Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-26
TIE REBEL CONGRESS-.

better Part Of each days work is covered
up in the mystery Of secresy, we are given
TO believe from acts already done, that cur
august representatives, having encountered
the bull on the bridge, are going to but
him off. There is something engaging in
the manner of an assembly bound upon
something; g charming Esprit in the fixed
eye and the firm set mouth, Of men one in
the idea Of the times. The ideas Of the
times reduced to consistency, give issue to
the war cry, Work 2 And to work our
brave Congressman are going. Their past,
admitted by some Of the leading spirits
among them, has been exhausted in fulfill
ties Of argument and buncombe; thin
i'm tation of Fabian tactics has been tried
and fallen through.
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Congress desires what was never snown
in the civilized world, the entire male pop
ulstion of the country abandoning all
civil pursuits and taking up arms. We
are not blind to the Importance Of rein
forcing our army. We feel the necessity,
but believe that other measures can be
adopted to perform the desired work. Con-
gress has called into service the seventy,
or seventy-fve thousand able. bodied men
who have put substitutes in the army.
These with the one hundred thousand now
absent from their commands, are amply
sufficient to meet all emergencies, and the
civil pursuits of the country can still go on,
for, if interrupted any more than it is now,
fearful hsrdships and sufferiDgs will be
the result.
1t may be said that getting one hundred
thousand men absent from duty is easier
said than done. We will show q way to
do it. Abolish the sbominsble practice Of
furnishing men by branding in the fore
head, wearing barrel shirts and putting
them in the stocks. Remove from COM
mand and reduce to the ranks those officers
who are tyran;ziog over their men and
treating them like brutes; and cashier all
those who, from their want Of proper dis
cipline and loose treatment of their SOL
diers, absolutely encourage desertion, and
are as much to blame as the deserters.
Let this be done, and then let the President
issue proclamation to all soldiers absent
without leave TO return to their commands
by certain date or suffer the penalty Of
death, and as soon as the day fixed hos eK-
pired, shoot exery deserter caught after
ward.
These will do more to reinforce our ar
my than all the -s--0ePIhg conscrlPuons-
THE KE-ENLIsTIEG VETERANS OF THE North,
From the Richmond Enquirer, January 81
The telegraph from the Rapidsn, in the
city papers Of yesterday, announced the
re enlistment of many Of the enemy's
troops for the S0ar, and that ''the enemy
will hold their old organization intact"
These preparations for the spring cam
psigu, on the part Of the enemy, warn US
not to permit tdisorgsnization, in any form,
to impair the strength and efficiency of
our army. To attempt reorganization by
disbsnding regiments or companies would
be highly dangerous. To improve the eff
cheney of the army and increase its
strength, but leave its organization in
tact, is the duty now before Congress.
Regiments may be small, but, if filed up,
will be far more useful than any reorgan-
ization that can now be made.
And as for the demsgogueism of cleo
tions of officers, we hope that Congress
will not again permit it to disturb organ
ization. The dangerous experiment made
last year has not recommended it for
q subsequent trial. We believe that we do
not exsggerste in saying that one General
officer in the army would recommend Con-
Br157 - - hazard the efficiency of the
army upon such an experiment.
HOW GEN. LEES FAMILY LTvn.
[Richmond Correspondence Mobile Register.
The introduction Of a resolution in the
House relative to the Communication Of Off
GERS residing in the city is of some i'm
-kay, HI
tude of little captains, majors, surgeons,
and assistant surgeons snugly esconsed
here, far from all danger and exposure,
are getting from three to four, and even
FIVE hundred dollars month as comman-
der of a department-not enough to sup
port his family, now living in two rented
rooms, in the plainest way, to say nothing
Of himself, especially, if he keeps, as Beau
regard did at Manassas, q general free
table for everybody. How creditable to
Lee, under these circumstances, is the re-
fusal of house rendered him by the city
of Richmond. am told that as soon as
he got wind Of the movement he went to
Mr.. Saunders, the President Of the COM
mon Council, and told him that his family
were living comfortably enough, and that
a AnO CITY uuu " phIO II uhu
much better be given to the soldiers, or to
their widows and orphans. But the mat
ter Of living eKpensively on q nominally
small salary is no new thing in Richmond,
A captain, now under arrest, has been
boarding for years at one Of the costliest
hotels, and driving q span Of horses be-
sides; clerk Of one of the Departments
boards at another just as costly hotel,
where the price Of room and board is said
by one of the Cabinet to consume most of
his salary; and an officer, belonging, not
to the military arm of the service, who
also boards at this establishment, has been
heard to complain repeatedly Of the insult
hciency Of bis pay. At this rate of living
for subordinstes, it is not to be wondered
at that the Confederate debt sccumulstss
and the money becomes daily Of less
value.
GOVERNOR LETcHER's FAREwELL-HIs PLAN
OF SECESSION.
From the Examiner, December 3O.1
Governor Letcher entertained his friends
in the Gubernstorisl Mansion for the last
time on Saturday. At noon, the States
mansion was thrown open and soon filed. |
An immense bowl Of apple toddy, besides
other equally exhilarating beverages,
awaiting the guests in the dining hall, |
and were done full justice to. After an
hour or more spent over the social glass, |
The company adjourned to the front porch |