Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-09-21
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call very loudly upon. the ieople to Hook we'll to
their own concerns, and toascertain, n thoy can,S
tho cause of their pecuniay difficulties, and the
enormous cost Of Living The first and great
eauee of the Present famic price ofsprovisioDs
is the conducts tbssGossn Commissioners
for assessing tho price Eof s,rain., With the mo-
tiyes of thoss:g satae lemon ic haye nothing TO do,
aud shall coy nSthine on aat point. We consider
tho question :sihply ina napeial light; and in
that aspect ge;aro bound 5 pronounce the con-
dact Of these Commissioner asmarked by the most
unparalleled Ignorance. Just atthe time when
the new Currency Bill hsdcommenced i.s opera
tions, when several -millbn of Treasury Notes
had been Withdrawn fron circulation: on the
day whom the psople bad. ben promised that the
currency would be improyd andthe cost Of iis-
ing dilainished, these. c.amissionsrs. come for.
award-lle the evil gcnius!of the couutry-and
in the tenerity of their 4isiorance,;by ono fatal
net, defeat atterly oil the legislation ofSeonsress
Ison. the currency question. They destroyed oiec-
tually by their decree, all hat nbi'ed wisdom
Of the country had done, q cOuld do to restore
the currency. When they raised tie Govern
nent price Of corn to SIS, tIey. .struck fatal blow
at Government credit. ItEas not so much the
nero amount of. money lhat the Government
would lose by the ihcrensedprice Of corn, butthe
Injury Was this. Just at tie moment when the
whole country was expeetl,g an improvement II.
/ the currency, Government sficers iaise the price
of corn 100 per cent in q d@t; thus prociaimipg
to tho public that notwithstanding sill Congress
had done, the currency The country had de-
preriu,,d, and gould continue dtpreciate. Their
proclamation had the effective dc notsay The
desired or antieipated effect-but the sfaee that
destroyed as
once The copfdenco eide public in the new Issue,
and Carried up >*hs price of everything to TIE
rrasent ru;rous point. "a
The question now presents itself: who is-bene.
fitted by putting bread ut.famine pricssf. We
answer, no one-but every member of. the com.
munity is injured, This We hope TO show yOu
Who is benefited byputtins corn ats $1oa bushal
Every man, we suppose, WHO, has corn to sell,
thinks himself benefited and,it. is just this-de-
lusion that is running the country. Suppose
! planter has corn ts sen. ard he gets the market
5 price-s1O or .sio busbel.i This noney he must
either spend for tho neecssares Of life, or invest
Z tin prcperty,i. e. land aud negroes, er in Gov
. crnmcDt Bonds. 1t will aforementioned that,
having no specie, bread has beerTe in tho Con.
fsderate States the standard of value; and u
the price of bread rises or falls, all other com
uodities rise or fall in proportion. Thus when
4 corn sells at $40 II bushel, you will get no more
meat, or cloth, or sugar, or salt, for bashel OF
corn than you would il ,cOrS.wss selling atSl.Oo
If you waIit TO ;Avest money 10 lands or slaves
!. you Sad tho same fact starring you in the face
!. The people are under q most fatal dolusion ths
they are getting rich under these high prices fol
provisions. Nor is it anything new that awhol'
country should be fatally doIuded upon fnan
cial question. !" The South Sea Bubble" in'th'
reign of George lst, delrded the. whole English
nation; millions were suIik and thousands Of il
noccnt pcysons hopelcs.ly tuined.. II the people
of tho Confcdcracy can accumulate property a
this time. it will be done IN opposition to al tht
recsiysd f,les of Political Economy.
A man vac never known tosrow rich ~ ire
ding with himrolC This Is just The condition O
the people Of his Coniederacy. To whom is thu
Planter and the Manufacturer selling his grain
and his cloth. lie scls for" Confederate Notes,
and consequently to the makers of those notes
7fBut who IS tho Drawer f-thesoar notes
The. common, ,answor wonld be-: tho Goysrnmept
I, Now Ws ERsT IBat TIE -us1c1v. 'er rots r re
lpohsbls for its pa5soept.,hslse cen be sued a
law, and his goods solata fa.iSy the note. Bu
ss opine that it W0uA prove fsther m unprofta
!, bio business 10 sue the Confederate aovernmen
for one thousand million doIlais. II might turr
out nulla bona ca.e Ehilesben the secretar,
of the Treasuryis the ostensi:g. drawer Of tbeut
notes, he is in r0ip, of fact nut the ogens Of 6
i Company. The Principal, theTe.poasi1lc party
for these notes, is the peop:e sf the Confederate
Str "a. If those notes are eyer paid they mus
be paid by the people Of the, sonfaderacy.
;. I. Hoald be well then for tho PLANTER and Manu-.
factursr to undsrstend now thas when he Is sell.
3 ing his goods for Treasuty nees he is selling 70,
his own paper. He promiseasto pay the holder
Of the raid rotes so many d6fisrr in gold or sill
4 yer coin six months sitter treaty of peace, with
] Eihe United States. Hence tts exact amount Of
promissory noteS issued bys,he Treasurer, will
hbs the amount Of ,he debt which the people will
have To- pay at the end oftais war. Now the
amount Of that debt. will dspsd upon the eokt Of
the war and this cost will dst.nd upOrihe price
lahat doyernment has to pny.sfaf provisions and
I clothes TO supply the armys
Hence it 10 s.if-eYident lhA 1.-THE Planter and
Manufacturer require ,he GsY.rpmept 10 pay s.