Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-06

. AsuNf Waa ~ III HIS y tAAFlt NAhA lAalHA-IiUftta were
q necessary as agriculture. aud Tiers wss "a great 3
dehi iency In co hiEiI to.day ~ tBars was IN food. Did
tho gentleman meEu 10 sEy that our soldiers deserted 10
the Yankees be ausif they w@rs 20. fedf We could. be
be lsved, feed double two hundred thousand men IN he
Geld; ana Il We could MT. then lie sooner VIC maze
terms with Abrshau lincoln tho better for uE. We
must have more han two hundred thou Gnd men in his
a.id next =pFing; We have now all the supplies wesTih
hava thsa for he fstnerz' production woa be Avaisa-
he until EeXt uhtsL Everybody admts and expects
| that n-xf -pTinR viii be the wsrst aHd TBS heaviest and
mof decisive campHiga that Will occur, and yet there
Is a demand for mere exemptions
BE was not Oppoied - tha exemption Of piantsrsi
WHISTLER they furnish substitutes OF rot, u made 10
/ difference. Rnt be was opposed % class Iagislstiou-
the maa appropriate method vvonid be to Introduce
ms aahisct ia the gineral exemption bill and lei it be
uronrrfv provided for there. iasinad Of bringing In a
1 new bin Bra, idEug or the exemption Of a special class
who were alone OF a SIN larger class 10 enjoy the bsna.
DIS OF exemption The GENTRY had uxa for many
/ pesaons AZ huze-Eh yEicians. ministers. edftorH-editt r.
0 warm up tn sleeping energies q the people szd In.
| spirg them with the patriotism that the times demand
and he that ives 8 false noiei dismantie him We use
! III. N as ne DO the priVttes In the rankB-as a psFt Of
\ the war machinery. Hs would not have all the p!Eut-
eTH in the army. NOR sLlth maaufactnrers,b but he wa
opposed, az he had reiterated 70 Sell citing enc Ct ~ Of
men who avs furnished substitutes and place them on
a better T. otrg thin others.
Mr.. Dupre, Of Louisiana said that what the gentle.
man from North 3arolina, Mr Smith, had sisted WIS
tr ~ his purp0ss-it was to give fhoss now proposed TO
be exempted no advantage over thOss who were early
placed in The army II thiB act were parsed IN is pre-
fent form a hat bad been done will have bsen Goth.
! inL Il was bur a certain way Of cheating the pubiin
Pha people appeai for reforms; we grant uiem ons day,
and6y various su5tsrfuges withdraw them on the neat,
by deTeatng, with counter legi-latiOn, the objects Of
tie arstast. Nos of ne men n Lees army sd stood
the b unt Of twenty i've or thirty pitched battles. Was
fitright That they ihould be ~acrfced7 We're We 10 make
The chances Of dsiTh 10 them sEeatsr now Than everl A
grsaf q a had been sEiu about our inability to feed The
army Re believed that II EousresH had given more
attention to frEasr ~ortstion, he sabjset OffsOd would not
now be exctlng 80 many ieara he had Travelled n long
way In getting hero. and trom Weste o LoBisiana 10
IBIS D ace he bsd seen very isrge Quantities OF gr5vi
Eions, Hhieh only wanted traT s~poTtaiOn 10 be distributed
70 ihs people and the army,
haauEw n anefntfE EaI a 7frnfnUnrn amR1nuaa hu
traitors, srd il niEied many honest ard conscientious
men who reEfly believed what they said t was q
stFsfsgsn to excite the spirits ard the forts Of the
Northern people, snah peiessness IN our own. = year
ago q hill % . aee raj roads under military control was
eior8 the H0ass. bu did not pass. Il would not have
infefferFd with TIE management or owners OF ne rail-
roads, but by the appointment Of m litary agents Ell the
various dap7ts IL would hEve prevented c0liusi rs be-.
tWHeu ststiGn geufs aEd express agrniE; It gorid Ia 3
done s1aV Win express eompsnfes; IL would have
! stopped Tire transportation Of 80 many men nko sge
now travelling 20 and 70 Hitaeut any business and
w,iuld have through down he Whsie system Of trans.
| u~ortation 20 = proper degree Of simplicity.
Mr Hilton, Of RordEi said hat in adopting meas
ures tor the country II was not for Cong es TO dis
1 eriuinEfe in fsgcr Of persons FOR tie axe OF the per
/ sonE. Il must lCak alone 10 lie pu lie benefit, 10 the
defense OF the great cause tcr which We were stTag-
/ Cling moi to the Interests ef indiylduAlE This Was the
aim 4 The Military commit, e. IN reporting this bill
! The gentleman 5ir. Daprel said that Il W0Hld undo
| Al uast legis He Has entirely mis- AIKEN. The
gf0und OF complaint upon which the act repeating the
subtitute law wits psssed was that the gfeat majority
Of the substitutes recslvsa under 1t 1srs desertsrH
I AIAhA AA rHN1NANNN FA1HA-9A AaAt " " - AChEAE
should hsvs trul substitutes Ia the srmy now. de be
levsd Il was true that at least uiae tenthS OF the sub.
sti;utss who bad 6ee received in the Ermy had de-
serted, ami there would NOS be very many 70 gain az
vautsFe by this act
M Goode, Of VrEisia, said thai cooperating with his
co iHSg1e, ON. (hEub isBl he had FOteu for every meas
ure in;e-ded 70 rep eniah The ranks ~ The army. He
f4lt obliged, however, 10 differ rom him upon this bull
| HIS mind had 6,eu brought refucssntiy 10 the c0uclu
sion. that = sound policy required some modification If
the law concerning substi MES. Ia order % prosecute
he war suce-ssinliY, We must have an srnY in front IN
the field nd an army CT producers in the rear 81 home.
We we're cut II from all the markets. Of the world, and
must depend upon OFF own predictions to satisfy The
/ physical wants & the country. -Four hundred Thousand
men could not mafeh without bread and meB5 and
bread and meat o ud not be furnahed II the fsrDS were
brokea up. He was constrained, .~hsrsfsre, 10 Yois for
this hill a q Iva measure, because be believed IL 70 he
shsolntelv indsbsnpsbis 10 the army and To The eoumu
nuy a. iargs-t3 the women and children, The halt and
the blind aud lie Insane. who were TO be provided for
- wei an The army. His ooliesaue had said he would
nse an editor ~ a gar mAehns-s giB-sad Il n didn't
fire right, he would digmount him He (Ar. Goods) had
besh kroughS uElin the Old state rights school, and had
been taught th't a free press was on Of the funda
mental prii ciph4g OF free government He would give
the editor a "ctarier s. Riimiisbie as the wind to blow
on Waom Ne ehuoseH; snt win 81 hi respect for ai
furs be believed that tbs man a. hcus who made two
blades 4 grarB grow where enc blade grow before was
OF infinitely more importsnes than any editor IN the
h vas able 10 state. aeon the bes. authority. that IN
reply q Il qHirits prop unded thsR by Col Preston.
chief Of he C1Eser1pt BuresE, ai Of his eurOllire off
GERS cf the State, who were a s-m0led here q few DAYS
ago sid shat the State could not stand another DRAFT
I had deem dati tlat ne dgflCuituraligfB unecasRFV N I
h"me might b. enrolled md detsiled. u men werv
wan ed outside CT tha army, Il was our duty 70 exsmpi /
them By law, and not leave it 20 the Secretary OF War /
snd the PRESIDENT 20 cole out details. He was not one
Of those who delighted In the QUixgtle pas line Of mex !
ing a man Of STRAW and uluuE AZ bin he had no + ars. /
aud the people need have no fears Of the ExeenHre ]
and il was WITH no fseiing of want OF conn ieuce in the /
Executive when he said hal. he preferred this Congress- K
to pass is own lava rather taan call upon ID I branch 1
Of the Government 20 90 it fr them. Tee greet dan.
ger to-day to on cause did n0t come from eur own Ex-
ecudve. IL came from tbs iyrant II Warrington, ana Is
should be the enis OF tais g vernmrHt to use all lis
snerg ieHi in p%roVdlug against the ea'amities which tAat
tyraut would eadeavor 10 inlet upon Us.
Mr Foster, Of Alabama, said that four aftha Of the
men In The army were farmers; not q solitary law wa
20 be found upun the statutes for tee Exemption Of any
par or class Of them. We cousd not fad an editor or a
mechanic who bad furnished 3 substitute, and those OF
the farmers uhO bad furnished them numbered very
( The n0tl were coldssd 10 the spAci RtorE. We
had two great interests one was the agh ing interest
the other ne prosisloa inter q They y RS mutually
dependent upon eaeb other, and We could, by wise legis-
stun. promob. each; and Il wa tue duty Of Congress
20 watch theH. AID prevent the one from sDcroachlng /
On the other
hr. Holcoml,e. Of Virginia, said it wal impossible to
nasuify the Importance Of this question. Il was aus
y hich Involve the success 4 the cause. 2 was il, IA
vor Of the bill becauss Is woula Keep the mea now
there a. their placer; not caring for the argument that
its defeat would put men Ia he army, for the men wao
q ID whom the law would effect, TO be ts~en from their
nOmeH won d De the r7ln OF he cause. II would be i'm /
posai5ie to place them In he army for any portion of a
an1 pat them oaoA In tins 10 ~-c0mpls the
object needad- Now was the mos important lime 10
the Z rmsr-i Tvss the lime for the preparation OF the
land and or thz al he prospects Of the harvest De
en- ed H- would BE- glad q those n the army eoud
chenge places with thOge a home; but n 4 Was anetb- |
er imp stability. By tho biz Of whiah M vas an
amendment tse entire Agricultural population voul4 be
put Ia he army sndthat in a souRtFy whose sgricuI
population srestly outbalsneea that of the elnes
a q twn6
Nap con. 10 the ruthless eonseip ism which be IN
aieied on Prsncs never went above he sgs OF thirty
We proposed 70 putin all Of evory ag4 ard
wien IL was known that il wa a precautions mat er 70
from week to week The sTmy IA DE field
When the tuppies were known 10 be scarce, the
laveH were 90 be Withdrawn from the he d.. and g. Il
Eas proposed h time to draw sill more is, r " mon |
he vital resources Of the country. From by dts.riss
uli DO drsWa ohe hu bred men for tue army and
top TWO thousand laborers now engaged ia PRODUCING
rain for the army We had nov ave hundred tsou
men in The asld 70 provide for; the ns~ law would
id one hundred thousand more, SUD was It soHsibls 10
seHPs s~tsTyahon when there were nons a. home to
,rovids for alemS where was the weak point ~ the
nemy7 Certainly not in want Of provisi0as.
It was not probable, than that a decisive victory could J
II fought ihls afrinR, and no such desperate hone
houid be allowed TO animate Us TO sgch dssa crate I
lsasures a. thst o. putting every body in Tho army I
eoint Of The enemy was Ia its faaaclal con Z
AVON II WIS orr Fei'cy TO pro ract he war. TiEs
nd distance wereo T g-eai alFea We mast ramen- i
er thsti in reference TO this State, ~ least, our laat :
were iar belo" the average. Our Fpaco hid Il
contracted. 81 new must be DEVOTED : he PRO. :
ncti"n Of rovisions for the next rear. Take away :
be men and Starvation Al hone. and ruin ID the army 2
Touid be- IN his0 inign, the Inevitable rssull,
Mr. Conrsc, q Louisiana, arose for be purpose OF
loytag the hidehnite Postponemsnt Of the bill he hs5
n eiaafed uiHt every attempt to Increase the army this
-ssion wooid meet with opposition, ana the records Of v
ongress showed that 70 DO Tue result or every similar s
stenpt hith rio- kept IN the legislation encouraging n
oiunteerng There assEever ! oil Of 3 compnEory
1arac er tlt-Odue d that t WA net depourcet as Ike :
TO produce errinc u8iold q d Unheafd n calaulties Ct
e fsineUoeiea h9W. 10 tn case CT The Ar-t eonscrip. L
ca 7il, the most terrible results were hsld up, and re. \,
q End resurrection Wore predicted. Then followed
.s OIL 10 keep one thlrd Of the army IN the fed when
10 enemy va within tairfy mfles OK RichmsBd-pre. r
etious Of revolt and mutiny aecsmp MED IT, We mel er
lis ession, tnd bad from the President and Searatsrv n
War the m 81 author taiive information, and tbe -
asi earnest adsics 70 increase the army. Eow nd 81
responded
We had aiHed solitary bill Of sig linea IN nl... a
e army meB vthb hadiurnished Institutes. and nsssaS IS
too. IN OPPOSITION h the Military CommIttss : s7e /, "
a. the espstisl province OF that COMMITTEES ~ ,~a-.,t "a
staad n promoting the streDetb ma "a
.ney of the srmy. Now thers h = - -
ldhesiion Nhathad hap nedf-any great oaiami /,
J Nc Genilemsn hsd received letters T ON soma ~