The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-03
RICHMOND, Sept 2, 1854
VInnnrahla " MyIES


Chairman Of Military Com. C. 8. Cong:
81: Thare are times and circumstances when
not 20 speak cut b toSsacriice cardinal principies
We are now In just such times, and su rounded by
lust such circumstaucea you will recur to the
brief interview between us In the Hall last week,
you viii readily perceive and am sure generously
Appreciate, my motive In addressing yoa this note
through the press
many OF our non script soldiers had the honor to
present petition for them to Congress, on the first
day Of it, present session. That petition was re-
1sred TO the committee of which you are the chair.
man. No report or action, 20 far As the pro-
eeedineS Of the House inform me. has been made
or bad.
Tho duties Of counsel are not less impariOus o,
sacred than those of representative. In this capa
your committee a. to the petition aud its action
through you, - it, honored chairman. ON the re
port you made to Congress on yesterday:
It u proper to ssy-in li~iae-thstI address you
cir simply because you are the chairman Of the
COMMITTEES to which the petition Of my clients has
been referred. / viii add, however, that 1t is q
source Of high satisfaction TO me-individually ano
prossssionally-to know that l am addressing q
ssaassman from the State Of So1tk Carotind, the
resting place Of the RUTLED0o, LowNksEs, CAL
HouEs. Of other end better ys. Not only this
that vos1 State q - renown04 for the manly chiv
airy and bold action of It's public men. a. tay are
Distinguished for their high sense of personal hon
or devotion to States Rights, and invincible re-
sistanee to executive encroachments on the true
theory q republican government and constitution
. liberty. This. sir II no idle. passing compliment
N springs from the heart and II embalmed in the
Asievis ssssls Of your State.
Thsro were certain grave constitutional questions
pssssnted In the petition Of my clients They
wsrs not mere ids yaeaie: Or thsorstie problems '.
~ vital organic action Of the fundamental prnci-
PIE Of the Confederate States government They
touch the 0siS sPTtnS Of our governmental struc-
turo; they lie embodied in the essential materials
hxah 40 al AZ tint nal
81; without their practical operation and mandate
y development, our new experiment will be but q
ssmblancs and . cheat. ], then. respectfully ask
Nh youf committee pass them, UNDECIDED will they
ssSssieuss nsw BILL based on the negation Of 20
vital principle, and frame new law In itself an
JvsaiastsS unless the original Conscript act Il, in
letter. spirit, end parport, violatedi
proposes 70 extend tbs Oonscrpt act to al. over IS
ysaFs and under 8 years Of age. The act Of 18th
April ralass0 III over IS years Of age. 1Aas - q
fsa sAieh = (skv s4.iasd b IL Honorable Sswsta
6sssssr q Msvsk crolia4 Is THkKS nzxBER
81. IoUa COMMITTEE, Or rae HOUSE. WHO WILL
DIZZY TIE FACT IN HIS SEAT
~ - % dssass az bsu II certainly would BE-.
s1sspt - fAs and 70 the extent TO which it pro.
peoso - eurta ths vested rights Of my clisNss 20
avsd nd aecruing. under the ovt4iss! SsH
One word on this point, and for the present
will dismiss ths subject, and turn II over to your
soliGAtsnsd wisdom and experienced saeacity. II
Fl0Atly eompFehsnd the tsySss Of the bill which
Yoe have reported, II empowers the President. -
49, nssssivs o. 49, the Coni:asIass State; to Con-
IN ysass IN Ill the States il those States do not
aagWw the cell made on them Resolve this pro.
ped9oe h eenneetion with the General Order. No.
- e =: wss D:p.stmsnt: s ~ n violate. 81
49, - EAsseytesa ehoer savollsd Jov tksway
pssuieUs y ~ l6tA drill leo0 no matter whether
0syafs thirty-sx Or afsy six years Of sse. Retain