Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-21
FIlllng the eNRebsl Arralss.
BAkIha TIiB CuUHIRf EuE EIuuHsUhIFt5'
.I Rrum The Richmond pibpaieh, Sept. 10.

1fOm the HicnMOnu UllpAtou1 bopts Ave-
Il The people of the Confederate States are
little aware Of theextent 70 which the coun-
try has been Imposed upon in the matter Of
"details and exemptions. From good author
lity, Weiiearn that On immense Rrmy-Rn
army which, II enrolled, disciplined, and
led by,prcper ofaeers and Q proper general,
would be able to plant the Southern cross
on the spires Of Philadelphia before the
ides Of fNoVember-4rap .ermy Of one hundred
and fourteen thousand men--seeks, aud
has 6ecnte 4 Sxemptio from ieryiee 20 Rgril
louiinrist8- akinR % er that p iea on Of
1.-The offence Of their couatrY--leagl Log uu5
4 der lbat plea eth 90 - z ghts thelrs ttles
Tor themAgo0d 6oHfedefateai brave edpqtEi-
OTIS, worthy citiEens, delighted to hear of
i the brave deeds; Of our gallant army, pro-
vided they be not called on 70 share in the
glory, willing to be free, provided It costs
them nothing. One hundred aud fourteen
thousand men detailed as agricultural, and
all these OF conscript age, in populStion
of i've millionsI Oh ihame, where 10 thy
blush 4 And to these the thirty-tWo thous-
Ahd State officers. alluded TO by ua yester-
day, and we have an arm Of one hnndred
and forty eiK1thousandme and these are
far from being all. The details for various
mechanical operations amount to an enor-
mona number IN mlny instances these
so.called mechanics are no mechAnies at
al. Less wise than Hamlet assumed 70 be,
let the wind blow from what quarter, 1t
may they do NOT uknoF hawk from .
occasion-that 10, TO escape the enrolling
officer-aud they cease 70 be mechanics the
moment the danger disappears. I'D, .
II the Confederate Congress take this
thing in hand, it will do nothing but
extend the limits. That will not an.
swer the purpose. The country wants
young men, and must have them. There
is o plenty of them for all the purposes Of
this war, and they must be brought out.
Old men are useful to certain extent, and
30 are boys; but they ars.not ft 70 fght
out such ,R-wAT5As this. Besides, there 10
no sense in allowing these fellows to sknlk
in this way. Why, ia the state Of Viz
ginis alone there are eighteen thousand !
men detailed for agricultural purposes-
that is, to avoid service. The State legis" |
lAture must take hold Of this matter. Here |
in Virginia We have most active and un-
firing Goyernor-a man Of judgement as !
we'll as zeal-a man who is soldier himH
self, and feels forCthe Soldier as all ought
to do-a man whose influence with the
legislature Is deseryedly high. We hope
everything from his zeal and intelligence.
oiWhile ,apon4i this subject We wish to re-
move au'sfmpre6sion which has become
vefy general, with regard 10 the operations
Of the Bnrean aok ConRcript ptio1, u is 20
.ahs. oITaai that 4hStl pARaan has not oEtends |
"a ITS operations as far as Il ougut 70 have
done. That 10 q mistakes Il has mauip5i
Mated nearly every mao Of consofipt age |
in the county, It has brought him for |
ward and placed him 10 the ranks. II he
is not found there it Is no fault Of the Con
script Bureau. That office has finished
With him, and washed its hands OF him.
The fault'Iies elsewhere-in those, namely, |
who grant these Unlimited details and ex-
emptions; thereby impairing our sources OF
defence aud seriously imperilliDg the lib
critics of the, country. Those one hundred |
aud fourteen thousand, Of which we have
Just spoken, aud those thirty two thou
sand, OF whom we spoke yesterday,-all
ebjoying themselves at home while the
enemy is moving heaven and earth to sub
jugate us-haVe all passed through the
hands of the enrolling officer There 10
not bit Of original matter 10 the whole
mass. Is IL not strange that we should be
wanting reinfnreemeuts at "a time like
this, when the Bureau of Conscription has
placed such immense resources Of men in
reach of the Government Place them
where Il has. or ought to have, nothing 70
do but to lay it's hands upon them2 a.
f-6Tl.LE- - ! ~. t-it % 4
5THE democratic papers are printing ex!
tracts from speeches of the late senator
Douglas to show that he held the republi-
can party responsible for the origin of the
war. Douglas said great many thing he
could not prove, but we commend to the
democrats this Endorsement in advance Of
an abolition war policy, uttered by Douglas
in one of his speeches just before the war
broke out:- - '4''"
"If they remain in the Union, will go
as far as the constitution will warrant me
in securing their rights; but If they secede,
am in favor Of allowing them just as
many slaves and Just as much slave terri
tory as they can hold at the point of the
bayonet.", 81. col .,..l '.- '' "'.
The doctrine of the administration and
It's supporters 10 regard to slavery cann OF
be better stated. ...l ,.oaI
! THl Portland Adpsrtiler, a Democratic
paper, speaking of the recent election il
Maine, says that '.ths uHder6rEsh" for ,tht
i great presidential fight has been cleared
lawAy by it. We never before heard thai
name for the Democracy, but it must b
admitted that il Was pretty thoroughly
cleared away. and rooted out Monday week
| A good crop is therefore sure 10 NoVem'
bsr.
THE Missouri Democrat recommends x
the disgruntled copperheads the PHILOSOPHY
| of an Illinois congresamap, when his part!
last winter, was meditAting on the nomi-
nation of Grant. "If Grant whips Lse,
Ia \. ,vo sbal, nominate Grant, but II