| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| April 6, 1864 |
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| A Consistent Governor |
| The Charleston Courier says no Executive
of Georgia ever claimed or exercised such powers as Gov. Brown has
done in the very message which so violently impeached the good faith
and integrity of the Confederate Administration, he asks to be vested
with powers over the property of citizens which were never yet
conferred upon a constitutional Chief Magistrate. He asks for power to
seize property upon "reasonable ground of law." He wants the
power to annul commissions — the power to impress provisions, in
cases where the Constitution does not convey it — the power to
compel the removal of property, and the power to take possession of
and control any of the railroads of the State, with their rolling
stock, &c. |
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