The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-09

govsroment second tho Communication shall be ssod By
law al three hundred dollars thlrd every frafed an
his income be ovor three hundred dollars ACCORDING 20
tAe following ratesOn all lacomes over SIX hssired
over two thousand aaa not ovsr ave tsousAnd doi
is.s. twenty poe ce0tum. ovor 6vc thousand dollars.
no proposed to require Zoo large sum No ssEod the
Senators any sum could be TOO large 10 man OF
msa worth Sys ssosssaa sosss WHAT sHs
Mr. o..sx 0op:le q n. g.. s6oaset the gentleman had
wrong theory Tho government asked for men. The
idea Was thai the government should obtain the
substitute TAs Senator puts the whole matter Ia the
monoS and poor mans booi." He had novor failed TO
at II you strike out the three hundred dollars commu
ta0n Clause al What price substitute 10 BE- obtained
Do ~ ,ne pUS, ason would 30 taking Tue
Clark continued II you repeal this draft people will say
you ca not believe Just when you passed The draft
mis- whether Is not better 70 rouso TO repeal tho
mutations /! am not certain but that tho twelve
Il might have boon We would have obtained
more men. Tho service should fall on all. We
fail whore. IL not get men, we get moooy We
should retain this clause oppose tho proposition Of ths
Mr.. PoARaor (repl Of Kansas approved or somc or
the features or Ar. Summers propositions. But he
%s~ snead uo Is allowed sSs ops sase .AA
cvery man either furnish a substitute pay. This
would indeed pOpul0ri1o tue f..
Mr.. SUMMER modified his proposition allowing drafted
man 70 furnish substitute
Mr. cc.1.sxs. srep.l Of ", Thought tho object Or
price would not DO higher than the furnished
them. The schedule or innrmiiy looked as the
surgeon. endeavoriug to shownhis learning No
would escape. perhaps the who said he had
never been sick except once when NO had the measles
lad prevented the fu success or tho draft Again /,
was given out that the payment OF the money did not
havo the eject o. furnishing substitutes The govern
m Qn rnd a ThAf alh.
stitue was for the who paid Tho OBJECT OF this mis-
understanding Of the intention OF the communication clause
that tho price OF substitutes raised defeating
OF the objects OF the bill The mode OF administering
law had a tendency also 10 defeat the DRAFT. They OBJ
dollars 10 money. Why not make another aud another
draft, tho whole i've. before calling the draft fail
ure, think tho experiment OF the first draft fully vindi
the wisdom OF lis Mr.. Collamer opposed
the proposition to repeal tho three hundred dollar clause
al some length.
Mr. LAsa-Under tho provisions OF that bill thirty Eve
thousand mcu paid thor money and were exempt Tue
report Of the provost shows that have but abou Owe
hundred Thousand men Il you continue these eKemp.
lions. how long will you have TO draw romS n the
is 10 be prolonged toll you you will havc to repeal
the exemption have army at all We tried the draft
and exempted thirty 6vc thousand mon. AS long you
retain the three hundred dollar clause you will ess
aud less basis from. aud you will have make
general conscrption without substitution, OF every
able bodied msu II discouraged volunteering also,
tho draft be would not younsosr Tho raft had no ears
for him. think tho clause has resulted evil, aud
nothing but evil Ny State wall ali her quota without
II we do make draft, lot II not he a.mockery.
Mr.. WILSON, though instructed by his committee 10 re-
port the amendment repeating the communication clause
proceeded to speak In Of its retainent He be-
llsved the Secretary Of War for striking out We
have enrolled large numbers OF men who win not be
drafted. We shall not need all OF these and large
portion OF the States will furnsh volunteers thiak
have the army hundred thousand me1-foar hun
dred thousand effective soldiers I do not think tho
robes have two hundred And twenty Thousand
have good for this belief. think this rebellion
will DO crushed out by October. do not believe
army Will he depleted or more than teen thousand veto
before July. We raised eighty six thousand mon
under the or the draft aud the Of commu
tasion and believe the b0unties extended to Feb
ruary shalt put into the 0eid more than half the
amount called for by the government desire the CON-
mutation clause TO be retsned aud the term OF service to
be shortened 70 eigiseea mouths, aud shalt move to
amend the bill
Mr. CowAx. (rep) or Pa, believed that the logth OF
time had INFERRED with the draft But that was with the
Executive Thete was nothing IN tho bill concerning
time He thought the repeal or the three hundred dollar
clause would be inudicious. He thoughk Mr.. Summers
bill surcharged with tithos no thought men could
be obtained under the old draft without difficulty
was conducted fairly.
- RxgcUry1 sEsaf0N.
After short executive session the Senate adjourned
until Monday.