The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-23

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to absolute necessity. 1t is also Suggest
ed that the system of valuation now es
tablished ought to be radically changed
The legislation requires, in Snch cases ol
impressment, that the market price be
paid; bnt there is really no market price
in MANY cases, and then valuation Is
made arbitrarily aud in deprecated
currency. The result is that the most
extrayagant prices are fixed. snch as no
one ever expects to be paid i'll coin. -
Name believe that the Government can
ever redeem, in coin, the obligation I"
pay fifty dollars bushel for corn, or sew
en- hundred dollars barrel for -four Ii
would seem to be more Just and appro'
pirate to estimate the supplies impressed
at their value in coin--tO give the obii-
CATION of the Government for the pay
ment of the price in coin.
with reasonable interest, or, AT the OPP
ton of the creditor, to return i'll kind the
wheat or corn impressed, with reason
able interest, also payable in kind, and
to make the obligations thus issued re-
ceivable for all payments due i'll coin to
the Government Whatever be the val
he attached by Congress to these sng-
gestions, it is hoped that that there will
be no hesitation in so changing the law
as to render il possible to supply the
army, in case OF necessity, by the i'm
pressment OF provisions for that purpose.
THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE.
The measure adopted To raise revenue,
though liberal iii its provisions, being
clearly inadequate TO meet the arrears OF
debt and the current expenditures, some
degree Of embarrassment III the manage
ment of the fiuances must continue to
be felt 1t is to he regretted, | think,
that the recommendation of the Secre-
tary If the Treasury, of Il tax on agri-
cultural income equal to the augmented
tax on other incomes, payable in Treas
nry notes, was rejected by Congress
This tax would have contributed ma
terially to facilitate the purchase OF pro
visions, and diminish the necessity now
felt for a supply of coin
The measures passed by Congress, dur
ing the session, for recruiting the army
and supplying the additional force need
ed Tor the public defense have been, in
my Judgment insufficient, and | am i'm
PEELED, by profound conviction OF duty,
and 81 imulated by sense Of the perils
which surround our country. to urge up
on you additional legislation OH this sub
.eCt
THE NEGRO TROOPS.
The bill for employing negroes as sol
diers has not vet reached me, though
the printed journals of your proceedings
inform me of its passage. Much beneht
is anticipated from this measure. though
far less than would have resulted nom ITS
adoption at an earlier date, 50 asto afford
time for their organization and nstruc-
tion during the winter months.
The bill for diminishing the number OF
exempts has just been made the subject
of "A special message, and its provisions
are such as would add no strength
to the army The recommenda
ton to abolish all class exemptions has
not met your favor, although still deem
ed by HE valuable and important
measure; and the number of men eX-
empted by new clause in the act just
passed, is believed to he quite equal to
that OF those whose exemption is re-
yoked A law of few lines, repeating
all class exemptions, would not only
strengthen the forces iii the heid, but be
still more beneficial by abating the nat
ural discomfort and jealousy created III
the army by the existence OF classes priv
LEGGED by law to remain in places of safe
ty while their fellow citizens are exposed
in the trenches and the field
NEW MILITIA LAW NEEDED.
The measure most needed however, al
the present time, for aifording an effect
i've increase to our military strengths, Is Il
general militia law, such as the COnstitu-
tion authorized Congress to pass, by
granting to it power to provide IOI Of
ganizing, armine and discirlining the
militia and Tor governing such part OF
them a. may be employed in the service
Of the Confederate States, and the fur
theI poweI 90 provide for calling forth
the militia 10 execute the laws al the
Confederate States, suppress mSniret
tiUus and repel Inva5ionS. The neces
sity luI the exercise ot this power can
never exist II not III the circumstances
which now surround ~. The security
of the States against amy ehcrna, hment
by the Confederate Government L. am
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serving 10 the States respectively the ap
pointment ot the officers, and the AL
thonty Of training the militia according
Ia the discipline prescribed by Congress
A law i needed to prescribe not only
how aud Of what persons the militia Is 10
he organized. but Ia provide the mode Of
calling them on: If instances be Re
qniTed 10 show the necessity for such a
general law ii Is sufficient 10 mention
that in one case have been Informed by
the Governor Of State thar the law
does not permit him To call out the mill
tia from one county foI selvice in anOth
n. so that a single brigade Of the enemy
could traverse the State, and devastate
each county iu turn without ANY power
nu the part ot the Executive 10 use Nhr
militia tor elective defense while ia an
other State the Executive refused to al
low the militia to he employed in the
service "f the Confederate States ia the
absence ot 4 Law tor that purpose
SUSFEEDiNG Tfif Writ or HABEAs COP
Pts
| have heretofore, i'll d confidential
message TO tie two Houses. stated the
facts which induced me 10 consider II
necessary that the privilege 81 the writ
of habeas corpus should be Suspended
Tue conviction Of the necessity Of this
measure has become deeper as the events
Of the struggle have been developed -
Congress has not ConcuTred with me in