The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-24
THE REBEL CONGRESS.
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AN IMPORTANT DEBATE.
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Exemption of Civil Officers
from Military Service.
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" HANGM AN" F00TE GETS
FURIOUS AGAIN,

Mr. STAPLEs, OF Virginia, from the Committee 70
| whom was referred resO utOn directing an in1uiry
IhlO ne CNlcueucy OF applying TO the several Sta o.
IOr such mOUIhCutiOn on the avs Of mo Stlteg "a
shan have the effect to decrease tho number OF OK
eini tons nom the mi itOrY service o. Stro Ofcors
itbullCu luat tRey cGLsidoiod It dlRhy cNpodiUnt
tat an Aul onl DO made to the several StutA Cya h.
tunes, so as % modify their exemption laws ms to
leave subject to military service Stato tdcarI be-
" cen tie age OF C hlCCH aud tOTty-iyu yOrs Vhos
presence at nv mo may NOT &c Csscutn iy necessary
10 C udt Ct al carry On the operations ut tncr r-
sICCtNu GOytruments
The CUmmiuCo lmtUcr recommend tho aupoi T.
meut # JOINT tOmmlttCO, 20 consist O, ON. mon.
Der itt m cuch tate ON the part on tho House aud
svch lumber as may be a. pointed by tho Soprrr
whose dutY It shall bo 10 ascertain the uurnD.r n, ot
tcCIs eaCu one o. the seyoIgl States oNem ted NV
eA gt < laws IOm m,hIaTy service ia l.p ann al
tLe ISIIelela stat. s. or tho purpose OF carrying
ON tlC GtYCrHmeut o. sat S.atgs, and II tlr IluI-
btr 50 eE mped DO larger than the pub 10 nee 1sity
slal seem to require, that the tommt,c3 prepare
ana levO't 10 tho House an address appealing to
each one o said Stutos 10 30 modify the 4 rosupciyo
exemption laws as TO rouder Lab 10 mntary sor-
wee all allCLCd died men tctwCUu eighteen and fOrtv.
hNe years OF age, whose services in their several Of
htcs may Le tenn oiauy dispensed with, without
CCluUout TO the Government OF sad States
A.r. ST4PIEs, in submitting the report OF tho Co NJ
m.tieC, sgd hat It was obvious Thar sono gcfion
ought to lie taken, either by Congress on tho state
Lepslllires TO brng INTO the military s9rycg tho
larl' class OF men who are now exempt undor the
stuo 'awS, TIE statistics OF the Conscr ptiUn Bu.
rCUU sh W hat thCrC are more than tGirtv f,nue1 nj
mCu who arc out OF the army on tho plea ol state
exemption, Virginia retains at homo o thus cas-
1905 North Carolina, about 10 600; south CalOlinn
900; Alal anna, lU,4i Ais s8ipp no; Gcorgia IL IS
sur oscd be, wccu 1900 and i50Jj IL waS oIeap ar
that ali these men were not ICeded at home, and
that the numU' mgnt DO reduced without l9tri-
mCrt g. the pubic tCryCC. lie Governors OF tnu
several OUtiem states hnd recently mot at Aurtl-o
70 Lold counsel upon tho state tho country; tney
had Iut Orth series u resolutions, which were ak
ocont as lar as they went lut tuoy Gi 10 70 Ia
enough, They woIc silent upon tho subject on
Sa'c ompt Ons, subject over which tIoY had auf
thouy above all Othar7
Bir., srAPLrs smd he was 'u favor OF maxine an
aTIcal 70 the states; an eancst and respectful lp-
peu. lie JoIeYJd that the state Lo4slaiurcs com.
pehond'd tho crisis OF the coun'r,. He beloved |
lltY would see that It would uo botror o. su{poad |
TIE CVuRt on OF their respective GOyerlueug' ave
70 obi ttratc tho lines or o,ato OVerCifut, than of
US To Lo sui U I'D on forced TO accout any terms on
no mgu mOIo Geyy tcu to State iapdts tblD M. bnt /
tho was CaI ger that the uoI m,nt bl prcsssd loo
iar. sta sovereignty could not save us. 10 was no
army that oud ou TIC banks o, Tho J4nls River |
that could acne save us. n { lat sank STATE sOy-
but war, bloody and terrible war No ono can look |
Tor peace. " hy tank Oh COnyautiOn OF tho 5taesY |
cou}Cuuou2 Whcu tho Nolth sui m,ttai ,oa eyn.
yuIiiUn of lhc States ON he basis on Urrce, thsv
Mo'IC De ptcl alod 20 achnoWodga ou uac 22ud uca.
lutie was hH mgd'o 2iouha lot 7; it was otho, i'm
aepai dcuco or slavery. Our only safety AID M our
Cove. nmen. Shown better opIeuat ou OF tho
douL els that environ US Ia mOuIng lts 0Jernc3 all
putting oTih al lts powers ana ro3)ugc33 Co moot
the ooath struggle that is upon a..
MI j I. lIACH (E. o. said that the guntl0mlr
tam event, he would DO wiling TO blot out the IA
II tmIalt OIL state soycrerr,ty. no -yIsbsd tn En"
!, such a mCuguOua proposition was 0yoc adyoclt
ly General WAsHEuIoN lie tLEAJm was
states Rights man and lao could not vote Tor
], 1,so.uton which looked 70 tho consumption otSt
officers
North Carolina, continued NJ. LEACH, had
In Tor good share ot the ronarks irOm tho
man IRON Virginia (Air. STAPLEs). lie stood
10 NEaicate North Carolina. ShJ had glyar
wal more tnan one hundred and eighteen
men, which was more, in proportion 10
ton, than any other State IN the whole u
or south. The mortality statistics n
too, that North Carolina has lost one az
cent. o. hor troops, while Virginia