The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-12-02
The 80. Ca. Legislature-Govsrnor's
Message, 30.


The Legislature son,rnsd in regular
Session on Monday OF last week. A synop.
sis ot the business up 10 our lstcst dates
from Columbia will bv found eIsewhsre.--
1t - thought that tho SrssIon vii. be .
short one. ing to the fact Of several ex
ira srssions having been held during the
year. The principle business ~iil ba TINT
Of de, ,sinc means by which th. poor may
be secured from want. The Go, rrnors
Mrs.sgr MAS not received IN time for Us 10
pubii>'. in full This week. We arr enabled
however, to give y synopsis Of i,s leading
points:
In rssP-c: 10 our Confederate relations.
the Governor 10 hopeful lie says that the
enemy IL. o.day, relatively weaker Than hs
~ss at tho beginning OF this year. his armies
being widely separated aud further from their
basin Of supp,irS whilst the Confsderscy il
relatively stronger, our armies possessing
the facilities for more rapid concentration
by interior lines, aad being pssrsr their
bases " supplies fis .sys that st Char
lsston our enemies have Been bsffi-d, while
IN the West, We have gained important ad.
vsntagrs Our hafve.ts have been bounii-
ful, o"r county healthy, and our people
have bern rendered, if possible. more united
and resolved by the VANDALISM or our fees
The supplying Of Slave labor Tor the
eosst has proved PrrpIezing. No system
imposing penalties, 10 likely to secure equal
ity and suee..s. The patriotic send their
riaves; others will pay. if The Sne /. not
too heavy, Or take their chances Of escape
through the courts. Much complaint 10
snads OF the lni.msnagsmust and treatment
Of the negroes; Of their detention in viola
aion OF the eontrae, and the law, and that
40 many citizens furnish no labor at ALI
The FIRST complaint. hs 10 sorry 10 believe,
there 10 foundation f"r f; but III. remedy for
the evil Is difficult, and must necessarily
rest Nth the Confederate authorities. The
second. hs has been si,sn to understand.
arises FROM The Inability Of Tho State au
thori'irs TO replace TIE labor n, the end Of the
month. The third, is the result ola radical
Nfeet in The y stem itself If labor 10 still
to be furnished (Which the Governor sup.
poses will be needed As long NJ the coast
continues TO be invadsd) he recommends
'ha, the Legislature ssihori.s the Governor
or State Agent. OF the Confederate General
comm uHndi'g the depmr,m. mt, if IL IL prefer
red. to impress. through the Cem,ni, ,sionsr.
OF Roads, for two mopihs' service. the rqu.l
~ =. Al
mute than one road hand.
The Governor recommends that one or
two Regiments Of State Troops BE- raised
for the purpose Of ssppsss,ins insuuee.
tions, repslIing raids, de, TO be pot in the
held when NEEDED, and wholly ss partially,
}u'loaghsd whom not needed.
The question Of sonfict bstwee, Aha
State aud Confederate E1emp,ion Acts has
been Submitted 10 the courts, and he In
informed that The d-eision of the Circuit IL:
'th"t nsithsr the Ordinance nor the Act
anendatory Of contemplated exemption
from any service besides militia service in
the Stats. aud 80 neither 10 In confiict with
he eonsehPtion laws" lie thinks !, is our
tue Po'isy :" amend oar exemption laws,
90 - TO nsake them conform a. nearly 90
pr"s'ieahls "a those Of ,hs Csufedsrs,s
Goyernmsas.
On ths sabjeet of substitutes he ssys
That all laws, whether State os Confederate.
allowing sabs,ita,iea, .hosid hs repealed
They operate IN favor Ola r,a-. than whom