The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-24

was The ardent pessotialss.iirisnd and political
champion Of Judge Douglas, and consented
at his fequesf, to accept seat in the lower
House Of the present Congress. He posi-
tiy.ly declined the offer Of a Brigadier-
G}encTalship, made him By LiDcala, when
the war began, and has steadily voted
against the administration ever since.
The repeal Of the exemption law"
which limits the action o the GUpscriPt
Jaw" to certain bounds prescribed, has be-
come matter of serious speculation among
the people and of actual notification in Con,
gross Without entering upon an argument
Of the conscript abstraction-which we con
slider TO have been and, tobe one Of those dis
Agreeable necessities tolerated. rather than
admttcd-we have this to observe, that
there are civil, as well as military necessities,
and that certain exemptions from field duty
are just as essential, as certain coercions.
The operation Of ordinary wars, taught US
by history aud learned by reference, cannot
be compared to the action We are engaged
in; or any parallel drawn whatever This
is revolution, not rebellion. It's surges
are regular, consistent and moderated ac-
cording to law, order and established uses.
They do not dash like breakers upon a rocky
shore; but they roll around the axis Of free
government. That government is sustained
by the intelligence of the people. The in
telligence Of The people is encouraged and
kept alive BY erfectknowledge Of current
affairs, by a participation in them by a
freedom Of thought, speech aud deed, BY
sober convictions AID discrimnatyo judge
ment, between right and wro>g. If, ar,
cordiog to scripture, there is time to fight,
there is also, according to common sense, a
class whose business is not to fight In
war itself, under military usage, The sur.
geons and the quartermasters are prohibited
from fighting The helpless, the weak, the
child, the woman, the old man, are to be
cared for, as well as the soldier The SOL
der too, is to be provided with loed and
raimcnt. Ii there must be wall of flesh
and blood in front to defend, there must
also be wall Of meat and bread bchind to
supply. No propositions are clearer than
these, aad the member of Congress, who,
TO curry favor by pandering to the monlen-
tary and thoughtloss prejudices Of the army,
allows his Judgment to forset them, will
commit gross error IN point Of sagacity,
and crime in point Of atriotism. With
out going utoan enu ucrltioa Of the several
branches Of exemption, which should re-.
main as they are, we must be permitted to
mention that Of hetypograpbcal lfcternify,
and AIDA few facts. First, that there's IRE
fewer printers off military duty than from
any other trade, according to its numbers
in the South; second, that public printing
requires a certain number Of hands, and.to
refuse one Office what Is granted another,
is to create an oppressive monopoly; and,
thirdlyspo more effective Suppression Of
the freedom Of the press could be d~ised,
than by refusing the press its necessary
workmen, and forcing them into the mill
tory service The difficulty Of procuring
printers is The best evidence of their patriot
ism and services, \ distinguished mem
Der Of Congress, during the last session IN
the exemption Of printers, remark
ed that the result of such measure, would
create a newspaper at every cross-road.
How lamentably that gentleman showed his
lack sogacityl Did he never reaeettho
the popular mind is kept aliye and aglow
and Informed 49, aud thus bouyed up
strengthened and sustoined-by the news
papers, pid peger ihe idea eros his fam
cy that the people Of this country, have
always refused 90 BE- keptiutho dArk2 Aid,
(wtak tdan bow couId he have committed
the iudiscretivn (to say uothing ofthe igno-
rance Of running up o6aiust that machine,
which makes Gcugrcssmen, AZ well as he
rses, half Of what they atey
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pal~ Vollomgbom IS down on Tie ePdgrim
Fathers Iia late speech be sud
u would not denyo iisIarage the a0stere
vtnts Of the oa 'a'ITaaS Of Ehglaaa or
Atneica. Bnt lido hefieYe fhat ID no Very
nature Of things no. cuulnunily could cxet
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