Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-01
AFTER Us, TIE DEUCE"

This ia now The motto and maxim, not only
of the Yankee goTernmen,, but OF the Who:
people Of tina, mos. abandoned county,
Mcs. Of the car,pg newspapers refrain IRON
speakiug Gut the truth ard aTcwing openly
the base policy to which they are sl commit
.ed; but: there is one New FORK paper. who-s
name is another word for infamy, and give:
forth a. evil odor in the nostrils Of every hon,
e, nan-a journal which never scrup!e:
% proclaim aloud, with a melancholy au
dacity, every loathsome thought which i
knows 70 be in The heart Of its people, and
which is sure 10 be the more priced and the
more Influential, the more boldly 1t announce:
and even anticipates every fraudulent device
Of the Yaokee nature. Decent persons have
o natural fepugnancs TO mention the
name Of this paper, OF esen refer 10 1t dis
;antIy. No Seed 20 name it, however, as the
xbcye description is sufficient 70 identity IT.
Now this ramei.ss. organ has an article dila-
ting upon the vast prosperity" Of the Yam
kee country, the Increased price Of its stocks,
the abundance Of its money, de-. and con-
Guiding thus
Our finances and our will con-
.inue 70 a,a.i,l. Our commercial intercourse
is open with the whole world, and ou. ship
ping whiten4 cTery Tea. But our own inter
nsl trade is immense, borne o:er immense
lines of railroad and naTigable waters. The
manufacturers Of New England and Pennsvl-
yaniA are making fortunes, owing 10 the mo-
noDo!y given them by the tariff, which shuts
on; foreign competition. The dry g9nis mer-
chants are doing q vas, business, because mo-
ney il plenty and everybody can buy. Specu-
la;Ors IN stocks hare made thei. millions. And
all this DrD- ,eriry - likely ~ continue 10 tie
end Of M uar, p.oride1 the war is ended in
a reasonable time. But when the war i. o:cr.
and time for settlement: arrives, then there will
be a general smash. bo'h financial and com
l~nerciai. The people are only nov beginning
u pay the direct taxes bu, when they have
borne the burden for rxo Or three years they
will think il 10 time to get rid Of il altogether.
o. ~ greatly lessen the load Of interest. In
fact, they will refuse 10 pa- i, and then down
will 20 the Federal paper, and with i, the pa
Ter Of the banks, and every kind Of CONNER
cial paper ard the wealthy who hold the
government securities will then be the chief
sufferers. This financial and commercial cri-
Els would be brought about By the natural
reaction in every kind Of business consequent,
upon the cessation IF The war, and the rapid
depreciation Of the enormous amount of paper
currency in circulation, which would be then
without employment. But it is the tax which
will precipitaue the castrophe. Lt crsry one.
therefore, nor make hay uhUs he sun shivs.
But when the war is ended, and the reckoning
comes to be paid. then let our prudent oe"
stand from under the falling ruins"
All this is quite Ineligible it il the war
which is keeping up the credit Of their curren-
cy, while it is enormously increasing the
quantity Of that currency. Until the end Of
the war" everybody vii, have plenty Of mo
ney, and can make plenty more but the mo-
ment the war ends, down sinks the whole pa
per bubble. Therefore, let everybody make
hay while the sun shines"-anl then, just be.
fore the final smash, let prudent men stand
from under; that is to say, let the pruden!
men get rid of stocks, bills, bonds and securi.
ties Of every kind, public and private, pru-
IDENTIFY putting them OF upon those who are
less prudent, 50 that when Reputation and
universal ruin come. only the s~inpleminded
people may suffer. Then will be general
smash, both financial and corumercial," and
those who have abundance Of Government Ia
per in their hands, and hare not been prudent
enough 10 realize while the sun shone, (tbati,,
the great mass Of the p"pnlati9n,) will then
be beggars.
This programme is not COW adverted 10
merely 10 excite disgu5tat its ~undisyuised ras.
cali.y; but, first, to point Gut the fact that the
rogues count upon the sun shining while tie
war lasts; their Sun is the War-Peace is
sudden eclipIe and chaos. We have tiled 10
demonstrate this several times; but scarce
hoped to see it 50 plainly avowed by our enc.
mies. And this being the case, what hope l.
there that the peace democrats" can success.
fully oppose the power and policy Of Lincoln
Is it not plain even, that the "~peace-demo
cra,s" if they should come into power would
from that moment become war-democrats?-
What. is the war never to end at ell them
Are va to fight all our lives, and leave our
children on inheritance of neverending battle?
The answer 10, tina. we can hasten the break
up Of the whole Northern concern, If ~e shall he
enabled to bring the war homs to the enemy's
door, and keep it there-not otherwise. BY con
tinuslly standing on the defensive only. we shall
be enhancing their stocks, enabling everybody
to get rich, interesting more and moro of them
in the great business Of warm one word, We
shall keep their sun shining. At this day it is
as true as it has ever been, that peace will come
to us only when it has been conquered upon
Yankee ground. II we cannot do that. We may
as well apply ourselves. here'at the South also, to
war Is the regular business Of our generation,
aud transmit II in full blast to the next.
But it is also useful to contemplate that expose
Of Yankee policy, made By the journal without a
name, in order TO bring into clearer light the
horrible and scsndalous fate that wsuld swat us
If we we're such IDIOTS and such beasts as to
dream Of joining our fortunes and destinies
ever again to those Of the Yankee nation, upon
any terms whatever. We, on our eide, have
trusted that our cause is holy and just. and bless
ed by Heaven. If we have accumulated n debt
upon ourselves and our children. it has been az
a painful necessity, to win the priceless bless
ing of independence for ourselves; not to invade
and plumber our neighbors. Upon US the war
does not shine as a sun Of prosperity. The fruit
Of the war, as we hope. will DO to Us not wealth
and infamy; but suffering, privations and an hon.
orable fame. Above all, no Confederate deserv
ing that name can bear to think upon a de-
liberate reputation Of our public engagements
The price of independence is heavy-but it'll
worth the purchase and that independence mus
not be furnished with disgrace. The Yankee ma,
ton can accept shame and make itself at hom'
with shame, wear shame rs a phylactery upon it