Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-01

his labor for support. Third the only son of
aged or intirm parent or parents, dependent
on his labor Tor support. Fourth, where
there are two or more sons of aged or nfirm
parents, subject to draft, the father, or if he
be dead, the mother, may elect which son
shall be exempt. Fifth, the only brother of
children not twelve years old, having neither
father nor mother, dependent upon his labor
for support. Sixth, the father of ui.lherless
children under twelve years of age, depend
ent upon his labor for support. Seventh,
where there are father and sons in the same
family and household, and two of them are
in the military service of the United States,
as commissioned officers musicians or
prvates, the residue of such family. not ex-
ceeding two shall be exempt Eighth, young
men between the ages Of eighteen and twenty
are exempt, for the reason that experience
proves that soldiers under twenty years of age
cannot sustain the burdens of camp life so
well as men between the ages of twenty and
thirty-hve.
These, sir, are the exemptions of the con-
scrption act $50 called in favor of the poor,
upon whose toll the aged the intirm, and the
helpless rely Is it making ''infamous distinc-
tons between the rich and the poor to exempt
the only sons Of poor widows, and to compel
members of congress to fight, procure substi-
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Pay l"i SUBSTITUTES! IS II "'"hlIis ln'''lious
oiS'iiotlonS Cet"ee" tiie liIn anu 'ne pun "
eAehpi INC iatners Vi niotneTiess infant GILL
ureh' uepehuehV upon thelr uaiy loll ior suS-
tehahce' ana 10 co'hpel state Juuges' JustlceS
Vi tie Pc"Ce' cleIs men, anu colieSe proles-
SUE ~ hS1'' Pnocute substitutes vi pay lor
substitutes Inns lit" WHICH mus uisctl'll-
hates III laVot vi tle poor Is uehouhceu anu
accursed by Mozart Hall. Shame on Mozart
nan shame on the men VINO mlSrepresent
the tenement provisions OF an act passed to
uphold the cause OF our linperled country
ne loth section OF thls conscrptloh act
provides that any person drafted, and notified
10 appear as AFORESAID, may on or before the
day hXed Tor ms appearance, furnish an ac-
ceptaOie substitute to take his place IN the
secretary OF war may authorize to receive 1t,
such sum, not exceeding three hundred dol
larS' as the secretary may determine, Tor tire
procurauon OF such substitute, winch sum
snail be hXed at a UNIFORM rate by general
order MADE at the time OF ordering draft Tor
any state or territory. Any person may fur
nlSh an acceptable substitute to take his
place In the draft at any pnce Tor winch
ne can procure one. Every drafted man Is
at liberty TO furnish substitute at such rate
as ne may agree TO pay the SUBSTITUTE; orany
grated man may pay such sum, not exceed
ing three nuhureu uoliarS' as the secretary OF
war may uelerH'lle' 10 procure SUBSTITUTE
Inc sum ueterhilheu upon py the secretary
CANNOT exceed three huhured uoiiars; IL may
De teh' hlty' one hundred' TWO hunared DOL
lars; or any sum wltNlh the ilmt OF three nun
area dolarS' Inns provision OF allowing a
sum not 10 exceed three hundred collars TO be
pau 10 tle government 10 procure substitutes
was pun i',t" 'ne ID" lor tle eoie anu sllsie
purpose vi Keeping uo"N INC price 81 Suosu-
tuteS' so that men OF very moderate means
ana poor men 'oulu more reacily OBTAIN SUP
stituteS. 1hlS provision enables the secretary
to nix the sum whcn VIII be the price OF SUB
Stiules. Wlthout TINS provision IL was oe-
heVed that the prices tor substitutes would go
up at once to one thousand or two thou
sand dollars, SO that none but rich men
could obtain them. Ii any drafted man can
obtain substitute for sum less than that
determined by the secretary, he is at liberty
to do so. This authority conferred upon the
secretary to fix sum from one dollar to