Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-06-13

sure from the observation of the gentleman
from Ohio, Mr.. Garfeld) madethis n. orning
that he supposed that because The Represen-
tatives of Massachusetts had. refused TO sup
port the repeal of the Communication clause. rs
recommended by the Military Committee.
they were prepared 70 endorse the observa.
ton which that gentleman made on the pre-
vious day when the subject was under dis
custom, an observation which { thought
unfortunate, an observation which l thought
calculated to give strength, courage and con-
hdence to It's enemies, an observation which,
II my memory served me, to the very last
word ana the very last letter used, l would
not repeat here or elsewhere even in the
way of quotation" :.
/" Mr.. GARFIELD-Do IN. Gentleman G "a.
marks apply to me?'
Nj BOUFWELL-To no other man on
this floor"
The 10th section of the consctiption law
which Gen. Garfield advocated shows the
same spirit. l quote the section in full.
"See. IA. And be II further enacted, That
hereafter all persons mustered into the mill
tary or naval service, whether as volunteers,
substitutes, representatives, or otherwise, shall
be credltedto the state, and to the ward, town.
snip, precinct or other enrolment sub dis
trict, where such persons belong by actual res
ldence IF such person have an actual res
idence within the United States,) and where
such persons were or shall be enrolled fif liza
bic to enrollment,) and it. is hereby made
the duty of the Provost Marshal General to
make such rules and give such institutions to
the several Provost Marshals. boards of en-
rollment, and mastering officers, as shall be
necessary for the faithful enforcement of the
provisions of this section. to the end that fair
and just credit shall be given to every sec
ton OF the country; Provided, that in any
cali for troops hereafter, no county, district,
town, township, ward, precinct or election
district, shall have credit except for men &C.
tually furnished on said call, or the preceding
all, by said county, o wn, township, ward,
precinct, or election district, and mustered
INTO the military service, on the quota there.
Of"
The people of Youngstown will remember
their Indignation at this unwiss section, and
now much trouble and embarrassmentit caus.
ed them, and this was the case all over the
district IN the spring of 1865 when recruits
were being raised under it. The editor of the
Western Reserve Chronicle, in his paper Of
March I'D, 1865, thoroughly exposed the in.
justice of this law, 1 will quote briefly from
his editorial.
Hereafter each sub-district will be reouir.
ed to furnish its quota from among its actual
residents. If the number required can be
spared and procured after the frequent
drains, already made upon the able bodied
men OF the agricultural districts, from each
sub-d1strict, without exterior aid, it win lndi
cate q depth of resources far surprising COM
mon belief. We do not believe that had q
law similar to this existed during the first
months of the present draft, one-tenth Of the
recruits procured under the stimulus of the
liberal provisions of the old law would not
a been obtained. As the matter now
stands, recruiting has almost ceased, the off
ces of Provost Marshals, from being overrun
with recruits, are nearly deserted and new
recruits, the past week have been few and far
between. In fact the members of Congress
who supported the new law, nave thrown an
almost insuperable practical obstruction in
the WY of enlistments, and they are morally,
if not technically, guilty of doing infinitely
more mischief in that direction than have
been accomplished by the combined overt
opposition of all the copperheads north OF
Dixie. In those sub-district, whose quotas
we're but partially filed PRIOR to the passage
of the new law, recruiting has been entirely
stopped, and the people discouraged becaEse
that such an illiberal, harsh and crushing
measure has been sprung upon them at so
critical period in their efforts to furnish
their qnotas."
Mr.. Stevens, of Pa, in a clear argument
showed the unjust workings of this section,
upon which the editor of'the Chronicle, in
the article referred TO-, remarked, 'Mr. Ste
yens is correct in saying that the man who
forsakes homefor the perils of the field, should
be allowed, and is entitled, to get all he Justly
oo- Tha o1IG.- - A. I'LL, E--4lo,,
marked:
t'The old law worked well, and the people
were ~reconciled to it. The new law starts off
badly, and there viii be a clamor for its re-
Po~l, that will probably thur %lIo oY0iniIni-
ty of its over ardent admirers"
The editor of the Chronicle was rIght-for
if it had been necessary to have raised moro
men, there would have been such a clamor
the repeal of this obnoxious section that
form General Garfield would have needed.
e~veoungstown, June 4, 1865.