The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-05-06
POPULAR Discomfort.


tcnt-of vide spread and absorbing dissat-
isfaction with the Government and of
alarm at the inevitable effects Of its pro-
ceodings. So absolutely irrepressible has
become this feeling that the Republican
press has been forced to give it expires.
sion ard during the last two weeks we
have seen some Of the most able and infu-
entail Of these organs uttering rebuke,
warning and denuucation which if utter
ed by Democrats, would be held as conclu.
sivo evidence of "disloyalty," and bring
upon them the charge Of seeking to give
aid and comfort to the enemy. The New
York Tines, asserts that the rebellion is
Allotted BY the Republican majority in
Congress, 1t charges them with "loug
q I'd fragrant neglect Of duty" "faithless-
es," and "guilt" 1t declares that "Jy
tier .Ja,:i. the prices Of everything that
sustains life are rapidly mountlng;" that
"the currency is gradually turning into
worthless rags" and that ''inch by inch.
foot By foot, the Government moves on
straight before the eyes of its guardians,
towards the bottomlcss pit Of bankruptcy"
1t declares that the popular discomfort is
"profound and intense,' and that those in
power at Washington "are the source of
it and the object of it,"
The n. Y. Commercial Adpertiser, an
other able and influential organ of the Re-
publicaus, charges that the Government
has perpetrated great fraud upon the
country in representing that its bonds
were to be poid in gold and then making
them payable in "greenbacks," which, it
says, when the $40 bonds are payable,
"may not be worth two cents per dollar"
and that the holder Of the bonds "may be
paid in handful of notes that will not buy
him Loaf 1t alleges that the Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury ''pays no regard to the
solemn pledge Of the Government" 1t
says the public debt increased 500 ,OO0,-
600 in the month of Mtch, and was
$500, 0O0, 0OO more on the 1st of April
than tie Secretary estimated it would be
on the. LIST of July next.
The \. Y Post, one of the ablest, firm
est and most ultra supporters of the Ad-
minlstra'lon, warns the people that We
are OH the brink Of tion-that eve
are in boat VIII oh rapid current is bur-
rylng towards precipice )" and it says
that while the evil and the danger Increase
daily, 1t SEES no remedy likely to be APP
piled. The same paper quotes from
/ BroWnSoA' IceUie,D some fearful remarks
upon Lincoln. Brownson, a Republican
candidate for Congress last fall, enarges
upon Llnco!n's utter incompetency, and
asks" \ GU ask not, can this man carry
the nation fhrongh its terrible struggles
but can the nation carry this man through
them aud not perish in the attempt ?''-
And the best Brownson, endorsed BY the
Post, can say of Lincoln, is--"His only
fault is, the misfortune of being uacon-
sctous q dis oacn mft,,ess for his place w
The Springfield (Mass Republican is
no less bold in its sri"tures upon those in
power who are rushing us on to ruin
Through their knavery and iucompetency.
1t says:
Things begin to look squally. A Gov
ernment dollar is worth but 553 cents
speculation is runnin, up the prices of the
necessities of life, even faster than the
Government paper runs down; the wealth
OF the country is passing from the many
to The few, ard the laboring classes ale be-
coming dlspiritad and silent; and Con-
gress hassncither the wisdom nor the cour
age to adopt the measures that are essen.
tai to avert the crisis to which all these
things tend. Indeed, Congress seems to
b. ob!ivions alike to these facts and to the
growing dissatisfaction of the people,
The members devote themselves to politics
or SPECULATION outside of the capitol, so
that tina it IS difficult to get together {. quorum
Congress has been more than four
months IN .ssiun what has it done p
what solitary practical measure of any i'm
poftance has it perfected 1t devotcs
one Day III every We, wholly to buucombe
speeches, and uses up nearly every other
day ~ the same way. 1t is ready enough
to pass line resolutions against rebellion
aud slavery, and to pledge the resources
Oh Inc country to put them down, but
When II comes TO practical measures with
out which there can be no success, it
haits and stnmbles aud postpones, and
acts as II it did not know what must be
done, or knowing had not the pluck to do
it. X
\ month more of useless talk in Con-
gress will put gold up to 200, inflct rem
edlless dama!e upon the business of the
country and SO demoralize the people that
any conceivable catastrophe, will be posi-.
BILE.
There is still one source of confidence
lett. We have larger aud better armies
than ever before, with leaders Of tried
ability aud courage, and at length unity
OF plan and movement under siuele guild
ing mind. The salvation of the Union
now rests with Gen. Grant and his vete-
rams. All that Congress can do is to fur
nish the "sinews of war;" aud leave the
Generals alone Let tax be levied suffi.
Gent to save us from impending national
bankruptcy and then CoopreSs NOV o;tb