Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-02-11
The Conscript and the ssNaysur."
The following remarks were made in the House


The following remarks were made in the House
Of Representatives, at Richmond, on the 9th JAN
uary, by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi
Mr Davis of Mississippi rose to question personal
privilege and referred the report of his remarks of the
preceding day in the Examiner to the effect that he bad
rather be mygur' than victim Of the conscription"
He by this remark make reflection upon the
c,nscrpt for whom he had much respect the vlun
eer He only intended t" the idea that IN certain
extremes OF the proposed system Of cnscrption the
citizen would be better OF than the negr" with respect
to The Of protection afforded him aud his personal
liberty. There sur intended upon those who were
serving their Country conscrp's his remarks were IN
tended only to apply cummsu question OF civil
and political rights
This language, be it remembered, was uttered by
an original secessionist and 4ississippidn. The
Richmond Enquirer is, therefore, silent In certain
extremities of the conscript law the citizen is
better off than the negro! If zee bad said that the
whole region of DsstI,c,ivcsm would have echoed.
and re echoed with denunciation. Blu, We have said
no such thing. We have simply protested against
the system Of CONSUMPTION, and at the same time
urged our people for the sake Of the cause to bear
it; and for this we are denounced as untrue to
the country. An original secessionist may say what
he pleases about the CONSUMPTION, any thing else,
and no remark is made but if Conservative VEN
lures to insist that there such things Consti
tutions, and rights and liberties under them he is
at once told that he is enemy to the government.
But better day is coming. When this war is over,
there will be settlement with those who have
prosttuted tho common government to party pur-
poses, many Of whom would destroy their country
rather than part with power. A day of reckoning
is coming for the Richmond Enquirer and its mas
ters Virginia herself will speak out next spring.
We believe her Conservative people will rise up as
one man, and hurl the Destructives, the Jews,
money.changers, and rascals generally from power.
No State is truer to Democratic Republican princi-
pies than Virginia is and we believe she will show
it at her next elections
While on this subject, we beg leave to call the
attention Of the Enquirer to the following extract
from the Hississippian newspaper, of date October
10, 1861. We were struck with the language q:
the time, and laid the paper aside for future refer
ence. Speaking Of the crisis in Mississippi at
tina. time, that journal said:
at then becomes the semn duty of the State longer
to rely lpon Tie Confederate ooDsrn,neat for protection but
to throw into as field her whote aoaiai6Le force"
How could Mississippi have done that, without
"coming in conflict" with the Confederate govern.
ment But such thing would be all right in Mis-
sissippi, and all wrong in North-Carolina. The
Enquirer had no rebuke for the Mississippian.
Reason-the latter IS Destructive journal, and
such journals and such people, in the judgment of
the Enquirer, can do nothing wrong.
Rev. DR.. Boyd, of the New School PRESBYTERIAN
Church, at Winchester, Va, was recently bru-
tally murdered by the Yankees at that place
For the Standard
QuARrERHAsrERs DEPARTMENT
RALEIGH, Feb. 8, 1885,
Mr. w. W. HoLDEN:-
Please publish this as an acknowledgment of the
receipt Of the clothing mentioned in the enclosed
letter of Col. 0dom. and oblige- 7g@'ssas
Yours respectfully.
p A. WILSON, a. Q. NJ.
Jackson. n c., Jan. %, 1868
Capt. G. " Garrett, A. G. Il -
Sir: IL have sent you clothing for our soldiers
twice this winter The last lot has Just been sent
off The whole quantity of articles which have
been forwarded il FIVE hundred and ten pairs Of
socks, seventy.one pairs Of shoes, eighty pairs Of
drawers, forty pairs Of pants, thirty six blank
cts, thirty six shirts about one hundred and ten
yards of cotton and WOODEN cloth, SIX bed quilts,
three rugs, one comfort, and four pounds Of SOAP
l enclose receipt from Capt. John Randolph, Of
company II, 18th Regt, N. G. State troops, and 3D.
N G. cavalry, for one hundred pairs of socks, nine
pairs of shoes two pairs Of boots two comforts four
pairs of drawers one net shirt ten shirts, three car
pet blankets ten wool blankets and three bed quilts
which he has received from me for the use Of his
company. To the efforts Of the Captains, and par.
ticnlarly Of the ladies am indsbted for being ems
bled to collect from the citizens Of Northampton
county 50 many articles Of coufostor oar soldiers
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