Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-07-31
Mr.. Curry's speech

home 10 Talladcga sast week in which he
announced him elf candidate for re cleo
tion and stated his position Upon Questions
at issue. From the Talladega Natckfontf
we get very succinct synopsis Of his re-
marks upon topics of general interest;
Passing from these personal considefa-
lions, he justified the secession of Alabama,
and tie establishment Of the Confederate
Government. In this connection the inn
possibility of co operation with other South
err States prior to secession. without vio-
latfor Of the Federal obligations, was clear
ly proven The moderation and wisdom
Of the seeding States, in preventing an
archy and preserving the charters Of
freedom, We're brought out in striking
light
TIE common importation that the seces-
siohists, or what is the same thing, that the
Confederate Government, had brought on
the present war, was denied, and from un-
deniable documentary aud historic proof it
was established that Mncofn's Government
was alone responsible for existing t.o6btes.
The charge of precipieatirg the South into
the war was rejected as slander on our
and stigma OF our gallant soldiers.
Referring to peace, be said that be ear
nestly desired and prayed for an honorable
peace-that no propositions for peace had
ever been made by Lincoln or any North
ern State, that the belief that peace. ex-
cept at the sacrifice Of odr liberty end in
dependence, could, at any time have beer
brought about was an ignorant delusion !;
and copious extracts were read from Presi-
dent Davis messages, showing THAT Pres
ident, Congress, and people Of the Confed-
|erate States earnestly desired peaceful So
luton" Of the questions at issue. The eff
fort to organize peace party in the South
was declared to be unjust to our sister
States, grossly wrongful to the army, and
an encouragement to our enemies to perse-
we're IN their unhallowed designs. What
ever of peace sentiment exists, or has
found expression at the North, was based
exclusively on the idea of reconstruction.
and that was a proposition too monstrous
to be tolerated by any Southerner. While
be would not sickle on any rules Of false
propriety in making propositions for peace,
he had more hope in conquering a peac 6
than in humbly begging the Yankees tc
abandon their wicked purposes. If peace
be desired by the North, withdrawal Of
their army from our soil would accomplish
lit.
The financial condition of tie country
was then adverted to, and the injurious eff
fects of a redundant currency. in enhancing
prices, and increasing our Indebtedness
without an adequate return. were fully pre-,
scented. The necessity of the funding bill
to arrest the progressive expansion Of the
currency, and convert the surplus into
bonds, payable at remote period, was IL
Illustrated, and satisfactory extracts from the
reports Of Mr.. Memmipger and Mr.. Hun
ter, we're produced to show the wisdom and
good faith of the measure.
AS az auxiliary to the funding process,
and to reduces our currency and restrain
our credit the fax bin was defended
Many Of its features were Objectionable
amendments would improve some Of its
parts. but the general principle OF tax on
incomes or productions was good, and the
necessity was Imperative The advantage
of an income tax was, that It adjusted it.
self to the inequalities of the war. The
tax in kind, or the 1.-THE, was explained q,
length, and while novel and unusual, by a
series of practical arguments, it Was made
apparent that the Government would be
withdrawn to great extent from tho mar.
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the subsistence and forage Of the army
that tax in produce could be paid by the
farmer with more ease than in any other
mode; that The Government, as the great
purchaser, being practically withdrawn
from the market. individuals would pur-
chase at lower rates; that the currency
would be relieved Of su amount necessary
to purchase the articles in kind, and that
the debt rould be sensibly dimirishel.
The resources Of cur country we're dis
cusscd and our ability exhibited to pay a
debt contracted 10 war cf independence.
Mr. Curry expressed the hope Chat the
war would not be of long continuance =
,, showed that God had graciously comming-
led it with good-that henceforth we would
be separate people, free from Yankee
ideas, Yankee books, and their corrupt So
ciety corrupt politics and false religion
that this was time for faith and resolu-
ton, and that what had been accomplished
was the strongest incentive to renewed and
hopeful exertions.
The whole speech was plain. practical,
argumentative and every one who heard
it, felt, that whatever else might be said OF
our representative, he was unusually bdl.i
and frank in the ayowal Of his opinions.-
Sentinel.
TIE LADIES or WTrns~ft.hE The
ELynchburg Republican says, that a gentle
man who Vas present when the Yankee:
made theft raid Upon WythctiIls. exfols II
the highest terms, the heroic condtict OF th.
ladies Of tie town While tie hslit wa
raging aud the bullets were flying thick ane
fast around them. they were calm ard ul
moved and cIeefed ON their friends and
relatives to fight to the last gasp After
the vandals had set fire to the town aud re.
treated, with their own hands these heroic
ladies assisted il subduing the hanes End
but for their tcrculean Efforts, the whole
town 7yot1d have been laid in ashes Thi,
was done under circumstances the most Try
NO TO the female heart their husbands. an !
| brothers, and friends. having beef carried
of by the enemy. and they being ignorant
IF their fatn