Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-10-29
The Exemption Act.

home? or if those left at home are wholly con-
sumers and do not labor?
The Exemption Act.
We have been frequently asked if, under tho ex-
empton act, the owner of twenty slaves, who is in
the army, is exempt from service. Weanswer that,
in our opinion according to just construction of an
unjust provision, he is exempt 1t would be unjust
and cruel to compel the of twenty slaves who
is in the army, and who may have been there from
the beginning of the war, to remain, and at the same
time to exempt the owner oftwenty slaves at home,
who has not perhaps struck the first blow for his
country
While upon this subject we cannot forbear to en-
ter our earnest and indignant protest against that
feature in the law which divides our people into
classes ofslaveholder and non.saveholder and which
exempts the former from service because he happens
to own certain species ofproperty of certain val
This feature is unjust to both classes so-called
and was not desired by either The war is waged,
not alone for negro property but for Constitutional
liberty and in defence of our homes. 1t is COM
mon cause and it is as much the duty of one class
to fight for it as another Political equality is the
cornerstone Of our government; but what justice,
or what political equality can there be in providing
that one portion of our people shall be subject to
military duty, while another portion are exempt,
because they may happen to own a certain species
of property? 1t is no sufficient answer to say,
that police regulations must be adopted and OBJ
served, in order to keep the slaves in subection-
In the first place, the slaves have been remarkably
quiet and obedent since the war commenced with
the exception of those localities which have been
/, occupied or threatened by the enemy and in the
second place. the Congress Of the Confederate States
has jurisdiction over slaves or the question of
slavery, but it is the duty and the right of the
States themselves, and of tho Counties within the
and in their own way, all needul police regulations
Under the war.making power;Mr Lincoln attempts
to abolish slavery in the States and under the
war-making power, the Confederate Congress at
tempts to protect slavery in the States. 1t was
universally received axiom in the South, fourteen
years ago, that the power to protect carried with it
the power to control or abolish and one Of the
main reasons why the old government was broken
up was, that portion of the Northern people
risdiction of slavery in the States.
Nh Lincoln made an effort recently, IN his eman-
cipation proclamation to induce the nonslaveholdeTs
of the South to believe that the waged SOLE
lyon account Of negroes; and now, under strange
| infatuation, the Congress of the South comes for
ward, and, by an act discriminating between the
STAKEHOLDER and non-saveholder, gives color, if not
! =, hol;o h..
duced by our common enemy
The Constitutions of the States and of the Confed-
crate States expressly provide against privileged
classes among our people. But Gov. Brown, of
Georgia, nullifed part of the first conscription
lay, and the result was privileged class was con-
sttuted of the militia officers Of the States and now
the Congress, disregarding the Constitution, the
rights and duties of the States and the views and
feelings of the people, not only assumes control of
slavery in the States but creates another privileged
class out of owners Of certain species of property.
Members of the Society Of Friends, Duukers, Naza-
renes, and Mennonists, who are averse to war, and
who had no agency in involving the country in
bloodshed are required to pay five hundred dollars
each into the treasury as the price of their exemp
ton but the owner of twenty or more slaves is al
lowed to remain at home, to speculate, perhaps,
upon the necessities of the army and the people,
and is not required to contribute one cent to the
treasury beyond his usual taxes.
But We have no disposition to argue the question
further. Our only object is to enter our protest
against this feature in the law, and having done So
we shall not allude to it again unless compelled to
do so IN reply to such structures this article may
cali forth. We are for right justice and the Con-
stitution. happen what may; and We intend to
stand, at all hazards, by the people and by tho
great principles of political equality.
To DYE CorroS OR Wool BRowN.-A lady friend
sends the following recipe for dyelng cotton or
wool brown: \
Take the bark of the root of common wild plum
boil in iron or brass, as most convenient until the
dye looks almost black. Strain, and add small
quantity of copperas dissolved in small quantity
of tho dye. Add the article to be dyed Boil an
hour or So Wiring out and dip in strong cold ley.
When dry, rinse in cold water. This gives genu-
inc. bright brown, which is the prettest contrast
for blue and when checked in together makes 4
dress becoming enough for the proudest Southern
dame or belle. Ladies, try it.
ATEw WokDs ABOUT CHIcoRY.-Chicory, Sue
cory (C;chorium Intybus), perennial herbaceous
plant indigenous to Europe, but naturaized in this
country 1t has been found that the root, cut into
thin slices, roasted and ground is an admirable SUBJ
sttute for coffee and, when combined with the lat
ter in the proportion of two to one improves the
flavor of coffee very much. In these blockade times,
when none but the wealthy can indulge in pure
coffee, the chicory, will be found to all its
purposes Chicory is used to great extent in
Europe, and throug ghout Germany coffee scarcely
ever prepared without the addition Of portion of
it Several Of our own citizens are now using Chi