Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-08-13
NUMBER 763.


obtaiued by drafts In 1889, rl,et a dis.
lpute occurred between this country and
Eogland In refeneuce to the boundaries OF
the State of Maine. law was nassed.
March s. 1889, authorizing the President
to call forth Que hundred thousand men for
SIX months, period double the length al.
lowed by former laws
Mr Boutwell,. y i would ask. ihe gentle.
man w9e'her the Law for drafting 10 1912
ailowdd substitutes. p,,.if
Mr.. Garfield. oettaiuiy IL did, but not
Communication. The bill before us permits
drafted men to obtain substitutes but not
to pay commutaiion.
say, then, since the beginning Of the
Government, still further, since the begin.
ming of the Revolution still further, since
the founding of the colonies, the right of
sending citizens into the military services
has been repeatedly asserted and exercised:
as up to The. Sd Of March, 1863, snch
thing as the payment Of money In lieu Of
military service was never known on this
ointment. Gentlemen must, therefore. a.
bandoD the claim that 10 repeating this
clause, we are interfering with immemorial
usage and inalleuable rights. Even the
law OF 1868 did not regard the $500 as an
equivalent for military service. 1t fprovid-
ed that the $500 should be paid Cor the
procuralion OF q substitute, and was sup-
posed to be sum sufficient for that pur.
pose. 1t is now far from sufficient, and the
law is even more hnjust than OF FIRST. If
the $500 would always procure substi.
tute, the military service would moi suffer
| All hn ali
But what are the facts /? The President.
the Secretary of War, our own Knowledge
of afairsi tell us if it be retained, it will be
impossible to fll the places of the eighty
five thousand hundred days men who will
go ont of the service 10 few weeks; and of
the three years regiments whose terms Of
service are every day expiring. Moreover,
we must allow something for the aste Of
battle, the waste of disease, and of all the
incidents of war. And now, while our
armies are advancing gloriouslg, while onr
campaigns are prosperous while there is no
immediate cause for alarm, let us look into
the future and provide for its emergencies:
let US hold up the hands of the President
and remove this obstacle from the la w. as
he recommends. Gentlemen doubt what
the people will say and how they will feel
L have learned that the people are Drawer
than their Representatives. would much
sooner take the counsel of the Americaii
people, and especially of the American
Army, than of the timidity Of their Repre-
sentatives when an election is at hand
Would to God there we're no Presidential
election to east It's shadow over this battle
summer, atd no congressional elections
overshadowing this house. PERHAPS we
might then see with clear vision the in.
terests Of the country, and strike toward
them with bolder hands I ; gfg79teF
This do know, that the loyeI people
have laid mp great oath on the alsr that
they will never rest till the rebellion is
overihrcun, aad they willatake all ueces-
sary means TO hew their way through to
this purpose. / know that the people
whom represent have united their destiny
With the destiny of the Union, and viii
share its fortunes whatever betide eit.saI
have not asked them, but believe they
respond cheeriuly to this measure But
what ever they may do, shall strive to
remove all obstacles from the Increase Of
the army. l4 l-d tfi ilgaofi
ask gentlemen who oppose this repeal
J why they desire to make it easy for citizens
TO escape from military duty. Is itagreat
hardship to serve ones country !? Is it a
! disgraceful service Will you BY Your
, action here, say to the soldiers in the
: heid: this is disreputable business, you
have been deceived; you have been caught
III trap, and we will make 90 law to put
anybody else ia it? Do not thus treat
your soldiers 10 The field They are proud
: Of their voluntary service; and if there be
J one wish of the army paramount to all
others, one message more earnest than auy
other which they send back to YOU. |. Is
that you will aid in filing up their battle.
thinned ranks by draft that will compel
luke warm citizens who prate against the
war to go into The field. They ask that
you Will not experd large bounties in pay
Ing men OF third rate patriotism, while they
went with no other bounty than chat love
OF country to which they gave their young
lives free Offering, but that you will com.
pei these eleventh hour men to take their
chances in the field beside them, Let Us
grant their request, and bya steady aud
persistent effort we shall 10 the end, be It
near or remote, be it one year or ten, crown
The nation with victory aud enduring peace.
SALT FOR BED Bees IA correspondent
OF the Olean Adrertissy thus presents TO
the editor remedy for that kind of yei min
so often in the beds taken by travellers on
steamboats, and at hotels. as well as IN pri-
vate houses. IL says; If any OF our fea.
ders need a sure remedy for bed bugs, they
can have mine. and cleanse the hoes, Of
! this troublesome vermin without expense.
They have only to wash with salt and wa.
teri filling the cracks where they frequent
with salt. and you may look in vain for
them. Salt seems ihimical to bed bugs,
and they will not trail through IL. 1
think it preferable to all ointments and the
buyer requires no certificate as to he genu-
ineness. ~ -31csqosf
] "PRisrrRs CAN READ AaYfnisc The
above remark is often made by corfespon.
dents and advertisers as an excuse for half
spelling Words abteylatipg technicstties
and slovenly, uureadable writing generally.
There Is NO doubt printers are better deci
| Dherers of bad manuscrint than anv cfIer