Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-30
Resisting the ErrolgmsnE.

Our exchanges come to US with accounts
i resistance 70 the enrolling officers while
The discharge of their duty, varying
from the shooting Of an officer TO the out
freak OF hundreds, and the drilling Of 200
j. more in some places. On the fourth
age Of to-day's paper viii be found a
,hoft account Of thcColperhead Outbreak
IN Holmes County, Ohio. The latest ac-
counts fror. that section are that theinsur-
rectionists have dispersed and given up the
ring lenders. They declare that they were
not resisting the Conscliption Act" and
that they have had no objection to "legar'
measures. They also say that "they were
lired Of permitting people 10 be carried of
by arbitrary arrest, without due process Of
law" BIT the law is the law Of lhe land
for all that, and as such, will be obeyed by
al the fiienls Of the Government In
Indiana, just opposite Lawrence County.
III, il is reported that they have assembled
to the number of two or three thoasand,
and it requires 10 prophet 10 Inform any
one Of their intentions when they threaten
to kill all persons that undertake tn, duty
Of enrolling officer. In Dodge County
ILL.,, they are drilling to the number Of
200 ia some places, ana go through their
evoutions in public manner They are
well armed and make no secret of their in
tentIons to resist the Government and
murder those that are upho!ding it. The
Chicago Tribune has the following in ref
erence TO this affair:
1--WE believe our correspondent to be
reliable; and if lie is not II istaken, it may
be we'll for the authorities Of the land, civil
or military, to Inquire INTO the the mean
ING of assemb!ages of this sort, and to
bring few Of the leaders in ibis recipient
revolt 10 the punishment that they have
earned.
Tie intention of few madmen in II
linois to push the State iuto collision with
the Federal Government, and to make our
fair fields the scene Of bloody strife, is too
plain TO be mistaken; and we are sorry to
say that their success in their nefarious work
il a complete justification OF the confidence
!, it'll " hich they undertook it. The rank
and file, are, with certain limitations, ready
for the fray"
Again We al peal to the moderate men Of
all paIties to know if they also are ready !!
We mean the men Of sub,t nee, the men
of character, the men vino love peace and
court anything rather than a remorseiess
revolutionary struggle such as the Copper
heads would ihauauiate,-af they ready
for the burnings and the bloodshed that a
few nameless adventures and vagabonds,
who have everything to gain and nothing
to lose by the violent upheayal Of SO
city, are striving to make as common
here as way side assassination is 10 Mis-
soul! We tell them that The danger is
imminent; and that they must begin row
to avert it p
In this State thcle is some resistance to
he enrolling officers while il the discharge
Of their duties. It can all be traced to
the teaching Of Corpelhead sheets Tat are
scattered hroughoui the length and breadth
Of our country. They have raised storm
that they cannot control, and would soon
have seen il, if the Government had not
used its stiong arms, aud still continue to
do so.