Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-15
obarge difFsrently, shaIl be deemed guiI.y

/ cnafg6 Inherently, Ahau Dc QeemeQ guilty
of criminal offence.
The reason for such a measure, is the
exhorbitant rates charged by farmers and
dealers in produce.
4 Foote, of Tennessee, proposed to offer &
complete amnesty to sll citizens or resi-
dents of the Confederate States as hereto
fore have been hostile to the cause, who
are now willing to take obligations to sup.
port the Government.
Bell, of Georgia submitted the resolution
inquiring into the cause why. 50 many on.
GERS Of the army are absent from theiI
commands.
The President had made the startling
announcement that one-third of The army
was absent from their post, and had they
been in their places the campaign in GsOr-
gia would never have been lost.
Mr. Foote offered resolution that the
Committee on Quartermssters and Com
misssries be instructed to inquire into the
conduct of such officers.
He said information had come to him of
more wide spread corruption in that de-
partment mora than ever marked the his
tory of any war before.
Mr.. Hanly moved that the Military
Committee enquire if tho privates had
been paid by the Government, and If not,
why.
Mr.. Foote offered resolution that the
Committee on Quartermasters inquire
whether it is true that the soldiers have
been supplied with unsound and rotten to-
bacco.
SECRETARY sIDDoN's REPORT.
The report of the rebel Secretary of
War is remarkable for its frank confession
that the rebel armies no longer are being
united, in spite of the eonscription,
which drags into the service all white
males between seventeen and fifty, and
other gross measures, sanctioned by the
existing legislators. It is not to be dis
guised thGt these measures still leave
the armies relatively weak to encounter
the hosts that are being summoned by the
enemy for our subjugstion. He calls for
additional legislation to COMPEL all persons
capable of military service, to enter the
army, without distinction of occupation or
profession.
he says that with a few exceptions the
needs of society and supplies for the army
might be readily and more conveniently
provided by details Exemptions by class
IS necessarily cover many not actually de-
manded by society, for the needs Of that
may have given plsusibility to exemption.
Such exemption eOmpels discrimination in
the call for service, which delays and de-
feats its full accomplishment.
He strongly recommends that all ex-
enptions, except of the officers actually
necessary to conduct the Confederate and
State Governments, be abolished, and that
all Of the physically capable men
without distinction or discrimination,
be at once devoted to the sacred cause Of
Of defending our country in the field.
The srming Of the slaves was discuss
ed at considerable length. Siddons says
No compulsion could be felt in so using
them, for deeply as the whites ofthe South
are interested in repslling the invasion and
forever iberating themselves from the
associations and thraldom of the enemy,
the negroes of the South are even more
vitality concerned. With the whites it Is
a question of nationality, honor and pro-
perty; with the negroes it is the dread
issues Of their no distant freedom.
On the question Of their existing as
race, he adds:
A cOncurring legislation, from each
State should meet before the slaves are
armed, and although some measures may
become necessary, he deems it inexpedient
at present, for the following reasons
In such q war as this, waged
against foes bent with malignant
perseverance or our destruction, and for
all that man holds priceless, the most vital
work is that Of the soldier, and for it wis
dom and duty require the most fitting
workmen. It will not do to risk our lib
critics and safety to the negro, while white
men may be called to the duty of defence.
For the present it seems best to leave the
subordinate laborS of society to the negro,
and impose the highest, as now existing,
on the superior class.
JEFF. Davis confession, In his speeches,
that large numbers of troops had deserted,
ere officially confirmed by this Report.
The rebel cavalry is declared to be in need
of measures to increase its number and
efficiency. InsubordinatiOn is complained
of, and it is recommended that the country
be formed into one great camp of organi-
zstion.
The proposed arrangements for supply
ing prisoners North and South with cloth
ing and supplies, are detailed at length
Bitter complaints are made against the
employment of negro soldiers in the Fed
erai service. The dreadful disasters at At
lanta and in the Shenandoah Valley are
very summarily disposed Of. The people
Of the South are assured that the rebel
means to Aght. He Gays At
suta was more important in political
h an a military view, from the significance
he pablo, on both sides, had attached to
Is possession. Tho balsnce-shest OF sue
,ess Hnd defeat is gives, Thieh Is iArsely
n faFor of the rebels.
New YoRK, Nov j.
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