The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-08-13
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, 10 the same family and household, %
: two Of them ar, in the military servi,
I Of the United States as non commission
, ed officers, musicians, or privates, Il
! residue Of such family and household, n'
. excee ding two, shall be exempt.
. "And, finally, it is provided that <
I person Who has been convicted Of ay
felony shall be enrolled or permitted e
serve 10 the National forces. |
Snow, since there is frequent QUITO
against the law on the pretense that it :
q law made for rich men, let the fore9.
ing list of exceptions sufficiently attet
it's thoughtful generosity to poor me-
and its parental care for the fsthcrless
sit is further provided that any drit.
ed person may furnish an scccptable s,b.
sttute in his place, or may pay sum lot
exceeding three hundred dollars to he
/ Government, to procure such substitute;
and this is the clause which is more en.
orally censured. and misrepresented, ind
misunderstood. than any other in the
law, yet the slightest candid consid'ra-
ton will show that it is just Fo, in
the first place, it is agreed that ome
substitute system is necessary 1t would
be for the interest neither oil the Govern.
ment nor Of the community, tht every
man on whom the lot fell should be Om-
PEELED to go. He may be one whose SER
vices are worth far more in his regular
occupation, as those of shipbuilder,
machinlst, founder, guumsk,r, asd
the like. And of course the community
has no interest in compelling such mao
to 60 himself, instead of seudipg a sub.
stitute. For this and other reasons which
readily sugses. themselves, the law adopt.
ed the substitute system, and the only
question was: Shall the Gov.
eminent take the business of procuring
substitutes into its own hands, or leave
it to spectators and to chance? So far
as the Government is concerned, it is
obviously better that it should choose it's
own men, paying TO such as 1t selects the
three hundred dollars received from the
exempt. Does this work any hardship
to the drafted? All experience shows
that if no communication is fixed by the !
Government, the price Of substitutes be. !
comes exorbitant. The effect of the
three hundred dollar clause is not to
against tie poor and in ia. /
vor Of the rich, bu. to check speculation,
keep down the price of substitutes, and
to enable much greater number to pro-
cure substitutes than without this proyi-
sion would be able TO- The rich men
could in any event get substitutes, what
ever the price. This clause extends the
same privilege to those Of modemte
means. 1t is provision in favor of he
poor, and not Of the rich.
at on y remains to add the goth sec
ion, which is as follows:
'Ana be it FURTHER enacted. That if any person
ct into the service ofthe Unite States, or shall
ounsel or sid any person to resist any such
max sa II n 81. nny
service in relation thereto: or shall counsel any
person to assault or obstruct any such officer or
hall counsel Any drafted men not 10 appear at
he place OF rendezvous, or wilfully di.sua1e
hem from the performance Of military duty 40
required by law, such person shall be suhit CT to
arrest by the provost ma shall and shA all
nc forthwith delivered 70 the civil authorities
md upon conviction thereof e punished BY =
Inc not exceeding five hundred dollars or br
imprisonment not exceeding two years, or ty
both OF said punishme nts'"