Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-04-22
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TIE prices G. articles st the rnilg
s.ave risen to an unIrecss.lenfe9i i3si
unlocked for lleisht, bat his WIS il
great degree due 70 the fact 81 aaf 30
oIatson, having 10 produce aii iose
necessary articles Hlsjth the biactade
haa excluded from vs and Likewise he
eE.Ireney with which h rusclsasa tx
articles. llsese causes could mol
have led 10 the increase IN prices in Tie
United States. 4,!lsv haze open eo.a-
9llsn.cation with the world, With Ike
currency OF The world accessible and
yat we see, in tho face IF IA his,
their prices ere beginning "a be great
II inflated Gold has reached l99
and every thing else seems 10 Il, en-
tseAvosing to feacll thai STANDARD. i
We could rassoa in reference to things
there a. here, there would be nothing
slnasual in this rise in pricea. but they
arc waging e war Of aggression, TO the
success Of which It is necessary that ali
he united and act inconcest, This Uni
" and concert Of action can he az
rained and preserved only by Ga M
plicit confidence in The result Of q
good cause. A few there were in the
North who denounced the cause and
upheld the action Of the South from
the firing Of the first gun, but that
there are many who feel this now is
15gtent from the want Of confidence
exhibited in the increasing prices.
The conviction that the efforts Of the
United States are being expended in
% bad cause and the utter hopeless
Ress Of a favorable result have grown
SO strong az to find their uttsrance in
the very Halls Of their Congress.
They attempt toeSpel q member for an
Of bis earnest, honest eonyic-
tions, because, as it was proclaimed
there, they We're afraid Of them, lest
getting abroad they may excltethe kin
bred feeling outside Of their congress-
ional halls into positive action. In
this attempt they elected sentiments
much stl onger, even to "recognizing the
Confederacy and aequiescing nthe
doctrine Of Secession and when they
essayed to expel for this eyowal, made
in defence of another, they failed for
want of proper majority and were
forced to content themselves with q
vote Of censure and find even then Is
warm sypathizers with those whom
they would decry, and % who did not
vote either way, but who viii ere-long
be arrayed with these Is who dared
to vote their sentiments, tho the ma
tions of the earth should cry out
against it.
With many of their leading men
accepting. the sentiments of Mr.. Long,
Of Ohio, ''that it had now reduced it
self to o question Of acknowledging
the independence Of the ConfederScy
or an utter determination Of the peo-
pie ofthe South with many aYra4a-
s!lizing with the former and Others
TO take that position, from
heir belief that lie soll.la.n people
,en not be exterrninatcd end tIias IT
g useless expenditure Of Il treas
ire and waste Of the blood and re-
sources Of the North TO attempt II
'urther, it requires no prophetic ken
% fo1eaae that the Northern people
will be iaaoctlinatcd with tileaa ideas,
md that their soIdiery can not ighs
n q cause they believe hopeless and
which must finally be given up.
The work Of this Spring has begun
,lorioualy. Our brave soldiers are in
,pirited by the successes Of their bold
brethren in arms thus far,and are Gag
" for the fray. Our President i. ex-
,oedingly cheerful and our people
,opeful and active. From ell this we
.xpeot good results this Spring and
Summer end we hope the end may
lot be far distant from this time, |
when the God Of peace shall emile
apon na,a free, prosperous and happy |
,eopie and our beloved Confederacy
viii take her proud position among
he Nations of the Earth,t to which she
ias fought her way, through FIRE and
Hood. inpeded grestly iy the cold
.eutrality Of the world and unaided
are BY her own invincible spirit.
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