| From the Richmond Enquirer |
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| May 18, 1863 |
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| Richmond, May 15, 1863 |
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| To the Editor of the Examiner; |
| Dear Sir, |
| Allow me a space in your columns to call
the attention of the citizen of Richmond and those along the line of the
Richmond & York River railroad, to the fact that the management of that
road are demanding of those sending or receiving grain over that road
the freight to be paid in gold or silver, or, if paid in
Confederate notes, five times the amount. I am not conversant
with the laws on this subject, but it does seem to me that whilst the
State, as well as private individuals, is receiving their dues in
Confederate money, that it is presumptuous in this company to make such
a demand. |
| Please give me your views on the subject,
for it really appears to me to be a virtual refusal on the part of the
company to receive Confederate money for freights. |
| [In connection with the above
correspondence there have been exhibited to us receipts signed by the
President of the road referred to with the expression "received in
Confederate States Treasury notes &c., which would seem to indicate a
discrimination against that currency. We believe that such conduct as
that of which our correspondent complains, apparently with justice is
something more than "presumptuous," and that if it cannot be reached by
law it should at least be visited by public censure. The currency of the
Confederacy is its life blood, and the man or corporation who would
discredit or injure it reduces his patriotism to a question of dollars
and cents, and ends with poisoning he public confidence in the success
of our arms and the integrity of our cause. |
| Examiner] |
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