Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-12-04

speStA 81 senafsr s3h, son, or sssoski..
Hon. II Y $uliuson addressed 4 latgas
asscnblagr ii, ssk hasf 81 ,he House Of REP
RS. nt.tiv.saf Millriaesille. Ca. GA sks
night Of the aSi imian,y ~
III ALL 1i.s Senf agR he WIS ta!lH un-
solicited To The Senate 81 tie C6hfsderstd
/, Congress. yet When another co,ld be found
Ahb Aohld be n,ore honorable, capsblo and
| faithful; that he would yield to the will of
tho Eikis. As expressed ~ her represents.
tises, withouts iourmur aud with chcetfnl-
heas. That, from the solicitationy be haa
received. he would sssS bfSssa. aerelic, to
duty and recrrsnt to his ifast if he failed
on this occasion to render al ateount of bis
stewardship lie then discussed the ,d 4,
pressment Law; spoke Of its impe,fec.ious;
said it would have been better if bic amend.
mcnt had been sanctioned, which provided
for commissioners from tho viciDages tosfx
the prices instead of State commissioners.
whe fsed the prices two mo1ths in advance
OF the seisure. Necessity justified the ,pss-
sage of the bill with all its imperfectiona
which he had NO doubt Congress would rem:
edy, when ii 1et. as far as possible. wit6
an eye to the ibtetests Of producers on one
side. the suferings and starvation Of our
army on the otNet. That before its paa.
sage. our soldiers were living on one. fourth
Ut poand Of bacon week, and that Gen.
Longstreet Vas ordered to Suffolk to procure
supplies to rellsSe cur famished soldicry.--
That he regretted its abuses, and that the
man who authorized, or otherwise would
abuse his power in this regard; should have
his ears cut of and his character be pillorisd
on the altar of eternal infainy-an ob;scl
for I" the slow. unmoving finger of scorp to
be pointed at" He said our supplies for
the army would have been long since des.
troyed but for the enactment of this law.
He was surprised and disguised 70 meet
with men who had given their sons TO the
sword and rej,iced that they died in defence
OF our flag, our lives, our honor and our ali:
and then grumble becauss few bushels Of
wheat. corn, potatoes or ground peaS. 81 4
horse here and there were impressed for the
use of the government. He was in favor
of constitutional impressments, and that tho
law was legal, he had no doubt, that it was
strange that any man would oppose the law,
not its abuses, when the drum beat of our
enemies were in our hearing and the issue,
aud the loss Of q small quantity of our prop
erty for just consideration, or our total des.
truction by spectators or the enemy. That
there Wefs people who could not be awaken
ed to q sense of duty even by the bound Of
Gabriel's trumpet-such would sleep on un-
til they were bound hand and foot, unless
rescued by our gallant army:
The Governor said but little on the tyth.
ing law. taxation or the currency. Hessid
that tho tything law was auxiliary to inn
pressments. and if We had passed wise
and judicious tax bill at the beginning Of
the war; that at this time our ctrreucS
would not have been so depreciated-thas
taxation had its limits; on one side it should
not pafalyse the industry and energies Of
the people. and on the other, it should net
embarrass or stop the Government. That
our Government and soldiers We're ouf ohly
help now under the smiles Of God Of Jus.
tice-that fight or wrobg be would stand
BY the one and give it his support during
the war, and he invoked the blessings OF
that God who holds III his hands our most
solemn destinies.
He was proud to see that The General As
sembly had re-af6rmed the step she took in
1861. There is no step backward. All ia
now involved in the struggle that is dear 10
man--hcme, society. liberty. horor,-
everythiDg-with the certainty Of the most.
degrading fate that ever oppressed people
if we fail. It is not recorded in history that
5000, 900 Of united people, resolved 70 III
free. have failed. We cannot yield II We
would. Yield to the Federal authorities
to vassalage and subjugation the bleach-
ing bones Of 100, 900 gallant soldiers slain
in battle would be clothed in tongues Of FIRE
to curse to everlasting infamy the man that
whispcrsA-yield. God is with as-becauss
He is always with the right. a