Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-31
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| Mr. COLLAMER proposed to amend the amendment
oy aodi,g FOR which the is hereby appropriated
Mr lsoN accepted this modification, and the amcnd-
| ment rs modified Was agreed to.
Inc amendments were then ordered TO be eDgrossed,
ana 'he JOINT resolution was read tho third time passed.
| Its te was amended by striking out the words anil
| premiums."
THE ENROLMENT LAW AND THE DRAFT
Mr.. WILSON remarked that the resolution Of the Houxa
which had lust passed in amended frm and been "a.
turned to that body had disposed Of three four sections
OF the bill which tue Senate had under consideration yes
t-rday to Increase the bounty voateers sna
Of the and 10 therefora proposed lay he latter
bill on tho table and take the h to amend the for
enrol Ing and calling out the Datonsl forces.
bis motion agree d to- aud the Senate rs in Cru.
ntee Of the Whole, proceeded consider tie bill to
amrnd an act entitled An act for enroll NJ and cs!log
out tire naont forces and for oher purposes approved
March 3, 1868
The Committee on Military Affairs reported number
u am ndmenta 20 tits BILL whlch considered in
der snd nearly all of them agreed to Il prn ed h.ro
they would not be Ineligible :, The reader without copy
If the BILL
The bill was no. finally disposei of, and among tie
amendments yet pending is the following prep sing
peal he present law Of exemption from draft the pay
ment Of $500:
sec IA And be further enacted Thet so mucs of ths
other purposes, alprovd March 3 1863 auho ICES
as nny bnadra sum G
any subsequent draft bs and the is hereby repealed
THE MARRIED AND THE UNMARRIED,
Mr.. HENDRICKS was opposed to considering this
ton until other menta should have been decided
and therefore called amendment which he had offer
ed two three days ago third sectinn Ia that
section he proposed to strike out the following words;
And 90 much of section ten Of said provides for the
separate enrolment each class be and the hereby
eaed; and it shall be duty of the board olent
OF Gu dsct % consolidate the two classes mentioned In
the third section of said act"
And to insert in lieu thereof the following:
That the national forces Of the United States in
the military service enroll under This set shall be divided
into two classes the first OF which shall all pers
subject TO do military dqty between the Of twenty and
rty hye yess aud who unmarried the second class
shall eoupr'e all her persons aubeot u do nj ay duy
he o. erses OF the s n4 m II as %
the first class shall have been cal ed
Mr.. HENDRICKS sustained his proposition by reY7arkng
that under the present law unmarried per between
twenty and foryhve and married persons between
y aud thirty i've, constitute class and married per-
sons between thirtyfge aud fortyve anothr class OF
course il vrry often occurred that ii quite cut
for married psrsous between twenty and ryfve to 20
to the for those eween thirty fys aud forty ve
Inc obligations to the family the but with
family OF small children It 10 frequently difficult for
the ia her 10 leave that family when he l. between twenty
and thirty five than the with between the sgea
Of thirty five and forty five In that class Of chill
dren are frequently able to extent 10 provide for
themselves but where the father is between twenty aud
hir live he frequently has 10 leave family OF very small
children He therefore proposed that the ony distinction
the classes should be between married and unmarried
persons. He thought II the unnarrisd fret
quired TO enter the would relieve th of
very sconsbe FEATURE aud he said if this amendment
we're he would then objection,
nate insisted upon it. thst unmarried persons who might
- s-p't 'hvnd No. he anlUd 70 cxcnuptsor
by the payment of 5200.
Mr. HOWE said Mr.. President submit that If wa
a1optth- amendment by the Iadiaua
we ought 70 amend h title of tho bill that il III be bill
10 anisGd the enrolment aud also encourage atri-
mony FOR the effect OF bis amendment if adopted think
would Inevitably be 10 drive all unmarried in tue
country iDto matrinory, and the frat class would De alb
sorbed 10 the secood before hs very fst draft com
menced under the amended act La he State or Wiscon
rippH
sum- thsuk I've dollars month 70 the families u mar
RED persons who volunteered into the army The result
nao been thal very many have
day ond got nl1rred the next; aod very macy suoh
marriages haze taken place. told between parties
VINO we not entire strangers, but who had
alny contemplated either of them mstrim my the day
before the enlistment sh ruld seriously apDrehpnd that
II this amendment be adopted shout have all the ma
gstraes and cergymen of the c1unty applying for relief
They would want clerks relieve rrooa the piets
:" ousioess on TIER hands matrmony would be popu
l lr aud so frequent
The amendment rejected: Ayes TO- mos rot
counted
EXEMPTION OF cLERGYMEH
Nj DIXON moved that before considering the 18th sec
o1 the Senate take up his amendment for the exemption
from enrolment OF all persons recognised clerRymen or
religious nisters by the eccles4sica uhorty of the
denomination or communion OF which they are u1embers
Mr. Dixon spoke at considerable length in support of
bis proposition, maintaining that public sentiment was
strongly In favor OF IT, aud arguing that in ali wars and in
hi countries, ministers Of religion have been exempted
IRON military service No christian couatry globe
sad) have he laws Of auy civilized or christian cotry
caedinto the field those consecrated to sacerdoa duties
here ID nothing IL the coudit this coun ry a this
time which should to adopt fereat poll.
~. Those OF this class would be o5taned as sol
diers few in number, aud pnysicaly or numerically
would cely be felt To subject them enforced mil
tay duty Is therefore unuecerary, and utter
disregard OF the expressed Opion OF mankind and viola
tiOn of the sanctty Of their religious dues, Even in the
DIRE extremity Of the rebel horties their clergy are
exempted from copscnptiOu. The cleray minister to the
wants Of the Emes OF brave soldiers durog their alb
sece, comforting them their sorrows aud in death gy
ing them Chirstan burial They are with rare sxcep.
ons loyal aud 10y al clergy home nee ded TO un-
to act the banefu influence of disloya pres They can
not consistently with the duties Of sacred call ng eu
gage IN the bloody work Of They cousecaed to
minister IN holy things The ~ waged BY this Go.
vernme0t against the trai who In armed arc
leaRued against its very existence in hs opinion the
hoaest war ia which any portion OF mankind have
bsen engaged yet he did not wish to its battles fought
by he ministers OF religion He shrsnk from the sight Of
devoted to it, high and holy duties acting in our
armies the uoners Of traitors They have higher
boiler duty. Hs did not any fore. in the Argument
that any exemption which would apply to the c-ray might
be equally eamed by any individuals sect nQ con-
scieniions scrupes. cergymans profession i, fsca
fact with Certain queDces recognized by the common
jugdrueat of mankind The other ciuo exemption was
grounded on opinion, which not ooy may be wrong
but 10 The commoe judgment Of mankind wrong
Mr.. LANE, OF IadIana, aud Dir. HARLAN Of Iowa
opposed the smendment The cergymen If their States
made no complaint of the present. law.
The amendment was rejected by the following vote
YEAS--Messrs Authony, Dixon, ooolit,le, Hicke Nor.
rill. Sauehury Sumaar. Van Winsle and Wtev--Q