Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-09-25
The BAH Rolling

Inc Dali hOEllnS
! The people of Louisa were addressed las
Monday BY Senator Wigfall, at the reques
of the County Court, in what a correspon
dent Of the Examiner characterizes as al
eloquent and powerfulspeech )"
The subject was the general stale Of The
country. particularly the currency, and thu
spirit Of speculation and money max ing
Which is now disgraeing the South. H
discussed the whole subject with an ability
we have never herd surpassed. The people
listened throughout with marked attention
and all were convinced that til ose who were
attempting to accumulate fortunes in the
midst of struggle involving the existence
[of the apnstry were irjuring themselves
and rejoicing the hearts Of their enemies. =
It was proved to them that the Yankees
based their hopes Of success less upon arms
than upon the hope that the Southern peo-
pie, by encouraging the degrading lust Of
money, would make shameful conquest OIL
themselves. 1t was proved to them that
the people of the South. if true to them
selves and their country, had it in their
power to stay this torrent, and achieve their
Independence without loading themselves
with debt that would crush and impover-
ish their children for generations to come
They were shown that the struggle was
one for national existence; on the one hand
self government and liberty, on the other
confscation, subjugation and death. No
man heard this speech, with a spark Of pa
triotism in his bosom, who did not feel that
all his energies ought to be directed to the
support of the government and the defence
of the country
At the conclusion Of General Wigfalps
speech, the following resolution was adop-
ted and numerously signed:
Resolved, That we, the Undersigned,
hereby pledge aud bind ourselves, whether
farmers or mechanics, to invest all our'sur-
plus money in Confederate bonds, instead
Of land negroes and other property-to pay
over at once the one tenth of our produc-
tons, now required by law to be paid to
the Confederate Government, and also to
set aside one other tenth Of said produce, to
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present, bat anterior prices.
David NJ. Hunter, Robert S. Gooch and
James L Gordon were then appointed a
central committee, to select committees
from each magisterial district to obtain sig
natures to the above resolution
Similar action has been taken by the
people Of Albemarle and Buckingham.
This is but the beginning of glorious re-
viyal Of public spirit and liberality among
the brave and devoted people of Virginia.
The patriotic contagion will run from coun-
Try to country, from household to house
hold, from heart to heart, and then widen
ing out will flow from State to State, till
all are aroused to nobler and more self
sacrificing zeal than characterized even the
early days of the war. 1t is not unfit that
the Old Dominion should lead in such a
cause-she has thus far been the greatest
sufferer by the war, and her example of
renewed selfdedlcation and undying resis-
lance is therefore entitled to the greater
weight If Virginia spurns all thought of
yielding; if, crippled and despoiled as she
has been, she is willing to come forward
with fresh offerings of generosity and sac
rifce-can any State be SO lost to shame as
to mediate or a moment the idea of terms
with the enemy, or to hesitate about the
contributions she should make to the COM
mon cause 2
We hope to chronicle in these columns
the action Of county after county in Virgin
la, until all that are left free to act have
placed themselves on the Ahibemarle plat
form. We hope, too, to record the names
Of other champions than Messrs. Holcombe,
wigfall and Smith, in this good work Of
stirring up the people to a sense Of their
danger and their duty. Let the ball roll
on Whlg