Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-12-06

NO. 1rr SIou sake puh us Ill VIC ~ ,
the trenches. anywhere: but save MS IRON
the deg AIDED position of a detailed editor.
Did the President, when he rec"nmrnd-
ed this degradation TO the Press of his conn
try. know that neither telegraph operators.
worknen in mines. engineers, shocnak"rs,
| tanners. blacksmiths. nor millcrs. were eN-
empt by law. and that his recommendation
| pointed only at professors. teachers. psysi-
Clans and the Press OF the country!
| The exemptions by the law of February
| u. 1864. are Ministers of religion mt the
| time of tn" passage of tn" act Slpcrin''n
dents ard physicians of lsylm:nS: on" cdt'
tor far c,c!i newspaper. nnl employees
certified un oath +, be indiSprn-Lblv n"c''S
( elrv ,,uh,i. printers of Cnn'"d.ra'" and
! Stat" governments. and such i"Irn.rrn n
! printers certified On oath to Il" indi-p"n'i-
/ bic -hi.i.h APP ,:h"ci.'1rs. oI dti: oc.nb'r
T -. lsG. PHYSICIANS over thirty Years al
! age aud az seven years practice; prr-!-
| dents and teachers of colleges. engaged u
! such two wears before ;h. pn-saG al the
| law ov"r,"erS or agric,,liuraiiSfS o: title n
| ncgru,S presidents. L :. OF ra!lr rails, All d
mail contracts,
| The. are all the "clas-c>' exempt by
law. There il II" exemption in the law tor
| telegraph, np ,rn'ors,s workmen in IN"
! mines. engineers. shoemakers. tanners.
bl;,cksuths and miii.rs; = and if any o!
! these CLASSES" have been exempted. 1t l.
| III. fault. not of the law. but of the admin
! i~tration. The law also gives discretionary
| power to the President. under the ''pub!ic
| necessity clause. to make additional "x-
! emf. ions y but is it necessary to destroy
| the Press of the country to repair the rvi
! consequences that may have arisen from
| malalminiSiration rather than defective
I legislation:
There can be no frauds where exemption
| is granted by law; but when the detail
. system or the public necessity clause is
substituted. III. door is opened wide tC
every species of corruption. The widest
latitude of exemption by law does less in
jury than the Closest system OF Diet 'il Tho
one j. open To III" inspection OF cv"ry Off
cial and OF every citizen: the other i
| known only /" the detailed man aud to the
officer there can b. no fraud in The for
m"r there has been much in the latter
Had the President recommended tie Con
| gr"-- 20 abandon nll details and sub-titui +.
Il wider rang. of exemption. he would have
| suggested :. measure TOR tlic suppression o
fraud ard corruption.
Fnr -ixrv Yeas the Richmond Enquirer
ha- existed rs :, newspaper. .,e", unbough'
unpur"':u.abc. and n"scr shall exist other
wise with our consent The support WI
have heretofore given the President and th'
can-c has been consideration. and free : ~
other support ca we ever give II th'
! Congress considers that The bone and mus
oil, fr ,h. nr,... or,. worth more. than il,
! h,,ius ., IN. ,,I,S. s.rl us all tn he rank
,I.r,, ,y,. NAV Il, some service. 70 the cor,n
,r,. h,, az d,..,i,.d ,,i,,r. we ma, become
III. ,n,l. the ,nininns of newer. but ",
sLnuI, c,.,.,., h. Tho. AGENCIES of EXPIRES
.io, for. :, FREQ ,,..o,l..
RI. nr,.-& i no, n class = it is an insti
; ,r,inn ms such r.rnruizrI bv .nlirh,e, g
onuinn all over tn. world. and guarded.
"a. have shown nv the mower of jh. Cnn-tI
tu,in,, Neither .hn.m,kiur nor tanning
NOR ,I,ct.n;rh;ur nor ,uilIrirp nor an
az ,h,. -cln-..-'' win which the pr.siden
,,. CONNECTED m. nr.s-. hn, any Cou.,i.,,
,;nn,l r,.cngp;,i,n r ,.iirio, and the pre-.
AMI r,n,,i.,rn,,irinn i. The, trinity protect,.
t nv ihc Con.,;iu,iou When the P,c.iien
I,Il h,ro succc.d.,l y, striking the e mfr
i...,.nr, from IN. ,riun, guard Of u,bli
> Iib.rtv and d.prjved religion of its organ
,rL n,,,I,r n,. i;i,n of i,s voice. h. vii
have. ,I,l-I not n hundred men to the arm,
h,,, darkness will brood over the land. ILL
. ,;n.I only Inv IN. r,,sI,Iivhts of n.nSjon.
AID ,urcbn.cI nnnrrs Gifted by details,
, M, ,;r.. s,.n ,nr,rl d.sro,ism will h, :.
b,.n taken " hen the. Press of ,h,. coun'r
j. On, ,.n,l.r til. control of the Ex.cu,iv
,rt, ,o, r..,iv, IN