The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-09-15
The Trouble about ef,e COnScrfp-
ton s-:sys.

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From Dawson's Times.
\ gentleman of this city convcrsant
with the facts in this case, gives us the
true version of the affair.
The bill, as passed by Congress and en-
crossed reads, That in case the quotas, &c
shall not '.bc flied within the space of
srey days. the President shall immediate
" order draft" &c When this en-
crossed biz went into the hands of the
enrolling clerk, in copying it he made it
read fifty days" This copy was present
ed to the clerk Of the House. and signed
By him then to the Pre- ident Of the
Senate, signed by him, and taken to the
President, and by him signed. The
engrosscd bill, which is the one passed by
Congress, did not 20 into the Presidents
hands, was not aigned, and is not law.
Neither is the bill which lie siSnei, law,
for that never passed the Congress. SO
the matter stands, and 70 draft can be
ma lA = for there is no law, except the old
ana ~ wll.r'h to draft, and no call has
been made under ,..,
The Toledo Blade, of the IN INST.
publishes the following in its Geographic
columns, and mentions the subject edito-
rally. 1t purports to be 4 conversation
between Mr. Lincoln ard Is leading repub
lican:
'In regard to the draft, he THE Presi-
dent state. that in tlc first nine DAYS
after the call was made, the average mum
Der of recruits received throughout the
country was about 200 per day; in the
ensuing nine days the number increased
to 800: the whole number durin. the 80
days Is 30, 900, and the number is steadily
increasing. I'VE must" he said, do
what we can to encourage this We shall
probably let the draft daily along, enforc-
ing it in a few localities where they donot
show sufficient energy in recruiting, but
doing all We can to encourage those locali- |
ties that recruits with celerity'
As there is no new Law for draft. and |
no order under the old one, the President
can not draft even in the STEW localities !
where they do not show sufficient energy |
in recruiting" If he shall attempt to do
So it will be without the authority of law,
and the people will be legally justified in
not responding to any notice that may be
served upon any OF them, that they have
been eonscripted.
This is an important item to the people
and they WILL no doubt, receive the fact as
a Providential interference in their behalf
to save them from an unjust conscription
and to save the country from evils that
would certainly have followed the attempt
IN the part % the authorities to enforce
he order of the President
As suggested by our informant, the
question naturally arises, VIII the people
1t the coming election vote to continue the
men IN power from whose hands the AL
mighty has, in this instance, saved them 4?
We think they will noi-thcy can not
he God of nations is on the side of the
people OF this country. Will they not take
he hand that has been proffered to save
hem IN this, the sorest hour of their trial?
heir duty to themselves, to postcrity, and
the country, and to the pcrpctuation of
constitutional liberty, imreratively dc
hands that they shall
We give it now, from these and facts
nown to ourself, that the draft will not
axe place-and we conjurc our people to c
defcrt themselves. 1t may be that we
re mistaken. If we shall be, the advice
) still good, for there is no benefit in tbe
nxlety which such an impending curse y
reates.