The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-24

those who desire TO make it odious and
defeat it's execution, 1t is in no Just
sense a conscription like that which was
put in force in the sixth year of the
French Republic, ana abandoned on the
restoration of the Bourbons, on account
of It's oppressive exactiont 1t is simple
act for enrolling and calling into the SER
vice the arms bearing population of GER
tain ages, and differs in no essential prin-
cipIe from the law authorizing the mill
tia to be called out, except that in the
latter case complete organizations are
brought into the field. The object oil
no "o-,. rA--:-;~sa &c 49, i.,--s~a:-L a~e
most beneficial to individuals, has beer
most grossly perverted. If drafted
man finds it announcement TO serve he Il
allowed to furnish substitute, or TO pur
chase his exemption from service by pas
ling the smallest sum of money for which
substitutes are ordinarily obtained. Both
these provisions have the same purpos,
to provide for eases of hardship; and il
either were stricken out, these case,
would be proportionably increased il
! -nnmber. z = 49,
The draft about TO be made is for one
fifth part of all persons between twent,
and thirty-five years of age, and of the
unmarried between thirty five and iorty.
FIVE. The entire class between eighteen
aud thlrty-hve was long since drafted in
the seeded States, and the draft has re-
Gently been extended to embrace nearly
the whole arms bearing population Com
pared with the burden they are sustain.
ing, ours is as nothing. The contest on
our part is to defend our nationality, to
uphold the institutions under the protee
| ton OF which we have lived and prosper.
ed, and to preserve sntasnished the proud
memories of our history, brief, it is true,
but full of high nchiev etnents in science,
in arts, and in arms Shall we, in such
cause, shrink from labors and sacrifices,
which our misguided brethren in the Sc.
coded States are sustaining in the cause of
treason and social Disqualification For
the honor of New York, let us take care
that the history of this rebellion, more
vast than any which ever convulsed a
nation, shall contain nothing to make
our children blush for the patriotism of
| their fathers.
Whatever objection there may be to
the law authorizing the draft, whatever
defects it may have, i, is the law of the
land, and resistance to it is revolt against
the constitutional authorities Of the coun
try. Ii one law may be Sc. at defiance,
r..
any other may be, aud the foundation Of
all government may be broken up. Those
who, IN the history of political societies,
nave been the hrst to set themselves up
against the law, have been the sures,
victims of tue disorder which they have
created, The poor have far deeper in.
tefest IN maintaining the inviolability OF
The law than the rich. Property, through
the means It can command, is power
but the only security for those who have
intle more than life and The labor of their
own hands to protect lies in the suprema.
cy ei lsie Law. 1. On them and those who
are dependent on them, social disorder
falls with fatal effect ,s9
The cons,itutonalty of the Law an,hor-
izlng the draft has been disputed. Near
the close OF the year 1914, when the
Country was engaged IN war with Great
britain, asliniiar law was recommended
to. Congress BY the Government, 10 dIati
men to fill the rank of the army which
was Gallandy bathing as our armies ar,
now. for the nations honor and life
Madison. sotfe Of the great expoundors o,
the Constitution, which he took promi
n.nt part in framing, was President
Monroe, his successor. then acting botI
as secretary of State and Secretary d
war; addressed TO the House Of Repre-
sei'a1'ses iacld argument in support q
'ne right O Congress to pass such law.
Alexander ]. Dallas was Secretary d
'Iths Treasury VIM. Jcnes Ssorst.ry II