Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-09-27
Governor Seymour Va quite ready to
90 as far as he dared ir response TO this
ipl-s.a n his letter Of August 8, 1868.
r Nj. tincolu, he says: Oh - ;.

, | b" % AsA - NC osi ou iH tc'Ponso " shih
lpl.e.!. n his letter Of August 9, 1868.
, sso r Nj. Lincoln, he says:
'"t is believed by At least ons-half of the
} people Of the loyal States that the Con.crip-
ton Act, which they arc called upou to obey
because it is on the Statute Book, is in itseli
= violation of the ssft~tse censsit-tie MI la~.
There 10 . fear ami s4spicicn that sEiis hey
are threatened With the ss~e-est FeAalties oI
the law they are to ss deprived - ~ rrct.-.
tios...... tr.-s = s
Mr.. William b. Reed; Of course, wa.
not eeAind hand in the endeavor to fen.
der the la@ edioas In his Meadville
speech, September II, 1868, he remarked
."Now what shall I say as ,hs other Feder-
al eentralizinz device, BY which uniforms are
forced on the backs Of those VIE ae not <i.h
lo 1ff:, aNS . heavy tax is laid, nc. accord :
ing to any principle Of law or Constitution,
but BY lot. This, it will be admitted, is .
very imperial sort Of decree, by which Mr..
Lincoln declares every able bodied citizen Of
Pennsylvania, from eighteen to for,y-hve, 3
soldier ip tfs ariaS,-to be hsndcuffed, II
need be,-to be put in any regiment he choos-
ses, ara - Re relieved from service only by
fsriag trIc Aietfeasury = ts% Il 'Ares hun
dred dollars
No time was lost in getting decision
adverse to the Act, and on November 10,
the Democratic Judge: OF The Sapreme
Court Of Pennsylvania, Lowrie, Wood
ward. ard Thompsor, pronounced it IN
constitutional. The use made Of this
judgment was promptly shown by the
Philadelphia Age of November IL,
which ,aid of the Enrolment Act: at
ceases to be . Law, and 1t becomes .he
duty of every coed citizen TO resist iss Gu
forcemcn." Al :hat tine, the draft was
iadies.va fer Isnuary 5, 1864, and lest
the people under its pressure should en-
deavor 10 avert i: by volunteering, the
.Age proceeded to argue that no danger Of
Of col li.sion with the authorities was
however, to be feared, for
Were there No better ressss, it Sssi4 be
sufficient for the Washington su,hor:,ies TO
know that those who should attempt to arrest
men in this state, by virtue Of the Con.crip-
tion Act, would be mere tresspas.ers, and TO
result ne. vouid be every ones right and duty
II is not possible that such collisions will be
provoked, and We conclude. therefore. that for
the present tie people Of PennsyirdniG are re
tiered from the ssrrors of the eon'cripton.
And Congress Hae scarcely organised
before Mr. fh!.ie johnson, Democratic
representative from renssyivania, INTRO
duced resolution requiring the Pre.i-
dent either to aquiesce in the decision Of
the State tribunal or to submit the ques-
tion to the U. s. Supreme Court, then
under Chief Tustice fancy. For this
obstructive measure the Democratic men,
bers, with the exception Of four, voted in
solid body. What is known rs the
Columbia County Conspirsey, an armed
and organized resistance to the law, was
the natural ce.nlt Of these teachings
The privilege Of Communication had been
the chief point Of attack by the Demo-
crat., but its remeyal only intensified
their bitterness. At the Chicago Conven-
ton tn. draft Was the sutject Of the most
indsmms.ory appeal. to the people
Thus, the Hon. James VI. Reed, of In
diAnna, said: ez - a-. -
He advised open and sn.e.-board sesi.-
tance to the draft If Lincoln and his .atrsps |
attempted to enforce it. blord would flow in |
our streets, and il ~oald he right it should |
Gov. Lineein vac Airraiy damned TO all |
eternity, spa he did not know il even this in
iquitious messYrs would materially affect the
estimation in which the people feld him..
liz advised his bearers 10 shoot down those
wh9 weuld enforce the drAft; to resist tc the
bitter end tho attempt TO make the military
power superior. to the civil. and TO openly
arm themselves that they might be prepared
for horrible contingencies.
Mr. Psine Of Missouri, asked his hear !
cts -r !
'Did The rsrp.erHss' drsk No: by
eight Then rbe- must upset the
presep. gevetnnent At Washington. This
dynast- Bad slrsady placed In the field 2, zoo
|
4 ,gro, and now it demanded 900, 900 more
II these arc given there will be no hnality,
but only . prelude to fresh calls. all to ele-
vate the fat-nOsed, woody headed, long g-heel-
ed. cursed Of God. and damned Of man, de-
cendants Of Africa.'
The Hon. II. S Orton, of Wisconsin,
however, admitted that I've liked the draft
CT asccau: Of the political advantage it
gave the Democracy. n
"Vnder the pfess"re of the draft-afd God
bless the DIR Att is tie best argument that
ha. ever been Addressed to the American rer-
pie. Improves that we have touched botfom
We have got Q realising sense that we have
got nearly to the last ditch, the last man anil
he last icllar."-
Tx. Rev. c. Chasncey Burr gloated
over the rss;e.ar-e that had already been
made, and threatened stsolution.
I'm New Jersey they had shifted the ~