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The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], Letter from President Davis. (search)
Letter from President Davis. --The Mobile papers publish the following letter from President Davis to the "Confederate Society," of Enterprise, Miss.: Richmond, Va, Sept. 17, 1863. J. W. Harmon, Esq. Secretary of the Confederate Society, Enterprise, Miss.: Sir: --I have received your letter of the 22d ult, enclosing a copy of an address to the people of the Confederate States, calling upon them to unite in an effort to restore and maintain the par value of the currency with gold by forming societies of citizens who will engage to sell and buy only at reduced prices. The object of the address is most laudable, and I sincerely hope for it great success in arousing the people to concerted action upon a subject of the deepest importance. The passion for speculation has become a gigantic evil. It has seemed to take possession of the whole country, and has seduced citizens of all classes from a determined prosecution of the war to a sordid effort to amass money. It d