The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Extortion and conscription.

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Extortion and conscription.

That provision of the law of Congress which directs that in certain edges of extortion the greedy rogues shall be put in the army, ought to be strictly enforced. It is outrageous that able bodied men, who ought to be in the army, should be permitted not only to escape the duty they owe their country, but even to speculate upon the necessities of the poor soldiers. These gallant men, who are nobly perilling their lives for the country's defence, are made the prey on, a set of voracious sharks, who rob them of the last dollar of their small pittance and grow fat upon the public privations and distress. Let the law of Congress be carried out, and the extortioners be put in the ranks.

The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 5, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Extortion and conscription.