Editorial [pp. 464-472]

EDITORIAL.
ever so long. It will furnish to the i tiime andl details of the stle. The Secretaiv is,
h,,wcvr, autm'izedto etend titime, of ",.I,
Treasury at least $50.,000,000, andl l"'I r i n tl ale
, ~~~~~~~~~ when in his Ol~inion,thssalencss'yt
perhaps, in time, even $100,000,000: prevent a satcnifice of tle pl(,letv.
SteIps are now being tawen which will secm'e
Dear Sir:-You will perceive by the paper a very tloro ug h ca ss of ecv'(y county.
whlich I sen,d, that Coigress has acted lipol the ptaris, ol neigliboiloo, in tlhe South. The
quest ion of a direct (m' w tax and. und(ler the Secretary lets been active in t re m atter,, and
enlarged policy of the Secretary of the Trea- iemlices of Congress have put tleii sholuders
slry. snubstantially carried oit the vi ews which to tlhe wleel. A large n ber,f d(litional
I find you re so eaestly inclined to advocate agents,ill )e appointed, whose services are
or support. The tax (fifty cents on the hlun- volhntati..),1 wvim will thIs fild occasioln to
dred dollars payalble ii MaI.v next, and susc ep- serve the le lic ts effi(cieitly as the sol(liers
tibtle of be;, ass e( by the State'), is cer- cat in the f ield. P'ii,ted omissions to sucl
tainly very liglt, a in no degree likely to agents are forwarded from the l)eprt t.
cmbarrass. Even if it were otherwise, individ- 1 kniow thtt Louisiana, hicll has resl)poide(l
iail patriotism woulil I prompt the riet(ly sacrifice. so gloriously in,iiiiping ar:iis
The lban ks alread l. in a spirit of liberality and for thle fielifeost alslo. ini tlhis other
patriotismhvl conf e forward and made sucli work of patriotism. asid as olne of her citizens.
tenders of sippoi-t -to the financial policy of I shall be prioud to awitness tlat result. *
the Government as must protect it at every Your ficnl, etc.
poiint. The only relet is thlat legal restraints
thrown ar,(,tn(I those of Louisiana ('which it is t
throi (i Lonisina (wliA writer in tht Charleston Meri'uhoped wi ll in so me y be re ove(d), have preventel their full c io)eratioii. (Restraints ry (F. J. S.), referrin(g to the ivalusince rleovaed. in our
ableessy wich appeared inou
The piu,pose of the direct t ax. as explained o
in one of its clases, is,to pay the principal August number upon the Resouiri-es
and interest of the p1blic debt."etc. This as- of outherhrs F,ielss an(I Forests, from
siredl y. is a.i.tt of (l nep co icern to those o r
wl-i take the luots of the over et, and the 1)(en of Dr. Poe(rher, adds the folespecially to the lIrge and increasiug number lowinr initerestinrg p)articulars
of plant1rs who. everywhere with great prodi- I
galit y. re subscribing to the produce loan. l su,est tat common m
Ilere is the pledge beyond peradventure, that root makes -ln excellent corli, and
this interest will be promptly paid, and as to that we have a white woodl hlere
the prinlcipal, who of us cani gains'ty its security, basedi as it s upoi iniplicit confi(lelce in known as cork woodl, whic-h is said
the success of a cause in wlich our all is em- to be as lilght and velvety as the best
barkec? To talk of' subjiigiting" our people
isto adopt laguage dth th Spanish cork. The corik oak, under
is to) adopt lan~guageIl which the President has
well sgid "is incorrehensible to them." cultivation, grows rapidly in our suLn The plIiiter who akes a thousad hog sheads n land.
of sugir or- a tosn bales o f cotton, and so
of any other quantity, and subscribes the pro- You spoke, in tlhe article above alceeds of one-half of it to the Government will luded to of different coloring subreceive ii interest upon the bonds he obtains
two or three times the anouit bf tle war tax stances. The jui(e of the slin of
assessed upon him, ~ this calculationi any our blue fifl is abundant, and of a
,one can make for himsell e p rf.in e,clo afp
TIhe cotton planters -.re pledging, with grc;atI
The cotttosi ilanteisK afre Pligrin; with great deep, brilliant red color; a half page
lnanimity, fraction s of their crops, varying written vwith it a few (lays since had
from a fourth to a half-ini some instances the the appearance of haviii, been done
frori ince ~~~~the thpea r ane of' having been done
pledles are of tie entire crop. These sub- p.
scriptions vary fromone btle to twenty-five with red ink.
hundred btles, and i t is marvellous ta witness The pomeqgoraatle, whi(h grows in
the avidity with whirl every class i'coiiina
forward. In,the smgtllr itemrs i t is o lkn writ-
ten againtt the figures* tlhe eutire I." In gia, furnishes, in the rind of the
cases it is'stated tliat the party is a free fruit a e lack i
negro." Every one would thus have a place in fluid writes
the picture! What is true f)r the cotton plan- very smoothly, an(t retai ns its jetty
ter s beginning- to prOVe equnlly so for the hue. Thle iietallic penl used illay
sugar, tolbacco, rice anld grain growers —an,d,t *
should ev(er- the record of this lotn be 1 iakh- ei its (olor.
oga and ciii grow ~darken its color.
ed, as I have Io doubt it will be, it wvill lfirnisli Our counLtry ladies grcatlier wiildI in one of the most uxtr (iiary l te ii tl, 7igo (indi(go fera),...i feinm(rht fromi
a,nn3ts of our age. C(lassic,hlstory. o,- the (lays. I
of 1776, shlow notliig to surpass thi s unstintel. It a blue I)owdelr, e(iutnl to the (oln far-reachitg, unc.dtculating,an(d whlole-hlear-ted mercial ir(li~ o Wli(}I (ly(>s a beatiti f1%~i1 i Isias ted mercial iniigioo, wfIch dyies a beauti dIevotion of a,, people to a gre',t cause, I
a Nl,ich tli y hcave in i peq,nleti a ihic. proipel- fl aind lastiug iblue. A solution of
ty and. persoii alike are offered up hourly ul)op)i this powder ill water is a spee(Ily and
the altar.
(:e~rtaiin relief for cramil) and as,tlhni,a.
You will notice by the circular of MIr. ertain rief for era ai atlla.
iiiiei. thltt it is not lI)roposel to buy or titke The rie d sucasl' d)yes a ri(li, (dark or
pssessioln of anlly p)ortioi of the crops but, iillI lelit, i)urpl(, as is oly ire Tere
of seluch itio, s of thle l)ioceeis as iiiy, l i', i ie
oif'eie'd-tlie subscriber limiiself arranging tlhe are a variety of otlhei coloriung sub
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