Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-23

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 how the quota of . State pl District is to Dc ss.
 cssts{aea Tn ascertaihihg what number i : due from state Dissrict the President must 7 puTsus the, mode prescribed in the 18th section
 Y the osifi1alI IXcs aaast take into consid. antidR the period, ,of ase. vice and yes u s.der x the e1fAtruction limited upon, when he come f4ol lsqdaalse the draft aS authorized to do by
 the asaended Act in the DistrIcts, he must Do pspntyg)isd by simple numbers. It cannot pc that nohgres intended ons mode of count for
 the 6tatss and Districts. and ' different and ssthoIly iucopsistent one for thS Sub-d;yisions ! osRis5ficts. Inextficabls confusion would Fe-
 Tisn ths language used in various parts Q: anssndstory Act, t is evident that Cengress spfsscribed jn the original act. For instance, - tu the 9th section of the amendatory act, It Is issassd shat tue town, ward or township shall De
 oaspgrsp IT Rls 1EnvIcEs, and in the 7th sec
 tion, v. tho period for which he shall have De :n
 snlistsd." and q the spsriod for which he snast
 hsys been drafted, = sll going to show that time
 efssrvics was held to bs an element sirs ID '0e
 Ayr dol thlnk that the srguzent in favor ,ef the repeal is aided U the the lst
 section of the Act, entitled = An Act further to < sysGnlste aud provide for the calling oxt the nSeionsl forcss." approved 4th July, 1884 The
 ct says that ssany such volunteer. or In case efasaft asshsrsinaft Eprosidsd, any substituts 2 al1all be credited to the town. {. &c. Congress % xtSant that the credit should be given accord : iAg t0 the mode of count prescribed in the act Q eal3d llarch. 1888 8aIa ai!a9g a E saIasls
 ,.5 hs whole purpose Of the d section of the < ed36ndakofy aet Was to enable the President to
 SQ8AliiS the draft In the several districts, sure ' 1S H1t to have one mode Of count h ascertain slaE tkp quotas of the several States and dis; ;SstSss tnd hnosbsr mode for equalizing the dis.
 thst Congfses would thus incidentally strike iron so important statute feature so promi, nsnts s6hd ,sqnitsble. a
 1a thsisfsrs. ofths opinion that the mode ef a<esttaining and assigning to States and dis fI5ct6 63heiE respective quotas, e prescribed in tho l2th ssetiOn of the act of the 3d July. 1888 r 6nct rspSalsd, and that the same mode be aiviifons of each Distfict.
 \. Neat eerfss ths question, what Is the node act of sd MarcG. ..tB6Sf BETTE v fessG v" It is very plain that Congress regarded that q confederation pf the period of service sEsuld shADgA the rule fromsa nsrsly numerical one. Selpe credit was to bs given for the period of 'ASsd various psrfQds of service. and states and diseriets, and fastions of distiicts had furnish 6a }len for thoss periods of service. Now how iG46S credit to be gtvsn '.t s,i'.,'f, .stfs,+@
 F E4forspsoseeding tg, answer the question, it nay bepkop5r to state that 1t is insisted that 3He Sfdss peiod of time.s and ''tims of ser::' Eiesxas used in the 12th section of the acto xaScK 2, 1883, mean something different frofi tefsp of sefyics. It assms to me that the phrse as1 Msan one and the saue thing. When thsl S0fd Seaae is Nssa in Eefersrce tv me- 1t is ace ectdlh8 to the photographers. very nearly thS knaaym of PERioD. The difference betwixp thS9 any, is too uncertain and shadowy to 1pm1 11hing different than is understood by ths @HSS Bus the words YERiop and TERM, botlf oectE In after parts of the act now under con- MdS Stlon., In the 18th section of tho act of ! Ie&$, the terin of service is spoken of and the | @h of re- enlistment, whilst in the 7th section | ,& the amended act, it li the period for which | ks shAll have enlisted and the period tor which VSrcsived that upon the. very face of thess acts tepgrsss used ,thess words as meaning the same thing. lt happens, too in the act that neither M1rd msy bs used and yet the same idea inten-.l r@ q, as "a the 9th section of the amended act, hsre shs language is i"shall bs credited by his . ,sHsgarding then {. period of ssrvioe," and any :sGGpment pgedicated upon difference mus, < ks disrSfNxded. And thus we are brought back Aa tho Quession how is the credit to be given?
 Hust the credit be for the time of actual service Ar the period of enlistment9
 thtnk that .CopRysss intended by the words
 spsgidd ef seryics" to give credit for the ,tims s91 hIs snIjetment. When . man enlists in the Sesyies of ths Government for enc, two or three
 ysass his services are due to the Government loy that peyied, and during that period his sy- < Vess lsS Withdrawn rum the indnstIial pur- < s&Aytsds life, he act speaks as though there
 Va certain and fixed period for the servicss s If secA man, and yet, t any period or timc ,is NteD other thsn the tssrm of enlistment by t3tspe systsm of averages or gnsssss. rule must f3 Hsed. 1'o do 10 Wvuld violate the certainty
 SAntemplsted by the act. sgsiss,:+5F .,., K Lem thsrsfore Of the oplnioE that the Presi- < sg Int must, under the act, give credit by the ssels psfiod os stsria t0r which tho man en-
 Ssshsr thlsis shs sl rule, ls which M shoald have sSeSH Adeptsd by Copgrsss, whether It does not {. q SlAtS nneqGallys and whether It. isexactly !. iass or not are auestions that cannot now be -1eppddsgsa. s1t n familiar to all That special
 sSses S hArdship wlns occur by the, application
 etany Ssnstsf ruls, nevertheless the law, as
 witt n. GinSt be pussusd aud enforced.
 ssat syary Isipectfllly. your obedisnt servant. .
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