The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-07-31


traordinary ground, the friends of
Government are ready TO meet them.
a case Of habeas corpus upon the
body Of an arrested to'crtcr, was
brought before Judge Cadwalader, n
conservative Judge Of the District
Court of the United States, in the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in
March last. The Judge considered
the cons;itutionality of the Conscript-
ion Law, and clearly doeides IL in the
words following:
"The Constitution of the United
States authorizes Congress to raise
armies, and also to call forth and or
ganize the militia ofthe several States
Under this twofold power, both rcgu.
Jar national armies, and occasional
miiitia forces from the several States,
may be raised, either by conscription
or iD other modes 3 Wheaton, II. |
The power to raise them by conscript.
ion may, at cii sis of extreme exi.
gency, be indispensable to public ne
cessity."
INCIDENTS or THE DRAFT--How THEY
TAKE 1T
We are happy to say thst, with very
few exceptional cases, the draft is met
by the people with patriotic sub.nis-
sion and even qualification. The mass
Of the people are loyal, and are con
WINGED of the rightiulness of the draft,
rpl they meet it accordingly. Some
tiplR since Now York (and not New
Yok alone cast slurs against Phila-
dclphia for her slowncss in raising
men to deleBl Pennsylvania against
the invading rebels. But the City of
Pcun can now take n glorious revenge
upon New York, 10y comparing the
quiet and good order which has at
tended the draft in the former. to the
outrageous. brutal, devilish scenes
which marked similar operations in
the latter. The telegraph states that
ola the completion of the draft in the
3d district, three cheers were given
for st. country, right or wrong y
That's an illustration of loyalty, and,
we may add, of true bravery, which
Philadelphia may well be proud Of,
and wear as a crown of rioicing.
Similar demonstrations were made
elsewhere. In Elmirs, New York, a
grand celebration was had by the
drafted men. They formed process
sion, headed by bands of music, with
banners aud placards, with humorous
inscriptions. One read. "The Union
and the Constitution-God and Vic
tory" Another, What we kill, we
cat" Another, ave are coming, Fa-
ther Abraham, three hundred dollars
more" Another, Prize Tickets $500
United States Lottery" They then
assembled in the square and listened
to stirrinS speeches by drafted men
and others. A series OF resolutions,
thorough and unequiyocal in their 10y
atty, were adapted. The Advertiser
relates this incident Of the celebra-
tion.
san old man, sixtv-fivc years of
age, then mounted the stand, and pro-
ceoded to address the people. His
broken accents showed that he was q
German. lie said he had been six-
teen years in the service of the old
.onut.. -.>i -.-,-t-i- -'.''' y 'v"nS
enough to fight for liberty in America.
lie knew the difference between mon.
Rrchy aud free government, and he,
cXhOrted the people IN eloquent Ian
guage to stand mp aud fight for order
and law. In conclusion he said it
was the best he could do now, hut
when they came back he would give
them something better. His speech
was a novel and exciting feature of
the occasion. His name is Charles
Simons. And we say bully for ST
mons
"At Burlington, Vermont, the draft
ed men paraded the street with drum
and fifc, full ofvalor and fight; among
them is one of the Catholic clergy
also, ". l.. Lamb and c. a. lIoyt, ed .
jtQrs of tho Burlington Times, and
liprlingtan Sentinel; Il s. Taft, State
Attorney"
The Hartford Courant says that
gentleman Is now in that city who was
dlNitcd in Boston. He furnished n
substitute, paying q good price. and
tho fellow ran off, hired another sub. /
stitutc and he skcdaddled. Not lill- |
ing such luck he concluded to go him
self. and went before the officers for
that purpose, but the Board of En- =
rollmcnt threw him out on account Of,
disability
Both sons of Hon. Edward Everett
Zone ut whom has just graduated at
Cambridge, England,) have been
drafted In Boston. Both have made
mp their minds to serve in person, in
stead of procuring "A substitute or pay
ipg the $500. Mr.. Everett himself,
Il is said, declares that il he is drafted
he will follow their example,
or Ia drafted men who reported
from two wards Of Providence, Rhode
Island, there were 76 exempted for
various causes; 80 furnished substi-
tutos, aud Z paid the S3oo commnta-
ton. OF those exempted A were
from physical inability, II were aliens,
: were of unsuitable age, were the
only SONS ofwidows, . were from fam
lilies which already had two menhers
in the service, one was in the navy.
had two mothorles- children under
twelve years Of age dependent upon
him for support, one had been con
yictcd of felony, ono was a non-resi-