Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-01

discount of our money OF from 90 to .l0(
per cent. "These things Ought not so C
9 Pc" 0aicers ought to be allowed 70, buI
Q what their men need; no one wants orna
9 ments." IN
o Ira n-gi si!tuaa aatt
q AiRehsI ConEressman-l ON the sItua.
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: SPEECH OF J. L. NJ QUAY, o. ALABAMA.
Hon. ]. Z. NJ. Curry addressed larg
number of ladies and gentlemen at bi
!, home in Talladega last week, In which b
dndodheed himself ioandiaate for re-elec
: tion, and stated his posifb1 upon question
at issue. The Tslladsgs fEtoger give
! THE following synopsis Of 81 apeech:
"He justified the secessian Of Alabama
j aud tue establishment Of the Confederate
Gov9FHment. In this connFetion, the i'm
n possibility of co.oPeratiop with other
Southern States prior to SECESSION, without
violation of the Federal obligations, WIS
4 early proven. The moderAliou and wis :
dom of the seceeding Statts preventing
anarchy in the country aud preserving the
charters of freedom, were bought out 10
srriking light. ~Ha us 9s4rni'4
The common imputation that the seces-
siOnists, or what is the saIAs thing, that
| the Confederate Government had brought
on the present war, was denied, aud from
undeniable documentary andhistoric proof
| it was established that LinctlB's Govern~
ment was alone responsiblel for existing
TROUBLES. The charge OF prefpitatiDg the
South into the war was rejected as q Sian.
der and stigma on our gAiIabt soldiers.
Referring TO peace, he said he earnestly
desired and prayed for 40 ho1orable peace
that no propositions for place had ever
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State; that the belief thas peabeS except at
The sacrifice of our liberty apd indepen-
dence, could at any time have teen brought
about, was an ignorant deludohi and CO.
pious extracts were read from President
Davis nesseges, showing ithat President,
Congress aud people of the Confederate |
States earnestly desired a pekoeful solu
tom of the questions at issue The effort |
to organize Peace party in tbs South was |
ID be unjust to Oue sister States, |
grossly wrongful TO the army and an en- |
couTagemeut to our enemies y persevere !
in their unhallowed designs. Whatever of /
peace sentiment exists, or has found eL-
preston at the North, WAS based exclusive
lly on the idea of Reconstruction, aud that |
was a proposition too nonstrous to be
tolerated by any SoutheFnerI While he I
would not sickle on any rules of false |
peace, he had more hope in oohquering a |
peace than hnmoly begging the Yankees
to abandon their wicked purposes. 1t
peace be desired by the North, q Withdraw
az Of their army from onr soil Reuld ac- |
comptish ait.i IN ssii.la- 90 h-l
The financiat condition of the country !
was then adVsrted to, aud the injurious
effects of redundant currency, in enhanc-
ing prices and increasing our indebtedness,
without an adequate return, Here fully |
presented = The necessity of the Funding |
hiIl, to arrest the progressive expansion of |
the currency, and convert the surplus into |
bonds, payable at q remote period, was
ilustrayed, and satisfactory extracts from
the reports of Mr.. MemmingeF and Mr.
Hunter we're produced to show the wisdom |
and good faith Of the measure.
As an auxiliary to the funding process,
audsto reduce our currency and restrain |
our credit the Tax bill WAS defended
Many of it's features were objectionable;
amendments would improve some of its
parts, but the general principle of a tax
on incomes of productions was good, and
the necessity was imperative. The advan'
tage of,an income tax was, that it adjusted
itself to the inequalitiesEof the war. The
tax in kind, or the tithe, was explained at
length, and while novel and unusual, by a
series of practical arguments; il was made
apparent that the Government would be
withdrawn to a great extent from the mar
ket, asa purchaser of the sores proper for
the subsistence and forage of the armyi
that the tax in produce could be paid by
the farmer with more ease than in any
other mode; that the Government. as the
great pnrehhser, being practically with
drawn frou the market, iDdividuals would
purchase at lower rates; that the currency
\
to pnrehase the articles in kind, and that
the debt would besensibly diminished.
The resOurces Of our country we're dis 4
eassed, and our ability exhibited TO pay
debt contracted in a war of'independeuce. of
Mr.. Curry expressed the hope that the
war would not be of long cOntinnauee;
showed that God had graciously cOmmiu-
| gled it with good ! that heuceforth We
would be a separate people. free from Yam
kee ideas, Yankee books, and their corrupt
society, corrupt politics and false religion
that this was a time for faith and resOlu-
ton, and that what had been accomplished
was the strongest incentive TO renswed and
hopeful exertions. bid s .sa5I} l-
The whole speech was plain, practical
and argumentaIive and every one who
heard il felt that, whatever else might be
said of our representative, he was unnsu-
ally bold and frank in the aVoWal Of his
opinioasP PsaBE{ ss5i.1.4ju ld- sol ls4
--. ls40 Big 10. .a-.
.5t ~. ~ I'oUR NAVY
Under this caption, the Richmond R1ig
lso,s..,,li.,s5.., 5Ss eiii 1aii l1a9aH-a
"Thes.. recent decision of the Lord Chief
Baron of England in the the case Of The
Alexandra, is worthy of the special aIten-
lJi0a-Of oNr Secretary of the Navy, While
I that decision has to be affirmed by a higher
court, to which appeaT has been taken, be-
fore i becom operative, the probabilities
of its. being sustatned are sufficiently strong
TO warrant preliminary steps on tbe part OF
our naval authorities toward the copstrue-
Lion of 6. formidable navy. - -