Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
SPIRIT OF THE CONSIDERABLY PRESS.
tE.on The Ecu lhern Co Sederacy |


We feel moro encouraged with regard to-
the prospects of the country hnAncially-
every way 10 which money ia involved in or
can influence our cAuse-thsn Al any time since
the question of our government fl 1ances be-
came q serious one.
Prices of everything are tumbliug refresh
ingly about our ears. Many articles Of ne.
cessiiy are worth fully 20 per cent. less than
they were two weeks ago; that ia, Oonfed-
crate notes are worth fully that much more
in public estimation than .wo weeks ago.
What has given this confidence which wed
rapidly on the decline so recently
T~o things ma:uly. The arat is the large
| furainf cfnatos sisce thu, passage of tho cur
| reuey sct. LIST ercting we wess informed
by Uoi. jain W. Duncan, the geutlemsnly
Dsposi ary for this CITY, that up to that tins
There had bssn fuadsd with him sl,232 600
We learn that the people IF other localities
have fuaded equally as largely if not m orc 20
than in A;'snrs. If az much AZ sll0, 000nn0
| have been funded, it will very seusibly ttfsct
| tho cur, cncJ for good.
The second and the Min thing. however,
il tie prospect Of thu tiaai passage of tho tx
bill by Ootgse 's-we moan tho bill to tax
agricultural products in kind, az we'll ss real
estate and sll other property. certain rate
to be paid in oney. 1f,hia ia. bill becum,
law--'f which We have re dou5i-it will
week tho grsndest financial reform of any
legislative u.eI.u-e TIA. over was adopted. 1t
| will stop the issus Of ail Treasury notes for
any rurpose, (uniesp II te u build nGvy.)
Ii viii provision snd forage tho army with
| out buying for its supper; a. the tax to ba
paid in money will pay the interest on tho
public debt and all tbs othe, ordinary expenses
IF the Government. When the day CONES
that VIZ can g on with the war without
going any further in dsbt-withnut issuing
any more notes-tben Confederate credit WILL
go up high. and no man will dnub. ether our
finnl SUCCESS or our ability OK certainty 10
pay cur public dcbt promptly. IL is the tfs.
g,7rns remedy that tinges with invigoratirg
COW sr in tie ends Of tho fingers of ths b,dy
polite.
tVsoa the sinslfpI:n.l
Our object just now, howeve', in calling at
ttulinn TO the subj C. 10 simply to express a
hope that our Adm n s..,;ioh st Richm ond will
II now that NO have done all thst our own
ffiehdly feelings aud to dignity Ct the CON
fsdetscY called n?oI ~ 70 do to make f,ior d.
ly advances To utbar Nations, and, as formally
as We ctnla, to place before them our deaire
so lie III 'eius y: eh.'ty, and to reciproc.tc
gocd CTlic.s recall our ministers or Con-
nissione:s. nr whatever they may be called,
that are n dancing attendance at the back
doa,s If foSssu niniateTs, subject to tho
"snl b. Of Russell, the "sco:n of auother,"
or Tho "con.unely" of third diplcm,t.
/. Is worse than useless, ii is injurious to
our standing as a separate people, to our own
s,if-respsc', and to eventual recognition as
full grown ration, the equal Of tho proudest
| among them, TO conIinue our representatives
- The representatives IT US as a nation In Pc.
| sitions ,nst have bsoome now, whatever they
may hayo been heretofore, subservient and
| Illuminating
Having ia spirit that is not afraid CT low
eIinr its dignity by making the first advances
prs Ecrsd nur friendship, and had as CURLY
rejected r5 England through hcr Russell has
done, we must tic satisfied that Il want no
official intercou go with as let Va, then, with
draw eur p-of :, "mois III SORROW than in
| snger," nat that 40 fsel cur position Us losR-
! eno,l or any w"y Weakened thereby, or cur
| pride hurt hn' tina: "ceace and good will to-
wsId lien" dcaa Hoi mole prevail smorg
those IN high p'acos. And as they will not
accc ut our tsItc CT Of Uffic;sl intercourse with
than OIL .hor sill, let US cuS of also tho
qlasi-.!h ;lal Intercourse which they have,
through eur fcrto.: .rce, m.in tn;ne on ours,
through G. n 'als Accredited, not 10 US, but to
onr en'miss j, each CASES, surely it's 3
p '6r :nfa that dos 81. work both ways.