The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-09

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Nsu Yesk nevsr before uped 70 nsth
fbrsien hsery. This 6lesy ON b psid
for Only With gold. Every dollar q epld
selt iron The couatry snhaness- - plise
hsre, depreeiates grss6hasks inpal6 ~
credit OF the Govsrumsns, end diseealj
tsnds TO psoiong ~ VA, oat & wish
comes oil the saneriig " sesk - relieve,
or 20 defeatsths war and make I'll that
suffering vain.
1t 10 odd how. tines have cAaa6ed.~-
War used to b privution and distress.
OF earthly valuations il wAs accounted che
dirsss. II went ii compnny with % III.
Furiss. Bus 90 far - The lasd II large
Is Concerned, Il has lssterly tAkan - nsu;
ways. Il has dropped it, Old soourgs
What Il carries nov 10 . oornssopia, end
. bigger and : fuller ono tAanP Peace could
ever boast Of. Grsss dos grow in IL
tracks nov--fhs very thiskesE clover
JuveDal complained that peaes. with m
itsluxnriss, moro ruthless than the sword,
was killing his Rome:
-Nunc patimur longH p.cis malS sevior armis
Luxuria incabuit victuna.s uicisitur osssn.s
It's the luxury begot Of var, and not
Of peace, that strikes 1t our Rome.
The explanation of this change 10 siu.
pie enough. Il lies mainly in two modsfn
Inventions - national debts and paper
money. By the former the pscuaiaxy
burdens OF the war srs mostly shifted 70
the shoulders Of posterity. By the latter
the liabilities not thus provided FOX sss
met BY largo emissions Of paper uosey,
which of necessity initiate the currency,
from which imitation always COMES spin
of enterprise, Of adysnturs, Of speculation,
and artificial prosperity aliks giitteripe
AID hollow. There . . third eirenm-
stance which has some influence. For
merry. var vas wsged With simple means,
involving few outlays that were not met
BY levies and contributions on the vary
theatre OF the war, whereas nov enormous
material has to be provided which indus
try alone can supply, through contracts
that yield great private fOrtunes-thua
getting clear in : great measure Of thu
burdens by throwing them upon the fu
tnre, and infusing 90 unnatural ssimulnl
into the industry Of those who are mol
personally engaged in the 6ghsing.-
Modern war instead Of distressing .. PEG.
pie. actually makes them fash with every
means Of high ehesr. -
Probably this vas never before felt in
quite SO large measure - 10 our present
case. Present tsxes fer current var ex
penditurss weFe never before compara,
lively SO light. Paper money has seldeu
been SO extensively manufactured. Gov.
ernment contracts wore never larger Of
more varied. The result Of il al has beer
that great numbers of our people find
themselves quickly Possessed Of riches tha'
in other tiues II would have taken ther
years to accumulate. And what il thu
speedily gained 10 speedily speut--on ID.
old principle, lightly cons, lightly GO
A wild extravsgsDce becomes tho genera
order Of the day. Thsrs Is rags fol
costly display never before known IL oul
republican history. "a
The mortal poison which this new
blown Injury is infusing into our popuis,
character is filter theme fos the breaches
than for the journalist. But, in fAct, i
needs no expounding. EVERYBODY Wit
knows anything Of human nsture kIoR,
that nothing is suser than Wild luxury i.
canker and corruptit it. Isrequires neiths
ancient satire nor modern homily ia tel
that. But what Immediately concerns =
u that the greater part Of this extrava
gance 10 INDUCED in ct the cost Of en-
berr.ssing and weakening the Government
which l. struggling for it existsncs, asd
OF frustrating the war, for which 20 mnch
life has been given. The fact i npaues
tienable. This ostentation i kent 4,
mostly b. foreign fabrics, which only pul;
can buy. The specie basis, which aIont
can sustain currency and credit. i heiua
more and more largely drawn away; ans
without currency and crsdh. - M al
be sHeotuaily psceecsssd. The dispro
portion Between gold and paper eenact :,
on iucreasing for . great psriod vitAoa,
predncing financial collapse. AID
should that collapse come, the var. :.
may Be ssre. will ssraighsvsy end. ou,
Government can practice ~ sneh ,>nadi.
stiDg shifts ~ the rebel Goverumeat /,
now essaying. There H. too much nsrs
principle yet 'sft 10 the Northern p3opI,
to tolerate any national ssrpitade Of the,
sort. When il comes 10 she point thv,
this war demands rspudiation, The n,
viii Be abandoned, and al the sacriacel
our soldiers have made IL il viii Is Is,
naueht.
Wsssy. then, that tbs sxtsavakanss /,
sreacherous 70 the soldisss, Aad bstsays
OF the coaatry. These dianssds dasA ~
y. but there is blood Cd then. -,
siike rustic royssly. these lscsp 1oSt GA,
really, but they smell Of treason I'm Il
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