Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-21

iority Of instances from this county. But
when Camp Deupisop. was reached, an
abundance q 4lbstitdtss Sonld be had for
5000 each7-sSshe fol ltsAt even Is cheap
as $50 or SIS. - ~ NJ
Many men Of limited means, tlsns find
ing that substitutes could be had for pri-
ces within their reach, at once besought
brief iurloughs 10 enable them to return
home and make arrangements to get mon
ey TO thus release themselves from the
service. Such furloughs were granted,
and it may be safely said, that if il had
been known here that substitutes could
have been had for $3.50 to 5000, or if the
government had accepted communication
in money Of that amount, there would not
have remained fifty drafted men in the SER
vice from Montgomery county, and those
would have been men having no families
dependent on them for support. In many
instances the neighbors of poor men who
had families, have raised by subscription
sufficient sum to purchase substitutes for
them. ~
There was then no justification what
ever or excuse for the refusal of the brief
extension of time requested by these men.
They were made the victims of extortion,
and were treated with less consideration
than if they had been the Serfs of the
Emperor of Russia instead Of the free
citizens of a Constitutional Republic.
Under the order of the public authori-
ties, either the Governor of Ohio or the
Secretary of War, they were dragged from
their homes as if they had been guilty Of
some heinous crime, less than week too
before the most important Election that
has ever transpired in this country and
the Commandsnt of the Camp to which
they were ordered, was expressly admonish
ed to allow no man leave Of absence to
attend the election The pretence that
the extension solicited could not be granted
because the exigencies Of the country re-
quired that these men should forthwith
report themselves, is preposterous, false
and absurd. What difference could it
make TO the Government whether this
extension was granted before or after ar
rival at the Camp of rendezvous The
sequel will show whether ten days, aye
more than twenty days will not elapse be-
fore the drafted men of Montgomery coun-
ty will be finally organized and mustered
into the service. s.lAU 3LU
The whole management of the draft
from first TO last by the Federal and State
authorities, has been characterized by
duplicity, tyranny and heartlessness,
There has been no desire to have drafted
men in the service, but to hold the draf
in terror over the people to induce thu
raising of large toupties for enlistment'
and the filling up Of the old regiments
When the draft was first ordered it wa
accompanied with the announcement, tina
: all localities should have credit on it 70
volunteers. 1t was then postponed from
e time to time to allow the increase Of volun
4 tary enlistments. When finally il came
: Governor TOP authorized exemptions o.
: the ground Of conscientious scruples 70
I a commutation of 5000, saying he Il woul
{ rather have the 5000 than the men 7
= force the speedy enlistment Of substitutes
n he refused to grant an extension Of tim
i beyond the five days to report, and the
+ after the men are assembled at Camp Der
,e nison allows them, as the sequel VIII shov
n all the time they want to get substitutes i
T. the three years regiments.
0, But another purpose was to be subser'
ye ed. These men were to be dragged avn
d from the polls and deprived unnecessari
of the exercise of "a right, inestimable
y them and formidable to Tyrants only"
rs The lapse of years will not efface fro
.. the memory of the people the recolleeti'
III of the humiliation, the deep and want
Of and burning wrong to which they ha,
ID been subjected by this measure. IN I
ir light of legal necessity. if it had be
n ordered and conducted with but CONNIE
ne regard to the rights the interests and I
n. feelings of the community, it would ha