The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-21
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Alabama Lesisiatnre-.Messag Of ths
Governor.

ATLANTA, Aug. 19.---The Legislature
Of Alabama met to-day in extra session
The Governors message was presented.
The following isa synopsis:
For obvious reasons the communities
tionis confined 10 the subject Of mill
tary defence. Owing to the now ssa-
perior numbers Of the enemy on every
theatre of war; the President has
wisely called on the States for their
relative portion. have received q
military requisition on Alabama for
1000 men for six months service. Be
fore the draft came the Presidents pro-
clamation called. out all under 45, which
class alone compose the militia Of
the State The Governor reviews
the question of classes exempt under
State and Confederate eIactsHepts:, and
of substitutes in the army.
He has no means of ascertaining ths
number of those classes in the State, but
supposcs there are several thousand. The
militia organization pertaining to the
Stale, the Legislature can detarmine who
shall be exempt and who shall not be cx-
empt AlLnot exempt by enactment will
be liable to militia duty, including tho-e
having substitutes tn the Confederate
service Additional legislation is neces
saiy to give efficiency to the military
code Of the State The Governor recon.
| meuda an amendment, to embrace all be
tween 1he ages. Of Ii and 90, including
ptlaons having substitutes, those OF for
eien birth donicled within the State,
and all who have eyadcd the just require
ments of the Confederate Government !,
also, a pian.ior the improvement Of the
militia, and extending the military power
Of the Governor II every man IN the
State were embodied in military organi-
zations, the State would present an i'm
pasSablc barrier to incursions. Strasglers
and icserters are condemned, and he re
con,nei.ds that the officers Of the State
be> charged with the duty OF arrestina
them, and the judicial officers with a
rigid enforcement Of. penalties against
| their abett0ri.
| J, tribute is paii ID the memory OF
Senator Yaneey, and a regret expressed
| that his eyes could not behold the sac
cess and grandeur Of the new Confede.
iacy
Alabama has and will cheerfully re-
spond to every demand upon her, solong
| as the unnatural ioe.peIseveres in his TN
holy crusade May the invaded people
not give way to alarm and false security
| but nerve themselves To an undying re
sistance to the despotism which has de
| creed the emancipation OF our slaves, the
coniscation of our lands, and the subju-
cation Of free people. God in his pro
siaeoce will not permit such a calamity.
| PROCEEDINGS N THE SENATE on THE WAR.
The Senate passed the following resol
lutions:
Whereas, LII the opinion rs this Genera
| Assembly, the people and the army have lofl
conf ;cnce in Geus Holmes and Pembertoll
| without questioning the integrity, patriot
ism, or loyalty of either Of said GeYerals
Aeaotstd That the interest Of the service
and the good of the cause we 30 dearly loyt
imperatiyely demand change In the coili
naids of these respective Generals.
R.ssotspti, That the people OF Alabama ana
iie State hereby pledge the entire resources.
of the State, to the last dollar and the las
| man, to a successful prosecution of the via
nog being waged by the North for the sub
iugai~ n of the people OF the >COnfedcrat'
States, aad that We viii never yield the Con
test until Ito achievement OF the acknow
ledgment OF oIr iaaspandence 40 separat
| people.
Kesoieed, That the Governor .ts<Lsllit
| copy of these resolutions To the Rresident q
The Confederate States, and TO each OF u
Representatives and Senators In the CoEfed
| crate CONGRESS, .