Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-11

OF beTmou1s " Genus bAGus nonN4A-'Ss
Ne ONE can have forgdlten the glowing
pomises made by the leading rebels to their
fellow citizens, when theywere persuading
them to join in the great conspiracy
There was to be little or ne fighting. JEFF.
Davis assured his hearefs that he could
hold in his hand all the southern blood
which would be shed. Yyrapid and easy
stages the soath was to aiyance 70 pros
pertty never before dreaded of, was to be-
come vast slave empire In which negroes
should do all the work and the white men
would in luxury, leisure and ease, attain to
a culture, which would outstrfp all that
civilization had yet seem All the citizens
had to do in order to iusqte this result was
to yield the direction Of affairs to Davis,
Toombs, Yancey and q fsF other men, who
magnauimousIy offered 70 take all the
trouble Of guiding the ship Of State, while
the multitude In blissftl repose enjoyed
the delights of the vOyagg, grew richer and
happier day by day, and gained nearer and
more enchanting views ofthat political and
social paradise towards which they were
sailing.
Robert Toombs made speech on the
18th ult., in the Representative Hall at
Milledgsville, in which described very
plainly some of the present destinations of
the vOyagers. Instead Of irevslling in plen.
ty, the people are confronted by gaunt
famine. The self. denying leaders or their
agents have proved to bstyrants, thieves,
robbers. Hear his worda:
81 say to you all in candor, that the
course our g0Ternmept hAs pursued in OBJ.
taiuiug supplies has soNn the seeds OF
discomfort broadcast over the land, aud is
generating hostility e; she government
itselt. Lock At the act pal workings Of
it In you own State. In the northern sec.
tion Of II the hand of Providence has been
laid heavily upon them for the last two
years. Last year the rAiRs we're withheld
from them. Starility cursed, and old
mother Earth seemed to forget her children.
This year the frost has come, and, 10 ad-
ditiOn, the foot Of the invader has been se'
upon the land, and blighted the prospects
of the agriculturists. Famine, war, and
worse than imprestment, has laid his hand
upon them, aud you are asked to make
preparations for the support of many who
will be unable, from these causes, to sup.
port themselves, and hope you will do 1t.
In addition to this, the impressing agent
has gone around, and, in many cases, rob-
bed the families of their meagre support
for the year. AS q consequence, the SOL
diers in the field have become discontented,
and desertions have taken place. II is
useless TO attempt to conceal these facts"
And this is in Georgia, one of the most
fertile and best protected of the rebel
States. No Government has 60 sturdily
resisted the encroaChments of the Confed.
crate Government as Governor Brown.-
Aud yet even in this State, SO remote from
the war, how sad is the condition of affairs.
1t is gratifying to sec that the seeds of
discomfort have been sown broad cast over
the laud, and that hostility to the Govern
ment itself has been generated. The same
complaints, which TOOmbs and the Georgia
Legislature make of the impressmeut
agents, are heard all over the South. The
people do not seem toappreciate the bless.
ing of having their property seized at
valuation, which makes the seizure rob-
berry.
Toombs discovers another trouble, more
serious TO the people than imprsssment
agents, the depreciation bf the rebel cur.
rency. He says: al
"The great error we committed was this.
as soon as VIC issued an amount of monev
adequate TO the wants OF commerce, we
did not stop, we went on increasing the
amount to 10000 600, 400, ,OOO, 900, 6OO,.
600, 900, and the result was inevitable
The depreciation from the lat of March
last TO the LIST of July has been at the rate
Of Eve per cent. per day up to the lat Of
July. It seemed to be overlooked that
while yop increase the issues of the gov
ernment, you, in the same proportion, de-.
preciate the value of the currency. It
cannot be otherwise; It is governed by a
law-law that no human legislation can
control. You may, by appeals TO patriot-
ism, or by Intimidation, induce men to
take it; but after which every means will
fail, and the value of your issues must fl
uAliy be determined by the iuexorabIe
standard Of gold and silver, the worlds
measure. Aud all these laws regulating
the prices of produce, or other articles OF
commerce, and establishing maximums,
will not induce these credits to be taken,
when 1t becomes worthless, aud will have
no other effect thaa 10 discourage industry,