Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-04

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News from Riehmond-ConscrIptI and
Fiuances-Great Alarm and Insanity in
the Rebel Congress-.
CONSUMPTION IN REBELDoM.
The Wing Of the 24th ult., has long ed
itorisl on the subject Of q general con-
scriptiOn, in the course Of which it says:
oThs attention Of Congress has been oe-
cupied for some days past upon the
efficiency Of the army. The act admitting
substitutes into service was repealed with
the utmost expedition. A bill setting
aside all contracts with the principal
whose substitute has been received, and
conscribing him also into service, has
passed the House with precipitancy and
almost unsnimity, and there is but little
reason to doubt viii be rushed through
the Senate. A more sweeping oonscrip-
ton, embracing sll sble-bodied men Of sl
ages and classes, with various modifca-
tions, has also been proposed. A frenzy
for the moment seems to possess both the
administrative and legislative branches
Of the Government upon the subject Of
swelling the muster-rolls Of our armies.
"Whence comes this frantic infatuR-
toni Is lit q symptom Of panic, Of trepi-
dation bordering on despair? Are we re-
duced to the necessity Of making such an
exhibition TO our enemies and to the world,
in resorting to such desperate measures,
unparalleled in the history of wars4 Is 1t
one Of the protean forms Of demagoguery
that has bewitched our civil lesders2 The
equality Of every man. ergo, tsll must go
to the feldp Is not our war based on the
principle and fact, which all history hiss
demonstrated as atruth-the inequality Of
man-for policy we ssy Of rsoes2 Or is
it the scheme Of the designing and the
sspiring7 This subject demands the earn
est, the cautious, the most deliberate con-
sideradon and oircumspection Of Con-
gress."
In the same article the Wing says:
Beside the incslculable injuries thst
would in every way result from wholesale
CONSUMPTION, the agricultural interests of
the country would be wholly neglected.
Negroes left TO themselves will not make
even their own support. The next year
would be one truly Of famine. Already
we are experiencing the trials Of scanty
provisions. The greatest suffering felt in
our army is from this cause. The want Of
food with their families at home is the
cause Of even half the desertions. It would
be q good policy now to detail every skill
ful farmer and overseer from the ranks
and put them TO raising provisions. Yet
why not in this general oSnscTiption go
the full extent, and take slaves to intrench
and fortify our camps2 Do our soldiers
now do it2 The Yankees take Chsttsnoo-
ga, and in Eve days make it impregnable
We take Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge, hold them for weeks, and though
positions infinitely stronger than those Of
the enemy, there being no negroes there to
handle the spades, our generals surrender
THE CIRCULATION OF UNITED STATES MONEY.
A bill to prohibit dealing in and cirou-
latiOn Of United States money was under
discussion in the House of Representatives
on the 2Sd. As specimen of the jealousy
existing against United States money, We
quote:
"Mr. Foote said that the brokers in this
city were actually dealing in the enemy's
paper currency under the eyes Of officials.
During the last session he had visited these
-O0ua VI AoAAj oCO0ln peHlSA W aAObAS4
member Of the House, and saw green
backs ostentatiOusly exposed for sale. He
had determined to come up and prohibit
it, if possible. It was dissrning as and
damaging our cause. Ths Yankee press
had urged as conclusive evidence Of the
certain failure Of our cause, that we were
extensively dealing in their currency to
the depreciation Of our own. Our curren-
cy has been deprecisting every day the
traffic was going on. Delay in action
would disgrace Congress in the eyes Of the
civilized world. In one sense Of the Con-
stitution, this traffic was reasonable Of
fense. The bill should be adopted that
the country might know We were deter
mined to stop it. When the countrymsn
from remote districts visits the city, he
would say when he returned that the en-
emy's currency was valued more highly
than our own, and its effect would be de-
morslizing in the extreme. We submit to
no domination Of the UNITED States, and
should not allow their money to circulate
here ss currency. We want these opera
tors in Richmond and elsewhere 10 see that
we regard them IS malefsctors."