Year: 1862




the Rebellion chiefly because of its aris-
tocratic and thoroughly Democratic
origin because the purpose of its prime
movers and leaders is to overthrow free
Government and to consolidate the States
into a grinding despotism. The proof of
this charge is accommodating continually
on the very theatre of the rebellion. The
Confederate Congress on the recommen-
datiOn of their President recently passed
a conseript law forcing into the army every
male between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five. We need hardly say that
this law never could have been adopted
if the people of the South had been in
favor of the rebellion. 1t is an unan-
swerable proof that the revolution is obi
GUS with the people; and that it is now
kept up by the arduOus exertions of des-
perate leaders struggling to keep from
the penitentiary and the scaffOld. Does
any man believe that if the Southern
people thought this rebellion was to de-
fend their rights they would have to be
compelled to defend them by their rulers
Never! Neverl Conscription laws are
unknown except in France and Austria.
But we wish our readers to see what the
newspapers of the South are beginning
to say. Here is a comment from the
South Car0linian, Even that corrupt
State is startled:


" We learn by telegraph of the passage
of bill by Congress pressing by con-
scription all over eighteen and under
| thirty-fve and TO raise vast and per-
manent army, without reference to the
States. This IS a great and mighty stride to
| q nilitarg consolidation If it be absolute
ly necessary to save us from conquest
by the North we are willing to submit to
it, but we fear tie public mind must pre-
pare itself for great change IN our govern
mept."


: Here is a remonstrance from North
Corolina:


[From the Raleigh Standard, April H.


There is no good reason for urging a
levy en- 01aS8e on the people; and it is
both wicked and dangerous to attempt
to force free men to do what they have
been doing, and will do voluntarily. We
are infexibly opposed to calling into the
field, as hireling soldiers, all our fighting
men between eighteen and thirty-five,
and then disarming the remainder of the
population, as proposed by the President
in his request" to Major Ashe. Our
liberties might not, in the end be des-
troyed by such course; but we are not
willing to trust any man, or any gov
ernment of delegated powers under any
circumstances, with the exercise of such
power. The price of liberty is eternal
vigilance.


We are glad to faa the press Of his Stat
IS generally opposed to CONSUMPTION.
From the Fayetteville IN. CO. obseryerl
Here and there is found a man with
wife and half dozen to a dozen chill
dren dependent upon his labor alone fol
bread and his presence for protection
shall such men be carried off to the
| army? God forbid. If they all 60 who
, is to raise food for the family, to say
! nothing of the army? We tell the au-
thorities, that there are already serious aac
alarming aPprehensionS upon this latte
, point. We lately received letter from
{ an upper county, begging us to call at
, tention TO the fears felt there that there


will not be laborers enough left Gin
section where there are few slaves I,
p reap aud save the crops of small grair
3 now nearly ready for the sickle.


Again this measure proposes to retain


by law, all the twelve months volunteer


now in the service, (between eighteeI


and thirty -fve,) IN Ui0iaij0n of0te solemn
= obligation, the phgLte3 Jdih QfUe Slate an
Confederate States, that they should hav
e right 70 discharge at the end Of twelyr
q months, The mere statement 0f sUcb
proposition brands tue are WUiliing Z
use the term. But what sort Of soldiers
4 would men make who are thus treated


We sag beCQye.


We would have said something on thi


view-the political view-but 10 is 81


well and so forcibly said by an eminen
g statesman in letter just at hand, tina
q we take the liberty Of substituting hi.
- language instead Of oursown. Ii occur


at the end ola business letter, as fol


lows:


81 am gratiied TO see that the Obser


yer has independence enough TO object t.
, the proposition to repudiate the paroles
q of our released soldiers. II proposes
D process Of absOlution scarcely less thar
= Papal. But | regard the recent message


of the President asking for the power
of conscriptiOn, as iR e6ect lacking 10 {
! military dep0tism, and am greatly sur
: prised that the Richmond Whig, whicl
& manfully raised its voice against thr


prescription and fayOritism Of the admin