Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-15


Alabama has issued the following address to the Plant.
e's Of AlahGmA:
A PLAN srATIMISr-AEsPIciTULLT SUBMITTED TO rHE
PLASrERs OF ALBANIA,
The S.orstry OF the Treasury invites your co-opera-
ton 10 the rts he Is nov making 10 restore the cur.
reney 10 healthy standard, and 10 ,f.cs, il possible,
from cur frances the brand OF rel u liation.
Toe abe fnsncer now At the head of that Depart
msnt Of q Government doubtless devise way for
the salvation Of the National credit but the worn
must be wrought by the people themseVes for unless
his measures receive their confidence and suppo,t all
bis firts vill be fruitess.
To pr cure the necessary supplies for subsistng the
armies Of tho Conederacy, the Secretary proposes in
leu OF TasuTy notes, to far possible the 81 il
per osn'. certificates Of Indebtedness aud the six per
cent long date, non-taxAble bonds issued under the
act Of February H. 1864.
The character VI these securities and the mods In
which they can be used by discussing officers are ex-
pa ned 10 the annexed circular lser and regulations
Of the o mmisssry General.
The qaestn j., will receive these securities In
pa, ment for your surplus supplies
lt Is geavs question, because your refusal VII be
disastrous TO tie country. Look &C IL cody and dis
passionately, and In temper heated ard IL ,msd
with the irritating reHscon chat you hold irsiy 10.
saisf 81 claims large amount gaDs the oyern men,
What is that 6oVeIpmeni Not a foreign despotio
power nimca to your interests and aiming TO desFSe
ycu of your proper without just compensation for It's
6uCluWoQL ana aSBEanuAsUdntt OUT simply q lev
o. your own fellow citizens organ sed Il we're into
tuliness concern or general agency, conduct the
pgbfc affairs, under laws enacted by your own repre-
.. nta ives, for the common interest and welfare,
through the trying ordeSl Of war (Saged on our par
or Liberty and Independence.
Tie pager you already hold, aud the securities
,sred 20 ytu though n0minallJ issued In the OF
the Government, are resly and practically your own
property ior the Tedsm dOn OF which The properly Of
yourselves aud your children is 81 ssersdiy pledged
human laws and obligations can bind people and their
Pos'eriY.
Ia state Of the sphere OF duty ana obligations
Of certain classes Of citizens kre clearly marked out BY
their occupations.
There can be no question that il is Jour business
AID your duty at this day aud hour feed the armies
of the Ooniedlia5y.
This responsibility rests not ca the Government but
upon ycu, and you cannot e'cspe 1t or shirk t.
II ycur hopes Of independence blasted from this
ca1se, end there is really noE no other ground Of
doubt or anxiety, the everlasting stigma of the dgrsoe
viii rect on the planters Ct the Sou b.
What DC We ask you TO dor Give Us food for the
soldiers that your armies may be msilsans 10 the 6Ed
You have is In abundance. We onl, want the surplus
IN your bands. VIA else can you do With il! You
cannot consume II yourteyss. VOC cannot hoard Is for
the uure for the articles are psriahabe and Won can
MOI snd market for IT, unless you sell It to the Gov
G rlmenk
l. you will INSIST that the securities We of e, and
ahih you ace bond BY every principle oil honor snd
justice to redeem By the payment Of taxes on your