Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-08-11
Enrolling Anti.prafters IN LaFaHette.

trlcts IN Lafayette county, from one who
has been there. The Provost Marshal,
having failed to get any one in lafayette
county to enroll a certain spb-District, APP
piled to others not residing in the county,
but was unsuccessful for some days. At
last Elder Claek Of Prairie du CHEN, an
Engishmen, volunteered to do the job,
provided be could have pretty much his
own way. He was appointed and left for
the work, unacconpaniel with any one
to help or protect, save the two companies
Of soldiers already posted at Benton and
Shullsburg, whose business was to see
that enrolling officers got fair play. Now
Clack is q wide awake, energetic, deep
minded fellow, cunning but not false, able
toeouceal but truthful, and possesses all the
parts needed for accomplishing any end
fairly and without resort to meanness,
fraud or VIOLENCE. Having long been a
preacher, butcher and SPECTATOR, his
means of acquaintance with rough an d
medium characters had been good, and
with such he had now to deal. He spent
several days travelling about, calling al all
the houses in the district, but could find
nobody at home save the women; these
had been well instructed what to say and
report should the enrolling officer come
about; some were to pretend extreme ig-
porance and inability to answer questions;
some were to speak the high Irish dialect
which nobody could understand; some
were to say they had just arrived from the
could country Others that their men
were in the war t'fghting for the nagursr"
others, "the pea be all dead," and q score
Of other falaities, all of which the Elder
pretended to credit. Names he utterly
failed to learn, and men Of ages within
draft boppda there were Donei all too old
or too young, or dead, or other excuse.
BY accident he got few names, besides
the names of those known as loyal and not
shirks, some Eve or six we believe in The
entire district HIS mission was to all APP
pearance a failure. But as his instructions
required that he obtain the names and re-
port make by all and every means, he took
4b,c c,r,I,o, ~, o+bo1. ,ro,t - H. Tpo,,.,,
Clerks office and persuaded the clerk to
show him the poll Looks; he took an en-
the copy Of the names, putting all or very
near all under the head Of ..first class" as
men liable to immediate draft. He next
called on q uoEperhead Justice, at ShuIls-
burg if we remember, to whom he design
edly said, "Sir, have fms he'd the enroll
ment for district" ''Eh, cot ali the
names" SAID justice. Yes. all, and with
out great trouble said Clack. Lets see
EN-" said Justice; and the list was hand
ed over for examination. "My God" said
the Copperhead Justice. @he list is imper-
feet, all wrong, there's Jem Maggarthy,
too old; Mike Flennery, but twenty years
old; Bat Conner, but year in the coun-
try and declarations not filed; Jim o.
Doodle, name on the list three iimes-al
wrong.n eNQ difference SAID Clack,
gthe names are all on the election poll lists
and they have voted as many times as re-
corded, and whether declarations are filed
or not and whether too young to vote or
not entitled; sir, if such and such are
scoundrels and liable to the states prison,
you sir justice Of the peace for Lafayette
county, are in duty bound to cause tier
arras, and tgial Cor the crimes you charge
them With, and demand Of you their ap-
prehension and trial.
BY this tipe the old Copperheads knees
began TO shake, Cor be felt saleeous cte, in
several particulars. as well IS oyeFfeaehed
by one of Old Abe's abolition hifoiings /;
saw at once there was 10 way but 10 call
in every O'Doodle, Fennerty. Maggarthy,
tonnor and all the Q'Rary be-tiary's
and have them report-else oil would be
drafted and none he LETT to vote "aaeSelf
and the rest into office
Elder Clack's work was now finished.
so far as getting 70 see these be wished IS
enroll The Copperhead Justice was seen
to pass from doggeFy to doguery uu,lei
high exeiioasntr- saying 70 o'Doodle.
s.Iimny, this wag a hit; and de We
think that mon ClaeseF that's got to 10
The iarolliu, hasn't been to the town cisrls
and iakin the name of every Irishman in
the diggins and inrolled livery boey. sgarin
neither age nor condition but wilton the
name Of all in bis inroliin bcJk--dFat On
i'm. And do We hist a moment jim; eith-
er livery son Of Erin has got to lie from
his eoupthry, which woula be uoder the
circumstances ixtFen3elg unpleasant, seem
thcres votin 10 lie done. az Is come out
and report to the inFoiIiu mon And do
Re mind Jim its me Judgment dehber-
ately Expressed that its no violation THE
constitDcshun at al at all for al to come
cut from your hiien places and-report