Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-05

:!"s,ii".; !,oliJ !:e imported except articles :,
pr:aA i:rcssity. The effect would be to pre-
g.". :. !..:gr amount Of waste and extraYa.
&n:.'r s: i:"me-ta sharpen our industrial an.
ini*nnS. iacalties-and 10 accumulate "A larc )
amount Of sterling exchange abroad.
( No business should be tolerated which look
20 iiactuatoii5 IN the currency Of the county,
and the stocks Of the Government for prospr..
rity. isa instincts would naturally seek to az
/ sravate Iese fluctuations, while all its pnwer
| would be cuertci to appropriate and SECURE all
| the advantages Incident thereto. Al orsaI.-
| lzed money power, actively engaged in unset
| tiing the publ;c credit, is y foe greatly to DC
dreaded, and shsuld he controlled bv the
sterrest legislation. Perhaps no currtnoy
ever existed which had so MANY agencies :,t
/ work Cor its destruction as that Of the Confed.
crate States. And the Few scheme of curren
cy aud finance which will, presume. soon
t.ke The place of that which now exists, must
be strengthened aEd protected by timely h.
gisiatOn. As 4 part thereof let all buyinc
and selling Of gold and silver, all dealing in
State or CoutSdora.e % cu,renc, CT the cnrreacv
Of their several agehcie', NIL stpcE iobbinr .irr
State or Con!e1ernte bonds, all recent OF
Federal currency Of any description; be pro-
hibi:ed, and let those violating such Law: b.
severely punished.
1t is now time 70 hasten these remarks 10 an
end. | may seem to have abandoned scme OF
my old CHERISHED opinions. But in advocating
the maxlmum-in seeming to approve the
policy Of limiting, by lGw, the price of money,
anu IN pi"posinS 10 retH.n IL the agency of
banks ior Tie management Of tho nubiic troa,
sure, rraounce no ia and cherished cpinions,
AMI oniy Weld to the extraordinary c.rcum-
strnccs which surround us.
In thu suggestions which ! have made, |
Ea'e l"oXed ior the best means of meeting rha
peril that L. upon ls. In the plun which /
aavr presented have contemplated sys.em,
each measure OF which is necessary % the
other. 1t will be observed that some Of tlem
will be- more effective by cooperative legi1l..
ton, which. On the part Of Virginia, vii! never
be withheld.
Virginia entered into this war with rel:;s-
tance; but having entered into It from !; sensn
OF du:y. she d0e~ not mean to shea.be her
sword until she has won her liberty and indie
pendenue, or the homes c6her last son shall lie
bleaching "n her hill.tops. Although hun-
dreas Of thousands Of her people have been
ovcTrun by the enemy. their fields deSolatsi.
their homes utterly consumed, in many easoA
hE IRE: thelr SirrR QeTOuren, ueStroyeu or
carried away: their slaves enticcd from their
possas>ipn, while the hlood of their loved ones
uoisien every bastie.tield: yet they are un--
conquered bright, bold and defiant; they are
still prepared to suffer. sye cannot boiie's
t;.at our So,d God will allow such "a Just
cans" rs ours TO he lost. Much rs We have
duncmuc! remairs to DC done. Let us rcsolvcto
make csesv sacrifice in a cheerful and hope
iul s!iri'-in short, perform cur whole du'y-
aud then, with tho blessings Of Heavon, wo
canaot hc suhi,ued.
The peck occupied an hour in lts delivery,
alter whicl. tbc usual oaths Of Office w.ro ed
min!ste!cd by Judge Il. G. J.. Monca"s, Of the
Supreme Court, and the people, after paying
tIisir resr"s;s 10 l'is Excellercy, elcwly dis
ncr,ci