Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-20
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BY the proceedings OF shndry counties 10 pfh:art IA
seblles Of the people, the desire has been
that tho General Assembly Of This State should be con-
vened In extra session. The condition Of the country
calls for the exercise of the best judgment Of the wses
councillors of the State The large levies of ad t6nal
troops by the enemy for the devastation of our lands
and the subugaon of our people, requires txraordi-
nary exerton on our part and every State in the Con-
federacy must brace itself TO the impending encounter
with fearless lortude and untiring energy The peo
pie must prepare for the magnitude Of the gency
and each must feel that his is necessary to aid
in vindicating the justice Of cause, and that
what may, he is prepared to meet the foe with calm
| defiance that Acknowledges no alternative but
| qualified recognition Of our independence No people
can be conquered who feel thus and up to that feel
ing with abiding confidence in the justice of Heaven
concur in the propiiey Of converting the General
Assembly for the pun ose OF devising for the
public defence; to enroll an additional force of militia
beyond the conscrpt age for local well as general
protection; to provide for arming and equippng such
additional force and furnishing the for rendering
their services available when necessary; to give conf
dence people in our ability to repe our
puous and worse than savage foe; to set an example
10 our Southern sisters by exhibiting mistaken cOnf
dence in Government and undiminished ardOr our
common cause, apd 10 invoke their united aid once
in meeting the emergency becomes people
gsged in righteous cause-to display Tot only endu-
under losses and severe reverses, but graphing
with adversely, to exhib t. at moment of anticipated
weakness power from moral xample and physical ex-
erton.
Besides this important purpose, first aud uppermosl
in every heart there other matters which require
our most anxious councl5 The currency of the coun
try il in deranged state. Something must be done to
give confidence to the people 10 the stability OF our
monetary concerns. Something must be done TO pre-
vent the depreciation OF circulating medium and
the enhancement Of the price Of the necessares Of
life
While II is proper for the Government to call in its ex
n ita ia not
necessary proper in my judgment in doing so to dis
credit the only money that is in the hands Of the
people to meet their every day transactions The CAPT
tast and broker may collect and fund the of the
currency in their hands, bu the Government should not
permit the banks the corporations Of the country 70
dscredt the money which the poor required to re-
ceve by refusing to receive it deposit and rejecting
itfor ordinary Dues and much lees should the States
themselves dscredt it by prohibiting its reception in
payment of taxes and public Gues Such acts are mis-.
chievous in the extreme, and will produce a panic,
frightening the of hepeope from their proprety
aud tending to shake the Government to its foundation
convoke the Legislature to provide remedy for these
evils and especially repeal the act prohibiting the
cepon OF Confederate notes of particular date pay
ment of public Dues Much rather would punish those
who refuse receive the currency Of the country with
the utmost penalties of the law.
1t is also necessary to provide funds for carrying on
the operations of State nsutons to provide the
for employing the convcts in the pententiary many of
equivalent in labor, because adequate appropra
ton has been made for furnishing full supply of
terals for their work. Other appropriations are re-
quired which it is not necessary to specify but which
ere, nevertheless, essential to the public service
therefore,
l, JOHN LETCHER Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, by virtue of authority vested in by the
Constitution, do hereby require the members of the
General Assembly elected in May last to assemble in
extra session at the Capitol in the ci of Richmond
Monday, the seventh day of September next at IL
o'clock, NJ
(~'-) Given under my hand, as Governor, and
l. S. under the seal Of the Common wealth, at
- Richmond, this tenth day of August, in the
year 1858, and in the eighty year of the Com
monWealth JOHN LETCHER.
By the Governor:
GEORGE w. MUKFoRD,
Secretary of the Comth.
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