The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-05-14

Sir, this law, tlcally welcomed
by the armies of the republic, referred
to b. other nations as the hi ighest eyi-
dcpce Of the determined purpose Of the
American Government, dreaded by tho
armed traitors. and denounced by the
rebel sympathizers, bears in every Sec
tion and in every line, evidence of the
patriotism, justice and humanity Of the
Thirty Seventh Congress. Its Just and
humane provisions perpctually give the
lie to the a cu>ation of Mozart Hall. that
it makes an Infamous distinction between
the rich and the poor.
"Contrast, Sir, the provisions Of this
denounced act with the provisions Of The
existing militia laws of the United States,
end of your own State Of New York BY
the provisions of existing militia law the
President is authorized to call into the
service Of the United States the militia
Of the States. By the laws Of the United
States, ard by the laws of New York,
certain classes of persons are excepted
and exempeted from military duty, from
being drafted into the service of the
United States. Are these exempt, the
poor who have widowed mothers, aged
and infirm parents, motherless infant
children, or fatherless or motherlcss
young brothers and sisters dependent on
their labor for support? No, not these.
Neither the laws Of the nation nor the
laws of New York exempt the poor who
have the aged, the infirm, the helpless,
dependent upon them. at the call of
the Government they must leave widow
ed mothers, aged and inIirm parents,
fathtrlcss and motherless sisters aud
brothers, and mothcrless infant children,
all dependent on their daily toll for sup.
port, and HE away to the camp and bat
tie field.
! 'Who, then, are exempted by the mi
litia laws Of the United States. or of the
State of New York? The exempts are
not the poor, the dependent sons of toll,
but the most fortunate and favored of
the people, the members of Congress,
the custom house officers and clerks, the
postmasters and clerks, professors and
students Of colleges and ministers, the
judicial officers and other officials.
"This 'act for enrolling and calling
out the national forces,' denounced by
your Mozart Hall followers for making
distinctions between the rich and the
poor, excepts and exempts not members of
Congress, not custom house officers, no.
postmasters, not Government clerks, not
the State judiciaries, not ministers of the
Gospel and professors and students in COL
! leges-no. not these fortunate and fa-
vored class of men, Cor it snrolls them
and requires them either to fight, furn-
ish substitutes, or pay for substitutes. -
Who, then, does this law, SO Aippantly
denounced by Mozart Hall Democracy,
except and exempt?
"This law, branded by you, Sir, and
your clansmen, excepts and exempts,
first, the Vice President Of the United
/ States, the Judges Of the various Courts
| Of the United States, the heads of the
various executive departments of the
Government, and the Governors of the
several States; Second, the only son liza
BILE to military duty of widow, depend
ent upon his labor for support; third, the
only son Of aged and infrm parent or
parents dependent on his labor for sup.
port; fourth, where there are two or more
sons Of aged or inirm parents subject to
draft, the father, or, il he BE- dead, the
mother may elect which son shall be ex.
ompt: fifth, the only brother of children
not II years old, having neither father
nor mother, dependent upon his labor
for support; sixth, the father Of mother
less children under II years Of age, de-
pendent upon his labor for support; sew
enth, 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 rs non commissioned
officers, musicians or privatcs, the resi-
due of such family Or household, net ex-
cccding two shall be exempt; eighth,
young men between the ages of eighteen
and twenty are exempt. for the roooon
that experience proves that soldiers un-
der 20 years of age cannot sustain the
burdens Of camp life so we'll as men be-
tween the ages of 20 and 50.
"There, Sir, are the exemptions of the
Conscription Act, ESQ called, in favor of
the poor, upon whose daily toll the aged,
the .ntrm and the helpless rely. Is it
making Infamous distinctions between
the rich and the poor to exempt the only
sons of poor widows, and to compel mem
bers of Congress to fight, procure substi-
tutes or pay for substitutes? Is it max
ing Infamous distinction between the
rich and the poor to exempt the only
son of aged or infrm parents dependent
on them for bread, and compel custom
house officers to fight, procure substi-
tutes or pay for substitutes? Is it
making Infamous distinction between
the rich and the poor to exempt the on
ly brothers of fatherless and mother,ess
little brothers and sisters depend
ent upon their daily toll for support, anI
compel postmasters and Government
clerks to fight, procure substitutes, or
pay for substitutes? Is it making 'infa-
mons destinations hetveen tho rich a,d