Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-30


o. Eiotior ef Mr. Sparrow, the House bil
providing that no person shall be exempt from
military service BY reason Of having furnished I
subslitu.e, etc, was taken up and considered
Mr.. Hill thought the bin ought to 90 to th'
committee ca Military Adairs. Tkor9 were soma
amsndmenfs which, in bis opinion. should b
made to t. He admitted all The Arguments psec
by the advocates Of ihe measure. Ne admitted
there vas ne eeniTsct between the Government
! and parsons who had furnished sGb5.itntss, bui
that their bsiHg allowed 70 furnish substitutes
was privileges accorded. lie admitted eeen, Il
| there hEd been co tract that Congress could
pass an Ees abrogSting il. He believed If sab
stiiutes, fen any cause, beams liable to mill
tary service, that theiT principals sheuid at once
take their places. But 10 would submit 20 the
Senate, Il man had in the army substitute, q
| good solJier, who would not hsy5 been Iiabls 10
military service, and who could nes have BE-
come subject to the eonscripiion isT BY reason
Of bis being = foreigner, where was the Yeasgz
for taking tho Principalf Il was said, snd he
knew i. % be true, that immense and great
frauds had bsen ps,ps.rsted under the su5slitHss
law. Substitutes lad deserted the day after
they we're pat in, and RsE had even gone into
the business Of hiring themselves to Successive
msn As substitutes.
He granted Ill that, but still would ssE Rhsrs
WAS the ressen, the justice, Of pu.tisg prinei-
pal into The army WAC slresdy hs1 there . sah-
stitnto not oskerwiFe liable 70 military dsty, q
geod soldier. or whess substitute had been
killed at his pest WHIST more could you ask
OF man THAI tkGl he should fafnish you =
good seldierf This bill required thzt many men
shsuld farnish two good soldiers The bill
made nc distraction between the honest sad dis
hdnss.--bstween those who had fzTnished good
Eoliiers and those who ksd knoTinely defraud-
Sd ths Government Mr. Hill moved the refer
enee of the bill to the Military committee.
Mr.. Sparrow (ehsirnsn of the Military con.
migtse) sid hs shoud make 10 objection TO too
disposition Of shs bill proposed BY tue Senator,
bat that the eoHmittes ksd already had tho
question uader consideration, and had dscided
IS to tAeir eoarse. They had come to the con
cllSion that car aEsifs had reached the point
DheA we Should show the soldiers in the field
that there were 20 favored classes Twelve
months ago hs would hsvs agrsod with tho Sen
stor frsm Georgia. Bat the time had arfiVsd
when eTsry man in the country, capable Of |
bearing arms, young and ed rich knd poor, |
sheuld taks up sTIns aud drive she enemy from |
our soil
Mr.. On, Of South Carolina, though. that after
what bsdtbsen.sRil by the chairmsa Of the Mi |
iiary ecmmissse, tha. il would be waste of /
tine te esnEait the bill = ihzm; Otherwise, no |
would fayer ths metien Of the Senator from |
Gssrgis. He hoped, Therefore, that ths consid- |
erasion OF she bill might be deferred Il was |
grave MEASURE, end bad psJsei the other House |
without great deal OF consideration. He hoped |
the Senator from Georgia would modify his /
resolution SO as 10 postpone The consi6eIziion Of
thc bill. II il was to be considered forthwith |
he desired to be heard.
Mr. EJl sgTeod, after what had fallen from
the chairman Of the Military eonmittss, with /
the Ssnstor from South Carolina.
n. TF,f. II esl--1 -
vidsd for retaining the substitute ia service ss
well as returning the principal 10 the ranks;
and being informed thai it did, said he was glad
Of It. Il was Just tho soft Of bill be Han.sd
The ranks Of the army need filing ap. He
then argued at some length against tie idea,
that in permitting . naE 10 furnish = substitute
il bad msse any contract with him, and went
en- TO Eaeak Of tho Dissatisfaction that might be
created BY tbs passage u Tie bill. There 1sFe
eenFainis iEsR the msn whs hAd furnished
snhstitutss. ThSy had ne right to complain.
Tie parties who ksd right to complain were
ihe substitutes themselves; bat Il they hal
made any complaints be bad not heard them.
Tho complaints cams l1n Iasn who were now
called upon to q ana defend thsir property,
ikair liberty and theig lives, as thoso bad been
soipg who had as much lie and liberty, but not
as much pIop6ity - the ----. Atthis point
IN Mr., Wigf-lls remarks ths Chair announced
that Ihs houT of one, FOR which the resolution Of
shs Senator from Mississippi tMr. BsoWu) bad
arrived.
With consent Of Mr. Bfswn, who vas snti-
Llsd TO The hser
M-. Wigfsn Submitted H,o.ion that the fur
!her consideration Of the bill be postponed till
Msndsy next.
the molten vas agreed to.
The Seaste then Proceeded 90 tho censiders-
ton Of tho resolution Of Mr.. Brown, Of Mssis-
sipFs, that, in he present condition of the s5uu
Try, Congress ought, with the least practicable
delay,ts szscs the following laws
l. Teaselsrs every white male persen residing
in toe Confederate Sisies, and capable Of bear
ing aims, to be in the military service Of tue
country.
2. Te repeal all laws susisri4ing substitutes
or 9Taniisg exemptions.
8 To authorizes the President 10 issue his
proclamation requiring ell nisls persons, claim
ing snd rscsiving foreign pro ectioa, to make |
thsir election within sixty Gays to take up arnls
or aail tho eoaRtry.
4. 70 detail frsm those in The military service |
such emily IS srs absolutely needed in civil pus-
suits, having references, in making such details,
10 conDpeteney alone.
6. To levy q airucs tax Of - ser esat. 81
every kiHd Of property sseefdiBg to its value in
JoAisderate R0t0s, including nstes.
T. To make Confeaerats Hotss legal ,Sader
in payment Of debts after the cTpirsiiOn Of six
Iasatha.
g. 10 prshibIs tie buyirg and selling of gold |
and silver esin, or asfes OF banks in the Uuited
States, or United States treasury notes, during
the war, under hesvy Ponaitiss; or IN lisa
thereof, to prohibit running tbs blsckede" "
By individasls, under psin Of forfeiture Of the
goods brcayhs in, sHd imprisonment during the
war.
9. Declare these laws war measures and make
these whs violate them sne1able to military
o0zFts slone.
Mr.. Brewn being sztislsd to tao asor, then
.eso aad addressed the Senate in a speech Of
TIVE hsurs' length. AfssT Citing ezoraium, he
tsok pp the lsWs proposed 10 his resolution and
diseastsd upsa them ssridtfa. We were en-
gagged in war fer our Independence With pew
sTful natisa, aaa if 40 were to Eseesed il WAS
only By the united sfort Of oar wh0l0 people
Ws had failed hiihsrtoi and the seantTy lad
been brought into its present imperillsd eendi-
tion by The ihinnsss Of eur ranks alone. We
had had sll sle1g Just troops enough in thefsld
to gain victory, bat never enough to secure its
fruits. II, in the very beginning Of The war, We
lad had lazy sB nGSss, our indePensence
would have bssn row achieved. II all the able
bediod men iu the Cenfsdsfaey aaa been in ths
army, the victory Of ChiskamaugA would ksvs
enasd the war Rsssegsns army would net
enly have been rsuied, but destroyed.
Hs shsuld ever be gratsfnl to ibs House OF
Representatives for the ncblo conduct, on the
pTsvisas day, in passing tho bill to repeal tho
subssitats Law. This law shoald aever have
sesR passsd, and Congress hSd continued to err
by Insulating so lorg TO repeal it. II was no
breach Of faith, bat tae mere Withdrawal Of o
privilege The whole country was swarmirg
with athletic ys1ng men, while our cause was
psrishing fer the lack Of soldiers. Il was said
that the army in the hsld mast be fed. After
all the able bodied mol.-those capable OF 5esr-
ing aTuls-hEd been conscribsa there would be
q sufficient number--hundreis Of thossaeds
lefs--so carry en- tho nseessary operations OF
civil life. Some CT these msn, whom II wss