Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-04-20

ces could not have been commanded by the ,ou.
ment, and who is now at Charleston, and bssO YEN
during the wholecseige of that place. ThiS Oesa
who put in these two substitutes, remained At L|a
must usefully employed in producing proyision noe
the army. All his surplus went that way, wbS,IS
had two men, ADLER hodied than he was. feb,nueas
him IN the held. Who Wonid say, that such 1t
Is d'Tloyal to the GaGsetif believing in his besas
that he was not liable under his contract ae besH
posed, with his government, he should appeal ~ y
courts 70 decide the question whether he is E,SIe
under the law or not Z AS to the law allovinrNTA
sttutes IN the first instance and then the Ian
eating or annulling it and calling The princU1%O
into the field, have nothing to say What m psS
tain is that it is the great constitutional rioI.
any and every party affected by the last Of Inv
acts on the subject to have the question of his I
liability judiciay determined If he chooses 9S
then as good law abiding citizen act accordina1N
Take another illustration of the practical we.?i
ings OF the act Congress, By law, exempted f..A
CONSUMPTION such State officers as the LepisIta2
of the respective States might designate as nrOns
to be retained for State purposes. At yonr T..
session you, by resolution, designated all the c1S
and militia officers of the State A late ords, I
been issued by Gen. Cooper, as is seen in the ~
pers, doubtless under order from the Secreta,I.,
War, to enroll and send to camp large numb:, v
these otcers-annOngst Others justices of the ne.o
tax receivers and collectors. This order is CO.
against tho law of Congress and your solemn rss:
luton. 1t is in direct antagonIsm to the decisio,
the Supreme Court of this State, in the yerv w.
in which they sustained the power of Congress =
raise troops by eonserption but in which thew b.S
that the power was limited, and that the civil a.
GERS of the State.could not be constItutionav ~,
scrpted. use the word conscripted purposev~
know there is no such word in the Enelisbi.,
guage-neither is there any such word as conScrb.
the one usually in vogue now a-days. A new vOr5
had to be coined for process or mode of raisins
armies, unheard of and undreamed of By our ancsS
tors, and choose to coin one which best expresc
my idea of it But under this order of Gen. Uoonsr
is it not the right of these officers, is it not S
right Of the State, to have the question of then
liability to CONSUMPTION determined by the Judiciary
Is it not the duty of Congress to compel the Seen.
tary Of War and Gen. Cooper to abide by that A.
cision, and to obey their own laws instead of Al,
tempting to close the doors of the courts against
the adjudication of all such matters that come with
in the sphere of their constitutional dutiese
Again Congress, by the last section of the fir.
conscript act declared that all who were or shouH
be subject to it might previous to enrolment VO.
uDteer in any company then in the service MOI.
withstanding this express Law of Congress Secur.
ing the right of any person liable to CONSUMPTION Ia
volunteer in any company then in the service pr.
Vious to enrolment General Cooper has issued An
order, by direction of the Secretary of War; doubt
less, denying this right to volunteer in any COMPANY
then in existence, unless the number in such CON.
pany is less than sixty four men. Under this ill.,
gal order number of as brave, gallant chivalruw
noble spirited youths as ever went forth to batds
for their country and peril their lives for consu
tional liberty, will be deprived of their birthright-
the right to have questions of law affecting their
liberty, determined by the courts-if this act, clos
ing the courts against them, shall be held to be valid
Tell me not the act affects none but traitors
spies, and tie disOyall heard not long since in
Albany, father carried his son to the district en-
rolling officer; he had just arrived at the age when
he was liable to CONSUMPTION; he never wished him
to go to the war as conscript His older brotheH
had gone before him. they went out early in the war
as volunteers, and they form a part of that living
wall of freemen which still stands between US andS
ruthless foe. He told the enrolling officer, in sub
stance, that he had brought this boy, the Benjamin
of his heart as another offering the altar Of his
country. He was going volunteer under the
clause of the act alluded to he had selected the
company to which his brothers belonged. He vas
told this could not be allowed. At this the father
was greatly surprised and mortified as may be rea
Oily understood; he insisted upon the rights of bis
son. Great as bis surprise was at first however,
greater was it still to be. The son was ordered 10
JAIL to be sent to the camp of instruction, to be as.
signed to any company his officers might choose
The high spirited youth, scornIng CONSUMPTION Of
tering himself as volunteer, asking nothing but
his legal rights instead of being sent with cheers
by the crowd, and fathers parting blessing, was
sent to Jail as felon
Can any one say that this was not most shame.
full outragef .. ...s ...
1t is, however, but one of thousand cases like
it that may occur and probably will occur, should
this law be held to be constitutional; and if the
doors of the courts to be closed against all who
may be ordered to the military service without any
regard to Law. have here two letters which will
further Illustrate how this act will work. They are
| both addressed to the Governor One is from Mr.
Samuel II. Parker, written in Charleston Jail. Here
Mr.. s. read the letter. stating that the writer was
/ native Georgian. That he lived in Whitfield county
That he was forty secen years of age the record
would show, then in Whitfield county. That he was
at his home with his wife, (who was then sick
with ten small children, on the 9th of February o.
this year. when party on horses came and ARRESTED
| him, and carried him to Dalton. And from Dalton
| he was carried to Atlanta He protested that bt
was over age, and not liable to military duty-tha
he was forty Seven years old. He was told tina
that was the right age to make soldier in South
| Carolina, and he-was sent to Charleston, where h
was put in jail. lie appealed to the Governor o
his native State, and the State of his residence
have justice done him. Of this Mr.. Parker, san
| Mr.. ., l know nothing, except what is stated II
this letter. tt may be false, and yet it may be true
If true, justice ought to be done to q greatly
outraged and wronged. But whether true or false
the courts ought never to be closed against an IN
quiry into the facts, and never will be, so long
personal security has any protection in this country
The other letter is from the Hon. John Oats
member of this House, frem the county of Murray
It is dated the 1Ith of this month the day after tn
meeting OF this session. Here Mr.. s. read Mr.
Oats letter. stating that he was detained at Atlant
under very painful circumstances. His oldest son
who had been in the army, was subject to epilepsy
and had been discharged in consequence. That al
forwards he had been carried before board Of ply
sicians, who pronounced his case ineurable, and b
was given certificate of nal-discharge, on tn
grounds of permanent disability. That on tn
morning Mr.. Oats left home for Milledgeville, tb
provost guard at Dalton went to his house at SprD
Place and carried his son off to Dalton. The
carried him from there to Cartersyille to Capt Starr
the enrolling officer for the 10th Congressional dii