Read Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 (Classic Reprint)

Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 (Classic Reprint)

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Description:Excerpt from Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 We were the first State to withdraw from the old Union, under circum stances of great peril, and the other States nobly came to our side, and they have suffered the greatest ravages of a bitter and malignant war. It is, therefore, the part of magnanimity and patriotism for us to make as few issues or complaints as possible against the action of the Confederate Gov ernment. Our present duty is to give it a cordial and warm support, with all our resources, for defence against the fanatical and infamous enemies of our common country. Withheld nothing, and make no complaint calculated to weaken the hands of the Confederate authorities in any particular. This is the reason I do not think proper to urge any objection to the Confederate Acts of Conscription, although I deem all such Acts against the spirit of the Constitution. 'it was intended by that instrument that the Confederate Government should usually call upon the State authorities to furnish their quotas for all military service, except when Congress might deem it neces sary to create a standing or regular army. It might, perhaps, be more ex pedient, l also, to allow each State to organize its quota, according to some plan adapted to its own local interests, particularly if the mode and manner of executing conscript laws should lower that grade of service in the public estimation. There is a great State necessity, at present, for such laws but the general spirit of the Constitution intended that in the raising of all military forces, excepting an enlisted regular army, the Government should act through State authority, rather than directly upon the people as a con solidated whole. It savors strongly of absolute power to absorb all the material, in men, of the States without consulting the local authorities, and to call it out without the agency of the States. Nothing can justify such action but the nature of the implacable war in which we are engaged, in volving, as it does, not only subjugation, but our total extermination as a people. Congress has passed two Conscription Acts, and our whole force, irem eighteen to forty five, is subject to Confederate service at any day. It may be said that the State has now no military system, and I urge your immediate attention to this all-important subject. Some action is absolutelyupon the choice of a chief magistrate. In our system, that provision of the Constitution forming an independent electoral college was, in the pro gress of events, entirely subverted in its spirit, and the election of Presi dent became the mere action of the people as a whole, thus converting the Government into a simple Democracy of numbers, instead of a Confederacy of States. The fundamental organization of the Government was a Con federacy of States, and this election of the chief magistrate became prae tically at war with this great principle. The inevitable consequence was, that the Government must necessarily become a consolidated Democracy, where the separate power of the States would be absorbed, or there must be a revolution, in order to sustain the great federative features of the compact. Of union. Although the term of office is lengthened, and there can be no rc-election by our new Confederate Constitution, yet, in the course of time, it will become liable to the objection that the mode of elec tion or appointment of the President is, in its practical operation, in con ict with the leading principles of a Confederacy of States. The Govern ment must be simple and harmonious in all its main parts. If it be a Confederacy, the appointment or election of President should be by the States alone if it be a Democracy, then it should be by the people as one people. It is almost certain that a mixture of the two great principles, if not modified, must inevitably lead, in the/process of time, to con ict and separation."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 We were the first State to withdraw from the old Union, under circum stances of great peril, and the other States nobly came to our side, and they have suffered the greatest ravages of a bitter and malignant war. It is, therefore, the part of magnanimity and patriotism for us to make as few issues or complaints as possible against the action of the Confederate Gov ernment. Our present duty is to give it a cordial and warm support, with all our resources, for defence against the fanatical and infamous enemies of our common country. Withheld nothing, and make no complaint calculated to weaken the hands of the Confederate authorities in any particular. This is the reason I do not think proper to urge any objection to the Confederate Acts of Conscription, although I deem all such Acts against the spirit of the Constitution. 'it was intended by that instrument that the Confederate Government should usually call upon the State authorities to furnish their quotas for all military service, except when Congress might deem it neces sary to create a standing or regular army. It might, perhaps, be more ex pedient, l also, to allow each State to organize its quota, according to some plan adapted to its own local interests, particularly if the mode and manner of executing conscript laws should lower that grade of service in the public estimation. There is a great State necessity, at present, for such laws but the general spirit of the Constitution intended that in the raising of all military forces, excepting an enlisted regular army, the Government should act through State authority, rather than directly upon the people as a con solidated whole. It savors strongly of absolute power to absorb all the material, in men, of the States without consulting the local authorities, and to call it out without the agency of the States. Nothing can justify such action but the nature of the implacable war in which we are engaged, in volving, as it does, not only subjugation, but our total extermination as a people. Congress has passed two Conscription Acts, and our whole force, irem eighteen to forty five, is subject to Confederate service at any day. It may be said that the State has now no military system, and I urge your immediate attention to this all-important subject. Some action is absolutelyupon the choice of a chief magistrate. In our system, that provision of the Constitution forming an independent electoral college was, in the pro gress of events, entirely subverted in its spirit, and the election of Presi dent became the mere action of the people as a whole, thus converting the Government into a simple Democracy of numbers, instead of a Confederacy of States. The fundamental organization of the Government was a Con federacy of States, and this election of the chief magistrate became prae tically at war with this great principle. The inevitable consequence was, that the Government must necessarily become a consolidated Democracy, where the separate power of the States would be absorbed, or there must be a revolution, in order to sustain the great federative features of the compact. Of union. Although the term of office is lengthened, and there can be no rc-election by our new Confederate Constitution, yet, in the course of time, it will become liable to the objection that the mode of elec tion or appointment of the President is, in its practical operation, in con ict with the leading principles of a Confederacy of States. The Govern ment must be simple and harmonious in all its main parts. If it be a Confederacy, the appointment or election of President should be by the States alone if it be a Democracy, then it should be by the people as one people. It is almost certain that a mixture of the two great principles, if not modified, must inevitably lead, in the/process of time, to con ict and separation."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Message No; 1 of His Excellency, F. W. Pickens, to the Legislature, at the Regular Session of November, 1862 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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