, 1864-02-15
THE CONSPIRATORS IN CO0N+
GIL,
IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS IN
THE REBEL CONGRESS.
Frank Acknowledgements Of Dasti-
tuition in the South.
VIRGINIA CANNOT STAND ANOTHER
DRAFT.


Employed in ff1c Army.
THE REBEL CONGRESS.
STRENGTHENING THE ARMY.
On Ja1unry 70, the rebel House Of Representa-"
tlvcs had before 1t the bill amendato1y Of the act
10 put an end TO the exemption from uf1itans sctf-
ice Of those who have lse1cEo!ore furnished snbs1-
he deIase Ml s1ath SoStS caro1ins, M 1s ssd:
We Lad at this time 40o,e-c men on our music.
1olla. iow many were actually in the 1eld, he
vas abs a' to Rroesy re- that III
were unah,e to feed the fractional part who werc
In The field IT, however, there wero ha1f-!f NJ
10y b. uld reaule thS possible seizure OF oaeha9
ask, were tho mea1s to feed the ten times that
number who remained at home! W1ta this COLI
dillon OF affairs stirring rs in the face, II was
duee the ae1icultntai interests Of the country to
shout nau.ht Look at the condition Of the coun-
try around Richmond; but this was scarcely
Gpa aSa oasF p1op5s p
the efficiency Of the different bureaus; it did not
REDUCE tor Instance, tic efficiency Of the onlasace
nisbed viii munitions Of war. And .yct muni-
We zuet ICED and clo,he The army, and not only
1as sr st s nsops m # h9s Fa1s a a
Eress tIom soldiers In the army. speaE1ng of sut-
ring at bone how 1aany Of tGeir families arc
Eantirg the neeeszaries ol life when they arc uE-
Eow many asking relief 10 the farming Interests
low some. stimulated b. the prospects Of etarra-
ton at hoge, and the deficiency Of food in & the
army, are driven TO despair and deseEtion. With
rhesc things constantly before it, wou1d Congress
still break down and cripple tho limited resources
that Wsfe 1e as to t, es5ry on this xar,
were as necessary aa asriculture and there was as
great . deficiency In clothing to dsy ns there Waa
IN ICED. Did the gentleman mean to say that our
ea11 r8odf r.. fha Nvatfr6 HxAr1 fha&.
we're not led We could, he believed, feed d0ubie
two hundred thousand men IN the field and II Rc
tould rot, then the sooner we made terms with
Abraham Lincoln the better for na. We must hAEc
more ttan two hundred thousand men In the field
next Spring; We haze now all the supple We viii
hare tben M 1or he 1a5mere' productions % Kont be be
expects that next Spring wu be the worst and the
heaviest and most decisive campaign that Will oc-'
cur, sud YET there is demand for more exempt.
planters whether they furnished substitutes Or
NOT. 1t made 20 difference But be was opposed
Mr. Dnprc. Of Iouislsuu, bclie5cd that II coa-
E1ess had given more attention to transportation,
the snfjecs OF food would not noN be exciting 30
many .eare. He had tIaseled a long way In Ees-
place he had eeen very large quantities Of provi-
s.one, which only wanted transportation to be dls-
tribufed to the people and the army. The cry Of
Il. n,ssIed nnany honest and conscientious men,
who really believed what they ea1d- 1t WAS
strataEem to excite the spirits an1 the efforts Of
tue Northern people, aaa dssaflsc1on and hope
Mr. Good, of Virginia, vas able to state, upon
The hest authority vt n reply te inaulfF,es E9o
scIipt Eurcaa, al Of tho enrolling otleers Of the
STATE, who were assembled here few daEs ago,
ssS 9' as hs fsss ssS sG tRs RH' e sena
md detailed II men were wanted outside Of the
to oaI .he ens 70 e
dent to dole ont dttaiis. He WIS not one OF those
Who delighted in the Quixotic pastin,e Of making
ard the people need have no fears ofthe Executive,
eci it was with no feeling OF want ofconfdencc IN
the Executive when lie said that he preieI5ed this
upon TINT branch Of tho Government to do it 1oE
them. The great danger to-day to our Cause did
not ccme from onr own E1ecutiye-t GANG from.
eiior OF this Government: 10 nae all tte energies IN
providing AGAINST the calar1i:te5 which the t5saat
woald endeayef to intaics upon ne. ,,,
Mr. uolcom1. Of Virginia, said that b. the oll!
Of which this was m amendment. the entire agvt;
cultural population would be put in the army, and
that in q country whose agricultural population
Napoleon, In the ruthless co1Rcription which he
inflicted on France, never went above the age Of
thirty gears. We proposed to put in all. Of every
aee, and when it was known that It vas 9:ecasi-
eua mntte7 tn eupply, from week 10 week, the at-
M IN the ticld- When the supplies were known
to be 80 scarce, the slarcs werc TO be sgitadraWn
draw stili more largely upon vital resources q
the cornt1y. From his district wonld be draHp
one hundred n1cn for the army AID stop two then
the amy. We had now fve hundred fhoussad
nen in Inc field to provide for tho new Law woald
add ouc hundred thousand mcre, and Was 1t posat.
Ss 20 p?oyde ioF hen whce vas he 1esE
point q The enemy: ce1t5inly net In w wont % o
provisions. 1t was not pfcsablc then, thai ae
] nd 70 such deeperatc hope should be allowed q
[ animate Us to such dcapeasc measures IS th1t O
| putting everybody In The amy The weak point Q
the enemy was in Its financial condition. II Was o.
| policy 10 protract the gar. Time AID distancs' e
1erc GET pFe at allies. We must remember thst,
reference TO this Stato 1t least. our !as crops wer
trae,ea IT, % and nd M I'll nov nov must be devoted 10 T.
| production Of provisions for the next year. TAI;
away the men, and ssatvation at homo a2d TutE i
the n1my would be, in his opinion. the iaeF1sao'
III. Conrad, OF Louisiana, ssid thst thsy hi
heard this cry Of starvation nuw for nearly tnre
ibst ike liz 11llkman's holse, we Win Soon i
Ayoice-aWhen The horse died.
rninterded 1ri1a.pp'seation Of Inc iilastraio:,.l
| Mr.. conrad concluded by alluding to tho ptlri
Eons Of Tie army and the people as tncrttahlc an
only TO bc surnurnted by the Vigorous prose:utio
Nj: MeRea, Of Mississippi, believed TINT Il
most cettoin way Of FEEDING the army was to II
| 1caEe lt5 nhNocIs IN Inc Hc1ds Inc 1ns0tnc1eot
existed because there were 50 many Of the eneu
within our borders, aed we had not sufficient nuu
| bc1s 10 drive them out. 6Gme had attributed Il
scarcity TO coHuFticn in The Commlsaary Depa1
mint, and though npr.epared 70. an opinion as
the truth Of that chalsr, he still believed that th
department Was inefficient: othcre attributed It
want d tra1spo1tstion, and Want oi tr1nsgoEtatfe
ore line Of fail1oad. the Knoxville and CEsttanoo
being in the possession Of the eac:sy, with "a
auxiliary cut of. Ho EelicEed taat there WAS
5Sf;cicrcv in the ceuctry, aud thtt 1t We could dr
lie ersrny back. NC could feed the srmy, no mi
afer | iartier desrltory debate the bill was pa.
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trt,tlea n Is e a % Nctto put II Cd Il she Exemri
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H. That there atal be raa :sa 1o', esc6 of
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