Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-09-23
,sT- Remembers that bv virtue Of proc.

Cay Remember that by virtue OF aproc-
,mation Of the President ol March iG, 10
sued 10 conformity to law OF Congress
dated March 3, s89, all pcrsons daily
enrolled or who weot beyond the limits Of
tho United States - AVOID tbe draft ore
prohibited from exeioisipg the elective
franchise. 1t will be the doiy Of the su
thorites TO enforce ibis penalty 10 sll eases
at the coming election.
CoIumbiG county Republican.
There ore only four iasehoods in the
above
Isl. That Congress eyar passed any
law regulating suffrage in this Stale or
any other. Nobody of any intelligence
ever thought or pretended that Congress
had any such power The qualifications
for suffrage are fixed exclusively by the
State Constitution, and neither the Con.
greso Of the United States, nor the hegis.
ture Of this State can add to or take from
them ip the slightest particular
2nd, The President never issued any
proclamation concerning suffrage in Peun-
sylvania and never thought of doing so.
There was an act Of Congress that non.
reporting drafted men should forfeit their
privileges Of United States citizenship un.
der which a proclamation was issued
which had nothing to do with voting as
citizens of the Stale. DRAFTED citizens in
default could not get passports from the
/ Secretary of State, nor sue in the United
States Courts and might be subjected to
other disabiliti under the United States
laws, but all this has nothing to do with
State suffrage which is beyond any pre-.
tence Of power, authority or jurisdiction
by the Government of the United State
Sd. 1t is mol the duty of election officers
10 rcjcc! the votes Of non.reporting cii.
zsns as above asserted. On the contrary
1t is their sworn duty to keep and enforce
the election laws OF this state in their re
spectve districts. And by express statute
they are subject to indictment and punish
ment for refusing the vote of any qualified
citizen as also to civil action for dam
sgos, and any threat or intimidation OF Q
voter by any person is also indictable and
subject to severe punishment. See the
laws recited in the Shorffs' Election Proc
lamation in another column.
4lh. The act Of Congress above referred
10 was not passed March 3rd, 1863, bu
about two years afterwards.
Bradley's Hoop Skirt Factory
Bradley's Great Duplex Elliptic Spring
Hoop Skirt Factory, is one Of the curiosi
osi,ies Of the age, alone to be found in th'
enterprise of New York City. Recent
on witt to that city, we stopped int
Bradley's factory and we're astonishet
to witness the extent OF his enterpr' &c, snt
the amount of business daily transacted il
the line Of making and selling Hool
okirs Some five hundred hands ar
constantly employed in the business anc
over two thousand skirts are made an,
sold daily.
J We think it the greatcst cstabIishnen q
of the kind in the country, and its pro
prieior, j. W. Bradley, E g., one of tn
best ousipcas-mcu aud most finished gen
tIemen VIC have perhaps ever met with -
Our friends, when in that City, would d,
well to call on Mr.. Bradley, at his Sales
Rooms, No. NJ Chambers Street. Tn,
visit alone, would pay expenses, and whel
once there, they will scarcely come ava,
without securing for Lady-rriend a
home, one OF those inimitablo Elipti
Skirts, Which could not fail to rende
their arrival at home thrice welcome.