“A Southern Coin Currency.”

The rebel leaders of the South are determined not only to cut loose from the old Union, but to wipe out every trace of former identification with it.  They even propose to do away with the Federal nomenclature of coin, and adopt designations peculiar to the Southern oligarchy.  For instance, cents, dimes, dollars and eagles are to be superseded by centimes, tropics, stars and sols!  They draw upon astronomy and geography for their names, as though they would move heaven and earth to accomplish their object!  We would propose that they re-christen the names of their States, as their present designations are so well calculated to remind them of their former connection with the Union. – As the proposition comes from one John M. Vernon, of New Orleans, it may be that he has concluded to drop his system of coin nomenclature since that emporium has again been placed under Federal rule.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, May 2, 1862, p. 2