The militia law and the newspapers.
--A resolution has very properly been introduced in the Tennessee Legislature exempting the printers employed on daily newspapers from militia duty. The reasons for the move are given by the Nashville Banner in the following observations, which none can gainsay: ‘"From no body of men has the present war drawn so largely, in proportion to its members, as from the Typographical Societies of the South. We think we can safely say that no body of men, as a general rule, possess more intelligence, patriotism, and public spirit, and when the tocsin sounded, they were among the first volunteers. To-day barely enough are left in this city to supply the actual need on our local papers. Those who are now employed in the offices are generally men who are kept at home by peculiar circumstances. We therefore sincerely trust that no member of the Legislature will refuse his vote to a measure which is designed to relieve the newspapers from such an embarrassment as seems likely to ensue, if they do not. The people must have the papers, and the papers must have printers."’-- Exchange.
