The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-05

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Congress succeeded, late on Saturday night. IN
perfeciiog the new Consorption bill. Under thi,
act, drafts may be made for one, two, or three
years. bounties Of slOO, $500, and $500 are to be
awarded for one two and three years service re-
speciively. Commutatiou Is no more; bat every
one drafted may serve in person or by substitute.
and fifty days notice must be given before en-
forcing the draft. Each State Is al liberty to OBJ
tain substitutes In the States in instruction and
have them credited on her quota. We do not SEQ
now the act could have been rendered more leni-
eRt, II the paramount object Of recruiting our
armies IS to be kept in view.
When the first Couscriptou Act was passed.
We heartily approved and susta ned the commu-
tation therein embodied. so long as the Govern
ment could find substitutes for $500. It was wise
and Right 10 accept that sum instead of nersonsi
service, and use II TO OBTAIN a willing insfcad nj
an unwilling soldier. But times have changed
compelling change in the laws The War De
partment, which at first held the 5000 a fnIl
equivalent for personal service now reports
vitality changed state Of facts.
Labor IS scarce and wages high so that money
Is largely PAID IN as commutation, and the ggiO
each will no longer procure recruits 10 the e,,ot
required. The Rebels have called Out their everv
White male who can carry musket; so that onr
Generals now regard them across their very last
N'NNaas DNi tuN Maalc oA kno campaign has been
very great; and we need replenished ranks 10
hnish the work. To obtain them II is essential
tbat call be now made which will bring not
money but men. Hence the new law.
RWhen the first act was passed. the $500 com.
mutation was made the chief ground Of objection
70 IL. The CoppeThead organs fairly howled AT
me idea OF compelling the poor TO serve and
itttlng On those rich enough TO pay $500. The
DlOedy and brutal JEFF. Davis riots In our CITY
last summer were In good part evoked and kept
alive by clamoT against the $500 exemption
But, nom the moment wherein the War Depart
ment decided to ask for n repeal Of the couimu
tation clause, every Copperhead In Congress
has fought against repeal, and Il has now been
carried over the votes Of them all. And the Op
position journals and gTog-shops are now as
clamorous against the repeal as they we're against
the enactment OF this provision.
special war tax was enacted by Congress
during Saturdays sitting Five per cent ON ali
incomes for 1853 is to he paid on the lst of Sen.
TENDER next; and II Is calculated that this item
will put $20,000,000 into the treasury, to be de-
voted 70 paying bounties 10 soldiers about to be
GRATED. An attempt was made 70 include a tax
on liquors in hand but this defeated the bill and
~ had TO be passed without-toO maay members
having friends who are interested In whisky IL
IL hinted that a member from this CITY, who WAS
at first conspicuous champion Of taxing whisky,
has since seen Tor fel) something that has turned
him completely topsy-turvy, 80 that he now
lists this tax as zeaously he ever favored IT,
Queer world this.
Congress has decided that none of the States
which have been formally declared in insurrec-
ton shall vote for President till readmtted into
the Union. The States thus excluded from par
ticiratlng In the approaching Presidential CON
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