, 1864-12-15

mankind. II we meet resistance, VIC would |
apply force to overcome 1t. If the usual for
mal demand has not been made by our Gov
eminent, let 1t be presented forthwith, and
let tue consequences OF blood rest upon those
who refuse to do justice.
sURsT1TUTESsa:AN. "a AMENDMENT
During the Inst draft our community, and |
We believe the people throughout the coun-
Try, felt the Inconvenience Of an unwise pro-
vision in the present draft law which prevents !
the furnishing Of substitutes who are not |
cxcmpts. Tho Objectionable feature is found |
in Sec. uf the Act Of Feb. p, 1864, which |
rrads as follows:
SEC. 4. Ind X Il further enacted, That any per-
enrolled under the provisions OF the act for
1oline aud calling out the national forces and for
oElvr purposes. approved March third, eighteen |
hundred and xty-,hree, or who may be hereafter
70 enrolled, may furnish ut any time previous to |
the draft- en- acceptable substitute who IL mot
lia1t 10 d,QG, nor at the time In the military or
na,a q s units nnd Is saeh PIT
flom draft during the time for which such subst.
tutc shall not BE- Liable to draft not exceeding the
time for which such substitute shall have been ac-
c.ptd.
The Government has no interest in limiting
TO cxcmpts The privilege Of going ~ substi-
tulcs. AL the Government wants is its quo
ia, and every substitute, whether an exempt
or not, helps TO fill it, .......
whether they arc cxempts or not, the lsrger
tie number they have to draw from compared
with tic number they need to draw. 70 L.
1ustrate: Suppose given district has 5000
men enrolled, md its quota is 1000. III, 900
1ilcn procure substitutes, 1t is true Its number
enrolled and liable is reduced by 1000, but its
quota is filled. Il, on the other hand, 500 en-
list as substitutes, 1,000 are exempted, lcay-
ing 1000 enrolled and liable. Before their
enlistment, the chance OF each man in the
5000 10 he drafted was In S. After their
enlistment, The chance Of each MN in the re-
Mlinlng 600 to be drafted is only In s.
Every district would be Interested in procnr-
ing The substitutes and filling the quota.
On the other hand, under the present eys-
lem, if Loo men IRE to be raised BY drntt, at
least g, Geo men must be drawA in the first in-
stance, with q liaLili1y to he compelled 10
draw again and again, each time reducing
still further tle number enrolled, but
always reducing it by at least twice the num-
Der obtaincd. Perhaps apcrson 80 furnishing
u substitute not exempt should cease to be ex-
cmpt when The balance or the enrolled men
in lis precinct had MI been dfafted; but such
a contingency could hardly occur. As It il,
there are many districts which contain few OF
no cxcmpts, and we need this amendment in
order to enable them to make any effort to
I'LL their quota with substitutes.
WHAT SHALL. ILLINOIS DO WITH
1fK51k COLLEGE FUND.-
The Secretary Of the Interior informs us by
his report that nineteen States have accepted
The provisions Of the act donating lands !" for
the btncflt Of agriculture and the mechanic
arts," and have received land and land scrip
amounting 10 4,5o0, 900 acres.
The first suggestion TINT will naturally oc-
cur 10 tue Legislature and people Of Illinois,
relative 10 the disposition Of their own Col
lege Fund, is, that they stand In competition
with eighteen other Suites, and that it is pos
s;bIe for them to make the Illinois college Or
colleges the best or the u1eancst Of the entire
nineteen. We will punt out e few Of the
modes which ranifestly tend to the more de-
ei,atlc OF these two results.
Make tlle college an insfuufion Of The
Crai Het, and not merely Of the State Of
Illinois. There is nothing impractlcable In
tl,ie. Illinois is the central State Of the West
the -Chicago-the center Of Western
tlaycl und trade, from which, like arteries
#. III The heart, divcrgcs the entire railroad
system Of the West. Except Ohio, which is
less centrally situated, Illinois will hare the
lnrgcst appropriation. Dy profitable dis
1,.ay Of municipal libcrality on the part Of the
city In which this college shall be located, In
giving the largest and most desirable grounds
for its ste, and by sufficiently liberal ex-
Jrrditurc Oh the part Of the State, in erect
ing college buildings which shall be attractive
to The YOUTH Of all the Western Statcs and
an honor to the State Of Illinois, and By To-
eating the college ccntrally IS to the Great
Neet ratlcr than centrally as 10 our own
Stale merely, the foundations will have
been laid for such IN institution Then If
tl,;: forty thousand dollars pst annum
= nich may be secured as standing income
from tic sale Of The agricultural lands, shall
be employed to obtain the services Of the
highest gradc Of scientific and practical men
in tue country-mcn OF tho abilities and repu-
tation Of Silliman, Agassiz, Hitchcock, and
Doremus-which can only be done By paying
mch men higher salaries than they now re-
eiyc-tlle institution will by the force and
,owrr Of its faculty be Immediately lifted up
i1to the rank of the most desirable institu-
lion in all respects in the West By being
rendered fir more desirable than the similar
ins'itutions in other States, 1t will immedi-
atcly a',sorb enough Of their patronage In
addition 10 its own, to pay the expense Of Its
prc.cmincncc. Among rival and competing
institutions tie baa al,odys pays. The college
which gives the most for given sum Of
money will be the best paying college. The
same law controls colleges as governs Ill other
kinds Of business. That which concentrates
thr most capital can offer the most desirable
article, obtain the largest custom, and resp
the best profits. On the contrary, by locat-
ing the college in or near some obscure
country village In the interior Of the State,
in IN out-ofthetwny nook, fur from the great
central thoroughiares Of trade md commerce,
where pilgrimage is MS necessary to enable
a business man to visit It, as it would be to
see The mammoth cave Of Kentucky, or the
natural bridge Of Virginia-whese NJ salary
would induce the leading scientific minds OF
the age to take mp their residence,
,,} crc the students would be without
onv other advantages Of libraries or
.sutfety than those found within the walls
Of the ipstitution-and the college would
ay,Ddlc into q mere burrowing hole for 3
few third rate professors mere tool for
r,1ne CLIQUE, club, organization OF society
aud m expensive and short f1ved toy Of few
enthusiastic but soon-to-be-disappoin
li.r1ncrs, who wonld find their sons attending
The old fashioned routihc, thumbing the old
fashioned text books, and coming out Of col
1cse in the old fashioned style. either spoiled
for farming or mechanical pursuits, or disgust