Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-05-01
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

seems has beeh thrust upon
with any one wish had been amid the quiet
DON esc life to the Of aag Of the
word n.her Its notice or lbs praise But the voice Of SANDER
sought impugn motives and cast foul blot upsn the
cuteheon Of our characters
Under these circumstances criminal be SILENT and
ask, as right ana privilege, to be heard.
We come not before the pablo asan simply 6esre
reps assaults to beg boom no favor we simply
desire that justice may DO During past
System Of elimination and recrmlnaon existed between
the agents Of the and the producers OF die country
The complaining that they unable procure subsistence
for the the other that they not allowed fair
ton for their produce AT that time the authorities the country
acting under the previous bnpressnent BILL the essential
features Of which were that se government had right TO take
the oduee OF the farmer and FIX Its pce thereon Under
the operations Of that law the dsssIctons above referred
arose II was obvious that such state OF things could
nue and the interests Of the couay suffer-
the necessity Of EpresmeAt law And
The Of the county asking fair compensa-
ton for their property and the Congress engaging in that
The being passed difficulties said be end
and the same pens and voices been heard urging the ne
godaa knot Of contention had been and hat Congress
the Confederate performing IN act Of common las
had extended proper Ggs protection Of the
community the webeing Of which the welfare Of all the
depended and with whose the
SWIM And thus stood the and thus the impress
oa OF the country In regard thereto On the 9Th day April
1888 the agent Of the Confederate Government acting under the
above mentioned law, that promised fair and just compensation
the produces impressed the hay OF Miller W. Mlehaux In the
county OF PoWhtan the Aforesaid parties not bag able to agree
as to the value thereof wGe ummAed under the act aoe
uTound e. Mosby aSon the part OF the
and NJ W. Mchaux his part represent the interests Of
predsons and having read the atesye
y required decide the matter according 10 the and
the evdenceand first to e law Why the law passed.
Simply because under tue previous law the Government had Ia
the produce OF the farmer at lees than the market price there
Of that bitterly comp aiming Mat they, class,
taxed while other classes equally benefited thereby,
exempt frsm such taxation For produce of e
mer and not allow market price therefor eyyng
upon him in amount equal TO the difference that the Government
paid the price such produce In the market The farmer
that imposed the burdens war
qusy upon the community, and VIII s claiming much patriot
m as sny other class he asked that Ia common Justice where
Interested should equally bear
Ias leSaon must 30 espoued and with IL farewell TO con-
tented people or fit govern freemen seems
Congress thought the farmer, nssmueh they passed
b embodyng e views expressed According to the let
ter OF that bill we In debe aiIons hay
ing conSdered necessity the law viewed the objects pro-
i1ea sn the and aeasnS that in cS
nercd and in commercial sense aone the ter
Of bargain and SALE we d.emed " Ight TO corsii ~
and fair compensation what article will bhlg ia tie
market then prepared for e evidence what ueh
article worth In the market One Of US lad just been 10
Richmond and seen hay selling at s25 per huAdred gentleman
lust received letter from Captain P Archer Assistant NJ
informing him Mat bay vas then bngg SO per hundred in the
for The law e object OF The law and our views Just and fair
being above stated, with NJ w. hchaux stand
law We could do no Otherwise award him pce hay
would bring market minus the cost Of getting thereto, and
Richmond prcesS Because Richmond both Ae selling and
buying this county, and the prices therein have always
aosg ourselves Richmond prices Besides Mr. MchAuxsEss
not Richmond in fact neSr that he could start It from
~
nayation but Independently Of the Aohmond Market
day made the award he could have gotten 20 doa PEI han
dIe In the county Of PoWhAtan
Then wsud have been just fair have given him less for
h hay than he could have gotea in msk yea al his ding
Having oath appeAed TO the judgement Of Hea
uPon motives and actions executors Of the law,
could do no more 10 view Oh the 100 ne law ho OBJECT
the did Having done ts In executive and oncal
.paeiy one of us addressed the ageat Of the Ia
personal capacy and told him while view
boUndO make the award we had yet that had hay
sell the govern should be rqu ed to pay such price
merely personal SUGGESTIONS however,
der law We had rgt thrust the hand Of our patriotism
Into the pocket q NJ. W. Mchaux.
Inth, connexon we wi state that we initiated against our
own making Me award Of With large
SYMPTOMS in the market Is luyer we could say more, we
could mention the fare portions Of Virginia bens ever by
enemy, sbeng the battle ground Of the contendng
niles of being filled repeon with the opp other
parts and Of ali these combined with the
drouth OF last producing scarcity In tie land But
Our award has been made and the agent Of the
boiling With patriotic ehevecenee has extended the wave
of his ebullutlons to the Capitol.
letter. tho phraseolOgy of which rot entirely equal to
that Adds he Informs the government OF the mighty crime
have committed One 50 Infamous On the Of senators)
the comment Of his enlightened unnecessary
upon & altar bear the OF the people
aad as the lamb chosen by the ancents
have to the knife os. priests found in per-
that paragon Of decency and sobe the sentative
that far OF ps RE land which the foot Of impessrent
officer will tread the voice Of nment agent be
heard, and that eudte Solon e scholastic denzen Of tie
distant South thu whtened products Of whose fields furnishes
neither food for or forage for beast both OF whom teek
plunge the ruculent spear into our Sides and measuring US by
amnaOn deep mat names must go down Postery as
. byword and be Kissed by generations yet unborn,
Pity that immaculate priesthood should not have better
Offering for sins Of the people.
Nor permitted to remain thus buried; the coners
Of the county desire eXhume remains
that they may rtyiyy them with The surplus portion Of that pa
which before had suspected them Of possessing and
place US soldiers IN the army OF the Confsderaey.
Well Perhaps by entering the service may show
them which, with all their patriotic enthusiasm, they have
yet unable perceive OPEN But before entering the
army better for Us to walt until their many
relatives connexions hid away behind bales Of hay commits
sary boxes, In appointments Of s officers Of profit
than of DANGER prepared along with u?
frhsrmoe inform them that through the Government
pracced fraud not required 10
press opinion privdtey Jore dod TO act IN
he premises
defence against cauny protest against slande Cauuni
and msrepresented appeal from the Misrepresentation
Of our traducers to an honest and impartial public.
GEORGE Y. BRADLEY,
my1-1tt JOHN NJ WOoDFlN