Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-09-10
THE QUAKERs AND THE WAR.

exemption of Quakers from the war dIaii,
seeing no Just reason why they should not
be called upon, as we'll as any other sect,
to do military service for their country
( The conscience of the Methodist may be
equally opposed to the taking of human
/ life. argues the Post as the conscience OF a
Quaker The only distinction between
them being, that the Quakers, as a sect,
have incorporated a testimony against war
into their doctrinal creed, and SO given it
a weight that is not accorded to i. when
asserted merely by an individual. This
the Post does not regard as a sufficient
reason for allowing Qulkers to escape
from their proportion of the personal ser
vice required by the Government, and
| from all expenses ofsubstitu:es for such
! services, which their easy circumstances
enable them to afford with much less in.
convenience than majority Of their less
| favored neighbors. The Post expresses
the opinion that the exemption Of
the Quakers, recognizing as it does a sec
taran ground Of immunity, which IN Its
very nature is unconstitutional, could not
be maintained in the courts
But the Pest finds yet another moral
reason why the Quakers should not be
exempt from military service in this par
ticulpr war, and argues in the following
manner:
"Why should the QuaEers be exempt
ioui ai-,'t" hao, 'U' o ,noh h. conco,nod IN its
a.os,i 10y po utocodonts ~ os o,bor neonI~ in the
oonatry R,t far tJc;r "t,cj;,oor,,, oo,jpst
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resHlai, o"Lp!! - '"s"'' oO"eT' 'oo"ooo
A''' 1'IeF Iu"uI''' d. " 'C"Son"o'o p''01'
/ not the tehdere', sous ~ socIe'J u'ea't'>
ing OF any hardshIps IN tlelr PlouucvIo"'
4 rheH me Q'aEeTS sprung I.." ''"'"0'@ "''" -,
SET people dy Mc ears on S"C "SgIy 4",SI'oI,'. >,
| II 'cdS Cy theSe ,Tad'ea' J"""SsS "'"' "'' 0""
,0aS first put m notion.
"Irue, they went no farther lor a tithe
than refusing 10 eat sugar ana otieI
things produced by slave iaooT, ouI tha'
deranged the markets OF I4e Dil'ISn e'ii-
pre-, and originated the brl'l'h cluIa'G
against slavery "nen 'HFee uunu,tu .:,T
thousand people III Ehs'anu VEN WIN, viii
outs sugar IN th@!r tea, ana IooHeu upon upon
preserved peaches as II Ihey n"u me Iea VI, II
ID them, the L0r4s ana COMMON ION IooN u
me matter ana ~" Iao' s'oP w. ny wv so
rec near lI'3m 2 ol ne5j"Go U il, ~ ,'''
Lhola ISI"hu'' ~" o''I IJ ~, ~, y'J,g'' ISJ ,, y
me V@a"s,S, ana T',y ''',j' ~, '',.. t,,..
more a'""5y yS"'' '''''''" ''' 'y'o Y ''' -i"'''
''"h ,,$ S'"VCH0,"Ir' ,... O,,,,.or, 1,y
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hre nuhureu OF more yr''rS ;eT, @1 'TI Ianm -,
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isA"Llu' nos oi''y i',"9 Ig' L,,, - ronoiro
''""uce OF s'a'c l"o I,,i,,, WLon
coIii''r' run ~ ~ e'o,, u" ,I, "9d bo had
ms I""'I '.rlua e''I, "S1',''I In ,nada signs
lo'V 'he power ol sleoC"' ~ ~ haI Thono
'"r """' ','o''''' Wv s,,I ,,,l,. hin,
- 4" co'Ip,' oo.ol'ps 0', ,Lo,,h bniC bis
ms 'housI's Te'o oi'E';.' tnou H., ,rli
oouy was ueau' an" ne '"u'I,,,o' W ''s;"Il
hat we "e'eS'e' ''S,e 5'o"m i'',r' ,''' -
shouIo Uo LeIi0veH' IN, ',"o" '0,',y SmI ia,ar
~ s,I InaI I"o liuu o"'r' az pLnmndolnhia 1 ~ tho
9IIiL, 'Le @I"NTfo Tfo,,a,. ,hn S6iL,isys the
Nc ~ k,,,
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up u P''I,''','i, "" SS S = S ,so;t,
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'",.r ,.r, ',,." ;'',,S ",', IA GnaLor oI vii,
lneIe +, Hin Io" az Ga'' m ,ho oOrno "nrv camn Of
lhlnsIo"' peja"ase' I,l !" ,; ,"o w. 3 P .'nl ,oo
save |'o Jo'o.S JJ. y ,,.,,. :g, ~ the ol,,c
IO,o ,so ,c;Gjo , tJs %,t t,,, Slgyo There is an.
other Quaker in Massachusetts, ,cho has
made BUSINESS ofstir,a,g up the vhole country
,otM postry and songs about the sg6trmgs Of
slapes. No man has made the blood chill
and leap in our veins like Whittier at
the recital of tortures endured by the
helpless victims Of Southern barbarity.-
He makes us TO hear the lash crack as it
wraps itself around the cringing body ,aad
the manaces to rattle, and piercing
shrieks to fill the air. All this is perfect>
ly moral, and consistant with the antiwar
spirit of the Quaker sect.
"It is proverbial that the Quakers are
in letter average circumstances, as regards
the goods of this world, than airy other
class of society. Thus they ale better
able to pay for substitutes if they do not
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