Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-05-21
GOVERNOR BROWN OF GEORGIA, AND The
CDNSCRIPTIDE ACT

We find it. the Aedgeville Caioa the following
interesting statement Of the views and recent action
OF the Governor Of Georgia
Wien Governor Brown Vas notified by the Sec
rotary Of War of the passage VI the ConScTlptl1n
Act and that all the Stale troops between Is and
8 years OF age 90 into the Confederate service,
be yiel-i 10 the necessity and promptly transferred
:he State troops TO the Confederate ier~ra rather
than hare open coatiict in the face Of ihe eneuT-
He h"weTeT, promptly notified the President that
he considered the Act violation Of the COnSiItu-
ton of the Confederate States and severe blow al
the CHS Of the States and the fundamental doc
ir.ue> FOR which are conteEfng; and that be
shoId have nOtniE. 10 with the enrolment u
the C0aScTlyis; that he should 10 no to commit
the Stale to the policy but should yss-rs tie gueS
ton Of the ey11t.ztfoaGty Of the Act and IT. bind
Ing force upon the people Of the STATE, for their
drc>ion at the earliest period when |; be done
without serious embarrassment 10 the Confrderacy
in the prosecution OF the war; that Georgia, IN
s,onSe 70 every call made upon her. had furnished
more troops than the President asked for and that
she would have furnished 20 900 more. II her Exc
cUiIVe had beer called on, part Of her quota for
50 large number No plea Of neccssity could, there
fore, IN the opinion Of the GoTernOT. De set Up for
The passage Of the Act, as il- as Georgia Is con-
cernei.
Ii Is well known fact that the President has not
arms enough 10 arm all the troops now in the field.
The Co1Scrp;iJn Act ~ili CAL INTO the teld very
large additional uEarHsG force and take these men
all IRON their farms al time which Will cause many
thousands Of Of land lie idle, when il Of
the utmost Importance that they be cultivated TO
produce supplies % provisions. The Governor has
written the President calling his attention TO the
importance Of exenptIng such oTeTSeers EcccS
sary 10 govern slaves and Cause them 10 Guilt
yste our lands and make provisions. The President
has replied, referring him to the Exemption Act,
which does not exempt them ami declining TO give
assurance that they VIII De exempt
The Governor Is OF opinion that We have never
been in danger for want Of men, but that def
cheney has been the want Of arms and # the dcftH-
sies pO!jcy is 10 be persisted in and large numbers
Of men forced leave their farms and 60 into camp
for the summer without arms. when they are so
much needed in their fields, ne seriously fears that
are in greater danger Of being overcome with
hunger than frOIn any other cause.
FOT the last twelve months Governor Brown has
favored more active and an aggressive policy and
his opinion now is that the best thing that could
possibly be done would be to throw a column Of
nifty TO seventy ive thousand of oar best trained
TO Chattanooga in the shortest time possible
and put them under General Price, one else
who has shown that nature made him a General,
and march them rapidly by way Of Nashville upon
Louisville and Cincinnati. This would throw them
into General Buel's rear and he would he COMPEL
ed 10 follow them into Kentucky. Gen. BeHuregard
could then follow close after Buell.. This would
compel the Federal column operating against East
Tennessee to fall back towards the Ohio and Gen
eral Kirby Smith could follow. and in thirty days
there would not be Federal soldier in Tennessee
The effect would DC not only to Gberae that noble
State, but to arouse her whole people and the Peo
pie OF the whole Confederacy to renewed energy
and activity. We supporting or own
armies and large portion of the Lincoln army from
the productions of the cotton States. The proposed
movement would DIVE back the Federal army and
place our own army in the rich fields and green
pastures Of Kentucky, were supplies would be abun
dant; while the railroad connection would be re-
opened into the heart Of Tennessee and enable
draw supplies from her rich valleys for the support
OF our people at home, now hard pressed for pro-
visions 1t may be objected that We have not the
10000 men in the field to spare. We can readily
concentrate them by Withdrawing them from places
where they are guarding points which must fail
when attacked by the gun-boats Of the enemy and
which are OF but little value when compared with
the grand object TO be accomplished. We have
simply hunted at the outline Of policy to which We
may recur at a future time