Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-01
For tho Advertiser.
no the mon of Edgeie,d.

President DArs hna called for $4,000 moro
trsops. The Quota of South -c.rAll4..-- nna-
Thas of Edgshsla neatly 500. srtede must se
raised not 10y coplcrp,ion, bu, by tho good old
plan OF volunteering or drafting. Which shall it
be, sons Of tho brass and proud lighting District
Of South Carolina" The past history Of Rdgs-
Gcldl and tho sluii iOus ono hcf gallant cons are
writing Tor her On every battlefield Of this ggau-
tic wsr, forbid that she should now suffer tlc odi-
yn tfi dssfl and thereby forfeit her high tile
and sacient roncwn as tho mother Of hsreic mon.
Ths coAscript IAN s'a failure. It hzs worked
Macn evil xnd th, only good ir has ever sccom-
pished was to retain in service for -ttu moment
tho trained tuelve months volunteers. Our Au..
tIlorities Indirectly acknowledge this, since tho
LAST amendment 10 the C.nscript Inv virlurlly
aboIshas the principle Of CONSUMPTION. Ali men
under 45fyosrs Of ago in the Confederate States
arc now practically lisblo TO bs ordered into tho
Army. Executive discretion, or caprice Is the
only real law of exemption at this Time, but as
some ladgt r0laaIn as hoMe, and 90 no Executives
would dAro assume 70 exercise such fearful re-
sponsbiiIy % 10 Say who must 20 and who re-
aan, tie ola law ana tho old way Of raising troops
by volunteering IN fhe nEss tnatsnce; es BY drafting
in the seeond.is restored and Mn. .tAossand soina-
teeri, not Consshpa, are wanted.
Hsnca NO can snes moro go forth 10 battle: az
eur fathers r-dt and breath ffee fer the privilege.
Tho Tyranny sftes the .Proueh style, inausuratel
by our, Infamous Council" Of arbitrarily diri.
ding the community ints cIssse, u conscripts and
RIsmst.- -Arisseerats and P,sbcianI--:is atan ond
il wisdom guides our actions. All thinking msn
hare eondomnedit long aincs, mostly in'aence,it
is true, for the rake Of union ut homo; and the
monstfosity ls alluded to NOW only to sIhort all
mes to forget if possiblo7ths niquities perpstr.-
tsd andAths h. srt:burnings engonaersa by tho
Franco Russian Imperial Abortion.
;spco the 10th april 1852 no ono has felt that
hs had any agency OF his own free will, either In
enterns tha army as q. .Consaript, OF In remaining
At hQme as an Exempt Tho Government, has
undertaken to manage the whole matter Of raising
armies for.tself, and has connted nothing on tho
patriotism or public splrit Of It's citizens. But
now, private conscience, 80 to speak, ia allowed
nll scope, and henceforth you yourselves, not tho
will be holii responsible for your
absence from the army. -. = &, =
: True, moltyot. .yon who iare under 10 years Of
lge may yet elninf an gen iption by takiny shell
or behind the, hotter OF s.n .pnYiso law, which
ould never have been enedtcd except for blum
or ia Legislation, and which, rrenturo to assert
sill never bo enforced again If tho young men Of
ho conntry Mill now do their duty by yoluntec,.
ng. Isy, although tnost Of you can clam N
semption, will yoR DO it, viii you close your
ars 70 tho walls Of your bleeding country, when
, Tho extremity Of hsf ang ulsh, she calls aloud
'7-helpn MOTTO conscripta, not to exomp,e-bu.t j
rery son of hers who has ahesrt TO ieeI and q
and to strike,fur Ier woes'1. - .A,>'s. s-< -
WIN you, can you. Ds'so lpst to slonl,e as to
aud by unlnoYed and see mon. on The sunset
de Of life yoIunteer.to avoid being draftsd,y ffor
: bad Legislation which hus besE' the curse Of
20 countrydaring ihis sar) In case the required =
amber, Of volunteers do not s!ep forward from .
nong the young exOmpts, tho Qnoia Of troops
usti.ai DO rsisqd by drafting among the old
en- botween tho nges Of 40 and So syyearsr II T.
n:oan, without a qnickspiag pulls, behold such
sptctablo as grand rircs vouniec cling to: prevent
sdssraco of tho drafs and 10. order to allow
. the soaef 0f tiulmihg "a semption, tAoa