Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-01-21

WSCS SSStys T&CIcT lEAu OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ONs susc
ground also is untenable Mr. Stephens, in recent
sp sech in the Legislature Of Georgia, has denon-
strated that the President and Congress- created this
very necessity. When it was proposed to re-enlist
the twelve months volunteess and. otherwise raise
q regular army by volunteering. the Prestdent sa'd
he did not soant tho men and Congress would pass
no laws Mr.. Stephens charges that the necessity
for CONSUMPTION was enacted with Fermentation ana
design, in order that the Presidentmight get the
power Of appointing the officers These charges
are corroborated, and perhaps explained by the
fact that the President in of his recent speech
es urged the establishment Of permanent military
system, coon zen times Of peace"
But apart from these allegations Of Mr.. Stephens,
we know that the necessity was created by those
who urged that there would be 10 war-that peace
was inevitable in ninety days, because the Yankees
were towards, and king cotton would open the
blockade. Of course i was going three quarters
too far to volunteer for twelve months even, when
hacyon peace was to return in three. We reeollect
well enough the grumbling of the secessionsts IN
this neighborhood at the extravagant expenses the
rush for volunteering was in their opinion, need
lessly to entail upon the country; andperhaps oth
ers have heard similar outgivings and lnlsgvings
If then there were not enough OF volunteers tor the
war from the beginning it the fault of the Pres
dent and his secession coadjutors and if the same
deficiency existed at later period it was due to the
same cause.
Bat it is urged that conflict Of jurisdiction
might arise, and that tho State having taken her
own defence in her own hands, might be abandoned
by the Confederate authority to the mercy of the
eaemy. No conflict of the sort could arise, the
object of both parties being the same-the over
throw of the common enemy. 1t is not at all i'm
probable that the volunteers, for the time belng
would be entirely under the control of the Secretary
of War, for it is evident the civil duties Of the
Governor, would, for the most part preclude his
active service in the field. Should the State be
neglected, however, by the Confederate authorities,
it might be we'll that even so small force as that
contemplated, had been retained. Nor can it be
inferred, by any fair argument that the State has
undertaken any thing more than cooperating
defence, when she gives eight men to the Conted'
eracy and retains only one at home, and tenders
that one to the President Unjust not be forgotten,
that it is now generally understood that the Presi
dent has promised that the conscrpts, not yet called
out in this State, may remain in the State for State
defence.
We plead guilty to the impeachment that the
raising of such force would be reflection upon
the Confederate authorities for the manner in
which they have managed the defences of this State
heretofore, and if it implies prospective want Of
confidence ALSO treatment, in the past, must he
our vindcation. We are not solitary in this par
ticular. Those who most loudly berate the friends
denounced the treatment Gen. Floyd received at
the hands of President Davis after the fall of Fort
Donelson They were the advocates of raising ten
regiments for Floyd. And it is well, just here, to
remember that the Virginia State Line" contains,
not only the conscripts between thirty-five and
forty-6ve years of age but it is also largely COM
posed of those under thirty-fve, who were subject
to the CONSUMPTION at the time they volunteered in
Floyd's army. Gen. Floyd, himself acknowle hedges
b,,e Nal o baA he IF t},a
rotary of War to enlist the conscr,pts in States and
portions Of States in the possession of the enemy;
the reply to which, is, if Floyd could get them the
Secretary also could, and the latter gave up those
conscripts to the former. Cannot State be treated
as well as man! Cannot North Carolina get con.
scripts as well as Floyd? If she cannot We shall
imagine that the reason is, Floyd was favorte Of
the secession party, if not Of the President, while
good old North Carolina is not the avorte of either
that so little has been said. in certain quarters,
about Gov. Brown of Georgia? Why is it. that he
is not held up to the execration of mankind, as
giving aid and comfort to the enemy, for multiplying
outright portion of the first conscript law? Why
is it that the conflict was repressbe in his and
is irrepressibie in this case? Why is it that man
can do with irBpunity what State cannot? Shall
an Executive be entitled to consideration than
Legislature? Or, if no satisfactory reasons can
Uc given ioi thSSC ltlISSs perhaps SuWc que Cat1
explain why it is that South Carolina is permitted
to have reserre force for State defence, composed,
to some extent at least o: conscrpts; while the
bare alluson to intention OF the same kind on
the part of North Carolina throws the Destructves
every where into the most horrible commissions.
One might conclude the reason to be that this State
is farther North than SouthCarolina, were it not
for the fact that Floyd in Virginia is farther North
than either.
T..
must be decided upon principles Of expedicncy. So
far regards the conscrpt law, the constitution is
cearle with the States. At all events, a Congress
and President that violate the contract solemnly
made with the twelve months volunteers with so
much facility, after creating the necessity for the
violation, have but slender claims to a hearing on
constitutional questions.
The Eastern portion Of North Carolina is at the
mercy Of the enemy. There ought to an active, mer
curia force constantly on the alert in that section
Over 100000 slaves are East Of the Weldon road
worth $50.0OO.OOO, to say nothing Of the immense
amounts Of corn, large quantities Of live stock and
other property, amounting to untold millions. These
must be protected, and to do this is the object of
the bill now before the General Assembly Of this
State. We hope it will pass. We believe it to be
both constitutional and expedient, but should it be
the reverse and contain elements of notification as
has been alledged we say emphatically that the old
nulliiers and Union-breakers have no right to read
US lectures on these points, We hope and believe
the Assembly will go forward and do whatever in
its wisdom it may think right and if should place,
even as many volunteers it is proposed to raise,
| in the hands Of Gov. Vance, they will not be mis-.
placed, for no one doubts either his patriotism or
ability. Did tine Governor, however, as the Presi-
dent advocate standing armies in times of peace,
contrary to tho maxms of the fathers of the repub
lie, We would be charry of granting troops to
him, for we believe with the celebrated Mr. Black.
sone that 1.-THE true liberty of the subject consists
not SO much in the gracious behaviour, as in The
limited porer Of the sovereign" -"
PALERMO.
For the Standard
GIBsoSvILLE, N. c., Jan. 8, 1853.
Mr. HOLDEN Il have just attended sale o,
hogs at this place and send yoii the amount of rb.