Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-12-05

ne eHeCts OF tne grecnOack lCgal ten-
der upon prices are now beginning to
force themselves upon the people. This
currency has not yet been in circulation
two years, bu! it has created complete
revolution in the prices Of nearly all ar
ticcs Of domestic consumption. Every
necessary Of life has within that period al
most doubled, and in some instances has
trebled in price, and upon those who arc
dependant upon fixed wages for liveli
hood, the increased prices have fallen quite
heavy. There is no possibility, as far as
human foresight can go,ol there being any
| change for the better. So long as the
Government keep their printing presses
printing grecnbacks representing almost
fabulous amounts, just so long will there
be a strong upward tendency of everything
thst can be bought and sold. A greonback
representing one dollar is now not worth
much moro than half that amount, and
however, much ii may be claimed by some
that tho country is financially in pros.
porous condition, any one who thinks for
moment cannot fail to see tho lallaey
Of such an assertion. With nearly mil
lion of men drawn away from their dccus.
toned habits of creating capital, VIC have
that number engaged in destroying it.
This fact alone without taking in consid-
Grafton the withdrawal of all coin repre-
sonting an amount of labor actually cx-
pended upon it in mining, coming, &C.,
would account for 4 heavy increase in val
ue Of every article which these mon could
be employ yed in manufacturing
The greenbacks arc being issued 10 in
fate the cost OF living, increase taxes keep
the poor man in perpetual want and insure
his children a pauper's inheritance. Tn
ly, our condition is blessed. The heart
less wretchcs at Washington should be
made to realize the struggles of the men of
limited incomes. The one contonded Ia.
boring man, who, though poor, could pur-
chase with the rewards. of his toll all the
comforts Of life for his family. But what
! a picture Of wrotchedncss docs he present
to-day, ondeavoring to clotho, feed and
educate his little ones, with his Saturday
nights pay in greenbacks, at &C cents on
the dollar. To bc sure, work ID plenty, he
is ever busy, he hopes he is soon to be able
to get out of his present financial perplexi.
ties to be sure, he is earning more than
he evor did before, but somehow he is GET
ting deeper and deeper into debt. He
; hardly understands it,
Work IS plenty, wages good, but shoes
are very dear, clothing never so high, flour,
potatoes, meat, coal terribly up. There
is no little store laid up pow as there once
was when wages were low. He can't ex-
acly sec it, but he is very hard up all the
time, with money plenty and pay good
All my poor laboring brothers, We are
grossly, willfully, wickedly deceived by
the miserable, lying journals. The black
hearted preachers and orators also tell Us
that VIC are prospering during this horrid
war. They arc holding hellish carniva
all over the North. Riot and revelry
robbery and murder, every crime which
1 the lust of man can conceive, it being en-
acted by tho prospering portion of the
people AS bloody war made what they
call this prosperity, the cry is "kccp W
this bloody war, for 'peaoc' is adversity.
Neither have we seen the worst. Price
, must continue to advance in the ratio o.
the expansion of the currency and the de,
population of the country by war, If thi
, Abolition Administration is suffered to g
on in its cxtravagant, destructive career
, tho North must in time reach the condition
0 of tho people Of the South in respect tt
prices and currency. And wo shall feel i
. still more grievously than they. as we art
' vastly more dependent on commercial
q manufacturing and mechanical business
/ which is affected to greater extent thai
\. agriculture by a financial crisis. All fixet
;. incomes, investments, salaries, &c., viii
y feel the pressure, and this, with increased
:, taxation and heavy tariffs, will impose al
r most crushing weight upon the people. Ii
I the South the war is the principal busines
g Of all classes, and our Administrator
= seems determined to crush everything els
= and force all our great industrial interest
to succunb to the war policy.
p What can the people do TO change this
# current of affairs Not much, perhaps
= at present; but the time will soon arriv
q when their voice may be potent and infu
f entill in favor Of a different policy. Their
! is nothing 10 hope for the Union, for tn
;, great pecuniary and social interests Of tn
. country, or for liberty, in the war policy
The longer the war is continued the NOR
- deplorable must be the state of affairs
Our greatest military success cannot re
4 store the blessings OF a fraternal Unior
# and can only, at the best, enforce an arme
n despotism over the South, destroy thei
:. great indu'tral system, and pauperis
,s millions of u.elul laborers. The questio
;. of Govcrnn mt, which we have been tol
, this war is 70 settle forever, will still rt
,,t main open Tor tho decision of future ger
A. crations, and our children will gain onl
r. the legacy Of a huge national debt as Ii
result of our internecine contest.