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MOO 4 $Y I HI III H I 'fWSR'WBfl t-ILL ...J.JLLL i !1- THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LA WS-THE .GUARDIANS OP OVR LIBERTY Vol. XLV, HILLSBOKOUGH, N. C, NOVEMBER. SO," 1864. No! 2274'. ' fs Lir if i r t k i ii in ill y i i .. i i if .1 . . m. re- ii cii i -r r , -I I " 1 1 ' l sV L I . Ik I III III Ifl III ? IA 'Gentltmcn of the Senate, and Houie Commont Two years a; I issued sny first message te the General Assembly of North Caroli ' Ha amid the stirring scenes of war, fundi trusting that I'raight greet the ntxt convo cation the people's representative re joicing ia the grateful prospect of peace Rd independence. That hape, lilcs most f the short sighted deiirei of nan, Gd liia nat seen proper to cauie ua ta realize. After two years af fierce and coasumieg war, waged with all our energies, and at tended with alt ita inseparable calamities, aocial, political and physical, we meet ta -day, gentlemen, bat to continue, thtse ar duous hbors which bora as heavily upan jour predecessors and myaelf. Whatever may be the reault; 1 can but hope that our co-operation may be as sincere and tern pared with, aa muth forbearance. I pre ceed then at once to give you a statement i me coniu an oi our ait air and to ug ge at each remedies lor whatever may be wroag aa my obiervatieaa and experience may have enabled nc to recommend.' With sincere gratitude to the Giver of all goad, I aanounco that the crop of the part season were very fair, and in some lo calities excellent. Notwithstanding par tial failure of the cor crop here and thxre, it is estimated that there iaaa ample sup- ply of the stalT of life to prevent nt enlr tar'vation, but .even any actual suffering, -. a 0 t . . ii it can ae piacea wuam the reachtit the Sioce the adjournment of your nrede cessors, the enemy have encroached none upan ear territory, except by the recapture ot Hie town of Plvmouih, and the conse- , tjatat evacuatioo of Washington; events greatly lobe deplored.- The Western br- iter ia, however, subject to constant raid, and tht situation e( the inhabitants is dis tressiig in the extreme, Murder by law tessmeo, many of them our own ciiizens acting or pretending to art under commit ita from the enemy, swarm Irom the mountain frontier; murdering, bumiegar.d destroying.. Totally regardUs of thet r:i'?- m l I hi ciTiuzBiin-i. mry nave inaugaratea : ysteii of cruelty, at which humauityshud l"ers. 1 have written to Gen. Breckin ridge, and urged him to take uch siepa as raay be in his power to ston audi proceed tags, but I do not jet know what may be the resutt. Nor ia the interior of the State entirely free Irom the disorders naturally tobaespected (mm a state of continued war, . Deserters representor almost every ktate ia 'her Confederacy infest the swamps aa muuaiatnioi many counties; stsaliii, tendering and in many- instances murder tag the inhabitants. In some places thev muster in such lorceas to almost amount to a suspension of the civil authority, aid od 800. protected as thev arc bv theif red lions 'and friends. All of mj efforts to abate the auitance by offers of pardon ha tag proved fruitless, I see no remedy fr the evil, but to outlaw them, and drive them frwo the State by the strong hand. If my control ever (lie Militia for this pur. pne wre unrestrained, I am confident I uld eily rid the oramtinify of this et. I hUrt recommend that the law again'! tMiboriur, aiditfg and nhelterin deseitiuu, f ba amendrd s aa to facilitate the making ! f the pruf required tu convict, and that it be made the duly of til civil, as well at military nlScers to aisitt in ther arrest un der such penalties as will enforce ubedi one-. Too much impoitance. cannot well te attached to this sbjct, since it hat be 'ine otnly of great munent to the well (ing ef the army, but a!sj to the security ul society and the csecation of the law. I feel quite ahaeied alio to add that a number of the UfcuU Guard in certain, in let if r counties, holdins; both civil and inilitaryvf5ce, actuated eitlir bv treason or cowardice, or nerhans boh. have re treason. . There should be ao more trilling peril a nt cently deserted and fled to the cnwy. I aroestlj recommend that you take such steps lor the puuithment of such a crime by cnSicstion or otkerwisa as may defer others from suh ctwtidljaad degrading in this matter.- Those who' seek the aid oi our enemies should share the fate of ene mies. The blood ot our dead heroes, as well as the living, who:arryjtheir lives in their hand everr dav. deman-l that the punishment awarded by all tivi!iz,ed com inunities to treason should be meted outto traitors. If there is to be no punishment or this kind of treason, loyal men are en titled to know it. Whenever we quietly suffer treason to attain a greater immunity rom dangers and hardships than, patriot ism we may expect the cause to perish. 1 regret to say that the blockade running operations of the State" are pretty well stopped. The regulations imposed bj the Confederate Government, in uefiaoce as I think ot the act of Ceagrcss to which 1 have heretofore adverted, have operated so inju riously as to aompel me in a measure to wiiuarat? our vessels Irom the trade. Al ter losses by detentions, the surretder of cargiV specie, 'etc.. ol not less than two hundred dollars in gold, I regret also to have to announce tho loss of the Steamer Advance during the mbnth of September. litis nobie vessel, the pride ol the state and benefactor of our soldiers and people, was captured bv the etaemy alter she bad successfully made her way through he blockade squadron in consequence of the seizure of her foreign coal lr the use ot the cruiser Tallahasee. compelling her to put to sea with ISortii Caruliua coal. Ibis be in J unsuited to her furnaces and ma- chioery rendered her incapable of making more tb.in bait her usual speed, and lelt behind her a dense Volume ot .black smoke, by which she Was easily followed aad cap tured. So obvioutlv is her loss attributa hlo to unwarranted seizure of her col that I trust you will memorialize for compensa tion. The unwiae policy ot making ur oulr rein.iininr 'seaport 'a resort for'oar cruiser ctnnoi be too itrungljr condemneJ It has doubled the stringency ol the block aae, an already caused the lost ol many valuatle steamers, and will ultimately pro- vfke the utmost efforts of the euemj to capture Wilmington. It is tin exaggera tiu to say tli. t the Advabce alone in solid j benefits has been wrth more to our go- vernmeat than aM the cruisers we have ever put afloat. Why it should be the pol icy of our government to compel the State to quit the importation tf supplier for the common benefits and life pursue a course with our 'armed vessels so well calculated tt crh all inportations whatsoever is to me inexplicably strange. These cruisers nlly forth with the coal seized from steam ers engagrd in bringing us supplies of vi tal importance, that ensuring their ep tore, dc-.try a few Insignificant smacks, which only serve to irritate tU enemy, and tbem stesm back fpto Wilmington to seize more coal, bunging down t'poo the inlets a new swarm of the enemy gunboats. Where our supplv of she is to come from this winter 1 d-t not know. I have an abundant supply at the Islands, but have now no means of getting them ia. I trust you will again instruct our represen tatives in Coheres to ak for a repeal of tiiec regulations. This'done.our remain in steamers eouM sues bring in the many valuable tupplirt we htve bought abroad. The act ut Congress authoriziug the Pres ident Itt wttie regiations upon com mcrce "expressly jsjmvides "that outhiug herein eotaitiej shall be so ceastrued as to prohibit the. Confederate States or any of them, from exDOitini: anv of said arti cles on their accounts." Vhat policr so urgcatlv requiring the States tn be forced bv executive construction ouf of the benefit of this pfovi.tn, inHuences ourguvernmsnt, I late not been able to learn. The can stiuctiou is that if a State owns the vessel out and out. the restrictieostshsll not be imposed, but if she owns a part or merely charters the entire vessel for the vorace, then she must surrender half her cargo space to tlf e government, and give the bend to return, &c. The allegation that private ships should not be alluweu to escapo re atrictioni by selling a part interest to the State it only specious. 'My application to the late Secretary of the Treasury, disclos ing; the actual interest of the State in the (specie of $126,95r:30,and on the carreacy wine uue ui sicawiers, anu asiking vuiy m i account a oaiance oi -,oj;&,w;jv. nve that interest exempted, was pereapto The followinz amounts have bsei ex I f s'st. "a j I m . . a ft - i m. ruy reiusen. it seems to me, tneretore. penaed lor the benefit oi tie staie,ior pare i.L- i ' e . ii. i I . !. ' :.: ru ih me aosence oi any aoiiaieason ier me oi wnicn special appropriaiioos t mum action of the'goverameut, that wisdom and hare otherwise been made, and which this true policy demand the repeal of the laws department has the right te account lor at avmorizing mo impositions oi mese regu-1 pronis, viz: utieos, and that every possible induce- cieihins issued to State Troopa. $650,60 Co merit should be held outto the States to I Paid into the Treasury. 191,102 it exchange theil treat staoles for SUDolies Ordnance and Ordnsnce stores,' 483,870 45 w. il V W IH. i UdlCUIl , . , Ot AAA AA . .f.i ..Jti-.L...... par-mem, fr. v i oriuaaieiT oi cioinini anu oianneis w n.,nJ.Vl. .f k& -160 00 00 .... . H f . f I ---- x---w 1, Still Have an aUUtiUance. A lull tllliait oi Medicines furotshed Surgeon Gsnsral, 170,093 09 our operations in the Quartermaster s Ue partment, including this subject, will be found in the report of Adj. Gen. Gattin. which gees' herewith, and which 1 coin mend to jour consideration." - From this it I will be seen that not only have the arinr . . n, , nUtltimm .n . and the people been supolied with indis ""V" or-f n..hi. .ni.l.. . l a ki I Be ,um oi . ,oiC,wu;w,wMiu, it bo wr - FI. . TL.r. Vl .u . oV' dered can be made available te the Treas- e" LrT" .".:Wi" " w, l"T Urr fer the current fiscal year. Mjin- l"! I! .! .:! . l"'rui"rj' , :T teutioa was to buy cotton, tobacco, &c. ou. .. ..mi. .uah. .sKincy, uu. um , ,nnr..t;.n M to m.ke the ia:M supply the; necessmes or our people and he iroiv inr Kiinn r rnir anu rmrvpi ivnirn I . has been Supplies furnished Deaf and Dumb Asy lum, au.osu vv S'.alionerj furnished Secretary of State,' 23,681 tO $2,146,197 57 There is also in the hands of and die to ll? 7 1 ?Klnit C,UrS,, W,-,Cl Unt any connection with-the Tre.s.ry, but; done. In regard to insinuations w ' k- ,'.:...;-: - which have been ndulged .gains this en ; u aid -B ifoidi M incrct50 lVr ": 'V"TJ:-J in lue 0f the public debt, and depend upon! the proceeds of he supplies on hand to furnish the means for exportation. This sum add-' ed to the above will, when paid into the Treasury, extinguish the original appro pnatioR ot $2,340,000 leaving a balance ot 52,495,187, which with the articles onband. estimated t prices paid br Confederate Quartermaster General, which are far be- strictest investigation. Much nas, per haps, been done that ought not, and many losses.have been sustained which no liv ing man would prevent in. so reckless and dangerous a trade, and many impositions have been practiced upon us that were un avoidable on account of our' unrecognized 'as a k ana ueienceiess condition abroad, ttut a i- : ..: : ...sn . r .1 i ..-r.i even the man wlm is opposed to ; furnishing I tlt9te thc Bett fr.fits realized, e 7 .11 V . u 0,an"w it H Proper to aud that I have reason for lota th Statu urrs In nib. r k . r r .... ..,. ..-.v .6 --7 v I believing the estimate for funds abroad to WV " Urge quantitiea ot shoes, cards, cloth and a htndsume profit.,,- . . blankets, iron, bacon, &c, bought and It has seemed a little strange that there- w f -et tbraajwLicU do not come in shoatd be found among us any to object to J his ci,CBl,tien. tu.s rHierp .se, yea annum ii nave oc Undep authorilT cenfcrred br the last s.-oev. U.C...S01 "ev. is cerwto.y L . laU j haT-e re.,ppointed ,ttr for. a very narrow-minded view of the subject I i.k-wiTw. k to regard it as a matter f dollars and ceuts. The Having of life and health, and the mer agent, Mr. John White, who has gone to burepe with instructions to wind up our business there and forward as soon as as will enable us C I P . ' t I "Ul VH9IHVB. UKK OUU I V I ebeerfulne. of spirit imparted to our I possible, such statements f t .r ."r1 " r - .- " Pm h partial statement with the pub. Ple- i: fl .lk r?dUM1,-n ,f ,d,8rP;llMb,e lie auditor Until this is done we cannot articles not obtainable in the Caufederacy, sh,w psssitiwelr how the accounts stand, is invaluable. .No money estimate can d ,tAtmen(9 irc furnished merely measure these benefits. A debt abroatl, it r y0UP information. , must also be remembered, is au.te a differ- FJr a itlteBieBt f the Codition of oi'c ent thing from a debt created at home. Ugwn tnd tke indebtejneSI 0f the State. "V"'" 4W ,CVCT"V" I refer yea to the report of Mr. Worth, our value of ur boads, but for the one we re- fiei,n, Mlt Trealarer. Bein- ceived gold value, and the other Cenfede rate value, t to speak. Take one of our Sute bouds for 51,000, issul here for rx ample, and one of our cotton warrants sold abroul for the same sum.' For the firsi we receive seventy-four dollars only, specie value, according to the calculation ot the Treasurer, whilst for the la-t we receive oae thousand dollars of specie value, The last bond nobody crudres to redeem. A gain, had we been condemned to rely upon our state lor clothing, blankets and shoes; very emeicnt ruaue ireasurer. lie in j well adapted by talents and eiperitoce te the cooduct of financial affairs. Tarn gene ' rally content to abide by all his suggestions in that regard. I am sorry, however, thatl cannot yield the same assent te bis advice as to military affairs, and the method of conducting the war. I can see great propriety in the reten tion by the State ol a stnull military force in lime oi war, anu very nine in iransier- . Sl o absolute) v ail tier physical power to nn ntk kantfa Thai lima kaa alf-o.-l the same quantity 1 very inferior articles L,htrlt 0 M lht bt of it( lbe ,lltrlioa could have been, obtained, if at all, onlr by Lf . r!i.i the aerzureof almost every pouad of wool iiWorlh morJ if btck-ed br some show of aod leather in the State-greatly enhancing the puce and the public distress. It would appear, therefore, to evcrv candid mind, hot ony indispensable to impart ih i.td ar ticlt, but also economical in every sense of the word. The oimolest way after all to look at it would be to consider what has been imported, audaskif it was indipena thytical power te enforce it. Neither can regard it as ia any wise anomalous that the State should employ her militia in try iog te arrest the numerous bands of desert ers who iafest the country,' robbiag and murdering the citizts tnd in some in stances compelling a strong force to be stM.lttao Sa m r m t tit1ftff kak AstSrisa aT ik bly necesary, and U s... could it have teen Th, .n'o.n.ly, if ay there be in obtained at home, and if au, at what price? lhe ease, might certs.nly be found in tl-o You will perceive the great difficulty of Government carmitting these outlaws to' rendering a ioipltSd statement of the ac- gctti;e civil authorities at defiance, pillage count, owing to a part being a specie aud Imi murder at will, until loval cttizena a part aon cderate carreacy transaction. flce f,r i,e, and not undertaking to pre- .a, wun me coustaat ouctuations in we feat it. because inch prevention would in value of mouey and exchange has lendercd t.A sta tst! a. . r sueh a I ate me at slmost impossible. It is cour.e i i expected that the Confederate believed, however, that the accomfanyir.g onr0fI)ent will ultimately asfuma all statemeotof Msjir Joha Devercut, mark- mUiUry outlaya necessarily incaircd by ed A. presents as lair and simple an exp-t. fntJ gUfcs fjr that defenje of thvm-rhta ition ss can be given. By this it will be which it ii aVf to rendar. Eleven if seen that ialud.ng shi, cotton, and ex- t aheo'dnoM s . vnit .-tt tMt . change, have a baticce ia our favor it Drthelcas s d th , --jjj; ioi :'-.: i i j I 1 A ?
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