The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-12-20

,..o, IN submit Temporarily 70 e''iS'
=, Trusting TO their speedy removal r"'he'
-, ,o.. everything by quWreling among
The government IS our Hh'e''
..;,. 8 common cnerny, and Il We destroy
: ...ken TIM, government, We are SIMPLY
making war upon ourselves. and seek'ns our
,,,,. destruction The people by then 'o"T'
,,.cc,, the mon who administer the so'e'n
a., Il, the position. they occnpy, snd' u
,i,ey deem i, proper, they can "hiS hereafter
a. ,.,art Of their ipcnable displeasurc 'h
,hem Are not oar ruIers conscious OF 'h'S'
and are they no, also aware that po'"nH
will either gratefully scknow edge the '"'"'
n their services, or condemn their crin'n"'"!
.. a.,k,o.s And when we consider that
the urea, body Of the people who make anu
,,,u,ke the government, are not composer
of the rich and powerful. an that our r"''rs
are as much or more interested IN the success
iu termination Of the struggle than any one
else, for the enemy in the event OF our snoJ"'
.'-- -,oud certainly hang then'l II Is no'
that Il error. ara couun,sc...., 70 conclude
territorial These are G,cts which completely
silence the cansures OF demagorues and Sc
c.et enemies, aud of which we should never
lose sight
That the exemption law is detective may
be true. We are inclined to the opinion tina,
vpiII Is amended NJ thu oorl,.s, ,,,o.,tn., al
Congress in several essential particulars. II
would have been dif,cult If not Impossible.
however "a have devised any law exemp'ing
persons from military service, tina. would
have been satisfactory. Many OF the ob,ec
tions urged against the existing law are, in
our Judgment more spacious than Just. and
the result rather Of prejudice than reflection
Congress had to provide for two things first,
for defence against common enemy aud. in
the second place, tor the proper police of the
slave population Lincoln's emancipation
proclamation must not bc lost sight Of the
TACT that the enemy were in possession OF a
large portion OF orr territory, and that at
tcmpts would probably be made by them to
incite the slaves TO rebellion. The large
mass of the slave population Of she South is
to be found on or contiguous to the sea coast
or our inland water courses. These negroes
must Of course, be removed INTO the interior
Some one must be lef, to take care Of them
and render them useful. and. above all. to pre-.
/ vent them from falling into the hands OF the
enemy The slave population of the south
aye the main producers OF the nccessarics Of
lie during the war aud should we lose them,
one Of the great elements Of our strength
would be destroyed
The exemption nowhere looks to 2ropcrt s
qualifications, but, on the contrary when
properly examined, has but one view, and
that Is, military necessity. Everything is
required to bend to the one idea. the public
defence. The owner Of twenty negroes, or
/ the msr that owns $50 nurses or mules, or
the owner Of 500 cattle or sheep. is not ex
ernpt on that account the 10 . expressly
states that It is the party who has the man.
aremen' of the property tina, ia to be allow
/ ed to remain at home, and. in nine cases oul
I Of ten this will prove to be an agent OF over.
seer The language Of the law a. that the
oycrseor, agent, or owner Of twenty negroes
shalI be exempt, or a man hayi ? charge Of
one Or more places having that number OF