The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-29
The DRAFT Communication.

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1t will be seeo by. reference 10 our ass
patchess this nAorDing; that the House OF
Representatives has refused thus far, to re,
neal the three hundred dollar clause OF the
ConscripsonsAct. .Tha apsnd nsnt,passed
nv the Senate was rejectedb by cdnsidera-
BILE majority, and the various substitutes
offered were each received with more or
less disfavor: The matter may be brought
nm again in the form of substitute for the
act passed BY the Senate; but We incline
to the opinion that the communications clause
will no, be omitted, It will be very mn,
popular measure and, rthe Congressional
elections are to be held this fall, very few
of the members who desire re-elee.
ton wifi dars. to sapport, it, Certainly
no one who votes for the repeal
will be returned to Congress the next
session. The Senate being not so directly
responsible the people, is at more liberty
to yield to the corrupting influences Of !, ex (:
ecutive patronage and favor. But, there is
no telling how far the present House will
90 in its Obedience s'ton the behests" 81 tits
master and perhaps the repeal may still be
forced through. 1tmay be that STANTON
will engage to- shield his faithful servants
from popular wra tn and promise that they
shall all be reelected by the use Of means
which he knows we'll how to employ. !,
HENRY WARD B EEcHER, in a recent
speech advises the authorities to sieze the
meu and force them into the army irres
pective of the law and in defiance of it,
more mercfal. proVisions,i. if Congress fails
to repeat the clause affordiEg the privilege
of communication. n How well lBERcHER ii
fitted to make such an infamous proposition
is thus ssatedby the .blsnal, Of Commerce.
heine ,asr' at the present time, under
the amended law, radical clergyman, VIII
carries his politics into his pulpit, Is hsart
calling upon the government to enforce tn,
draft peremptoriiy, it will be ascertained
upon inquiry, that he IS over age, and, there
fore, exempt from military duty, OF, that b.
has assurance that his congregation Evil
buy him 6f. Take the case of Rev. Mr.
Beecher, for example. He couuseled tht
President to override the. law, which ex
pressly provides ,forr Communication, and grail
the men anyhow. If the. speakers Ian
guage does not mean that, it does not NEAR
anything. But it does mean that, a.
every one must see who is familiar will
the radical notionslof arbitrary power, ant
of Presidential higher law, which are con-
tinually broached now days. Now, it viii
be found, by reference to Mr.. Beecher's BIZ
osraphy, that he was born in 1875 ant
therefore exempt by number Of years :;
The President cannot "catch" him, unless
he extends the exemption age from 45 Il
52-which he can do just as lawfully as HI
can take .the men and not the money. =
Mr.. Beecher should have thought of tina
before he advised the President to trampl'
on the law. . '"'.'
ER-since writing the above, "
learn that Mr. Smither's substitute for, thu
Senate amendment has been passed BY The
House. It provides that there, shall be nj
communication The matter will now be're
ferred back to the Senate, With every prob
ability in favor Of its passage. -.