The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-24

general to government and Notwithstanding the
very roots OF faith and confidence among men
Debtors urge it, and profit by it. Those who want
their votes concur. If they will not keep their faith
on their own contracts they likely to send agents
who will levy tax them that shall enable their
government to keep its faith-to observe sacredy
the obligation Of public contracts-to pay punctu-
ally interest," and finally principal? If man feels
well founded in morals in paying has debt only when
1t is convenient and profitable to do So will not the
same man feel we'll founded in patriotism in seek,ne
only tme through his representative in Legislative
body, when it is also convenient and profitable to him
to aid his government in paying it's debts? And un-
less such holds the debts of his government to
an amount bearing large proportion to his entire
estate ne may oe slow indeed to find any time when
it may he convenien, and profitable to him to pay
heavy tax order maintain the faith and credit o.
the government towards other people. There is such
thing as reputation of debts 10y governments and
indviduas-such thing as scaling -them-such =
thing as default in paying the interest on them. Who
leads government i'll such slough Of despond p
It's constituency NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. So in Eepub.
lican forms OF poity. And now mark my prediction
Those who are trying to drive others to vest all their
means in government securities while then avoid with
holy horror, such securities Themselves will be the
ciamorers, the leading clamorers against the neces-
sary taxation which must be instituted, and kept up
too to redeem the government securities.
Government reputation, bad faith, is but the
reflex OF individual reputation and bad faith where
individuals, being majority, make the government
speak their sentiments and immitate their conduct
And as sure as you have selfish, defaultng repu.
dating, tuithess, swiridlng constituency SO sure will
you have a government that will exactly represent
them
. we are not satisfied to receive Confederate mo-
ney in payment of debt, it is equally worthless tc
pay us for our corn and our bacon " So say you sir
in your preface to the article from the Edgefed AG
OerttSer. How so? If the seller of corn and bacor
be debtor (and that he may or may not be) and his
creditor does not demand payment does not want it
1--WE all know he can't enforce it) is such seller O
corn and bacon, who is also debtor, worthy object
OF tender commissei aton-an nconsolabe sufferer
: like Patience on monument smiling at grief? III.
IS III tears, let us suppose, because his pockets arc
about to burst with Confederate NOES having recently
sold MS products at the TuinouS prices OF the day
ou ofier him sympathy-ask the cause of his distress
lie puboers out, " am nearly sulfocated by Treasury
Notes. owe debt, and have owed it these ten
years. 1T is true as you suggest my friend / could
have paid it by selling my truck last YEAR and for
currency too that my creditor would have been glad
to take to pay his taxes and procure his supplies at
specie prices but would have received so little OF
1t that hated TO sacrifice poor cufeys hard labor
and my creditor did not press In fact forgot it
till l sold M corn, bacon and cotton last week-and
now my conscience prcks me, and + am vehementlv
anxious to pay my patient creditor-but alas alas he
he turn traitor ear-he declines to take nv MONEY
and thus speak it with sorrow) he is discreditnp
th. Treasury Notes of our common and dear countrv
All! my friend, he is fy-blowing the credit of the
government-and he ought to have the bastnado an.
piled either by government ana,hema and the hot
poker OF taxation, or else in the shape of general
persecution, until he Shall relieve my pocket and nv
conscience, and thus prove himself patriot"
= You reply, "your is a very prevalent one
just now; sometimes called the squinteyed disease
which makes man see mote in his brothers eye and
overlook the beam in his own-sometmes called opt
cal aHuston, which is shown by mstakng "a hawke
Tor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the aCallet disease which
exists when one sings wallet across his shoulder
and puts his neghbors faults in the pocket before and
MS own IN that behind, always, therefore, inspecting
and magnifyng his neighbors, and never seeing his
own. 1t is sometimes classed generally as the dis
ease OF sey.regarding monomania have, happily.
complete easy, convenient and speedy remedy"
speak 1t, says the lacrymose penent You an
swer deliberately Take the Confederate Bonds aoit1
you' money Your creditor does not interfere with
you. The Legislature God rest its humane soul, hoe
ana comfort Don't d'scredt thr government securi.
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