen if thi-
proposition ~ jas ami right, it "a impnl;ti"
- -. uI@n i; ~ti,ntt"n people will nnt stand
K: tIat i viii To-! - revolution: and many
. s~pccTro-raw hc:is and bloody boncs-is
ia"otcd u rrichtoa W from the right read.
Now ilcse directors are generally c~roakeTs
who a:o unwilling to bear their Just propor-
ten Of TIE patlic hardans. Bnt the rerolu.
'io" is moi male of glass; had it been it would
ip%g since haze hrcn broken to pieces. Tho
raan:a 81 ;aa r~l!ntrr hare but 10 understand
"'ta necessities o. :ha case q at upon tIlcm.-
Thav haze not denied t,.e;r lives - the cause.
nor 'ha;r cons. nor a. thc7 hare held precious
Lct : ic uEGcrs.G.i vha. proportion of .Ecir
property has iGrn Actually c1nendel in the
preservation nf their liberties. ard equally 50
al TIE ra>iduc Il their properly, and thc7
will enter up"n any system proper 10 meet the
c1ic"ncies Of The case. Let them clearly under
stand il, mIl they will accept II, and &C: upon
tho :rHe mode /; is n libel upon their patriot
iHai to dnCb. i:-worSo than that: upon their
general charar'-r-to suppose that their properly
is dsarsr t>an life, lic!b, children, brothers, nom
%. an al rlsn
Eat It il their ~:r.>rss. rs vii. Things c.nno'
go an lnrg as't!iry are. The pr"rent course
l"avt :cnl 4" ruin Other nations h.vn tiled il.
ard riin n"ver filled TO con.. The constant
i'sro q: currency is as sure a road TO bankruptcy
It; the constant Aow Of blood from n wound is 10
!ain.ness and death. Our currency is now 90
iiir:c ns to have very lirti. purchasing p,wcr-
T!.cr" is M class OF ~ri'izrns. sprrulafors except
o., WHO -ill not b. benefited by the change.
Again: ne T1st maintain ourselves a.ain.'
~, enemy or lose nil. We must maragc nur re.
snnrses better, or we hazard the cause itself. and
with i, al we fs:s
lii . case Ct salvage. We mus. pay tire
salvage cr l"sn the ship. I, il salvage in our
caec not against ;hr nero dangers OF the sea-.
hut against %ri,atra. We lose no: merely
nrn'it. ha, iihr:'y. perhaps life. Our ship is
a.sai;ed hY pirates, bloody minded and blooly
mon;hcl, "ho give us due warning. I'll"
siavo rrorc;:r OF tie cGnntrv is lost By il,
~,niiuca'i"n. Itself aloae worth vastly NOR.
than :hr nh"!c Insurance or salvage demand.
81. We will have Il debt to pay, certain
hcn"nd contingencies, urcn the event o. Yam
k"e snhjnsarion. and ia. ,~lacutM, aa Of
eur slave property.
Indeed. in thecorop arison between cur peril'
on the one hand and gu" pcrils on the other
hand, We seethe imperative necessity Of lie
l~ivorapcc from the hands of the p~ira'ical
Ynnkce. The ratio stands somewhat this
say %. 80 or 30 rer cont nf our propcrty nc
lassary 10 save all of it. Lihcrt- is act over
a~.ra:Is. ~sla"ery-sclf government against the
most merc:less ;vrarry-lrappincss, indapen.
icmcr, honor, and all that makes life desirable.
over against The utter, and Affect degradn.
ton Of q ration Of slaTcs with Yankee mas
:crS.
$, far tie danger Of revolution i, con-
aerncd, il al les tho other way-unless some.
ti,irc Is done in lie manngcment Of on. re.