Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-10


Voluntarily depart from the Confederate States with.
out the permission ofthe President tho general of
fcer commanding the Trans Mississippi Department,
of officer by one OF them authorized to grant
such permiAston and II such perSon at the time OF
such departure, shall DO liable 10 military serViCe
according TO the laws Of the Confederate States he
shall from the time Of hs departure, be treated for
tho purpose OF this act RH allen enemy, and his
property shall DO liable to Representation and sale In
like manner as tho property Of other alien enemies
But all proceedings for the seques alton and sale OF
his property shall cease, and he shall cease to be
treated as an allen euemy by reason OF such oePar
ture IT, during the present war; and before decree
Of sequeStratiOn shall be pronounced against bis
property he shall return and enter upon the peTtor
nance Of military service according TO law. But
OF their departure sGalI Una nae reside within the
lines Of the enemy, or In part OF the contederaoy
in the military occupation OF the enem'.
SEQ. 2. If any person to whom the preceding
section applies shall voluntarily and without sucn
permission go within the military lines of the enemy
and remain there more than sixty days he shall be
presumed to have departed from tue Confederate
States within the meaning Of this act .,,-.
SIC. 3. II any person has heretofore Voluntarily
and without such permission, departed from the
Confederate States gone within the military lines
OF the enemy for the purpose Of avoiding military
service beiD at the time liable to military Service
according to Jaw, or being now liable to military
service according TO law, such person shall be Also
treated allen enemy, aud his property shall be
liable seQuestratiOu aud sale according to all the
preceding provisions, unless such person shall return
and enter upon military service according to law
within six months after the passage of this act.
Sac. 4. All grants, conveyances, sAlOs, gifts and
tTauHeEN OF property hereafter made by any person
Who shall be liable TO military service at the time
o1mRking the same, aud whose property shall become
liable to representation under this TACT, and all liens
and membranes hereafter created on this proper
ty, when no Is liable to military service, shall be
void against the claim OF sequestrAtiOn.
GOVERNOR BROWN OUT IN ANOTHER MESSAGE
lie PROTESTS AGAINST FURTHER UsUR-
PATIoNs ON JEFF. DAVIS PART, &c.
From the Richmond Examiner, Dee, 8.
Tho Georgia papers bring US a message
from Governor Brown. Il is a message
that vvas prepared by hlm to- no seHt IA ~
the General Assembly of Georgia. but
while it was being copied the legislature
adjourned, on account OF the near approach
of the enemy, before the message was re-
ceived, On this account Governor Brown
has authorized its publication.
The message of Governor Brown is
most emphatic protest against the extraor.
binary recommendation of the President to
Congress to repeal entirely the exemptions
OF all GLASSES, and vest in him the discre-
ton to detail such as he may think fit to
pureue their professions. Governor Brown
argues that to give the President such
power would be to Snnihilate the last Ves'
tige of State sovereignty, and to subVert the
great constitutioualssrights of the people.
He says
Aside from the constitutional objection,
President tho absolute power over all
classes of the people in these States which
he now demands at the hands of Congress?
No man could cultivate his fields to pro-
duce corn, wheat or any other OF the ne.
cessaries OF life, or run his factory to make
clothing, or work in his blacksmith shop,
mill, tauuery, carpenter shop, machine
shop, or follow other Industrial pursuits
without the consent of and detail from
the President.
No men can then publish a newspaper
without the consent of the President aud a
detail for that purpose. This would at
once destroy all independence of the press
and abridge its freedom, which the COnsli-
tuition of the Confederate States expressly
declares Congress shall make "no laws" TO
do. If each editor must have detail from
the President, which would be Tevokable
at the will of the President, to publish his
paper, what freedom or independence of
the press in future can exist2 No bold, in
dependent, high toned man would be will
ling TO accept detail for this purpose, as
it would be an acknowledgment in advance
that his press shall be the tool of the Pres
ident, with it's freedom abridged aud it's ex-
istenCe dependent upon the Presidents
will. AS this Law would give the Presi-
dent the power to say how many editors he
will tolerate, it would leave it to his "dis-
erection" what sort of editors he will havej
and what principles they shall advocate.
Thus the public press of the country,
which, whatever may be its errors and
abuses, is next to the Christian religion,
the greatest promoter of civilization, and
when left free and untrammelled is the
strongest bulwark of constitutional govern
ment and the most powerful advocate of
civil and religious liberty, is to be pros
trated at the feet of the President and pros.
tituted to the base end of overthrOWing con-
stitutional liberty and establishing despo-
tiam. Where did liberty ever exist vita
the freedom of the press abridged and its
existence dependent upon the will of
single individual
The President not only demands the
passage of law giving him the power in
the future to muzzle the press and prevent
it from exposing the errors of his admins
tratiou or the corruption of his officials,
but he demands that the State govern
ments be placed absolutely under his con-
troll, and that it be left to his "discretion"
how many members and officers may at.
tend each session of the Legislature, and
what shall be the ages of the members,
and, if he chooses, what shall be their po-
litical sentiments. 1t is also to be left to
his "discretion" how many judges of the
State may have, and what shall be tkeir
ages. how many sheriRs, clerks, tax col
leotors, justices of the peace, &C., he will
tolerate in each State.
Continuing upon the same subject, Gov
ernor Brown enters his solemn protest as
follows:
Give the President this power and the
minister of religion can no longer exercise
the high functions of his calling under the
without detail from the President. This
would give the President the power in his
discretion to determine not only how many
may be necessary, bnt to select the local.