The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-01-08
News From ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and Finances-Great Alarm and In
sanity in the Rebel Congress,

and Finances-Great Alarm and In
sanity in the Rebel Congress.
CONSUMPTION IN REBELLION.
The Whig of the cath ult., has a long Oh.
itorial on the subject of a general conscrip.
ton, in tho cnurse of which it says:
The attention of Congress has been oc.
cupied for some days past upon tho eflc.
iency of the army. TIE act admitting sub.
stitutes into service was repealed with the
utmost expedition. A bill setting aside oil
contracts with tho principal whose substi.
tutc has been received, and conscribiug him
also into service, has passed the House with
prccipitancy and almost unanimity, aud
there Is but little reason to doubt will be
rushed through tho Senate. A more sweep.
ing CONSUMPTION, embracing able.bodied
men of all ages and classes, with various
notifications, has also been proposed. A
frenzy for tho moment seems TO possess
both the administrative and legislative
branches of the Government upon the sub
jcc. Of s@olling the muster-rolls Of our sr-
mics.
"Whence comes this frantic infatuation
Is it a symptom of panic, of trepidatIon
bordering on despair +: Are we reduced to
the necessity of making such an exhibition
to our enemies and 10 the world, in resort.
ing to such desperate measures. unparalleled
in the history Of war /: Is it one of the pro-
team forms of domagogueiy hat has be
wiichod our civil leaders ? The equality
of every man ! ergo, oil must go to the
field !! Is not our war based on tho prin.
ciples and fact, which oil history has dom
onslratod as a truth-tho inequality of man
for policy we say of races ? Or is it the
scheme of tho designing and the aspiring :
Thi. s%uhjcc, demands tho earnest. the eau.
tious. the most Deliberate consideration and
circumspoction of Congress"
In the same article tho Whig says
Beside the inca'culable Injuries that
would in every way result from Wholesale
CONSUMPTION, the agricultural interests Of
tho country would DO wholly neglected.
Negroes loft to themselves will not make
nvcn their own support. Tho next year
would be ono truly of famine. Already we
arc experiencing tho trials of scanty pro.
visions. Tho gtoa,est suffering fell. in our
army is from this cause. The wan, of fooo
with their families at homo 10 the cause of
even half the assertions. II would DO a
good policy now to detail every skiliful
farmer and overseor from the ranks and out
them to raising provisions. Yet why not
in this general CONSUMPTION go the full ex.
tent, and tako slaves to intrench and fortify
our camps Do our soldiers now do il e:
The Yankees take Chattanooga. and in Eve
days mako it i~mpreguable. We take Look
ont Mountain upd Missionary Ridge, hold
them for weeks, and though positions in.
%initely stronger than those of tho enomy.
there being no negroes there 20 handle the
spades, our generals surrender thom at the
first assault"
THE CIRCULATION or UNITED STATES MONEY.
A bill to prohibit dealing in and c%ircula.
ton of United States money was under dis.
cussion In the House of Representation on
the 23d As a specimen of tho iealously
existing agains. United States money, we
"Mr. Footo said that tho brokers in this
city were actually dealing in the enomy's
paber currency under tho eyes of officials.
During the last session no had visited these
'dons of holl.' accompanied by another
member of the House, and saw 'greenbacks'
SYSTEMATICALLY exposed for silo. He had do.
TO como up and prohibit it, if pos.
sible. IL was disarming US and damaging
our cause. Tho Yankee press had urped
as conclusive evidence of the certain failure
Of our cause, that w were extensively doal.
ing in their currency to the depreciation OF
our own. Our currency has been dopre.
every dry tho traffic was going on.
Delay in action would Disgrace Congress in
the eyes of the civilized world. In one
sense OF the Constitution, this traffic was q
reasonable %offense. Tho bill should be
adopted that tho country might know we
were determined to stop it. When the
countryman from remote districts visits tho
city, no would say when no returned that
tho oncmy's currency was valued moro high.
ly than our own, aud its effect would be de-
moralizing in the extreme. We submit to
no domination of tho United States, and
should not allow thoir money to circulate
hero as currency. We want these operators
in Richmond and elsewhere to SEQ that We
regard them ma mnlofactors