Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-04-06

that much weaker and If We 70 far beyond the
proportion failure and ruin are inevitable, as the
army must soon disband, when It can no longer be
supplied with the necessariss Of life There ia res
son to fear, that those in authority have not made
safe calculations upon this point and that they DO
not fully appreciate the incalcuable importance of
the agricultural interests in this struggle.
We are able to keep constantly under arms two
hundred thousand effective men, and to support
and maintah that force by our own resources and
productions, for twenty years to come. Nopower
nor State can ever be conquered SO long as it can
maintain that number of good troops # the enc
my should bring million against us let us retnem
Der that there is such thing as whipping The fight
without fighting it and avoiding pitched battles and
unnecessary collisions; let US give this vast force
time to melt away under the heat of summer and
the SHOWS Of winter as did Xerves army in Greece
and Napoleons in Russia, and the enemy resources
aud strength will exhaust when so prodgaAy used,
much more rapidly than ours when properly econ
omzed. In properly economizng our strength and
outstanding our resources lies our best hope Of sue
cess.
Instead of making constant new drafts upon the
agricultural and mechanical labor of the country,
for recruits for the army, to swell our numbers be-
yond our present muster rolls. which must prove
our rum, if our provisions fa-, respectfully sub
nit that it would be wiser to put tho troops into
the army, and leave men enough at home to sup
of young officers in gold lace and brass buttons
who are constantly seen crowding our railroads and
hotels, many of whom can seldom be found At their
posts and the thousands of struggling soldiers who
are absent without leave. OF, by the fayortism of
officers whose names are on the pay rolls, and who
are not producers at home, to remain at their pre-
sent places in the army. This is justice alike to
the country to the tax payers, to the gallant officers
who stand firmly at the post of duty, and the gal
liant soldiers who seldom never get furloughs,
but are always in the thickest of the fight. When
they enduring and suffering SO much why should
the hvorites of power and those of their comrades
who seek to avoid duty and danger, be countenan
ced or tolerated at home, while their names stand
upon the muster rolls :?
If all who able for duty, and who are now
no;nnally in service drawing pay from the govern.
ment, are compelled to do their duty faithfully
there will he need Of compelling men over 45 to
leave their homes, Of dsbandng the State militia
to place more men under the Presidents control.
CONFLICT WITH THE CONFEDERATE GoyRRNMENT.
But 1t may be said that an attempt, to maintain
the rights of the State will produce conflict with the
Confederate government l am aware that there
are those who from motives not necessary to be
here mentioned are ever ready to raise the cry o.
conflict and to criticise and condemn the action of
Georgia, in every case where her constituted au-
thorlties protest against the encroachments of the
central power, and seek to maintain her dignity and
sovereignty as State and the constitutional rights
and liberties Of her people.
Those who are unfrendly to State sovereignty
and desire to consolidate alt power IN Ii. hands Of
the Confederate government hoping to promote
their undertaking by operating upon the fears of
the timid after each new aggression upon the con-
stitutlonal rights of the States, fill the newspaper
presses with the cry of conflict, and warn the peo
constitutional rights, as agitators or partizans who
may embarrass the Confederate government in the
prosecution of the war.
Let not the people be deceived bv this false clam
or 1t is the same cry of conflict which the Lincoln
government raised against all who defended the
rights of the Southern States against its tyranny
1t is the cry which the usurpers of power have
raised against those who rebuke their encroach-
lnents and refuse to- yield to their aggressions
When did Georgia embarrass the Confederate gov.
ernment in any matter pertaining to the vigorous
prosecution Of the wari When did she fail to furnish
more than her full quota of troops when she call
ed upon aSate by the proper Confederate authori
ty? And when did her gallant sons ever quail be-
,ore the enemy or fail noby to illustrate her char
/ cter upon the battlefeldl
She cannot only repel the attacks of his enemies
pm the field of deadly conflict but she can as proud.
repel the assaults of those who ready to bend the
knee to power for position and patronage set them
selves up to criticse her conduct and she can con-
niently challenge them to point to single instance
IN which she has failed to fill requistion for troops
shade upon her through the regular constitutional
channel. To the very last requisiton made she re.
ponded with over double the number required.
She stands ready at all times to do her whole du-
W to the cause and to the Confederacy but while
! ne does this she will never cease to require that
er constitutional rights be respected and the liber-
ties of her people preserved While she deprecates
, II conflict with the Confederate government, If to
.quire these be conflict the conflict will never end
shl the object is attained.
"For freedoms battle once begun,
Bequeaihd by bleeding sire to son,
Though bafaed oft IL ever wOn," +.
will be emblazoned in letters of living light upon
er proud banners until State sovereignty and con-
'itutiona liberty, as we'll as Confederate indepen-
ence, are firmly established.
SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAs CORPUS.
cannot withhold the expression of the deep NOR
cation feel at the late action of Congress in at
.mpting to suspend the privilege of the writ of
,a6eas corpus and to confer upon the President
overs expressly denied to him by the Constitution
# the Confederate States. Under pretext of ne.
essty which our whole people know does not exist
, this case, whatever may have been the motives,
ur Congress with the assent and request of the
Executive, has struck fell blow at the liberties of
lie people OF these States.
The Constitution. of the Confederate States de-
ares that, The privilege of the writ of ha6sas
" rPuS shai Hoi De suSpeAueu, uHieSS WDeu lu cases
= rebellion or invasion the public safety may re-
{ ure it." The power to suspend the ha6eas corpus
all is derived not from express and direct deega-
On, but from implication only, and an implication
In never be raised in opposition to express re-
riction. In case Of any conflict between the two,
{ implied power must always yield to express re.
rictions upon its exercise. The power to suspend
privilege of the writ of ha6eas corpus derived by
,pcation must therefore be always limited by the
ipress declaration in the Constitution that:
: ''Ths right Of the people to be secure in their
srsons houses papers, and effects, against unrea-
nabe searches and seizures, shall not Js osolatsd
d no warrants shall issue but upon probablecause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly
Z scrbhg the place to be searched and the persons
things to be seized" ard the further declaration
,at mo person shall be deprived of life, liberty
ropsrty. without due process Of law" And that,
''In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
10y the right of q speedy and public trial by an
impartial jury ofthe State or District were the crime
all have been committed, which district shall have