The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-17


children not twelve years Old, hay
ing neither father nor mother, de-
pendent upon his labor for support
) Sixth, the f.ther oI motherless chill
dren under twelve years OF age, de,
pen tent upon his labor Tor support
Seventh, where there are father
md sons ID the same fam ly and
} household, and two Of them are in
tho milit.ry service ot the United
|, States "a noc-commissioned officers,
, musicians or privhtes, the residue
OF such family and hnusoh old, not
exceeding two shall be exempt
Eighth, young men between the agos
; Of eighteen and twenty are exempt,
for tho reason that experience proves
that soldiers under twenty years
| can not sustain the burdens Of camp
, life so well as mon between the ages
l Of twenty and thirty five.
I These. sir, are the exemptions OF
{ the Conscription Act (so called) in
\ favor of the poor, upon whose daily
r toll the aged, the infrm and the
a helpless depend. /, it making in
famous distinctions between the rich
I and the poor to exempt tho only sons
OF poor widows, and to compel mem
bers Of Congress to fight, procure
substitutes. or pay for substilutes?--
/, it making infamous distinctions
between the rch ard the poor to ex-
: empt the only sons Of aged or iniirm
u parents dependent on them for
8 breal, and compel Custom house
officers to fight, procure substitutes,
a or paw for substitntesl l. 1t maxim :
7 Infamous distinctions botween th'rich
!, and poor to exempt the only broth
: ers Of fatherless and motherIess littlJ
brothers and sisters dependent up
: on their daily toll for support, and
= compel pos,masters and Govern
: ment clerks to tight, procure subst-
{ tu,es or pay tor substitutes? Ia it
J. making infamous distinctions be
Z tween the rich and the poor t. cx-
} empt the fathers of notheress infant
< children, dependent upon.their daily
toll, for sustenaucs, aud to compel
,, Safe Jud yes, Justices OF the Peace
's Clergymen and College Professors
% to fight, procure substitutes, or pay
=" for subatitutesf ...
J. The law, which thus discrimi
'e mates in favor OF the poor, is de-
e. nounced AMI accursed by Mozar,
Hall. Shame on Mozart Hall =
:. Shame on tho men who misrepre
y. sen,s The beliticent provisions II au
;. act passed to uphold the cause o.
our impJrile country.
u SUBSTITUTES.
r The 18th section OF the conscript
ye ion net provides. that any person
, drafted AMI notified to appear a
aforesaid, may. on or before the day
ixel for his appearance, furnish AZ
accept BILE substitut, to take hi
I'd place in thu DRAFT; or hs may pay t
as such person as the Secretary OF Wa
ar may authorize to receive it, sue!
i. sum, not exceeiing three hundred
le dollars, "a the S cretary NAV deter
re mine. Tor the procura'ion OF sucl
ne substitute, which sum sh III be tixe,
h at uniform rate by general orde
On mads at the time OF ordering dral
re for any State or Territory. An,
8 person may furnish an acceptabl
y. substitute to take his place in th
er draft. at any price tor which he ca
We procure Ole. Every drafted man
lie. at liberty to furnish substitute 3
in such rate as he may agree to pa
BY the substitute; or any drafted ma
ur may pay snch sum, not cxceedin
u. three hundred dollars, as the Secrt
es tary OF War may determine, to pr
Ter euro a substitute.
of The sum determined np'n by tn
he Secretary can not excsed three hun
by dred dollars; it may ba ten, fifty
ed one hundred, two hunirrd dollars
,ry or any sum within the limits of thre
zee hun lrod dollars This provision {
lu allowing a sun not TO exceed thre
IN hundred dollars to be paid to ii
is. Government to procure subst'tnt'
the was put into the law, TOR he so
it snd single pnrpose O. keeping dow
be The price o! substitutes SO that INC
Of very moderate means aud p1
men could are readily obtain 81
slitutes Tns provision it was b
Ing ieved th Il tho pric. IS Tor snbs,i'ut
cod woul g, up At on @ to ono thou
Tor m or tw thousand dullar', so th
tbs noue bat rch msn coull obta
pts, them. L any dra I'd m,n can OF
'us' tain substitute for sam lsss tn
,rs, th,t determined by the 5 secretary,
the is at liberty to do 30. This antho
OF ity conferred upon the Secretary
Stu fix sum from one d)llar to ,hr
ese hundred dollars was purposely gi
nen en- to check speculation, TO ke
len, iown the price of substitutes, and
, or must inevitably do so Thus, pa
|oes tisan malignity, in it's blindness al
by msdness, perverts measure IRAN
and solely in the interests Of draft
men of moderate means and of dra
sir. ed poor men into a distinction
TX Iavor OF the rich and against
t OF poor.
3 oi
tied A MoTHER Alas hoy little
;o,a va annraciate a mothers tendern