Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.
By the proceedings Of sundry counties in prima-
ry assemblies Of the people, the desire has been
pressed that the General Assembly of this State
snould pc Convened in extra session. The condi-
ton of the country calls for the exercise the best
judgment of the wisest councillors of the State
The large levies of additional troops by the enemy
for the devastation Of our lands and the subiuga-
ton Of our people, require extraordinary exertion
on our part, and every State in the Confederacy
must brace itself to the impending encounter with
fearless fortitude and nntiring energy. The peo-
pie must prepare for the magnitude OF the emergen-
cy, and each man must feel that his arm is neces-
sary to aid in vindicatng the justice of our cahse
and that, come what may, he is prepared to meet
the foe with calm defiance that acknowledges no
alternative but an unqualified recognition of our
independence. No people can be conquered who
feel thus and act up to that feeling with an abiding
confidence in the justice of Heaven.
concur in the prop"iety of converting the Gen
eral Assembly for the purpose of devising means
for the public defence; to enroll an additional force
Of militia, beyond the conscript age for local as
well assgeneral protection; to provide for arming
and equipping such additional force, and furnish
ing the means for rendering their services avaiia-
BILE when necessary; to give confidence to our peo-
pie in our ability to repel our unscrupulous and
worse than savage foe; to set example to our
Southern sisters by exhibiting mistaken confidence
In our Government and undiminished ardOr in our
common cause, and to- invoke their united aid once
more in meeting the emergency becomes peo-
pie engaged in righteous cause--to display not
only endurance under losses and severe reverses
but, graphing with adversely, to exhibit, at mo-
ment of anticipated weakness, power from mora
example and physical exertion.
Besides this important purpose, first and upper
most in every heart, there other matters which
require our most anxious coancil. The currency
of the country is in deranged state. Someth ing
must be done to give confidence to the people in
the stability OF our monetary concerns. Something
must be Zone to prevent the depreciation of our
circulating medium. and enhancement of the price
/ of the nccessaries of life.
| bile it is proper for the Government to call IN
its excessive issues and to endeavor to fund its debt,
it Us not necessary or proper, in nv judgement, in
doing SO. to discredit the only money that is now
In the hands OF the people to meet their every day
transactions. The capitalist and brokers may col
1ect aud fund the amount Of the currency in their
| hands, but the Government should not permit the
banks and the corporations of the country to dis
credit the money which the poor are required to
receive BY refusing to receive it on deposit and re-
jecting it for ordinary dues and much less should
the States themselves discreditit by prohibiting It's
1 reception in payment of taxes and public dues.
/ Such acts are mischeyous in the extreme and
will produces panic, frightening the mass of the
| people from their propriety, and tending to shake
the Government to its foundation. convex. the
! Legislature to provide remedy for these evils,
and especially to repeal the act prohibiting the
eeption of Confederate notes Of aparticular date,
| In payment Of public dues. NJ UGH rather would ]
punish those who refuse t. receive the currency OF
the country with the utmost pen alties ofthe law.
It's also necessary to provide funds for carry
ing on the operations of State Institutions to
provide the means fol- employing the convicts in
the pententiary, many Of whom are supported at
public expense without returning an equivalent in
labor, because no adequate appropriation has been
made for furnishing a full supply Of materials for
their work. Other appropriations are required,
which it is not necessary to specify but which are
nevertheless, essential to the public service
therefore
/, JOHN LETCHER, Governor of the Common
wealth of Virginia, by virtne of authority vested
in me 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 city OF Richmond, ON Monday, the seventh
day of September next, at IL o'clock, NJ.
| (~A>1 Given under nv hand as Governor and
LIS. : under the seal Of the Commonwealth, al
| ~ Richmond, this 10th dav of August 1868
and in the eighty eighth year Of the Common
wealth. JOHN LETCHER.
BY the Governor:
GEORGE W. MUNFORD,
| Secy Of the Commonwealth.
| Aug. 18th 1863 tF
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