The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-01-08

|SoIJTFI CAROLINA,
lls,N ,NIyiEerH DEcEMltER. 1867

3NTyiEersi DECEMBER. 1869,
& he Bill lor State Endorsement Of Con.
9 fsdfsssa Bonds being the special
1 osdsr for one o'clock, 5p. IN. !. = !
A. " Isye already siysn ip 4 former issuo
: ta6 sepsst; of Tho comssitsse 10 which .hc BIN
~ Nr, Borok was. .rsferreJ, AZ wen as, tho Bill
{ l<lsiE :we have Snsittyd lhcn, hers.] Is.
= Ia'tbs Hsusy sf Representatives. OF the State
Z 1862, the ptsceding report and Biil being un-
= d<t ebsidsration, Mn James p. sB syce, OF
sGFsonvills, sl,o&s IN substance as follows: >,
q NJ Sprdker---At tie tims introduced tho
fy6soiution shici, has sscurol this sarorntle re-
!, pert fros,S the Csinmittes OF Ways and Means,
~ssm.t apars that nny sngsssiioss sf the
Ps&5ad b nd ,Lrou ins de-. i csniess that durrin =
,%tpyeral months tho plan had appyarc.t tp m,
4yhd, so advantagSous, E,stI was soppriscd
T'thst u hsh net been prsposcd.; Before the
cSlnmttcs ihyw.ysr had actsd upon tho m at
= tsr, the honorable Chair:naf,'of the Committee
OF l'riyiicgcs aud Elections Mr.. Trcnholm)
-Showed me a t.ttsr from one of the most disL
tias,Csl ed shuaacisrs Of this country, suggest.
lag the inportsncs of such a. schoinc, and
rrging hin, tsbying IL to the attention of this
3 hrgislature., Tbs ilorning aiter this report
and Bin was presented to this House5 ti,e re-
l.
! shall hcrsafterrsfsr, app.lrcd in ths iar,lian
eftlis city. Aud q pArasrnph In. the Charles,
: Ton CoIsicr of yesterday copied from tho
& htehmond Whig. informs us TINT at as eay|ya
pcsiod rs the I8th Of May hast the ssnbjeet of
~ .gaAranfcalSf tho Confederate debit hy fhs
5 tdifvrcnt States. vasssasgcstcd tn Congress by.
.fA<i ibtate os Nir,tinia, accompanied by tho re-
<4usst ti,nf IL be bropgh tos tho attention er
thci cioshsr States. The facts thus referred to-
J'incd with ;be eitnahiplSosapprovai OF n Com
Esittes Of this Tsuss, have emIrJdonsd rue to
tack yourattSnsion fora short time, thut nay
nrxo upon this House measure wEicl, deem
Z sftho nest Y!tli in.epst TO the whole Gov
: sriinIent and hscp!e. -
=. The superficial observer looks upon our
prcssnt national struggle simpiy in tho light
~ its military achicyc,nents. The -5ilities of
{ cur generals, the bravery of cur troops, tho
Fucesssfii issue of our battles, these ARE TO such
An one The great objects of iatcrast.. aud. by
( thcni ho measures fths fate Of tho Republic.
= That thgse do chter: and that largely, into tho
s3<sue, none can questions withuut the men
whom Gs.d has given RS leaders. and without
tho troops suci, as hsre never bcca exeollcd
Ter bravery or daring, moro than all, without
that susceSs which, under the blessing OF G od.
we have achieved, wc,niiyht well despair, nay,
We had beca already n,incd. -.
" But there S arosher power Wbhsh. thouSh
slincst uspcreciscd, Affects sInorc, deeply the
Esues Of tn, ,centest--tha- power Of tho purse
that Of the sword. apd, in fact, controls the
world. IL has long been reco ;nixed in Flu
repe, the crowned heads efsswhich are COM
rietely dependent upon It. 4 AZ its beck war Is
snsde- and peace is declarcd.. In this hcmis-
rhers, IN the present war, Its gigantic infosnce
has bcen fcif.s We're u not for tue mid obtained
from Wall street and tho otier financial circles
ofsthe UaisSs STATES, the President OF that
: tiesernment coulsl not continue a single aay
this Sannatyral warfare; op tho other hand,
bad not the action of tic hanks Of this Con
fsderAey been as patriotic aud sslf-sacrificing
: AIT has. we wsrS already u Tuincd--8yinx boz
: fsFs our ruthiesa foe--uhable to sustain our-
& sstyss n nil against the v,tst hosts which have
been saissd up against MS. They who WELD
3 the fuanees in each section have, ,.iu truth, In
their grssP tho welfare OF both; and we have
reason not only 60 be prond VI, hut oks CRATE
fal to, tho banks OF this csnntry for tie sniiu,-
He'd coincidence wbicll thor havs manifested
torarla our .Goscrumept, and tho determine
tion they hsve shown to sustain II ut all ha4-
4 ards. oyen ut the risk ofSthoir own financial
dsstrucfiou. s - ss-, 4 < y-i.-7-g s,y y ~ r.
il Is seeaaso tho welfare sf tiie country Is
thns 50 indissoInbiy united with its financial
Z ptospetity, that ] spcgard the measure before
sas us one of the greatest importance. IL Is in
vain 20 stlempt 10 raise armies Il, when called
x3nts the held, tiuy can nsither be paid, sup
Rerted, clothed, efgkpor armed. To do these
shingz requires ininfense resonrccs. - With
rsospcraus saanees, we can ayliti on amid the
heaviest losses and reverses. With our n
t,nsrees IN ruin, o,irarn,ios become demora
nif ssupccs afirpppiy are cut of, and the adj
ssneinH tread of ths invader II striu,nphsnt.---
How impartapt. then, that fhcy.bc looked af-
Ser, and n evils arise, that the enuseNof these
evils, and their proper fonIosly. bs sought
~ The time has come, Mr. Spcjker. when 81
Z tsehooyes as to look 'welisto this matter The
pressl,t conc, ,ticn of our 6nanccs Is fearful, and
were n not for tho renledy which We nave
3 would aetsaliy b spfatiing. The amount Of
< our expendl ltures has already reaeficd iive hun
edred tniliious;pf dollars. Do gcstiemen real.
ise t;.,k DO osthay ,know what II means p
3 <ltase8S over attempted 10 got any othor con.
eeptiSh of il, than .tiIsf Ii fsa yast sum al
money, beyonl the ordinory iaeaEpre OF cal.
cuiasicnf Let ps Try 60 reailze What II iss--
According 20 the 1ats War Tax rcturps, tho
3 wh6issaluc Of sonth carpi:na, lands, me groe 3
fsahncy ntiptcrest, and tho various Stber item.
B iBctfisd under TINT scheme, wassn. iittic les,
than oursh,ndfed millions Of dollars. aAud
4 the confcdcgacy has spent five hundred n, Il
lions or doi'ars,in the prosecution OF tho wa,
8 thas farssIt is.as though the. whole State o
nouth Carolina had been blottcd from the
Fesourecs Saf tliis Confcdsraey. Nor can VIC
fully estifuate what the war has actually SOS,
oar people, until aH accurate account be takop
as well. .of. tho vast amount Of voluntary con,
tfteptions for l.ospitel porpo.ss raised ly III,
J. esergiss yiassiiyFof tho inoilo- women OF the
land. aspef the maiiifeeut expsnd dltures Of in,
dHidml eitiseHs and corporations Ia raising
and equppins regimcpts FOR The fielf. - ~
-Iet lasyseeas have beons our; ;ex pcnditures
they are daily on. the incrraso. oar arIaic,
rre larger, aftieles Of food, clntLin4snd arnma
rition. arc at enhanced prtees, wliile the scar,
( city OF many articles on the ono hand. aud ,
redgnaaat eayrency on the other, are inoroas
|. Ina our indchtadaexs, in 4 attytwo-fpid, ifno
threg.fnld, grpatss than, tbs past.
h . NsF,s ,ssns long as this war contInncs vii
I the psopie eanseut thst they 30 reduced, nj th,
Z RISK e hakss1 fssm tho eneiny, and. peshaps
Aaat iess. sIf. shawcvcr, homo way May S,
sslsslssd BY wbieit tbis scarcity o. sscossariel
and rednndsucy cf eurfency can 10 rcnoaie1
whifs The Nsr Ii prosecuted with unsbafet
,ssgsr tho hchrts 81 aIrwili bc ehcered asd IN,
b rpidkef ,Ietsrppined resistpnse rendered, II &
~ p"ssibie, more intense. y. Z
~ mHeh. Mr. Speaker, for the amennt O
suf exprsdtasss. let M now look at ano,he,
ssif se9eestea sitlt che carrsscy, it~ great ans
rsp,d acpreeiatiaa Aeeording 70 The ,aarke
s pssiassss ,af trs hsudrsx spa twenty ~,
s. gss ssns., . ~ three fnearsa and twenty ",