The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-26

NoaAing can Be more happily adapted TO
the coodition Of the country than these ju-
aicious and ssssshtas measures OF the recent
Oaagrsss. They not only promise to set the
Coofoderate Government upon arm sna
cold financial basis, but they achieve M !.
tiouAl desideratum Of yet more imporsan'
nature Theoretically and politically "nae'
our system. the people are the GovefnmsI''
aud the Government b the people oo' I'D
the Absence Of TAXATION, and while the 0ov
ernmeut was aoodlng the country with i's
uaner credits to meet 10 enormous expenses,
thers ~ no financial ligamcnt apparent or
f1at maintaining this mutual relation. The
people were detached from the Government
anancially, and every occasion Of the pay
Int Of deprecated Confederate money for
a.xthinx Ms ntting one for jibes and jests
q the expense Of that currency, and often
IN ridicule OF the Government. This kind
a pleasantly TO some, of pain to the great
body Of the people, will soon be at An END.
The people win be bound to their own Gov
efpmeut BY the important financial link
which d indispensable to proper apprecia-
.tiop OF their responsibility for the Govern
mept q their own creation. They will be.
come the creditors Of the Government in
tho most direct form, and they will take
upon themselves the burthens Of supporting
Il It time Of Ill Others when their support
10 needed, and when It would be the deepest
depradation and damnation to withhold it
1t Q time when the enemy is at the door
threatening the land with abasement, servi-
tude, and naturalization.
This glorious result Is obtained by these
IA a>surss, which the country halls with Joy.
The Government viii now be sustained
Every man will be working for it-cvery
man win serve It either in the field or in his
occupation at home. They will serve it be-
cause It is their Government, and because it
10 now struggling in war for their deliver
ance from hated and oppressive connection
with the Northern States, and to secure that
national independence which the people
have determined to enjoy.
The energy of the administration of the
Government will be inconceivably increased
by these measures. Its improved credit, rs
we'll a. It's actual means, will give it lever
by which 1t viii achieve greater results than
ever The dignity of its position has been
its respect among the people eleva-
ted. The jibe and the jest at its fallen credit
win be changed into public appreciation OF
its solvency and financial ability. Each man
will be gratif1ed that he is creditor and
o constituent Of such o Government-and
even the remorseless Spectator, when
called on for onefourth of his profits,
viii feel exalted as partner in
business with the Confederacy! Could
there be more valuable and acceptable part
ner than one, who, while Withdrawing fourth |
Of the profits Of the concern, makes the re-
mAsnlng three>fourths worth more than the |
whole wsss Certainly not. Spectators are
smart enough to see this, and all their
If they grumble at all, will be
mere affectation.
Politically and financially, the measures
are most admirable in their effects. Moral
~ and socially, they will be equally 80. They
will reduce to rational degrees inflated prof. |
lts from an inflated currency. They will ad |
minister to Avarice and Cupidity whole |
some check, and improve the morality of |
men who had given themselves, soul and |
body, to sel6shness and money seeking
These will be taught the lesson that they
owe TRALTY TO THEIR CoUNTRY-a lesson
next in dignity to that which teaches them
what they owe to their GoD.