The New York herald., 1864-11-26

tho a." OF Brooklyn. No wonder tbe Rich.
mond organ are olamorow for black dram
upon the Gotten ss'an,stioss. when there are,
for example, only fourtceA hundred able bodied
white men left In rebellious Virginia exempt
from military service. and they al-e 10 be called
on.
That pernicious Southern bercsy Of state rights,
itseems. Is also returning 10 plague its inseas-
ors. North Carolina and Georgia. before the var.
were uather opposed to this hercsy - South
Carolina abomination; but since the war they
have been using 1t to spme purpose In protect
Ing portion or their able-bodied mon gainst
the remorseless oonscriptions OF Davis. while
Old Virginia, South Carolina. Alabama and
Mississippi. In their blind obedience 20 King
JEFF, have been almost literally cleaned out
Hence this outbreak OF the are-eaters against
Georgia and North Carolina. Mr.. Staples, OF
Virginia, has made discovery. He says that
Southern State sovereignty will be disbed
when Lees army ID demolished that when
that army melts away neither trial by jury, nor
habeas corpus, nor State rights will save us
from determination" We commend this rebel
view OF State rights to the special consideration
Of the Hon. Ben. Wood.
But Mr.. J. T. Leach, Of North Carolina, has
no idea Of surrendering his State exempts 70
the Moloch Of this rebellion. He says that
North Carolina has already furnished Davis -
food for powder, one hundred and eighteen psoa-
saad men, one-'hird Of sobom lie Under The sod Of
Virginia. All this, too, from the white popu-
lation, which, by the census of 1860, was many
thousands less than that Of New Jersey. Had
the loyal States been depleted at this rate,
Neeo York city alone ,ooald haze been drained Of
one hundred and fifty aousond men for tie ,oar
and the State outside The city Of .fcs hundred
thousand more! Is not this terrible picture
Of the consuming work in the South Of the
sweeping conscriptions OF Davis! Can any
body wonder that, having thus exhausted their
white men, the rebel politicians are beginning
to wrangle with the Shareholders for their ne
groes, and with their States, for the surrender
of their scattering white exempts and their
State rights. But Leach, Of North Carolina, will
not stand it. He says, ~ want il to be known
that endorse every word that Governor
Brown (of Georgia) or Mr.. Stephens ha.
written. / endorse the letter Of Mr. Boyce, Of
South Carolina" "a peace and reconstruction
letter.) He says, too, "when they are arrested
and tried before q mock court martial and
hung, ask the poor privilege Of being hung
with them. l am entirely opposed 10 the
trampling down OF State rights in this manner
Thus the feud between Southern tire-eaters aud
peace men wakes hotter and hotter, and is be.
coming exceedingly interesting.
This particular debate was vouud mp by Mr..
Foote. Of Tennessee, with defence Of Alex
andsE Ii. Stephens and State rights, aud a
string Of resolutions, embracing tLis peace o!
fcring, to wit:-"Tbat should propositions of
peace emanats from the government OF the
United States, unaccompanisd by recognition
at our Independence, but comprehensive aud
satisfactory in other respects. it will be the
duty Of this government (Jeff Dsvis) TO sub
NIT said propositions OF peace, without delay,
to the sovereign States Of the South, for their
calm and deliberate consideration. either in
joint or arateconvention, a. may be deemed
most wise" This is bristling up to the Ere
eaters In earnest There Is trouble among the
happy family ct Richmond. They are in q
dreadful stew. They have evidently heard
from Sherman. Whether the next news will be
that Georgia Las abandoned 'the confedsrscy,"
or chat Lees army, jeff Davis, Cabinet, Con-
eress and ALL have skedAddied ircm Richmond,
we cannot tell. We expect both these things