Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-23
SKETCH OF rHERrNARKs OF HON. H MARSHALL

crate States Congress 18th january, lSoo'
The bin pending was bill TO increase the export duty
on cotton and tobacco Mr. MARSHALL moved 10 recon-
init the bill with instructions 10 the Committee oil way?
and Means to report bill 10 take all tue cotton anu 10,
bacco in the COnederaCy on account Of Government ana
10 provide for making lust compensation therefor 10
Mr.. MARSHALL said The proposition Of the commit
tee was not the required by the wants OF the
country II proposed 10 levy very small per cent0ge
mon the value of great staples when destined for export
whereas the Government required the Whole Of thoe st>
PIES and Congress should AT once take them as had
constitutional right to do and upon the 9sp9soh OF
them organize a substantial public credit lie claimed no
originality for the idea he presented AT the com
Rncenent of the war the same suggestion had Deell
made bv statesman Mr.. A. STEPHENS OF Georgia. who
the great issues upon which the country
had engaged but If then met no favor he thought the
time had not passed when might be advantageous!
embraced and through its successful appcaton our re-
sources could be so organized 10 enable the Coniede
racy 10 carry on this Indefinitely upon any plan on
which our enemy preferred 10 wage IT. what Is property
cotton tobacco naval stores or gold and spyelcom-
ard with the great stake Of Independence in which we
si have common and vital interest Viewed IN that
connection property has no appreciaDle Vaue anu 'h
fact must become automatic in this country
II was of no use TO be pnchng and pairing the fruit
which we were bond TO take entire he was IN favor Of
acting with energy the full marx OF duty lhe iact 10
psten that the issues Of paper by the treasury nave de-
ated until one dollar In coin is worth fifty Of the pa
per and the call for additional issues appears nitess
one remedy for this has already been applied by making
Offices Of exchange sfa asposne ts dIe'sSdy =,
cotton and tobacco and III requiredby other property
even The coin and plate OF the country, metallic basis
for the paper and last by making your treasury notes
legal tender in payment Of all contracts entered into since
the beginning Of the Stop the practice OF sending
coin out of the country to build up foreign credit while
engaging at home in competition with private personsn
bTyg IN coin 10 tbs utter caion Of our pa
per. II il can be, sell the cotton ana tooacco upon our
own soil.
mcnt sell after tile seizure You propose to makel
M. MARSHAIL-To whom can II be sold' To France,
Great Britain elgum, Gemany--to any one wanting II
who can pay for il in gold sterling bills France main
ans MONOPOLY in the article Of tobacco and Mr. NJ had
no doubt the French agents wold buy the whole tobacco
crop and pay for il acceptably and necessary store II
home Let France spread her own flag over az her own
pOpery he bad objection TO see the tTi-color oatng
over tobacco warehouses here to indicate that the con
tents were the property Of a neutral
lie bsd no idea thar the Emperor would be involved in
war with the United States on account OF SUCH purchase
He woud trust 10 the tact OF Napoleon and the shewd
ness of Mr. Seward TO avoid amentable catastrophe
but should disturbance between them be the result our
country might control its own scnSbites under the al
Rctipg dispensatiop At ali events a. was business
transaction in which was IT0poset 70 engage ana one
not forbidden 10 neutral by any public law he thought
that there could be doubt OF the ability OF this govern
mont 10 raise upon t tobacco lis air value ny SAFE 40
6acco anu cotton were NOT COM; of war by any code
ne knew Of and there nothing he had met IN the
books 10 pregen tie sale land Of such an article TO
neutral whatever might be- the strngency OF blockade %
orr morris 10 prevent its export The fact is tobacco and
cotton in private hands not fair prize according 10 the
laws of civilized but the United States have not made
the war according TO the customs Of civilization Tier
gents and soldiers seize pirate property OF destroy II
whenever and wherever they can obtain advantage BY DO
ing Already public agent IL said to bern savannah
70 collect cotton and TO ship on government account the
cotton Belonging TO private persons which vas leil IN tnat
cy AT lis evacuation by Gen Herdee and the u nIed
propose TO settle or the cotton or 10 hear the CLAIMS
Of private after the shall have -
Under such circumstances shall this Congress pursue
timd and hating policy Shall We renqush this chance
10 organize public credit upon practical ana saIsiac-
tory Da-is ANA leave the people anGthen property peJ
For his own part were the policy questionable he would
not hesitate to pursue it for the time was hot proptous
for Circumlocuton questions OF decacy as to power
We want the aftiCe We do not convert II to OurRWn
pu bile uses the enemy will do whenever OppOu Nty
occurs so that instead Of the actual resources OF The
country being turned into iertzng channels they VIII
become the means Of actual exhaustion To US they VIII
become the allies Of our enemy.
Mr. NJ said that the Of the day announced the fan
Of Fort Fisher and the loss OF wilmington would be the
probable consequence. What would then become OF the
sores which had been collected IN that quarter such as
were held private account would fall into the hands oil
the enemy io they could not be removed whereas had
they belonged 10 Government means could be employed
and probably ere this would have been employed 10 save
them, He repeated that he was The advocate OF all
measures which would enable the Government 10 mann
tain the wal with yigOr and effect II is war wa1ed
against Us upon the most gigantic scale OF any war that
las been conducted since the opening Of the Christian
Era aud il has been conducted by the United States with
an atrocity and disregard OF humanity that has no pafa
el upon the records Of any civilization W. have met il
thus far with fair blows and in spirit at least oil CHRISTIAN
chiyalry.
But the fact is THIS STATE THINGS MUST cHASGE.-
The Government OF the United States must be made TO
feel that the blood of the Southern people can be reused
pitch, WHEN IT Will RETALIATE IL KIM EVERY IN
JURY THAT WE RECEIVE AND THAT II orr HOMES ARE
Not SAFE. THERE SHALL BE 40 SAFETY ANYWHERE,
We can do this but thus far we lave abstained. The
time has when the practice should change The en-
eny must learn feel the in their own homes rs we
have been made to feel il in There is nothing the
enemy stops at whicllhe has the power pepetrae lie
Mr. had been in the field for two years of this war
and had seen something Of this vandalism. Destroying
the records of titles in clerks office the deeds OF coun
" and the evidences of past public admnistraton-the
burning OF humble homes in the country the sacng OF
villages and the numberess crIees pract!sed upon help
less ladies and aged ordinary examples OF IT,
lie had known OF instance where The enemy threw dead
bodies iuto the public well OF town TO poison the water
in mere wantonness of that devish and hend.Ee spirit
which annates men who in the style that often
characterzes the sodey las they are called OF the nj
tod states Those things would scarcely be believed by
raonle who had moi witnessed them No doubt many
gentlemen the United Statea considered them eXagge
atons at least of real if not cton altogether Of
the imagination But they were tlths that to 70 hs!o
~ the character of the people who insist upon fraternity
and union with u and which will bring upon the
for contemplation hereafter why has been aud why 1t Is
that We viii light 20 ihG death rather lhaA ne 4sa asso
ciated with such people. Atr6ey has no degree yet
measured that shocks their seRsbiy or that their policy
refuses to practice Why is this Clearly II Is TO tame
the spirit Of the Southern people TO deess them and 70
make them submit TO the doninGt0n o. the Sortnen as
represented by the Government Of the United States Can
it have such eGect4 Nc He would resort TO every de-
vice which cohd be employed to retaate. ILere IS no
sense in talking about the rules Of civilized warfare with
such foe lie would practice the same Kind OF warfare
they do For every mill and barn in this country they
had burned, he would burn two in their country There
nothing destructive that ingenuity can invent ne would
not employ before he would submit The North can't
sand that sort Of long Us we can and they are
likely TO lose at 1t more than we shall II they prefer ~
he was an advocate for their indulgence in il and though
humanity may shndde the desructoB OF both life and
property still that better than the loss OF the life Of
theOniedecy. Before that IS lost be would not only make
war to the knife but war in every way and With every
sort INSTRUMENT art and nature could supply onr people
with We can throw off civilization as well as our neigh
bofs though il may cost us deeper sigh TO do So but
we shall be Unworthy the liberty we assert and unit for the
salt government ws entered upon the war TO vindcate