Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-06
HON. WYEDHAE RoBERrsON.
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Tia County CouPts N peace unss we're real courts
and are 40 Loo. There 10 nOT - much civil IigSson'
ous there are . VARSITY Of duties inpOssd upon sheen
~ the VGr-such ~ pSoVdrg the people Uitn supplies
.aa ,akiuE Gaze Of tbs solalss' ISmIuea. No OEs,
pe eVe proposes 70 OosIetPt ihs JsaESs nOa eVs1 ne
saEres AAd tos sue1 iais.stis' sAess ~ Clsrss,
.erEe rss ABd Sntht. H p'0eAbis hAI See Hoo See
ar, .f W., IN apy s'eal, RSad d'tdsl" tsGss OF
5s,,. apt s-Fsesl5, ,ppspss h,Ies oct ono rourss
n AZ 100 sos N. 'sss..ss ara that % &c a,sSsS shs
e.s .,s ne ssAAFy ;hs SaFSirg r ihe nAcninSy Of
-. u these sspps1 - Re hdsd oy msn P;Shtn thl
,ss. il Is a. sSempucn, Any c,hss eourVe Mould be
S,neuS sappOss wat Congress shall extend Ihs mill
a-yase 90 -Aty II yGr Samit The principle BY ysHr
e.i.lauon OF the liability military duty Vt
isfrL you can readily zee the dilemma % Whica the
I.,ts gill be reduced.
had prelsrted indeed TO have said nothing OH this
-; ct nus the tunes Ia which moving are IuII
- yeu 40 priue ps seem TO have en ioTSo ten by
- vho in thtis zJsl without knowledge, would IN
,rder % do service 70 t1a eo1ety AID cause, like
80, a old tear frcm the temple Vt our GJVern-
81, IN. pillsrs on aheh is rfSss. Toe MOI nuk Af.r
=, S,,pes resolution introduced in Congress thu
3ar,old E,g.iTsT in editorial article urged Con
- 70 ut he State OtceFS and les the Lsgis-
,,,ss take their rclion. lev Gays thereafter the
L,nchbutR RspubE can gave forth language Of similar
moOtt-sbisI NJ. SsaPlsF, IN presenting his pIp2si-
ron. uttered lgasg IhA' sAVored very much OF con-
I5st;op dlyipg The cav. And writer in The Ssatiasl
,Nsns-.lIV IeRsrded a. sic Government oIgan)
Ia. "Is is she right and Gu y If the voter.
a ,Iact . man over iorty tive, and thAt "hAny
members OF the L-giIAsuEe will lose tier 0GD
-,smptOus by ring TO TeEeOr similar favor 10
others ulDDecessASl!'
VIVA can b. the me GuinE, sir Of oil this? Il the
,ppsal 70 the States merely preliminary 10 coercion in
bs event of refusal on the part Of tie L(E lAtuTe
"a comply With the request Of OOnSresty To supper
an nj OF his pTopo itlOD, Ihere many
nd q At ous Tbs lac qqirIns zoe governors cerih
cato il unTepsAlsd. Congress, 1t veil Understood
siscu sink in secret session the proposition 10 Eus
IND bahsly co, pas and this writ suspended where II
he authority " even the sen blAIce Of authority to
5r,u, ycur IN ;ers ON the clutches Of the conEcIipt
ya,h.rsrz2 That the threat contained in the letter
a the Sentinel did not relate 20 The probability OF the
sltss of bers Of the LegiasiGTe upon the Q1es.
q of exemption being brought IN s-ue a. the sprnE
Iesious IA evidenced BY the fact that the people Of
h, State this spring aud .Al elected their rate
mi full knowledge tbSt An election constituted Al
,Ienpt' on from compulsory military service.
Il strikes me a. htte queer that the stAes should
"a assAsd on che Dor CT Congress ct all, aud much
more qqeer il il that enc Of Nrgnas sous shogld LAY
II At toe door o. the Old Common UsIh that the Cen
yr,s. even by imp ieitiCu, Sss keep uGntces.
t,r,lJ from the Isnks IN "a the supreme hour OF
tr.a the honorable gentleman Who proposes tc
l.truo. the stes TO their duty and the Congress
5o,tsn that Virginia passed COnscr pon laW IN Eel.
mar, '62 st least nv GAYS before Congress ensces
me Lu Us ia every man tor u var III tie eIc6p-
ion OF the State snd Confederate offcsrs in fact
.ih she 6cepuon OF the very * mlt Ors nov on ter
- INTO book and 20 Uh Oh reitei Ated Der claim by
IN, act Of Marc, 1864 Hou also we'll know, sir thai
,4s oonscripgon FeleASed large number OF there
e those betuesn thirty five aud forty i've To regain
,s class thus released At that tine every county Of
ris State has ben OSCupsd By provost md con-
srlpt gulrds at cost th, year OF perhaps million
4 dollars, bs,idSs keeping employed tome Fix hunSr
uen. Mr. IL this ell. Suddenly the bill 70 OFRAuz,
he Supreme Court il revised. Is this accidental OF
4ita par, Of the "plaRf' II 50, the * ptio1s OF
ne Legislature may 90, and Shsre 10 your remedy
Iabsls corpus suspended or If not suspence the usI
nAjs by Congress oil bs declared the suDrems Law OF
sns land undeT thu provision 10 the OODfsdsFae Con
,uton And thus you can Ess that you will be REM.
iisss The mob W cry huTGh and Vhsre will
States right be theu?
have no foar sir of tho action Of the Legislature
n tbir matter | know iul veil that the Ie,ion of
dareh 10 1854 vii be rst 6sd AnsV. But even ttip,
Ne I submi, Is NOS srfiuisut-simpiy because TouI
az bal not been resp,c ed aud YOU must take eIsps
enforce 70 p0ol TO your legislation espeo ally since
is sustained aEd upheld by the dGoisiOn Of your in.
oa ry Slss shat becomes OF the provision in your Dill
IF rishs Which declares 'tdt i oil cases the niIiiai
hall he iadsr 'trict ubord"aion 10 and g0SfrnId b.
me CIVIL POWER"
There are here and there scattered through the land
set OF VspOrng politicians who, before the war, we're
Lways elsmoTOus about i'm ginary inVAsors If State
.gh.s. These cry slaud and spare not when any
sierenee made the rights Of the StAtoP telling ~
nat It viii be tine eoonsh TO adjust all those thing
Ihen the war Il WlO sir cAl tell vhSR this
oar oil be oter Before il begln mauy Of these men
nedctsd no war, and wien il upon u.s. they said
would DO ebert; but all know has four ysnrs Of
are gone, and he end no man see. SO far from
doping this course cay let move on in our Ap-
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ates and of the prime Piles upon which lnaugura ed
tho suuggls"hen Gle, but principles must survive"
tg DO his s5al pat to shame the taunts Of our
,nsuiiss rt-s.abhh tue faith Of own people, and
onVRca the world thai we are Battling for truth and
the right
Our o. Institution proVideP in addition to the guar
Sntees Ehioh it throws Or0uad lie agents "thst
she freeze the pres is one Of the great bulSsrks
o. liberty and be strained but by dPtp0te
yOYsrnm whilst 70 the Christian oh utOh 1t says
'nat all enIitl ID 20 the tree exercise Of re-
IgiOn. The one forever puls to ght the idea Of
" dsa I'D press aud ths other assures Us that the
nhlssr OF Code nsVtr DO made to do battle except
nth ain and Satan.
Nor is oUr State Constitution or Bill Of Rights in
ol c. With tie Confederate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that
Iona ion expressly provide hat all 'xocutiye and
v3eis Ulcers Of tie several States shall be bound by
isth AFT mat to support this Oonsttut on Add
Gain ii says, "ths peWsIs not delegated ths Cor
sdsrate States BY the Constitution nor pro hbited BY
to tie Sister rsssrvsi TO the States Flspeoivel,
A al to the people thaFe f. Ard again: Congress
shall make no La Tospec Ug establishment OF Ieli
gon prohibiting he fees exercise thereof" or
''4bFidging che Il adOm OF h. press" Tcus. Sr,
here Is C, o1iaeids o. Ia tho tSO irsir me ats
eli essln.ial pom locking to the p.sseTVatiOI Of
bsriy. These things tsVJ tcu ID. upon ,Onewhat
ihors my a jsos, bscIuss d5si ed TO sbO1 how
fulTdsd our Pot o,l charts Of iFs6d4m ara. Add,
/ o1nneo ion, beg my couu'FSmen not to bs nj,
al aod deceived as heir duty ia this war; by men
ThO, under pIsteXts Of devotion 10 the cause seek to
exercise extraordinary and uHWsrrSntsd power. Fns