Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-27
We had yery few master m.uhsnlcs, end Yam,

We had reTy teT maegSf mecnshIos, eiiu
kses furnished, too, our schoolmaSters nh1
mistressss and many of our divines.. we SUI,
tivatsd nothing bus tho coarseSt prooucts' gnu u
sent 10 market only tho Tawett materiaiA VI
the earth to form. the pabulum vi Northern
commerce and manufactures, and the proa1'
out of which grew their immense money cap
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without aDnihilating our power ana our TO
rpectab:lity as people. We were Obliged 10
be degraded 10 Provincial kinds, or to ssrug--
glo ont of the net cunningly woven around
our vigorous but unframed limbs. a young
| Hercules We were, bus hydra was IN our
cradle. Liberty and laws were "biiSHq 10 ule
under tyranny of Union like this. We were
hnn,3 70 tho coffin of death. We must not
nou 5isruise the Tact that wc were depressed
ncor,v down tn imputoncy. And sach y state
or tbinus in 40 short a time had no other al
tarnotiye 10 redeem il from It's condition than
war-horria, dire war-Firc and Blood! In
the moral kingdom when man became so lost
| to Divine arts infinite wisdom itself could de-
wise no other redemption than that OF 6food,
of su1cring end sacrifice ard DEATH Time is
the Juraiicn Of nation, and so IN time
when :, paOric become so depressed rs we
were. theg must either sink below record
among. nations, or to redeem themselves they
! must g, through the baptism Of fire and
LLood-or war. And war does not consist
| alone in arms and battles against an outward
enemy. It trials and conflicts arc rather
mainly with the Harpies which prey upon
tho cHuntry's vitals intarndlly, with Spectitd'
tor, and REGULATORS aud drOnss and Edlfors
md touoramuses ,cithin, and the consequences
| of their curses bad economy and q 6ad eur
yeuey. From battle is poured out life and
blood. but from these COMO gduHt hunger ana
fmine and lawiessness, and decentralization,
| and The suffering of the aged and OF the Wo-
men end Of the children and of the helpless,
and of the privation of tho soldier in camp
| We must by this war; in this war cork as well
AZ fghk: ,re must teach oursctoes the mechanic
aris. To do that we mnst break np tie 6foc"'
ndc running. In spite of it We have already
very rapidly made wonderful progress in the
manufactures. Verify, VIC begin to make
some po,oder and jeans and .fnstia" cloth,
Knit ,ocks, make sdndieI; but we have not
vet made railroad iron and locomotives to re-
pair and supply the absolutely necessary
Transportation required, nor steam engine
sufficient to rropel Merrimac. Therefore,
%. Stop tie importation Of blockade goods,
seize them, eonG,cate them, imprissn and fne
to Me last chilling any man, especially.
,cho imports Yankee goods. and eompes
our people TO do eoen pithont necessary
articles O. Consumption or to make them ho'n-
selres. We have all the materials, and neces-
si,y will compel the invention. am told,
hy credible Authority. that the blockaie'run,
ming rcs,els loaded ,cith nsGnd nunitio1Hnt
rar were nearly all captured. whilst those
loaded with the trade gods escaped. The rea
son is supposed to he that they wero Yankee
goods. ''Timeo Danaos ct dona ferent.s" II
we would ourselves shut our ports and break
up the blockade running, It would perhaps.
make the enemy relax their blockade.
TIE stopping of tho blockade trade vii
alone not remedy tho want Of arts i; much
more has to be done, but do that, end you viii
have done much to enhance the value of your
medium of exchange. l 60 further, and
saw that this will have beer the most wantnT
and wicked war ever waged, if we nro no
made I repeat, selfrcliant people ny 1t
conquerinq or conquered. Mere separation
from Yankees is not independence. We mus
he able t, maintain ourselves within ourselves
after the war ends, whether we are TO ba Sc
narrated from Yankeedom or not. That is thu
reason why praise God every day for th'
var and its continuance, until it makes us :
,elfreliant people, abhor the idea of being
Obliged ever hereafter to depend upon Ola
England or Nep England for our supplies
The former taught the latter lis most rancor
ous fnnaticiam, and ]. know no difference now
h.tveen YIN. H. Seward and Lord John
Russell. That is the reason why | would re-
MI "interrention" ms l would poison. Reeog'
milton would have, but would fight on for
ever rather than not achieve our own real
selfreliant independence, without any foreign
aid or assistance. or intermeddllng. What
will We have gained if, after we are exhaust
ell by obtaining mere separation from New
England we have to 20 back to q trade with
Yankees have to lean on them for 'uppt'ss,
to tolerate every money leech or monger
among us. who will for profit give them mo
aopoly ouer again, and let their pollutlng touch
| put finger in every mess of cur pottsge as
! heretofore No; let US ut once abruptly
shut the port, inside tighter than they are
stopped by blockade outside. Strip to the bub
and learn to be our own operatives, deny our
selves or supply ourselves. This will suve
much expenditure, retire much bad cirsula
| ,iun. and teach US the mechanic arts, and
make us the strong men Of America. =.
Sd. In rating the indirect taxes, l would
!ay n unif6rm dpty or ercisc in proportion 10
market prices and sliding on scale WITH them,
10 he collected in Confederate notes. That Will
dispense ,cth impressment in great measure,
and not dripe products from the market orert.
The Government schedules Of prices are not
Justly in proportion to the rate of deprecla-
ton; and impressments do make the person
whose goods arc taken pay nm excessive ana
rneaua! tax This causes products to be
! boarded and hidden, makes scarcity IN the
midst OF plenty, raises prices, stints the rich
and starvcs the poor. Put the tar on IN pro
portion 10 price ar depreciation. !fthc farmer
says I am oJiigeci 10 Ark so much because yonr
moncy is rorth so title. let GorernmentTefortr III
tares. and sayM the same thing, az money Is rorth
30 litfle, Mcrsfo zee must hare The more tds al
goa haze the more price.
4,h. The Direct Ta1-she poll tax and land
tax-ara to he apportion>d, by the rule OF the
Constitution, among the States according n
the number of their representatives, deter,
mined by The census. I would make the poll
| FAX very high to reach. especially the foreign
;nterlopers amongst rs who, under consular
protection, are batten;ng, Ike swarms of To-
Gusts, on tho substance Of land alrcnd!!
trod1cn bare BY armies. We have but little
| from proceeds Of representation. Bv the bye
where is that fund? How much has been
seouestrated and how much collected In
Whose hand, is it! How accounted for!-
Has any been brought into the Treasury II
seems to me it might be made source for {
.inking fund.
5th. All thee taxes, direct and indirect
should be collected in the simplest form by tn,
most responsible agents, numerous enough Il
| he prompt and thorough. and in the Confedc
| rate i,,ucs-notes or whatever the currency
consists Of.
That which will cur.ailand diminish circnla
tior will be most economical and convenient t.
taxpayers and most fruitful to government. A
tax collected in the notes of the deprecated
currency itself calls them in and raises Their
value pro ta,.to mediately. 1t is not 1.-THE
rs costly as th. tax in kind, with all irs an
| p;aIdlv machinery of counting, weighing