Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-22
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A careless observer, or a Rebel sym.
pAthizer or sropperhsad win naturally
come to the conclusion. ..beeause il il bis
wish, that oar national currency has de-
prsciaied, owiugio the discrepancy be-
tween Il and gold. AIthoagh the latter
has deprecated considerably within the
last four days, to the great sorrow u
gold spectators, Il l. still higher than
the legitimate demands of trade viii
warrent
Nov if gFeenbacks have deprecated
how much more gold can be- purchased
foe Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio or Eastetn
Bank raperg The answer will be I" no.
cent" II the national currency has
deprecated then Kentucky, Indiana and
other banks have deprecated likewise
Now il is evident that this is not the
case, for they are just as good as ever.
The State Bank Of Indiana. no doubt,
has just as much specie in her vaults for
the redemption Of her circulation as
ever, and no doubt is just as able to do so
as ever
We, therefore, mast come TO the con
elusion thA, gold has advanced. in con
sequence OF tho great demand for il, as
is usually the case with all speculative
commodities, or because few Wall
street brokers or gamblers have the
means of keeping up their gambling pro-
pensities II there is better evidence
wanted 70 prove that il is u mere spscu-
latise or gambling Operations just witness
the variations in the price Of gold within
the last week in Wall Street, New York.
One day last week il varied as much as
eighteen cents in iorty-eight hours, aud
this week there Is still further depreei-
alton. Now il the National sreenbacks
have really deprecated. aud are leeom
ing worthless, as the Copperheads cay
they have, why is il that gold has fallen
while there have been no army move
ments, Our armies have suffered no
defeat, no reason whateser for this SUI
den change than the fact that il was only
the Wall Street gamblers that caused the
1 advance.
Now, what should be done to bring
down the price Of gold3 Why, we must
stop exporting il BY increasing the du-
I ties on imported goods, to such rate as
scill eeualise our imports gitA our er-
port4 Let as adopt that truly Ameri-
can system, that re sill not bHy frOsa
forsiga nations mere than fhsy bay JfOEl
as. Our aim should be, in the FIRST place,
TO levy high tariff TO protect and en-
courage our own manufactures. (and
am glad to learn that Congress is nos ia
fair way Of doing 50, and thus ensonr'
age and strengthen them, and at the
same time we viii diminish the imports
and consequently stop the export q
gold.
These ends can be accomplished il
different ways One Is BY legislation, g.
above suggested. and the other by de
termination on the part Of all the pAiri
osic ard loyal people everywherethrOugh
out the country TO refuse TO Purchss'
articles or goods Of foreign manufscinr'
or production. unless they can be pro
; dueed in this country, or actual ne
!; cessaries of life. A very large portion
}, OF the precious metals which are export
) ed from this country are used to pay 70
Injuries, such as silks, fine French cloths
and other costly, unnecessary and ez
e sravagant fabrics, wines, liquors, cigar:
s and many other articles not ofprime ne
: seessisy. No one has right, in Ties
& irving times, in our nations ssruggle "a