The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1865-01-16

10 Aas-s7ns fapoft alioss BIN three thousand II
Gsnssek Jokhs.oa bad been allowed To .repa.fn In
his fo1t tie total number could not probably have
reached its present amount. Neverthsisas, by ac-
eeptine his swn figures he only abba to collect
from hrss class cotton State by tsaxerstng It with
the second Army Of the United States. from Dor
der 10 border, tsn thousand slaves. Admitting
them 30 have been all able bodied eotsou-held
hands, sad allowing ave bales Of cotton to each.
end he reduced the Gotten producing labsr Of the
State to the extent OF city III ,assnd bales-or
about ons-tsnth OF an average crop.
Suppose Sherman marches back to Tennessee,
| through Georgia, on q nsw line, and collects ten
thousand other able bodied slaves within the next
twelve months, how maay will have been born in
| the State within the two ysars and . half he re-
quires 10 esllec. tuea.y thousand? Blu. allow the
cotton crop Of Georgia to be reduced ons-hslf IN
stead Of one-ffth, these figures claim, by twelve
months longer war Of invasion, she woald only re-
quire years, instead of one, to redeem by her
-nkind cotton, old prices in gold, her quot.
Of Treasury noses n the r.,io of twenty for one.
The thirteen colonies were entirely overrun by
Brisish aboiitionists IN the revolutionary war vet
the and children and the greater pro portion
of the male slaves isft after the war. Adolf
tioni1ed In sentiment the Bri..sa government
in 1912, of the stiPuiations of the treaty
Of peace, she assentsd to, for closing the war with
the United States, carried at that date, com
PEELED her to return the slaves her Armies then
held, or 10 pay for those which could not be re-
turned. Those stipulztiops were carried out, and
for obvious reasons, which may reasonably apply
TO the Yankees, should they constitute = Nation,
" hen peace arrives. From the experience of war
We claim the necessary cotton will DO prodzccd af
ter il closes, with which 10 redeem the Treasury
notes.
What will be the probable price of the tax-cot-
ton after the war; to express il differently
what will be the probable value then IF gold in
the market of the xorld7 Successful mining had
already wrought decided depreciation of that
metal as = currency, when the present war b. an.
The SANE cause, taken in connection with 10
its fesz OF circulation of the United States, both
North and Sosth, since the war, ha, made it re-
dundAnt aud cheap in those European N. arkets
which. ~ih parchass scarce, and long absent
cotton crops. at rices fabulous before the war
It il oontsnded, that Mr.. Trenholmn's plan for
rsdeeming the Treasury notes is practicable and
visc, aad that they are, for purposes safe
dunn Of exchange. If the gold cannot now be
procured, necessary to buy up thesa notes, why
! use them instead of the coin, with the cont
dence, and fer the same end? The indi ridual with
his pocket full of silver would be aad to throw it
away, because although it would buy every thing
he needed but his nsighbors gold it failed to bring
that into his possession. If the people of these
| States are but true to themselves, their money is
| good, saa win carry them through their war in
honor to Independence. The Spartans she
bravest and most virtuous, uhea iron was their
| currency
The aggregate debt of the Confederate Govern
ment, including its Bonds and Notes. is, in round
numbers, One Billion aad a Half; at tho
| ito OF twenty for one, s75,000,00o in gold. The
Bonds ars interest bearing property, and safe
| Investments e. long az the Government can pay
the interest on them. Seventy Ave millions of
dollars in gold therefore, has been the entire
penditure Of the Government since its inaugurs-
| ton.
Are any Of MS prepared to discover that, in four
years of expensive independence, ths snme States
have expended only one-third more on themselves,
| than they ANNUALLY paid into the Union Treasu-
TYP Suoh is the tale of figures, which never do
esive.
Were Il net for the price in blood we have paid,
| il would be cheaper 10 fgh. the Yankee than to
erabrae him. If the horor have bought by
the sacrifices If the heart, has cost dearly, vir
tue can pe enjoyed that is not we'll earned
But let the rsadar turn to the Report of the Sec
Rotary of the United States Treasury. closing the
assal year OF 1852. The revenue CT the Gov
eminent s stated for that year, at ssl o0o and
over. or this sum tue States of this confsdsracy
paid over $50, 600 { oo-thst is they paid in ono
year Of the Union, as much in gold as they have
paid in two to three to their independent govern
nent. The evil only commenced with that impo-
sition. We know the money spent by
| =. a. IN he han de IF
| our own people. Are they poorer by The expenses
| Of their Government, than they were by the
| penscs of the Union? Let see. Our Govern
m emit pay tho of ia cents in gold for corn,
without costs of delivery the farmer. Corn de-
| live, ed in Mobile (for it would not BIS purchased
| by dealers thors, at depots in she country was
| worth, before the war, about 35 cents in goid.-
| Now, by the statiEsics of the United States Gov
eminent, tho proportion OF gold whinh Alabama
| ssrners paid into the Union Treasury, was Is far
in excess of what they pay into the Confede-
ris Treasury the gold they rcesivsd for corn in
Mobile, exceeded In amount, the gold valuation OF
tho corn they now sell their own gavesnment.-
There is this vast difference, however, in the two
processes of sale and expenditure. Nearly all the
honey spent in our cities, found its way to the
North, TO DE there shaved and sent back TO be re-
turned again and again None goes there now,
but our people have it in their hands, represented
Ey Confederate Treasury notes.
Twenty millions of Yankees, year 10y year, grew
richer and richer by trade with tho South, contain
ing population of eight millions. The money
we paid into the Union Treasury annually, al
though twice rs much we have paid into our
own. was the lsast Of expenditures for their
benefit The money dishursed by Northern
Congress to foster Northern industry, which We
were in turn forced to patroniza, by tariff laws,
which excluded cheap competition from Europe
our woaathy families travelled among them and
spens millions of dollars on account, which they