Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-08-05

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WHEN AND WugRR DID rEB CoNscRIPTIoy
ORGlNArE?-TheJ journal Of Commerce., disN
cusslng the cons,itutionality Of the Con-
scription Act, says ITO know what the
phrase means we must go back to 1887 aud
learn what to raise armies (quoted from
the Constitution meant at that time, and
we come TO the curious probability uGt IN
1887 no cirili=cd nation tad ever raised an ar
mn in this 1cay The cenScripton Is an illven~
ton ofLater tines, and Of country whose eTam-
Die it's not aicays wsN to toio,o, Can any
reader OF history point to a consoilption OF
soldiers for an army prior to 1881! That
is the question. II II was unknown, then
| the meaning of the words as adopted
by the fathers probably did not include
! the idea of Il conscriptiou." 10 this the
Ecpress adds ds:-"Conscription was the iu>
vention Of the French JaCobins, as OF the
( Abolition Jacobins Of our day, III the Uni.
! ted States. ress gangs existed in Eng
land as long ago as 1856. not only to press.
Qanq seamen (which produced the war of
llSl2, J bat, in the old French war, topresS~
Jang loaiers-idlers in the streets who had
no friends and no means to sue outG ha'
/ Jeqs corpus. No conscription, it is believed, t,
ever existed until the French Jacobins in
vented it, pending the French Revolu>
ton" As 10 the enrolment OF names pre-.
ious to drafting, such thing Is unknown
in any European country, for the simple
reason that every human being, one or tw
DAYS after his birth, is enrolled or rather
registered at an Inspectors Office. Now,
as the laws in Europe provide that every
male person at the age OF Is or ~ must at
tend to his military duties, the authorities
OF the various cities, towns and villages, al
Ter having received "the quta" of troops
to be raised by them for the general gov
ernment, merely look TO tie books oil The
Inspector, and send notices TO all those WIT
we're born lS Or 90 years previously, to ap
pear at d certain day at the " town hall'' t
draw a number which will decide wEethe
the person thus drawing Is a conscript o
not. SUPPOSE the quota assigned TO dis
lrict TO be 5000, and the number Of per
sons enrolled under the first class to bC
10000 numbers, from ! upward, in an uri
or vase, or any thing convenient. Ihel
all those liable are called alphabetical.
and draw a number out ofthe said vase o
urn in the presence of the provost Marshal
III lne quOtd Vi lTOopS w oS I't'"N =" ''''
district as above stated is 5000, all thos
drawing from number | till 5000. are con
scripts and all those drawing number
above 5000 are discharged" D."
seg-It IS pretty well settled in tn
; public mind that the spirit of lawIess
ness which pervades the North, is ow
ing to the revolutionary and treasona
bic teachings of the Abolition party
For many years past the Abolitionist
have advocated resistance to u Law
which was passed by Congress in con
formity with the Constitution Of tn
United States. They treated the de
cision of the Supreme Court in tn
, DRED ScoTT case with sovereign cor
tempt, and they openly violated a
statutes that interfered with the prog
ress of their anti-slavery doctrines
The whole responsibility of the recer
fearful riots is upon them, and the.
will be compelled to meet the issue
the ballot box.-Age.