Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-13
YdIsinou, Scheme.
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In his mssssSs Lincoln ECeONmends that the bonds
ofths o S. government shall Bs sxsmpt nom ts1Aaoa
That ia al veil enough; bat b also Feeoamends that
thay sbsl De exempted from all liability Tor private
dsbss. That u 20 say, asn having million OF dil
lars in gold. and, owing q aIlhOn A1d ball. may be
m.as TO aissOrgs that gols Bat les hn buy mil
hons worth Ut thee bonds, and he u sale de MAJ
20 on tor ths resi- Of his lie g rsssVs IhS assrssI
aud 1--we ike Nsbo0. Ass ersdiIoss @Ay whistle Ioi
tas,r monsy. Tbs bonds cannot BE- sold - pay thS
dsbs, and Jhs creditors mus1 esassni 50 be ssnSiSS
Gu OF tIsir duas, lest = NVTs thisG eoGs o! it. IN
The who.e history u hnIIes, rsP!sss Is iS IL viii
iFsud AID deception, thsrs u ESshinS nae Ihls 1
l.. hogsysr. The very scheme Of ali others that al
mott eapuvats Ihs hsaEIs o. the fanLssh HssG
psOs 70 hear that It has passed mo lac 6y Al oar
~nsIlaing IN jotty. TIE ds0.Or ,lAas unl 1AAs az
vantage OF a. 20 as iuils-I sIenE. fhsJ cal eoaVsT'
every biz Of p opsrty lhey Own mao mOusJ aud la
these bonds. lucy vil Do she most valuable s1oeA
ever thrown ugOa Lhs market, E'sry debtor ulL
nav a. mue6 Of i, "a he can. The COINS Of Oh ABB
viii run over, Tor ivory YAlGsS uhO owes more thai
hs can pay will sell Gus eVsyIhInE be has, and lnVss
the ,proc ,sis n IAess bends. Never vas nssiOnsl
fOibls 50 adroilJ hG uPol ~ Snsr tor the PsrPoe
Of raising the wind
FhsN,w York World s the saly papO We have ysI
,n hieh raises ils VOieS against this Wholesale rAs-
,,uty. Il says che" (LineOlr) "SrlTey Fteonmsnd.
that cur government shall raise money from our sih-
z,p, by eorrupdng hair sense Of PseuniEly homer
THAT Ne hold 70 be impossible, On tls pErei.
~, "a c,nnos XII . dead mInl "Hs wants CsnErss,
- ma. an &C. 70 protest the purchasers Of goTsrnnsr.
md, fr,m pAying JhSr hoRelt dssIs Is ETAVsly
-.,,musnds shat thil species Of property shall b.
D,e,d beyond tbs reach net only Of taxation bus Of
-sdi,ors I.iss sp.c-Ecls IS astounding a. it Il
I.roholy 20 SEE he Ohis NJ .ss.rSse Of great nation
.kiuE sress 80 enable 70 CHAT their cred.
i,srs ont Of their Oaess Suss."
1, certainly is an s1r4Ordinary spectacle, and We
do not bslsvs is could have occurred anywhere else
nm sar,h. But L.nsolu knows his people well, auG
ss.ard knows Ihsn sill batter. Tney both know the
B,tra,Bl Of knaVery that underlies the character
The Yankee uA.ion aud il Is 20 ths that they are nov
addressing themselves. Il is shrsEd Device and We
.upposs il gill succeed, if the Congress pass The Law
The necessity Of resorng 20 It, hoEeVer, another
nroof OF the desperate straits 20 which she Yankee
6nanOss ars reduced. Utterly ulpFincipled as Liueo
and thoss around him knoRn 70 BE- there are ye;
acme things Which he sad they would not venture 10
40 uulss, urged thereto by ,xrsme necessity. They
would not for instance, 80 thing Whish must Ut
,srly destroy the credit boa q. home and abroad Ct
the whole Ysukss PsOPl, indiy duay snd collectively
.hcA sueh Law IS thai proposed muss inevitably DO
yor no man will trust Yankee when he knows tina
by INVESTING all hs money in these bonds he may ohea
him out OF bis das. TIE scheme would work admir-
ably al 6rst Il would bring in plenty OF porey fer
.ims. Blu! very soon there would be no more money
40 bring in Credit being eV srshrOUn, she machine
would soon stop moving.
LisoOln must Want money badly, TO propose such
s,heme for raising x. lie does WAntit badly, in spi
of All The boAsag aSserGiODs Of his Message. BE no,
only wants il badly bat he is al lOsa where to CT
IL. The Now Yo,k Tribune tells US that, durirg
the wear is62 DE Yankee nasou exported SIS 900 OOO
and during the year 1868. s5s 900 600 gold than
IL imported What the excess is this year no,
cola, bat the 4, 5tps says il Is much greater than j.,
UEs last year.