The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-08-27

thc tAtfeufe VI lcIoCitJ anu HOLniHS fcHidiHs
bnt 10 yindicate our rights and to maintain
our existence by employing against our foe
every energy and every resource at our dis
posal. 80
Iappend for your information copy of
the papers exhibiting the action Of the 60
yernment, up to the present time, for the
repression OF the outrages committed on our
people. Other measures now in progress
wilItbe submitted hereafter.
In inviting your attention to the legsla.
ton which the necessities of our condition
require, those connected with the prosecution
Of the war commanfuHdiyided attention.
The acts passed at your last session in
tended to secure the public defence by gen.
eral enrolment and TO render uniform the
rules governing troops in the service, have
led to some unexpected criticism that is
much 10 be regretted.
The efficiency Of the law has been thus
somewhat impaired, though It's not believed
that in any of the States the popular mind
has withheld its sanction from either the ne
cessity or propriety of your legislation. 1t
Is only BY harmonious as we'll as jealous ac-
ton that's government as new as ours, usher
ed into existence on the very eve of a great
war, and unprovided with the material ne
cessary for conducting hostilities on so vast
scale, can fulfil its duties. Upon you who
are fully informed Of the acts and purposes
Of the government, and thoroughly imbued
with the feelings and sentiments Of the peo-
pie, must reliance be placed to secure this
great object. You can best devise the means
for establishing that eatire cooperation of
the State and Confederate Governments
which is essential TO the we'll being of both
al al times, but which is now indispensable
to their very existence.
And If any legislation shall seem to YOU
appropriate for adjusting differences OF opin-
ion, il will be my pleasure as well as duty
to CO operate in any measure that may be
devised for reconclling Just care for the
public defence with proper Difference for
the most scrupulous sasceptibilities Of the
State authorities.
The report of the Secretary of the Tresn-
ry will exhibit in detail The operations or
that department. II will be seen with salts
faction that The credit Of the government Sc
curities remains unimpaired, and that this
credit is fully justified by the comparatively
small amount of accumulated debt, notwith-
stsnding the magnitude Of our military ope-
rations. The legislation Of the last session
provided for the purchase Of supplies with
the bonds Of the government, but the pre-.
ference Of the people for Treasury Notes has
been SO marked that legislation is recon-
mended TO authorize an increase in the issue
Of Treasury Notes which the public service
seems TO require. No grave Inconvenience
need be apprehended from this increased is
sue, as the provision Of law by which these
notes are convertible into eight per cent,
bonds, Lorms an efficient and permanent
safeguard against any serious depreciation
ol the currency. Your attention i also in.
yited TO the means proposed by The Secreta.
~ Tor facilitating the preparation Of these
notes. and for guarding them against forge
ry. Il is due to our people to State that no
manufacture OF counterfeit notes exists with.
in our limits, and that they are all imported
from the Northern States.
The report Of the Secretary OF War, which
is submitted. contains numerous Suggestions
Tor the legislation deemed desirable IN order
TO add to the efficiency Of the service. in,
yie your favorable consideration especially to
those Recommendations which are intended
TO secure the proper execution OF the Con
script Law. and the consolidation OF compa.
nies. battalions and regiments, when so re-
duced IN strength as to impair that uniiorm-
~ Of organization which is necessary ia the
army. while an undue burthen is imposed on
the Treasury. The necessity for some le.
gislation for controlling military transpor,a-
tion on the railroads. and improving their
present defective condition, forces itself up.
on The attention Of the government, aud |
trust that you will be able TO devise salts
factory measures for attaining this purpose.
The legislation on the subject Of general Off
GERS involves the service in some difficulties
which are pointed out by the Secretary, and
for which the remedy suggested by him
seems appropriate.
III connection with this subject. am Of
opinion that prudence dicIStes some pro.
vision for the increase Of the army, in the
event Of emergencies not now anticipated.
The very large increase Of forces recently
called into the field by the President Of the
United States NAV render il necessary here