Year: 1864

connected Win tne business OF Is very
large. Those from the provost guards, bridge
guards, commssary and quartermasters office
would swell the numbers considerably, whose
places can well be supplied by the reserves or
Others


But what shall be done with the militia officers
and magistrates under 45 years of age? We in
cline to the opinion that every man in the State
capable of bearing arms should be enrolled and
drilled and made ready for any service which the
cause demands. So long as there is no real neces-
Sity for such in the active duties Of the field, let
them remain to till the land or work in the shops,
or attend to the business Of the State and of the
country. The crisis is a serious one. Every one
must do his duty to the country. We do not de-
s! Al by any means Of the Republic. Many must
be aroused by fear or otherwise, before they will
come up to the help Of the country as they should
do. Let all rally to the standard of the Confedera
cy in this hour Of peril and the country is sae.-
| Conservative.


We copy the above from Gov. Vance's newspaper
of the 9th instant The Governors newspaper of
the 26th-the day before-not having obtained the
cue, entered into an argument to show that magS-


rateS and militia officers ought not to be conScript
ed; but we felt when we read the article, that the
writer had "gone off at a tangent" and had not
correctly stated the determination in this respect Of
the Governor NoW, it appears that "every man
in the State" magistrates and militia officers in
cuded should be enrolled and drilled, and made
ready for any service which the cause demandS."-
To show the change of tone which took place in tie
short space of forty eight hours, We copy as follows
from its issue of the Goth instant:


| THE Legislature is desired to be convened, by
some persons in extra session. Some of our cotem
porsrieS desire Gov. Vance to call 1t at once They
think the condition of public affairs demands it. We
nlay be too obtuse to discover this necessity. Our
/ infO
does it need recruits, who will go in under
whip and spur-will such a Class of soldiers be Of
avail at this juncture? We think not.


Why call the Legislature now in extra session
Scarcely sixty days will clapSe before the Legislature
meets in regular session. Between now and then
those of them who farmers will be greatly need
ed at home. The object of the call is to make ar
rangements to reinforce the army. The only thing
the Legislature do, will be to force militia oh
GERS and magistrates into the field, to reduce the
number of exempts in the State service, and call
out the boys from 16 to IT, and the men from 6O
to 55. Does any one suppose that the Legislature
is ready to do either on snap judgment? We have
no defence to make for militia officers or magistrates
o. class, otherwise than that they or portion oil
them are necessary tn the maintenance oil the State
government and the enforcement OF the civil law


and that most of them are producers Of bread and
meat. Some OF them ought to have been In the
war from the frst but many Of them are more
needed at home.


lts a very grave question: to be decided after the
most cool deliberatiOn, whether any more men in
this State can be taken from the fields and the work
shops and from the necessary business Of the gov


ernment and the people, while there is large army
10 feed and clOthe; many soldiers wives, WIDOWS


and orphaned children to support, as well as so
many others not connected with the war. We beg
every one one to look these matters full in the face


1t is high time to be cool and reflective


The Legislature will not act so unwiSely, as TO


destroy the efficiency Of the State government, de.


feat the ends and aims of the civil law, and dSre-


gard the claims of the army and people, who must


be fed and clothed. No one need expect that


Bevond these we would have exemptions. At


tenpts NAV be made to raise q clamor in the army


against the Legislature for not doing what few OF


our enthusiastic people and army officers want done


in this matter but the second sober thought Of our


soldiers and officers will applaud its course We
have not yet arrived at that point when we are
| ready to abandon our farms and workshops al
business and fee to the mountains and swamps, to


live on roots and berries, Mexican fashion, to har-
, rass the enemy by guerrilla bands. We have yet


strong brave armies to be recruited, but to be fed


and clothed, and the people at home must take care
of them"


: The Conservative of the 9th contains call BY
the Governor to his Council, to assemble in this
City on Wednesday next most probably with the
view of coLvening the Legislature at the earliest
practicable moment; but the Conservative of the
26th is "too obtuse" to discover the necessity oi
an earlier session than that provided by law. The
Conservative of the 26th thinks that "lhe LegSla
, ture will not act so unwisely as to destroy the ef
fciency of the State governments, and defeat the
, ends and aims of the civil law" by putting the
magistrates and militia officers in the army but the


Conservative of the 9th, speaking with express


reference to those classes says that "eVery man in


the State should be enrolled and drilled, and made


ready for any service which the cause demands" "
, On the 26th the Conservative is "cOol and retec


tive" and thinks very seriously, as it should, of the
3 neglected farms and pinching want which mus
result from putting in the magistrates and militia
officers :but on the 9th, the Conservative, losing


sight of these things declares that all must rally


to the standard of the Confederacy in this hour o.
peril"


The order of the Adjutsnt General, coPied by the
Conservative, is an important one and we'll timed
t The third paragraph will please the people gener
{ ally. Let it be rigidly enforced.


The Wadesborough Argus of the 22d asks if oul
statement that Gov. Vance is pledged not to sur


render the State officers, is true. We answer EN-
f phatically it iS He pledged himself in the mos


solemn terms on the stump, in Johnston County
and elsewhere; but the following extracts from hi:


last message to the Legislature will show that he is
t on record on the subject In that message he
| said ::


"In this connection l would mention that the