The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-02-28
HOW TO HELP THE ENEMY.

1t cannot be doubted that the rebellion is
tottering on its last legs; and that if it is
to be saved help must come quickly. The
rebels themselves acknowledge almost com
plete exhaustion, and they openly confess
that their main hope of success now lies in
the prospect of divisions in the free States,
by which the arm of the Government, lust
about to deal the finishing blow, may be
paralyzed.
AS the emergency is pressing, and Davis
must give up unless he gets help quickly,
| it has occurred to US to point out some of
the ways in which this assistance can be
most effectively rendered. By giving atten-
ton to the following suggestions it will be
found within the power of almost every man
to help the rebels, at least little.
Whenever one of our military movements
fails Of the most complete success, immedI-
ately say you knew it would be so; declaim
loudly about the incapacity of our generals
and the ineficiency of our leaders, as com
pared with those of the rebels. In this way
you will discourage many who hear you,
and gradually produce in your circle feel
ing of dependency as to the ultimate tri-
umph of Liberty and Union, which in their
present critical condition cannot but be very
useful to the rebels.
Do your best to discredit treasury notes
and other Government issues; say that the
"green backs are unconstitutional" if you
can afford it, bring it before a court to be
tested even il the case is decided against
you, you will have alarmed many persons
ard cast shade Of discredt over the money
which you take care to pay to all your ser
wants and tradesmen. This will make them
uneasy, aud that is a great point gained
At the same time declare confidently that
the depreciation of paper money is such
that everybody must presently starve.
You know, of course, that this is not true,
and that dollar will buy now nearly if not
quite as much of all the necessaries of life,
except cotton goods, as it would before the
war But cry against treasury notes is
very embarrassing to the Government Just
now, and in this way you can give most
welcome assistance 10 Davis.
II you are a merchant or Spectator, do
your best to drive up the price of gold; and
if YOU can, at the same time, remark to your
friends that 'greenbacks will soon be used
for waste paper" it will be well. Tell them,
too, that money is plenty, such as it is,
and give it to be understood that you have
no confidence in any investments except
gold or real estate. Such hints will produce
their effect upon those who think you
shrewd fellow; and if you persevere long
enough you may even help to produce a
panic in the money market, by which you
can make fortune at the expense of The
working men, who use treasury notes.
Be careful always to express distrust of
the upright intentions of the Government
Interpret every act of the Administration as
an attack upon the liberties of the people
You cannot openly say that you think Davis
more honest, or more loyal to the Union
than Lincoln; but you can act as though
you thought so, and you will find many of
your friends disheartened by this behavior.
II is most excellent help for the rebels.
Lastly, if any one should tell you boldly,
that our armies have been generally victo-
rious, that our soldiers have fought more
bravely than the rebels, that the balance of
success is greatly on our side; that we hold
at this time all that we have ever captured
and that the enemy is powerless to resist
whenever we advance; if he should tell you
that our treasury notes are better than any
other kind of paper money in the world, that
Government stocks are the best and safest
investment in the country, and that barrel
of -four costs the working man no more now
in green backs" than he paid in gold be-
fore the war; if, finally, he should assert
that the Administration is honest, that its
intentions are pure. that the President is
true lover of liberty and devoted to the I'm
Mon, and that if he or his agents make mis-
lakes, they ought to be treated as the errors
of friend, and not as the acts of treach-
erous enemy-if any one should say this to
you, there is still one reply for you to make
call him an A6oltioniSt That word is-a
favorite with the rebels; you can do no
better than adopt it.