Year: 1863

THE DfFFEREScE-W hen the TRENDS OF al honor.
able peace in this State and elsewhere fearing that
the Confederate administration would not take such
steps as were desirable to see if the Northern gov
ernment would come to terms, urged the idea that
the sovereign States might themselves take such
steps through their Legislatures or otherwise, the
answer was that The war making and treaty making
power bad been delegated to the common govern
ment, and that any movement in the direction of
peace by the States would be unconstitutional
The reply to this was, that under the old govern
ment in which the States had less power theoreti-
cally than they have in the new, peace conference
was held in March, 1861, composed Of delegates
from all the States, the object of which was to pro-
mote peace between the two sections and to avoid
war; and that surely if such conference could be
constitutionally held under the former, it might be
held under the present system But no-the ad-
vocates of war to the last man and the last dollar
would hear nothing in reply to their avorte idea that
the only way make peace was through the govern
nent at Richmond, because that government alone
had the constitutional power to do 80. So. much
for their constitutional scrupes on this score But
when proposition is made that the States shall as
sunre the Confederate debt, and they are reminded
that the Confederate government alone has the pow.
er to raise revenue and pay debts for common de-
fence, and that such proposition would blend the
treasures of the States and of the common govern
ment and end in consolidation Of our present sys.
tem they turn deaf to the fact and are almost
ready to charge those who are opposed to their
favorte scheme with being unfriendly to the
cause. The States have no power to interpose to
end the and make peace, but they have power
to resume the authority which they have delegated
to the Confederate government to pay debts incur.
red in the common defence. That is the argument
In the one case they are extremely solcitous to
maintain the constitutional power of the Confeder-
ate government; in the other they appear to be in.
different, if their favorite scheme, which would
swamp the States in endless Indebtedness. can be
carried oat.


The attention of farmers in this State is invited
to the advertisement in the Standard today, from
the Office Of the Chief Controlling Quartermaster,
Richmond in relation to- tho best mode of preserv-
ing sweet potatoes.


Our amiable, interesting, and venerable friend,
Mr.. S,mms, of the Petersburg Register, admits in
k;s last issue that Turner, Leach, Christian, and
other true Conservatives have probably been elect
ed to Congress from this State. Mr.. Simms is al
ready engaged in telling the Yankees that these gen.
-tlemen are traitors. Three groans for Mr.. Simms.
SHEET AND Wool RAIsINa-We have received .
copy of the speech the Hon. John Marshall Maceue,
Of Augusta Va, delivered at the late session Of the
Legislature Of Virginia bill to increase the pro-
duction Of wool. This speech contains many valu-
able statistics and is worthy of public consideration
at the present time We hope our Legislature,
now soon to meet will take this important matter
in hand, and give it that consideration which its i'm
portsnce to our people now SO urgently demands.-
We shall refer to this subject hereafter. 80