Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-07-24
The Confederate Debt.

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The ImperialiSt, commenting upon
the payment OF the Southern debt 6y the
Government of The United States, alter
the monatchisl lorm has been given 10 It,
says
would be difficult 10 say in precise
" wha, manner it would be possible 10
arrive at a Just and equitable scale by
which 10 determine exactly what and how
much OF the Southern war debt. held as II
now is, NAV be considered debt Of hon
or by those for whose purposes II was
! originslly contracted. A good deal oil It
is still in the hands OF lis first holders land
of the equity Of at least graduated pay
men, of this there can be no doubt We
do not propose here and now 10 offer a
| fully developed financial scheme or sys-
lem, but We cannot for moment recede
from our proposition tina. all debts con-
.racled by and for any people are binding
and sacred until equi,ably liquidaIed.
We challenge any man to dispute the
correctness OF this proposition. II we
are told that all the loans in question were
made contingent upon The duration OF the
Confederate Government, and that they
were fairly forfeited by lis downfall. how
shall we consistently claim the payment
Of the bonds OF The United States. issued
to raise money for the PerpeIusIion OF a
Republic which has already VIGOROUSLY
ceased TO exist
We must cast aside HE fdlIacious pre-
tense that The my thical entity entitled
"Governmert' is the party which IN.
cute such obligations as these. What Is
"GovernmenI" that men should lend TO
j, or borrow ! No, gentlemen, all these
are debts due by the people. and we
greatly overesima,e the honorable feeling
Of the men of The Sourh if they really re-
quire more than the bare permission TO
meet their obligations.
A LONDON DOMESTIC TRAGEDY "A
domestic tragedy with scarce a parallel
from lis depth OF horror was revealed on
Monday, the 2slh Of June, at No Is lio-
sier lane, SmiIhfell, London. The facts
were
Acting in accordance with The sugges-
tons OF letter received Of headquarters.
that the officers o(jusuce shonli 60 TO %
Hosier lane, where they would see "an
unexpected sight," the police repaired to
The house, and. forcing an entIa nee found
eight dead bodies. victims of prussic acid.
Walter James Duggan and Emma his
wife were lying, surrounded by their six
children, all in the embrace Of death.
Duggan was silVersmitlr, who, from
misfortune, and not by fault OF his own.
had lost bis situation. and was about 10 be
TUNED out of his lodgings, sdrifI upon the
great London world. He seems to have
been an aGectiona,e fsther, az Emma
Duegan was tender mother, but both
man and wife would appear TO have sue
cumbed to ill-fortune and thrown up the
game as hopeless. The poisoning OF the
children was. beyond all dispute. the de-
libersle work Of The parents,n not IN wrath,
but from The dread of want, who after
wards destroyed themselves. The lille
limbs were decenlly composed. the young
faces woe an expression OF perfect tran
guilty. and there was no trace OF disturb
snce in the apartment The family Bible
lay open at the register OF marriages and
births. wherein were written the nance
and date of birth Of the children, and the
marriage certificate Of the parents was
carefully pinned to the leaf. Duggan
himself wrote and posted the letter 10 the
authorities, and then went back and pre-,
pared the "unexpected sighl' which II
promised. The Duggan tragedy was The
resul, Of an unhappy social condition and
as such may well demand the earnest con-
sideraton Of the thinker and the states.
man.
The Charleston IS. G. News says:
alt is evident now that the long cotton
and rice planters are Of one mind IN Their
determination to take Cinnamon as then
principal lshnreIs. A number OF planters
have already written to say that they will