Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-03-19


TIE QUESTION OF EXEMPTION il one that is much dis
cussed and too frequently without reference to the true
principle involved That principle, take to be, that
the law contemplates the granting of no exemptions
upon grounds merely personal to the individuals to
whom such exemptions granted. In order that the
war should be carried efcently-that soldiers
should be fed clothed supplied with munitions, forage,
etc., that the agriculture and business of the country
should also, far possible be carried on and the
chnery of civil government kept In motion and thus the
life of the country be sustained and its credit supported
1t has been deemed necessary that certain exemptions
should DO made.
These exemption, are right and propsr, wherever
necessary and useful Wherever the persons classes
exempted do better service where they are than they
could do in any other capacity. For the fact of their
necessity and superior usefulness in certain capacity
not in the army is the only just ground for their being
retained there, and not removed by the conscr pon.
Where the of the exemption fails the exemption
itself ought to Where the remains in full
force-where the public interests are best promoted
then the exemption is right and proper. On the
trary, where the exemption is sought and used for the
promotion of personal ends and simply that the exempt
may escape service, still worse, engage in speculation
extortion it is evident that the contrary ia the
The army must b. fed and clothed. Farms and
manufactures must be carried On To do this skilled
labor and intelligent supervision necessary. Espe-
ciay are these things imperatvey called for now The
army we'll the people at home threatened with
scarcity not only Of shoes and clothing bat OF food and
indeed, of all other necsssaries.
In view OF these things, despite the camor that
raised at the beginning Of the present session of Con-
gres. the exemption bill has not been materially altered
and will not be. The steam engine requires boiler
the army requires production at home. Congress
and is aware of these facts and Congress in making
enptions has recognized them.
All laws will DO evaded and all privileges abuacd.-
What is made for the good of the whole ia too frequent
ly perverted to the advantage OF small portion This
only be guarded against by rigid enforcement of the
laws and earnest effort to guard against evasons and
shams, not by Wholesale dsnuncations sweeping
aertious.
We are In the constant receipt Of communication.
from soldiers in camp, all of which, we cannot, Of
course, publish. We would not have room for all of
them, even were we to exclude all ether things. We
beg soldier friends to bear this in mind when they
may feel inclined to find fault with the nonappearsnce
of any Of their contributions.
For soldiers in camp have the highest respect
Their many noble qualities we admire, and for their
failings ready to make the most liberal allowance
We carefully read every communication from them and
if there be anything that we can endorse we endeavor
at fitting tine to press iupon public attention. Bat
the little ealouses and squabbes of camp-the little fun
enjoyable by those who know the parties and can ap
preciate any point made-the many Inconvenience and
perhaps grievances inssparable from present posi-
ton, hardly the material out of which to make up
matter for an interesting newspaper. Nor, in fact
would the publication by of sill the complaints made
tend aeriay to remedy any the evils complain
ed of.
1t is not every man who can keep hotel, neither
can every man write for the newspapers We admire
the patriotic spirit of much of the poetry sent Its
heart is right but it's feet detective and its rhyme
difficult. MAN " does not rhyme with hand - with
out violent deviation from the usual rules of pronun
citation.
But what we want are facts no matter in what garb
know them to be facts if they are sach as will
interest the public much the better IF not we can
lay them quietly aside and nobody will be the wisef
IT is reported that Lieutenant General Wow HAY
NAu recently committed suicide at bis place of Haynau
not far from Cassel in Germany. He shot himself
through the mouth with conical ball. Death was in
Simultaneous.
General HAINAu attained worldwide notoriety for
his brutality during the Hungarian revolution of 1S48
when no ordered the whipping of delicate women. His
fsats had been 30 far surpassed by those of beast
BUTLER, that it il possible the one brute killed himself
out Of chagrn at fnding himself 90 far surpassed il his
own peculiar line by the other.
Mrs. DoveLAs, widow of the late Senator srEpHEx
DOUGLAS, denies that she ia engaged to be married
HIGH THE jackson Mssstssippian of the 10th. saws