Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-20
THE LIABILITY or SUBSTITUTE MEN

THE LIAbiLIIf' or SUBSTITUTE MEN
We publish below important decision Of Judge
Campbell Of Alabama to the liability to mitil SER
vice Of one who has obtained discharge under the
cOascript act BY putting in a substitute. The question
came up under vri. Of 5eJsas corpus the petitioner,
A G. hcCants, asking be discharged from tie Gus
tOdy o. John II. C,Sburn, a Colonel Of Alabama mill.
tia The Judge held the following views:
81 am Of opinion tat the Act Of 10Th April, 1862
organizes army for the Confederate States distinc
from the militia Of the several States and that when
person liable 70 militia service by the laws Of the Sute
discharged irCm Confederate service under said Con-
script Act be becomes liable 70 form all the duties
i'm O1ed other citizens Of the Safe in regard to her
internal defence
The furn-hiag IF substitute bu.bdi.chsrges hiln
from the Obga'Oa imposed by the COnscriDt Act, snd
10 wise abridgss restricts the obligation he is
der 20 the State, q member Of her nj ta TO defend
his home in Of invasion. The sgretd facts show
that the State invaded and is greatly imperile
must look 10 the Law Of III State TO ascertain who
liable militia. That Law m ikes no exemption Of
persons who have furnished substitutes and have thus
obt lined discharge from the obi cations imposed by
another law and for service Cf different character.
Il the petitioner IS mustered into the Confederate
service he will be mustered in a mihiaman for Z
months for the Ceeuce Of his State and home. From
tbs servc II occurs 10 me no patriotic citizen ought
desire exemption.
By his substitute he has paid debt which he owed
to the Confederate Government Jude: the COrscript
Aes and placed himself in position which enables him
10 pay Il deb; which hs owes as a mltaman. / shall
therefore discharge him from tits latter obligation"
SINGULAR AFyAIE-A briet paragraph in Tuesdays
paper announced the singular suicide Of Capt Large,
on the way from Augusta TO Atlanta, Ga. He was
charged Nish forging exemption plpsr9. Il appears by
the following which copy from the Augusta Chrani-
e'e, that it vas no. a case Of suicide:
Enrolling Officer j. L. Minis o. this city, while on his
way 20 Camp Randolph business, arrested Large as
he got aboard the tam at Bs-Air, about p II. He
made resistance. He seemed to be aborng under
the eff Of liquor al the time and drank pretty freely
afer getting tie cars His wife also aboard and
be asked othcer Minis 10 allow him to 20 and join her
but Mr.. Nuns said he could aOF that but that Mr..
Llrge might come 20 him. Sac did 81, when he
cined his head Upon her LAP. About IL o'clock Mrs.
Large exclaimed TIA. he dying AID when the eff
reached him, it found ~ he indeed in The
gonies Of death Toe lady so overwhelmed at the
,,ck that she finted aud the scene in tie cars was
heart-,eEding one.
Mr.. Rs suspected until thi, that he was intoxicated
OF eignng 70 be So and nd idea Of the sudden ter
initiation Of his earthly cuesr.
The body Of the deceased taken from tie ira at
Decatur, and inquest held. The verdict OF the Jury
that he died of apople1y.
Large sid to have been old United S;a'es OIL
rSr, and had also served in the E1gsh army. He had
- reputation Of being Superior drill ;er; and
Is sad TO think that he should have died under ~
melancholy circumstances