The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-01-25

commencing in Septem dsGcien
cies sf the sub districts amounting t.
9,o06 That draft is about slsssd. L
will more than ell the queta of the State
for the reason that nany of the sub-dis
tricts had surplus; but all sbjected ts
having their credits gives te district.
that were deficient, This excess ever the
State. quota amsanted, en- the first day ol
| Deesmb ber, to 1854 men. The amount
that will be derived from supplementary
drafts now peaSin: cannot be safely ssti-
mated Ii is understood between the
State and Govern ment authorities that
eur iaecsust of credits is definitely ad-
iusted. There are undoubtedly ether
credits, though net to a very large ameunt
which We sheuld have received; but they
could net be presented in such shape as
to procure them TIE amount Of credits
established and reclaimed during the
year is 2e, 199 ia a.t
In view of the possibility Of still fur
ther calls fer troops, it is very essential
that, some action should DO taken in re-
gard to our State enrolment. Fron the
best estimates I can make, the lists upon
which the Government authorities are
astiag are from twenty-five to fsrty thss-
sand In excess Of thss actual aunber of
men subject to call and draft in the State.
The War Department has twice called
upsn the people Of the respective States
to attend to the corrsction of the earsll-
ment lists, aud have circulated and en-
forced these calls by all the means in nay
psver But there isis many cases ne
glect, and in nearly ala a want of csneea-
trated or erganized acdsn in the natteri
and SO the time gees Dy until call
comes, and then the authorities are cen.
sured, and the injustice is again psrpe-
trated
In New York, last year, an enrsllmsst
Of the city was made by the State author
tiles, and, after examination, was accept
ed by the War Department, as mere near
ly apprsxinating oorrsctnessa than its
own Whethor the attempt at cerreeting
the disparity in this State will justify the
expense is left for ysu to deteruins. l!
done by the assessors in March and April,
the expense need net be very great, and
it. will be properly imposed upon the
counties interested in it. l suggest that
this duty be imposed upon the assessors;
the blanks and Instructions to be prspar-
ed and furnished by the Adjutaut Gen
sral.
Public opinion demands that ssme
asassres be adopted to prevent or to
punish the voluntary absenteeism of per-
seas liable to military service from the
State, on ths approach er during the pen
dcncy Of drafte Itis estimated that the
au IN ber of men who fed frsn the State
a. the recent draft approached, aad dur
ing its execution, exceeded twenty thsu-
sand. Those whs we're ret drawn d
course rsturned when the quotas Of thsil
districts were filed; those whs were
drafted remained away, with, few excsp
tions, where substitutes were procured
| A large number left aaring the ten day
allowed BY law betwesn draft and notih
cation. To meet all these deficiencies
supplementary drafts became necessary
and thsa the same process went On until
in some cases, there were not men eHsssi
left in the townships to Fill the quotas
Many men drafted in one section Of tn
State are, no doubt, skulking, or spsnl.
residing in ether pertiens Of it; nan.
have gene into ether States and the Ter
ritories; and net few have fed to Can
ada 'rsu8 e7
i This is serious evil, aHd yet the rens
! DIV nav net be unattended with difhcul
ties. The supplementary draft does nd
release the refugees who occasisned
from military service. As to these, ys
NAV be able to adept ssne measures
arrest and hold them to service, whel
they will aid in reducing subsequent qu'
tas. The equally guilty-vhe d.
serted the State that has protected then
lin the hour when their services were r.
:. quired fer her defense, it is possible ca
: ct be punished fer the past ofspse; b.
it is clearly in ysur pewer to provide pa
= ishmeat fer such transgrsssiens II Il
future. A large portion of them caa n
be effectually reached by fines and Pc
7. alties. Is it net, therefore, Legitimate
! inpsse upon the sffense forfeiture
civil or Political rights2 dc net I'll
= any interaictien; while there is moral
not legal force in the argument that t
. man whs igneminisusly fees from t
= call of his couatry in the heuI sf per
J. - shoula not b. permitted to quietly rstu
i i when the danger is past, or the ssrvl
!; has been imposed upon another, to nj
y gle in shaping the policy Of that esunt
!. and choosing its rulers. 1t is net su
~ cient reply that such man is psiitlca
" opposed to the pslicJ of the war, or
=. nanner Of conducting it. "Frseeen
speech and of the press in criticising,
!. even aensuacing the pslicy Of the g
- eraneat, is enc thing; but the refusal
=. :. obey the call to service Of that seve
a. ment, when legally and constitutisns
enforced, is decidedly another. The
NAV be tolerated and even maintained
he incidental to natsral right; the othe
ate an act not snly of disebsdience to, bu
insurrection against the laws Of the la
65 and he whs commits this sffenss may '
95 be held to have forfeited the protsctiei
92 the government he centenns, and
. privileges senfrnsd by the laws he
'52 ies.
T.. Ysu may be sble to devise rene
II. less .syers aEd mere sffsetssl against
=. evil in tae State. L trNst it may be
~ fer am satisfied eur legal people
sn r.ouire some definite action Of the ls
latiye body on this important subject.