Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-08-10
NEW SERIES-VOL. V.-NO. l.

siaha' 10 recruit vounte ers under any call under
ine provision of this act who shall be ere iitcd to
.ne otate, ana to the respective subdivisions
thereof, which may procure their enlistment.
The sixth session provides, that in
gratis one hundred per cenhtm of names
more than the quota shall be drawn.
The eighth section reads as follows;
"sEo. s. That all persons in the naval service
oil the Uhited states who have entered said ser
wee during the present rebellion, who have not
been credited to the quota of any town. district,
"aru, or state by reason of their boing in said
service and not enrolled prior to February tweaty-
iourth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, shall be
enrolled ana credited to the quota of the tow n,
ward, GiStlct, or State in which they respective
~ reside, upon satisfactory proof of their resi-
dence made to the Secretary of War.
Such is the law which abolishes commu-
tation, and provides plan by which GER
taln states may escape the pressure Of a
dralt. They are to be authorized through
'helr agents to obtain negroes in the
southern country 10 fill up their quotas,
the bountieS for this purpose being paid
6y the U. States and in the commercial
States all the sailors and marines who have
entered the service service the outbreak
OF the rebellion, are tc be enumerated and
created to the States Of their residence,
whether citizens or not. The States which
are most enterprising in the race for ne
gro recruits, and have most facilities for
obtaining them, will reap the main aG
Vantages OF this arrangement. But the
public Interests will suffer- and States re-
mote from the seaboaid will be subjected
to an unjust discrimination
The vote in the Senate, July 2 upon
adopting The report Of the Committee of
Conference, which gave this act its final
form, was as follows:
"YEAs-Mcssrs, AnNony, Chandler, CLARK, Com
ness, fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hate, Lane of Kan
sas, Morgan, Morrill,, PomCroy, Ramsey, Sumner,
Van Wrinkle, Wade, Wilkinson, ana WiiSoa-ls.
NAYS - Messrs, Bucka!ew, Carile, Davis,
Doolittle, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Hen
dricks, Howe, Lano Of Indiana, McDougall, Pow
ell, Riddle, Salisbury, Sherman, Trulnbull ana
Willey-l7"
1t will be observed that one half the
whole affirmative vote Was from the State S
east of the Hudson.
But, to meet the expenditure for houn-
ties under this law, the Joint resolution
before mentioned, imposing special in-
come tax, was passed. 1t provides that,
upon the first day of October next, a tax
OF fivo per co"'e"' UPON inoomco OF 1868
lin excess of 5000 shall be assessed and
paid. These incomes having been alrea-
dY subjected TO tax, this tax is a second inn
position upon the sane object for the same
time, and swelfs the tax r most cases
from three TO eight per cert. The pres
sure OF this measure upon persons OF fix
ed incomes is severe, and il sets aside the
doctrine that the same article or object
shall be taxed but once by government
for given period, its form and use re-
manning unchanged. Upon this ground,
a tax upon liquors on hand (which had al
ready been taxed was voted down at The
late session after prolonged debate.