Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-28


=Einstead of being there dependent on the
cold charity of passers by. Said Agents
Ito account for their expenditures through
the Governor to the Legislature. Some
such action is necessary, and would be bet.
ter accomplishedb by giving the appointment
to the Legislature, who in tuts should em.
ploy some crippled soldiers, orsat least per.
sons not liable to the operation of the con.
Escript act. =
Mr.. Hutson, from the Committee on the
Military, has made report on Gov. Bon.
hams message, and reported a bill to re.
peal in part can Act to authorize certain
Regiments to elect their Field Officers y
Here we have the workings of the dead
Council again brought into play-we have
tsscotched the snake, not killed i'll will
not quote Buffers Hudibras, for such
would be dangerous, but must say that this
brazen:taced act comes forth rather i'll.
timed, as the sequel win show. General
Beauregard now requires the First Corps of
Reserves for sixty days longer-a month
since he urged suspension Of the election
|. of Field Officers, because the time of ser.
vice was so soon to expire: and now he
asks for them sixty days longer, and doubt
less Mr.. Hutsou will expect by the repeal
of the Legislative action that was, In fact,
nullifed, honey or press in again the 80
day soldiers for $50, under those same zap.
pointed officers" who, according to Gov.
Bonham, were originally tan evil. J" Poor
diplomacy, this-but it may be that Gen.
B. mast haze the Reserves, a,olens volens,
and sectional vote give them to him, to
avoid their impressment by sshigher pow
err" I. e. Charleston Headquarters.
As We have said before, the legislation
for the nonce, will be military. 1.-THE Con.
federate Congress the ball has been set in
motion, and our readers are ready to follow
if not anticipate, iu order to modify Mr.
Miles proposition, which is said to be to
repeal the present exemption laws, and have
all men between the ages Of l8 and 45 en-.
rolled, and leave exemption and detail to
tie Secretary Of War. This is right and
proper, for nothing has done SO much to
make CONSUMPTION odious in the eyes Of the
people as the unjust Determinations en-
braced in the bill. Men who own no slaves,
or but few, can see no just cause why the
possession of twenty or more should ex-
empt man from serving the country nor
can our citizens see the propriety Of ex-
empting shoe.makers, and tanners, &c.
when their wares tend to oppress rather
than relieve the families Of, those who are
hurried off othe camp. It is well known,
too, that many of our wealthy men have
been discharging their overseers, and pla-
cling their sons over their slaves to screen
them from the performance of the duty to
their country, and that in every possible
way the exemption bill now in force has.
been taken advantage of by spectators,
extortioners and towards. Again. The
substitute business has been the great curse
of the cause, aud though it may be impos-
sible to remove the evil entirely, let it be
modified as far as possible. Thousands Of.
men who would make good soldiers are en-.
abled to keep out by their money, while
not one in twenty of the men put in are re-
liable. AS general thing, men who sell
themselves as substitutes are the vagabonds
of the country, who 60 in for the money,
with no intention of ever performing any
duty, and yet, while the substitute clause
enables the rich to stay at home, the poor
man, whose labor is all his family has to
depend on, is forced to serve. This has
tended greatly to make it a poor mans war,
as far as the fighting is concerned, and
Congress should remove all these distinc.
tions as far as possible, and compel every
man to do his duty to his government.
But this may not suit our Legislators
the Reserves given to Gen. Beauregard for
ninety days only were those men between
the ages of 35 and 5O-spd if they are not
again traficked away, there may be other
requirements, that may call again on the
carpet the proposition of Mr.. Seymour, Of
Charleston, to repeal the Act of the Legis.
turs by which members exempted them
selves. But my letter has trespassed al
readyNoyer my self.allotted space, and I
fear to tise your readers, especially my
friends, the ladies, who, I learn, look
anxiously for my letters to hear how Com.
pany K gets on in Gamp. If thsyJwere
but present now, and seesthem sprawled
on benches and floor, sound asleep, in all
shapes, while one of their number is scratch
ing his head with one hand, and holding
a burnt corn cake in the other, they might
we'll imagine the sleepers are dreaming Of
home, and the scook" like your humble
servant wishing he was with them.
The time Of the First Corps of Reserves
will expire on Tuesday next. Gen. Beau.
regard has made requisition for them for
sixty days longer to the Legislature-there
are several propositions aAoat, but I prefer
closing this letter, and in a short one to-
morrow, givessyou something nearer to a
proper understanding of things. E.
r. / COLUMBIA, January 26.
1 In the House, to day, Mr.. Perry offered
resolutions to the effect thatthe State AMI
Confederate Governments would act in bad
faith with the First Reserves, if they are mol
discharged at the expiration of their term