Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

warning al revolution if we do not stay &C.
tiun.gs1t is revolution il We do not stay
perhaps riot if we do not Revolution may
destroy riot can be suppressed. II con
FEES that have not seen its signs. hear
from many districts, which have most
heavily suffered during the war, thatpeRce
is secure. The threat Of riot is held out
where tho Stay Lag has been revived and
has been warmly nurtured. Ho has ven
tured to bring in the history of the STAY
Law md present its existence as an arru-
ment. Sir, have carefully refrained Gere.
tofore from allusion to ills first passage and
all repetitious Of the Act passed during the
war, as have Irefefed'to suppose and Still
Go think that it WAS we'll rueant and though
q sad blunder was patriotic in its purpose
and therefore was entitled 10 the respect of
silence, Lu! the gentleman has brought it
forward.
did not think that there was voco
in the land which would not acknowledge
that the Stay Law extending generally
through The Confederate States, WAS tho
root Of universal evil, but was mistaken,
the gentleman does not think so. Iwouid
be glad to hear his reasons. It's existence
made unnecessary to make our paper cur
,,rcncy legal tender, and thus The success
of our cause lost its hold upor a sadly large
portion Of cur population. This caused
depreciation OF tho currency aud removed
all restraint upon speculation, which alb.
sorbed tho heart Of SO many and deprived
our soldiers Of the aid and support which
should have come from home. It caused
our pay 10 be valueless: our soldiers fami-
lies drew no support from our pay many
were starving and in want, and called back
their husbands sons and brothers from our
army and to the Stay Law and lis results
and moi 10 cowardice is TO be attributed The
lesertion which weakened and finally dis
solved our military force. 1t is now met
with respect, is fosteYed with care and fon-
died with love. But we remember it; and
too many soldiers remember it, to make
our country love it. The bitter results of
its primal passage makes its nature plain
and breaks down the speciouskrguments of
popular agitation and Indebtedness. We
know What our trouble comes from. Hisa
result Of the war. The same thing that
took property took legs and arms, MAIN
cd and mang'ed our best people yet they
don't bewail their loss. 1t took our heroes
--and there died cheerfulIy, can We not
then bear the loss of money and preserve
our integrity. Soldiers can, sir--and SOL
diers will. Had the Stay Law now for the
iirst time come before us, perhaps sir, ms our
tlrst parents, unconscious of the value oftle
blessing gained by observance of the con-
stitution Of Eden, we would he deceived by
tie ailuring form Of this temptation. But
SIR, the sharp blade Of agonies through
which we have passed, has severed to daz-
cling armor: the voice or wisdom and di-
.rect'og power, has pronounced the fraud
and fall"cies; experience has laid bare the
naked deformity Of this friend Of policy,
and our people must either rcje,t the Stay
Law. 10 he redeemed, or breathing the
discredit which Eliminates from his nos
THIS, yield beneath its influence and sink to
the depth of the pool of corruption into
which to casts his victims. -