Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-05
Glory naht. and Commercial Distress.

Glory, Debt, aud Commercial Distress.
Military glory Ia eoafcts1Gly, Ihs most expensive Of
all Injuries, tIsep: military dlsasIsF. The Yankees
have already real "a this truth 20 considerable eI-
tsni; hut their experience 4 destined to CONFIRM t IN
degree still more striking, before the end Of this war
Senator RoDouEsT, Of California has published a
very plain spoken and, because plain spoken, very
remarkable address TO his constituents In which he
handles the prospective financial condition Of Yankee
dom in manner that would have done credit to Val
lsndiEhAm two years ago. Hs sys that By the census
Of 1850 the Whole population Of the United States WAs
81 las ss5 Shss aud that the Whisa population, not
% REBELLION, Is 20 POI 600 o. she SOh Of JulS next,
ahs general government viii OEs o. 900 900 900. The
publ debt Of G;eat Britain aud Ireland be Pus down
$3.50 600 COO sterling, which, be sAys makes iG GbOas
sts sane via lha, he UIited States. Busho u MI :
taken The pouad slgrlng reduced 70 FEDERAL currency
Ev:sSI s. cen and $500 600 600 thus reduced gives
bus IS $50 600 600; 20 taA the ass Of JAY next
tos Yaukes debs VII! be greater than the British debt
by 81 l2OO0OOOO
s. much for he principal Of the two jsbts. When
seen through the medium Of the inIerss. which each
Vys, the oispFc portion Is sl more striking The iL-
tsr % the British deb. thrte per cent that it
psys bat E2t 100000 s.erng Per anuIm, or sic 400
900 IN the sgscsga e whereas the Yankee
,, psys sig per CEN. interest, AID from the Let
Of July next the annual. ggregate amounsWil be $780,
600 600. that Is 70 cay considerably moro than Two
oolATs and half Tor every dollar IAid in that way BY
t5s Eogsb. To this annual charge upon the industry
q the country, Ne. DoDssn adds 100000 900 for
The support Of Governncos on peace estaolsbmsat
11Akiag $500 900 coo in all This lum must 90 raised
fssry year from the labor OF the people, for It can
cone from no ether source, and it is greater accord
lrg 10 No n sD5ugal than the annual profits Of the
fBtFs county. AL aad more than all the pEoh's Of
ius.ry SUD enterprise be- viii be paid into the
casts Of Government nj jias and Government bond
leissG Tee people Of this country are 70 labor with
a, proht th.l m5csysd ariltncraey may i've" He
ssas that be bss carefully ,E,miaod-that The debt
d be ss 0G5 OCJ 10 on the 50 d OF Jane neat, and
So annual interest $500 600 0O0 sush Is the COS. of
t,.-slary HhiJn sac Yankees have gOG lei how
? ..} Of h there IT, .oeSrding 20 she saus authority.
- florida every synP.O,a ol sympathy Wish the
A-Gses has 6ssu destroyed BY The course Of Lincoln
Nes regard to slavery. Il Kentucky the union send
-; has been sutgflY sJaioAtsi ~ he
Lssa,ss Is f. Sor5e OOcddou than 1t bas ever bssn
area shs bsg5 Of Pea Ridge, Ia Missouri civil var
q s1ay rssI1g 10 Hary lard the unlO1 party Is no.
sa 20 sr0Is "a q was three wears sSo and even 10
r.-srs ,ae Confederate lu4e is gaining friends every
El Tas Y4ukeo arms have gained great victories 80
ssys NJ NoD. they hsVs army before r ohmond
sd Es.sIshufg-;hvy occupy Memphis, YoSsbarg, and
rss Orlssus-thsv have marched victorious sTny 10
AA.A-"snd jet" ssYB be, "ss DO not hold foot OF
fdsrs.s coil, except suob is covered by the feet
II T-,i-
sI earthly slofy "a ubprod atlo AID this Yankee
seq the mJst improbable Of al sloa is the cum
l.. u Yukss expenditure in m'asy snd the glory
GSalosd therefor. The lives l,s mako 10 part Of the
calculation Wlh Nc MD, because, We suppose, they
are ; matter Of great indfYenos 10 tho government,
sIcsp; il 20 far they may Cad IL di.uA to supply
tasF places.
10 eoau,Ign viii this slsjsO' it is impossible not to
pAss be impeudirg f-znoiA erhs IN Elropp, VII CD
srisss % be more violent than any that has bsen e1-
ozrsBssd slses 1875 and far more extensive In lie
-.-zs. taSu evsa tAs terrible revElsions Of thai
rosz.orsbls year. Crash after crash among tho
creates. commeISjL hCu5es Of LsId)n and Liver.
uool has continued for weeks to elte'rify the
cozm,reial world. Toe GOnyuls.On has extended 70
ths g..eruos. ecd OF the esrsk-to Australia 10 the
lst % r nsso in tina Wss', l. il elt in ice most
ts,ri6e potency nearer HON Il Ffinof where the
bank has already raised The interest to eight per cent
s.d Ia Gornlny, VhsF5 the folly Ct dealing in Yankee
government securities jlst begins 10 10 fell. They
trvs hsen sSrg Is from thirty to forty cents 81
FfAnkforf The earthquake has not Yet spent s ViO-
Ieuos nor gone tie full length OF is IAugs. l. must
resoh Yankeedom before il eVspoFltes Indeed these
rssiiDg people would feel themsslVez sighted If It
a,o.la ma them oysf /. would ia their opinloy by
d1ng 30, GhO,d proof that they we're rot the Great
l,on they ellim 10 3D. They deli gh,ed with any
thing 5g, even big debt, or big defeat, or Big
90 umsrci disaster. 80 it be Big tina! Il all they care
To- We L0pl thoy may be gratidsi sns time, any how
ld the tsi character Of sLs.s currency renders il
highly probable that they will