The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-07
Governor Curtin and Inc Draft.

General Fry seems to have very iow
friends in amy class of the people. From
almost every quarter, bitter complaints
are heard concerning the impending
draft, and indignant protests against ITS
Injustice, arc pouring in from all quar-
icrs. The latest and most emphatic vi
these. which we have seen, is letter
from Governor CURTIN. Of Pennsylvania,
to President LINCOLN, reviewing the
nroyisions of the CONSUMPTION law, and
complaining of their violation by the Of
fr.rs of the Provost Marshars depart
ment.
The ENROLMENT Act" of March ),
1853, provided that in assigning to each
District the number of men to he tur-
pisled therefrom, the President should
take into consideration the number OF
volunteers and militia already i'll the ser
vice from each District, and The period Of
their seyrice since the commencement oi
+b. Rebellion. and should make the as
sirnments So as to equalze the numbers
among the several Districts. Instead OF
this. however, the Provost Marshal Geh
eral has been giving credits to the lhs-
tricts according to the term Of enlistment
of thr various recruits, thereby doing III
iusiice to both the people and the Toy
eminent, and violating 4 provision of the
law.
Put cyrn that clause of the law under
which the Provost Marshal Processes To
hr actiur is now repealed and has not
been in force since February a, ioo4.-
The amendment passed at that time pro-
idrs that the quota of each ward OF
sub-,lietrict shall he in proportion tn the
number of men resident therein aud Ia-
bic 70 military service, taking Into ac-
count the number of men previously fur
nished thcretrom, ,ritbout reference 10 theo'
Time If scrricc Instead Of paying any at
;ept;on to this. General Fly is still as
signing quotas under his false interpfeta-
ton of the old law, giving credit for
men furnished according to the tenn Of
their enlistment.
Governor CURTIN comments very St
yerely upon this violation of law, and
shows wherein it works injustice, and
causes encouragement among the people.
He concludes his letter rs follows:
Sir. Won NAV not have been heretofore
annrised of the fact that Your snbordl-
nates arc wholly disregarding the Act OF
9th February, 1861. They are proceed,
i'm" in omen and direct violation oft and
are thus creating naturally great conin-
sion and uncertainty among the people.
They announce OH the one hand thai ''i-
thouph n threr-years man cOiluts only as
= on.-vcgr man towards the quota on
which he volunteers, Yet that he shall
he counted as three oue-year's men, TO-
wards the quota OH future call. This
i directly IN the teeth of the law. On
The other hand, they are cypherlng ont
4 deficiency oh the last call, by counting
three ouo-ycar's as only equivalent I"
one three Years man, when Is ei'tailS
against law. ,.,
Thus the quota of Pennsylvania under
the call of 18th July last, was hlied III
accordaprc with the law by men to serve
iornot less than one year. The term oi
sersiee Of these lneu is not Yet haiil eN-
nircd. and vet your subordinates are
threatening "A draft 10 nil an alleged dc
G..;encu. IN that vcry, call; the eXistenc,
OF which they atrenlptto make ont pN
persistinsi i'll their unlawful ana nhsuo
stantial theories and calculations .
Our people know that the Government
requires more men, 4. They are wiling TO
furnish tllell-leayy as the burden !. lia !.
become on, the ildaStrial p9p1iati1piil
Let the requirement. be made III the cleas