The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-12-01

| TROUBLE AHEAD.-We fear that the course OF
certain persons in this State who are all the time
finding fault with the action of and abusing the
Confederate authorities and thus arousing the feel
ings of the people against Government will IN
vove US in terrible among ourselves There
is great danger of this and we wish we could say
something that would cause a change in the conduct
of those who stirring up strife. All the talk we
hear about military law overriding civil law has
no justification excuse. and its only tendency is
to encourage bad and disloya men to refuse obedi-
ence to the legally constituted authorities.
Those who are eternally harping about military
law over riding civil law. and making the people
believe that there is danger of their losing their
freedom in this way, may cause to regret their
conduct when too late Some who INDUCED in such
course have already the they commit
ted, and are now laboring to correct it. We know
prominent man in one of the Western counties "a
member of the conservative party,) who few
months ago, loud in his denunciations Of mill
tary law and humbugged the people about the suff-
cheney of crI lar in all cases, but who. when the
tories and deserters began to commit depredations
in his section. earnestly begged the military au-
thorities send force up there to restore order
and protect the people. The troops were sent. and
they did much good all true men will testify
hundreds of deserters were restored to their COM
mands, and bad men were made to understand that
they must behave themselves. Our icon servatiye'
friends frd that military taw accomplished work
and corrected an evil which the ciuu Iaw was utter
ly poweress to effect, notwithstanding some of them
got into office by denouncing military law and other
wise humbugging the people.
We repeat, that unless there is change in the
conduct Of the faetious fault finders and grumbers,
shall be involved in horrible among our
selves. which is more to be dreaded than the war
now waged against by the Yankees.
CONGRESS AND THE CURRENCY.-The Confeder-
ate Congress meets on Monday next, and we sup
pose th> first thing. it is certainly the most i'm
portant that will receive attention. is the currency
Everybody expects Congress to take speedy action,
and every man who desires the Of our
wants the members to come up to the work boldly
and do what is right without speech making and
unnecessary delay. The general opinion is that a
heavy tax bill will be passed in order to draw in
large amount Of the paper currency in crcu-
ation. Money is too abundant especially with
traders and spectators, and to that is trace
able the enormous high prices. which prevail. Pre-
sent evils can be remeded if Congress will do its
duty.
We hear the opinion expressed by experienced
nancers, founded belief that Congress will take
immediate steps to relieve the redundancy, that
next year a Confederate dollar will buy three or
four times much it does We hope this
will prove true; and hope that the tax bill will
be the ad vaorem principle in order to avoid
regulations. forms, &C., and delay in list
ing certain articles Make each swear what
his whole property is worth in Confederate money
and then tax him much per cent. the whole
amount, payable in Confederate money-exempting
three five hundred dollars from taxation. We
think experience has shown that heavy taxation is
the only thing that will regulate the currency, and
save the cause from ruin. Instead of wasting
money by paying extravagant prices for articles
that be dispensed with, people had better be
saving enough to. pay their taxes for all may cal
culate on their being high. The higher the better
we think.
REFORM MISUNDERSTANDING the great de-
mand of the people and army for corn, we think