Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23

The draft, it Is reported from Washing.
ton, will be promptly enforced at the ex.
piration Of the fifty days prescribed by the
law Of Congress, succeeding the cali fol
100000 men. We understand that the
Provost Marshals in every district in Ohio
as directed by the Provost Maschal Gen.
eral, have perfected their arrangements, so
that there will be no delay by reason Of
unreadiness on their part. It is almost a
certainty therefore, that the draft will
take place on the 9TH of September, and be
completed with all reasonable Dispatch
The effects Of the people TO relieve THAR
respective wards and precincts, have in a
few instances, been entirely successful, and
in almost all cases the quota has been re-
duced from one-fourth TO one-half There
are yet a few days of grace, and active
work, hberality and energy, nav effect
considerable results in that time, These
wards and precincts which can almost asee
their way through" should make an ex-
traordinary effort to clear themsel yes en-
tirely during the comirg fortnight.
Whatever difference OF opinion may be
entertained Of the necessity or wisdom of
the draft, there can be none of its legality
Those who are engaged in labored efforts
to impress the public mind that it is an
Executive act Of arbitrary power, or iIle-
gal, or unconstitutional are miscbicfna-
kers, and the fruit Of their teaching will
be eyil, and only evil to those who are in
duced, by what they write and say, to r.
sist the enforcement Of the draft The
law of Congress is not q violation of the
constitution, the eighth section of which
provides expressly that Congress shall
have, among other prerogatives, the mower
to raise and support armies TO provide for
calling forth the militia to execute the
laws Of the Union, &c, and this AUTHORITY
is not exceeded in any provision of the
law under which the call for five hundred
thousand men is made. The instigators of
resistance to the.draf place themselves in
an attitude Of hostility to the
constitution, and are not only its
enemies, but the enemies of
their country, and should be treated
as such. If they stand in the wav of the
execution of the laws, however burtban-
some they may bein their operation. they
will be put down by force, if no other rem
edy will answer. This should be under
stood once for all. Politicians should he |
careful.show they mislead the people in this |
matter. The best way, the easiest way.
the wisest way, is for every man not TO |
discourage volunteering, but to work ener- |
getically and faithfully to carry TO a sue I
eessful issue such measures as NAV
be devised to clear the State
from draft-at least the dis
'rict in which each one has personal in
,erest. 1t will do meanwhile to talk about
peace, and whether it is better to make il
It the expense of a divided Union, or not,
md suehother matters as have polit cal
'earing on the future of the war and the
ountry. It's certain that no change of
nen and measures can occur before the
lme ordered for the draft has passed. and
e is no good citizen who will not sustain
rs law, and assist in its execution, so lone
5 it remains law, and its enforcement is
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