Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-02-05
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IFrom the Raleigh ~. O. Progress, Dec. 22.J
Pe0oc alone o1u yrereui starroiiouf Il D.,
follv to talk 10 us about there bein. enough
supple, in the country. such j, not the fact,
and those who adhere 10 such proposition
vii find out. when 1t l. too late, that they
haHc been mistaken Confederate money Is
bad enough We know, but the dearth Of pro-
visions in the market is not caused 10y want
Of confidence In the currency, but becaus.
the producers have nothing to bring N. Ncn
who can command mean, are gathering up
geld. silver, bank notes and Treasury notes.
witt which to buy pork in adjoining counties,
and Will be thankful TO get 1t upon the terms
and for the bare subsistence offered How
thu VIII 1t be with those vino have nothing
bet the pttance in Confederate money, earned
in sewing or other work. When the currcn-
cy of the government ceases 10 serve a. a
Hssus of trade, and Will no longer pay what
sht soldiers and the people want, the army
and the people mil resoire he0iSeires INTO a
1ne5, and those rho hare m'S'ed and rlnne9
thu ,riH hare 10 fy for thar hueS. DO cur
people realize how near we are to this state
of,hngs? If not, let any citizen take a small
sun o money and visit the city market some
col morning.
We tell the people and the authorities that
fhs present condition Of things oGHnoi and JriH
MOI last The masses of the honest, hard
working people have been deceived and mis-
led long enough, and they will not suffer and
'cndure always. Peace they want, and peace
they will have; if not upon such terms as the
leseers who have betrayed them desire. upon
sech terms as they themselves snail prescribe.
The rich may house their meat and bread,
but we tell them it will not remain with them
uniess the poor can be provided for The
muscle Of the country will not starve while
there Is bread in the land.
Peace-such peace as statesmen and hon
est rulers might obtain tor us-would give
as an abundance Of all creature comforts a
reasonable prices, would reward honest tOl
with an abundant harvest; but war-a con
tinuatiOn of the war-wil rOa us Ofall sOcla
and political rights and make the many the
slaves OF the few.
Every man who IS now for war, in prefer
ence to decided steps by both Confederate and
STATE authorities looking to peace, regardles:
of age ur condition should al once enter the
army, for there Is but one way in which OuI
ruin can bc made thorough and complete ,and
that Is 70 continue the war. We believe
that peace can be made that the world viii
consider honorable. aud that those who as
sumo 10 rule Ne ought 10 take steps at once
y make 1t. for enough has been sdid By M
fs1s'ay 10 satisfy al reasonable men that they
rogd gladly ranoUs tLe quarrel from the slrorC
as3d refer a 10 the council chamber. Though
= pot in favor Of the best peace that can he
made, We are in favor Of an effort on the par
+, q our authorities to make some peace, and
ihe trucking miscreant who objects to thl'
i coward II he do not at once shoulder biz
nuskct and march to the''front.'
We have said more than We intended Or
the question of supplies, but our contemp
or stay at-home secessIonists Is such that We
ban let DO opportunity pass to abuse them