Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-05
,.s. ,,c..a,s.r;es of life are the snme as '"'

these ne ..,ssr;es of lie are the name as '"'
nr2:s,ai!', al Mar. !
Everything that is s'i-m.''ea anu IT,
lied. must be done with liza! 'E'e'' Az We"
war and the continuance Of the war acooruine
10 1.-The products of the arts must fe CLASSIFIED
.,., hands "a wit: those. that we can
i, without, anil those that We cannot DO Wi'h-
ou,. and tl:cl. wa must g. to work ana pro-
an.., ,,.,r..lyis whatever thing we cannot DO
without
l. would be wise policy on our part 10
avail ourselves Of TIL, last days OF the olockaoo
running business in promoting the vital queS'
Ito, Of :, nltional creation Of the p"luet5"l INC
orts The DAYS Of the blockade running DuS''
no. i. are numbered: neither our government il'
,nors than private cnterprize, will soon beable
| to carry anything like regular trade in the
wav Of blockade. We want tools and ma
shinery. Irstead of Importing the goods tha'
ware manufactured in either New or Old Eng
land, bring us the tools and instruments with
which :hey were manufactured, AID we Will
manufacture them here; that is to FAY we
will berin to manufacture for there Is be-
ginning for everything,
just as the days of blockade running are
numbered, so nre the days cfspeculaslon' OIL eS'
tnr,;,n. the time. the necessity for production
has come, and thoro should be no f'nching
from it. We are fighting to dvoid rula anu
1;ssrnee. we must produce to escape being
conquered and tramplcd upan. Let US or
panizs production for tho support Of tho army.
Thewrss.. Of the army are all summed up in
tts wants u the ordnance, medical, quarter
master and commissaIy departments; and OF
course the wants Of tue treasury that pays tor
them al.
The Government has done its share robiy IN
,h;,.work Of organizing national Industry. 1t
has taken for its OWN share the ordnance DC
n,rtm.ot and we'll muy the President, in his
message, express his qualification. In tins
the whole country must rejoice with him.
But the Quartertcrmaster Department
h,,, Jo.s Il stand relying 7nostly upon Snp-
nl;,.s obtained from abroad 1t the supply
.so10 the soldiers must sut'.r. Gould not the
Stotes Of this ConCtLeraey take this matter IN
their hands, and organize State factories, 30
that the army may be clad and shod out of
our own products:
The supply Of the Comm'ssary Department
ia secured by the concurrence Of tho farmers.
IF we could not manage to live upon this
hu6tiful land of ours, va would not be worth
the liberty for which we are fighting.
As for the Treasury, if we want to see
money therein, we must put it in ourselves
The Treasury has given us money enauSh
let us return its kind proceedings. 1t is. for
the people to give money to their Government
!. is for the citizens II the co"ntry to make
IN the sums Of the budget which their repre-
sentatives have voted, or, which comes TO the
same, It is for the representatives who vote
the budget to determine the means by which
| the people, not the Government, Will provide
| tho m,o,v. 70 obtain this enh, taxation Is
ths easiest and the most obvious means
We want no deeper plan in finances; taxa
,;on will reduce the currency. There is no
nee for consolidating debts, mcrtsaglng lands'
or suaenlaIins in any other way upon cur
-.,,y which, tx pronannccd deprecated and
Inflated, Int whic', can be restored hy pro-
duction and contracted by taxation. WIFE
| energy and economy. those simple means viii
carry us through; and we chad better stop es-
er.ing ourselves in finding the means OF sad
ding now and forever upon the country M
tional debt the weight of which the soldier
would find heavier on hia shoulders ~ soon a.
the var i ".nr. rha" tho r'"S%"1 "''''' "
NOW carries