Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-27
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feed his horse sufficiently tor tor, service pot f,r
uont of fsrn1-, and disa, he IL oarrlon 10 tne
owner; the Gvrernuient pays hlm no'h;nS I'M
less the horse ba hiiied id2act''n, ne man
lo,es hi: horse, Without fanl: on Ms part; ~
is not able to buy anashe, ami tho trooper,
who, perhaps, ha, helped 10 tuTn the tl'e %
battle by his sGlIsn.ry in charge 10 !urneu
oyer TO the infIutry, service in Hnicn nc
never enlisted. thsro TO trudSe on 100! WIZ
; the awkward sqund.' The rate OF 81, Inns f,sh.
would weary figures TO calculate Ih's sho| now
| tbs enormous saI OF deT rcciatlon' H''u WIZ
! DAYS mos: of the lax: fh" planters, farmers,
| srH,lucer. &c, alo taxed ans tenth only in klnd
10 uer cant. whilst the soldier, who hravcS
death 10 dsrend all, i: male to lose out OF hi'
I -.tion., paw, clothing and forage more than
! % cents "uI o. eTsry lGO by dspfe"i"'l''' -
| Government money.
The farmer and producer may lose h7 de-
! nrecia,ion, too in whatever he purchases, bui
he i, ut hnaie making something, and hcis pau
tn. cost nr depreciation IN tie price OF 'rhat'
.r.r IL ..Us. Az, ii n rnliicr rot surfrit.d,
! but d.sgusted with HI, insufficient ration oI
bad ou,lity-his "i,ius beef" rusty mid
! ding" glue breed ard rice, (Which you
| South Caroinians may well call nci.her bread
nor "hsh nor fash, no: god red herring,
but an "oJsorbsnt' )-sncs, hungry aud lorG-
ing. for q fresh green vegc:nDle-a pntst", or
! colard. or cnbbace, Or peas, @. puinpk1nS-or
= little fruit or better iars 0f fresh pork, or
chicken. or an egg, or milk or but'cr--ths
| prcca demai,icl are ont Of reach 81 s!eIni
| Corf.derats dollar notes per month. The
smallest quantity Of the commone-t marketing
Cor two or three days, will cost him al sans
A few may ll;Tc Confederate notes IN 'he'l
pockets, and they oder to pay IN thai curren
CIV, and the hucksssr, grumbling, perhaps
over taxes himself IF 10 per cent, tax"s tho
soldier with the cost Of depreciation, 90 pei
ccat. But nearly all now in the camp depend
! on the Jay. II they hav'nt that, or enough
! of it TO buy, they 60 without. Nh! not all I"
th0m; in regiments averaging Eve hundred
men. there will alwsys ba inand SOME five II
! every huns.rad who cnl.'t lock az the good fart
/, growing before their syos and think ho" hare
/ !: i, 90 haso ~ do aud Care everything re
ouired u them in service t" defend il a.
! without grabbing. !sr potatoes, or piuc klns
= few ears Of green sorn or sjme fruF, oi
eating q cabbage; AMI it may h, too tia
they snsounter "n spi,cful pig" which has It
| y. killed 10 pr.vsra it's biting ,o.d'er. |!
The soldier is oaugh: in the fsct-prOr fellow
or il can b. pr9.el on Lin, ho is arrested
huck.!. wea-s barrel j.cke., or is kept on
broad and water f,r week.-Mrs. Offences is
Iunn.rdcnabls-a Lac and err j., raised, 81
| loud that = regiment has ~ be ln'I ected {;
|; identify hm-!rt'ors AMI messages rush 20
| neadouarters rf generals crmlnandinS, and
descend dow, f. the tent. Of rank And hie -
| Tl.-. are On high, living 81 :carc', th.1 Nam
| NON can't .fy,r!l to l.e the big price Of &c
probation for the lt!lv pig
!; As Ciod hates the love Of gold, 80 do /
more than ever since this war began. l be-
| liere, my dear fellow-.ufcreS. tina: this wal
Ind It's origin more in tha "accur-ed thirst tor
void "thrn in any other canse. Tho religious
f.n.t;c;sm of Yankees j, bad anu de7'lsh
snou.h II, hut il is not hall AS rabd Or raven
ons or ra,ins unto madness itself rs their sor'
lid s,ml, in the pursu;t of peif.. it il not 20
inuch s. free tho slaves in our inlass .a' t.
rake waste land, Of palatiai places in tho
| S:us;. which they can purchase cheap. They
ere Goths AMI yandals, with eye, eagerly
bent on Italy The mi.ers and S'nthefH
Yankee. There are spnle) are now buying W
our tovns aud cities and their suburbs, and
the hearthstones of our once happy and hon
orea country homes. The spectators on do
n.eci;tion are grabbing the very -ra.es OF our
fathers. the very holy birth and blrial places
Seeing this tho palm 't,h " han s"comee
faarCnlly general c;,iicmic. IL has even
reached tn. camp. Not old men dried in the
love OF tho gold dust only, but even 0omc
,,unr cfhccrs, whose souls sb"hld hare been
fresh glowing with patriotic warmth and fer
yor, have loft camp-bern guilty %? moral
3e,ertinn--to rush to tho FL Dorado ii
specnla.inn They arc ciboning al the elcc-
| tiony TO prevent tie Dove sellers from heius
| driven out of the temple of liberty. rs Christ
| .l,oye them ont Of the temple of God Thay are
running .int on the ruin Of currency and crsdli'
and deprsci.tiou i. their calculus TO trade upon
| They even evade military service by nominal and.
ofcourse successful bids on MAJ, Contracts. 10 en-
l neutrality-suspicious. in rico cotton, corn, wheat.
n0ur bacon. tobacro, IRON or any other thing that
will pay the profits Of ihsas times
| The legislators, 7 fear h.v. become afraid OF
them. They nre afraid to lay en- the mrss to de-
1 stroy the mother Of spcculation's profits = this
| ,anless depreciation Of thu currency J can Tel!
,nem one thing: They are mi,tating. l repeat
The popular feeling and the patriotic sentiment
! Of the people, I make M ihreas, and above 81!
meal, no threat OF la~lessncss. or of moba. Or
smsut.s by the army; but we have terrible
army. not only with banners" bu, with '0sss -
| They are the yeopis Of the South; tn" people III
| Camp; s,akehourrs ard fathers and br'hers o'
Ills Repuslic, who will defend lao uad order
with the last drop, Of their !ifsbsoui; but their
yoie,s shall BE- potential 10 punish ercry cornrdiy OF
sorruyt dsnngogu< rho iiI or refuses to r0te to 10y
on taIe. to make eOod Confederate currency AND sol
IiHs' yap. They never come to camp Except 10
hons, fuggle" witn their e'ectioneerlnG ns''rum'
| srd when they do CONS for any ouch pnrpoSs
! they ought 10 he politically drarnmed oat We
| NAV not combine and ought not TO combine for
anr military purpose, but again repe.s thai ne
too are cif:.ss in out Of camp, and that ne will
| yoiiticnHy comb ne from camp TO canp, OF every
army of the Confclerscy. to stamp our country s
curse on that love OF gold which causes or seeks
TO sCgraYs,e or evadcs rem-dying tho evil OF
d.preciati n, now cursiug and destroying OFT
cnuniry's great cause of liberty and lndePen'
| lcnce.
| The people, then, are not only willing, but
anxious, TO pay taxes to any possible amount to
| Ytlieye themselves from this monsrous and in
tol-rsbs burhcn and blight of Depreciation
| Law on the taxes. then. What more can ne do
| Much moro 1 concur fully with those
| (Mr Lewis, Of Georgia, think, fr.tl who nrgc
| TINT tho State sovereign'ies shall them
selves aid their Confederate agent to solve
this great problem Of currency. "Ah. but, says
GONE sick y seniimen!aii,t about III. States, ih.ir
dignity. older age better credit. we will never
| consent to Weld ND state credit and finance by
minglinc it with Cunfed"rst, control AMI credit y
No! Well, lot us see Who a'c the State Sover-
rirntie., in their present character They arc
Just exactly State Coattd'ra"'- forming United
Nationality, of which they are tho Pr'Htt7uss
and the Confederate Government but the mere
agent for national purposes. What ere the ma
.i"n.l purposes Liberty and Independence
srst and good government now AND hereafter -
They have the creative and directing control ;
| ,hs purposs is their OWN the dgrn: their ers-
| Jh.y made the agent to free themselves ct bonl
age. and to free thepsel1es from bondage, they
must csablo the agent to perform its functions.-
Every function it per forms is for t:m their uses
thsir purposes and their oLjeeis They wont min
| rle Efforts and aids with their Agent Who val,
Msn' Absurd But they need not give up one
particle of their own control; sises not mingIs
theirs with their agents cr.dit, and may and
ough. to take tho whole benefit OF profitable
regulation Of currency. It belongs to them and