The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-11-11
SPEECH dF GOVERNOR SMITH.

Gsveruor Smith addressed the ritizens
Of Petersburg on last Wednesday ai.ht on
the sonditiop OF the country. We have
net room for his spreh. bst We make some
extrscts frnn the portion Immediately coa.
sscted with ths war. HIS words possess
peculiar Significance and interest. as. in q
.hert time. he will be At the head Of the
Government II Virginia;
rHs DEnr TnE rgorLE OWE THE ssLDIgRs--A
VOID 10 rsE PkoSucEss.
0uresmmuniiy is isdi,isca INTO two parts;
the army in the held. and the producers al
hsme the soldiers lighting for our libsr-
ties. and sislding up life and. health. aud
the people rsposlng AZ hene. The latter
c~e the fsrmsr every thing. Like Z wall
81 Gre. cur srny stands between the FOE
sod "a lf ihey we're todesert Their colsrs
The enemy wssId sweep dswn like an ava
lssch over our cosntry. esn6scste eur pto-
psrts. and treat Us like slaves.
There s nothing left bar 10 unite as a
band sf btsthsrs 60 susiain the var. snd
ihsis Is no excuse for the producers al home
,s hoard up their money. II 10 enough
that they are exempt from military service,
aud ika, they are allowed 10 repsse in safe.
~ b. their csnlortabls fresides. in the
presence of their familirs. aad in the en-.
j.ymsut Of every esmfort aad ease. while
the army is Rising life snd lim5 10 pro.
ir.t ihsm and theirs. IL the so!ds~rs give
THEN health. .trrnglh aud lives to the coun
,rs. ought not the pesple At hone give all
70 their ssppsrt!
os Via sPEcuLkrORs AND PRACTICE or WITH
HOLDING srPrL,Es fuox THE oovgsssgsT.
No man has right 10 make meney dur
Ing tkis war. Tkey are bound 10 give the
iiuits Of their toll 10 tho support Of the
ssoniry asd the srmy. The men at home
have rasesons appetite for wealth. From
lhr rising Of the sun 10 the gsing dow
iherspf. and rice rerie. thry bead their e.
ery ef"rt 10 the aocumulatlon of the al
mighty dollar. II = this god whsm thry
adore above al Other gsds. III they get !
large sasnat Of I" Confederate Iuddsr" the '
Immediately in,est !, IN such things q.
canacs run away. They pass Il sresnd 10
hot haste lest il shogld be capsht upon
their hands. Almesi every prodscer j.
nnw . millionaire. They search the cuun.
iry ever for real estate. and James Rive,
waters the property Of han,lreds oil them.
such conduct n alike crsel 10 the coun.
try sed 70 he army. The people eli should
,iep forward with slserity ADD csniribut,
nery dollar they make absss ssiIicisnc,
fer iAeir support to sustain Tie public
credit. which. after all. - iheir own. Lei
ths4 invest IN Confederate bends instead
al zeal estate. But ihey will net take hi,
ipiis view Of the subject They are 10,
sniieus 10 Get hold Of the estates that can,
not run away.
The efforts ef The Government arc 6udin:
fesis,soos amsng these people. The,
withheld their supplies. The people mus
be fed. The market price j. liked by III,
ussry Of the usn who produces. The Law
making power shsuld step 10 and resuiat,
prices. They must be fixed. or the de,i
ste psv. The people must see that then
representatives. toe the mark aud do thril
dniy. We, are shut out frem the mark.tl
oI the wsrld. and must rely on eur owt
people.
The engfssser should Be rendered iiabl,
10 indictment. Frsn the day Of tbs Bibl.
dswn TO the present there has been legisla.
''ss against engros,ins. and Jet il is nov
.a'd that such action is madness and folly
y aid that tue imitation sf the rurrenc,
'sasss ths inhatisn Of prices. You get rid
81 reduhdasey the nOment yqp put aside
The prices.
hs would tell The producers that they
are last hufrying the country TO desiruc.
non. anl " they do not desistsirsm their
present practices. their day of reckoning
wHu ssiely and jsstly come. (Atrhis point
gentleman 10 the audience stated 10 the
usvsrnor that Hour had that day sold Ia
petersburg Tor seventy five dollars per bar.
rel. The Gorsrnsr threw up his hands in
ho'y horror, and launched fsrth In an slo.