Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-11-30

South Carolina. 400; Alabama. 1,074; Mississippi,
ITO; Georgia. - to 15000-perhaps more
besides large number Of railroad employees, &C..
whom tfe Governor refuses to have enrolled. SUCH
state OF affairs was uni inst to those States which
have restricted themselves in this particular in Or
der to increase our armies.
No man was more favorable to States Rights than
he, hut should not press the Jortrine too far at
the expense of our national liberty. Our great work
was to establish our independence. We had better
do anything than submit. Gentleurn may talk
about arrnstice or convention nfStates. When
or where have the North proposed such thing
Every advance on our part would he considered as
an evidence offaing resources and despairing hopes
He believed that the end might be pros'rate and
hansted country, bnt it would be one whose noun
tans and streams swept by the divine ai- Of free
dom.
Mr. J-T Leach, of North Carolina, said he was
surprised at the language used by the gentleman
from Virginia, in which North Carolina. it seems,
comes in for her usual share of. criticism North
Carolina had furnished more men to the army in
proportion to population than any other State
She had sent lis, 900 men 70 the field Of whom one
and third per cent. hal sealed their devotion with
their lives. What has Virginia lcsts little over
half Of one per cent Virginia may be chivalrous,
but her sons, it seems, have been more fortunate.
The gentleman saws injustice and injury is done
TO other States by the action Of North Carolina sud
ure OF their duty North Carolina has done ,hn,.
will De less cause of complaint He ,nnn+",l i
North-Carona were to send all her ~ l"s;,
dren and negroes to the army, is worl..s' ~ -.
admitted that she had perhaps dnrc half h.,
The gentleman from Virginia cl,ns tn hpaS
lights man. bnt he has poor wav # show ins
lie is a consolidationist. As for himself he to.k
occasion to say, That he endorsed evsrv wo'd writ.
ten and spoken by Gov Brown and Vice President
stephen~ and also tho views expressed hy the gen
fieman from South Carolina (Mr Boyce) He was
aware that an avnwa Of such sentiments look ed
Ipon BY some discovering taint of dsIovaltv,
nut he was satisfied With his company, and when
Fey were hung he was content TO ask the poor
Hivilege of being hung with thom.
Mr.. Miles, of South Carolina, said it was alws-s
;oalnful to him, when subjects requiring geave nd
deliberate consideration were introduced in II
House. to see undue manifestations of party eye
ment and still more of sectional jea'ous,,s. o..
only hope Of final success is in a cordial lrient
and fraternal union Division, much more, dscnrd
| and exasperated feelings, will prove fatal He kau
! never heard in this House word TO excite the
lealously Of any member from the State of North
Carolina 1t was not necessary for the men ber to
reiterate what We all gladly acknowledge. 'ha Nsrth
| Carolina has done as much as was possible with
the means she has been able to put forth. As iosay
ing that one State has done more than another he
| thought the statement was improper and hastily
| made. He thought that ali had done we'll
! If the conscrpt laws were properly executed, it
was evident that the burden of the war would fall
equally upon each State. If such was not the case,
it was due to the necessary mperfections of egisla
| iion.
The question before the House was, whether each
State cond not carry on State government with t.
same relative proportion of exempts. He thought
| that there Was nothing necessarily imputng any
tn Nv TO rnv in
asking the Legislature to lonk into this matter Of
State exemptions Perhaps there were Offices hich
! had been created hr the Legislatures whtl. the
Governors bound to fill, hnt which these f.eg,s
iatures might themselves leein unnecessary N wars
diSjointed times, and which they would be willing
10 dispense with
MIR. Logan. 81 n. e. Gnterrup,in:----Ia Mo-.
| Carolina the Legislature regulates IT, ,.,,n,he-
exemptions, and the Ga, crnor ,mereii rarr.s ,, =!
their will and order
Mr.. Mics said that fact made an ..ne2l 20 :lp
Legislature mere apprcnrate as hav' : the {:
| especially under its ccn'rnl
The gentleman from N..r:l, ,ern'ina (Mr. Leach,
had taken occasion. very nnsec.- IL. in bis judy
| ment, to express his appr."a' ~ r,uSe md
views of Cav Brown ard W. p Il Stolh
He must confess that the effect Of sue ..xib' ,us
on bis mind was to p'o,uce mt mu:h felIng
of surprise for ltw natural that the Eesvr bur
dens CT war should render men lmnatien. a1a rrs'
less; but hc arn.d no hut be amazed thu, % tx
midst of DEATH struggle g,:tlc'ne,, should persist
in exercising their ,n,,le rs Oh such snl, cts; as
much # inrv shDu,d seriously propose 10 send
a deputa.inn ,c the Emperor of Cbina to explain to
his celestial mac csty the theory Of popular liberty
on which government is founded. He believed
there would be as much in sending such an
embassy as it would be to send propositions of
peace upon the basis of our Independence land he
| hoyoI horo tn lass fo
any portion of the Nrth. lie believed that the
whole North dreamed of nothing less than our SUB
mission. and any advances or our part would be
received as indications of weakness and despair.
Mr. Smith, Of North Carolina, rose to cali atten-
ton to W hat he considered Inherent evriunre of
the ncorrectnoss of the tabular statement relative
to the numbers of exempts in each State which had
teen introduced into the House. He regarded the
tables as utterly unreliable.
Mr. Foote, of Tennessee opposed the resolution
in its present form. lie was for giving each State
credit for what it had dane Gentlemen had gone
out of their way to attack the Vice President Mr..
Stephens had seat this # .or, and right tn
speak IN bis own Defence and, therefore contumely
was heaped pApon him, a|d sku!king attacks were
made by members who dared not meet him face to
face in open debate.
Mr.. Lester, Of Georgia, raised point Of order, -
The debate was not confined to the subject under
discussion
The Chair.-Ths gentleman is out of order The
gentleman will proceed IN order.
Mr. Footh (excitedly)-Yes sir, I understand
how this is The Vice President has been arraigned
here to-day. and no restriction placed upon the
debate then. 1t seems to be very much in order to
denouncc, entirely out of order to defend, him.
Mr. Miles, of South Carolina: The gentleman
said something about skulking attacks having been
made on the Vice Presid. IN this house He be
eyed he had aid something in reference to that gen
tleman and he wished the gentleman to say whether
he meant to intimate that he had made any skalk
ing attacks.
Lr. Foote: No, sir, very open one. desig.
nate as skulkiDg attacks all those made in secret
session.
Correspondence Of .ne N. C. Staudard.l