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Bennett upon the "Rebel Congress"Raising the wind. Bennett tells his readers that our Congress is sorely puzzled about the means of raising the wind. He says we are "without money and without credit." He certainly knows nothing either about our condition or about history, if he really thinks so. Let us enlighten him. IBennett tells his readers that our Congress is sorely puzzled about the means of raising the wind. He says we are "without money and without credit." He certainly knows nothing either about our condition or about history, if he really thinks so. Let us enlighten him. In the year 1797, the Bank of England, in pursuance of an act of Parliament, suspended specie payments. By the same act, Bank of England notes were made a lawful tender. The consequence was that specie disappeared almost entirely from circulation, and its place was supplied by small Bank notes of the Bank of England. This conditin South Carolina and Georgia." It is ludicrous to hear the advocates of Lincoln talk so magniloquently three, weeks after the rout at Bull Run. Nevertheless, Bennett has convinced himself that the Confederate States cannot "raise the wind." On the other hand, he is convinced that the Yankee Government can command any amount of