Conscription

Conscription is never necessary to inspire men to defend their homes and families, and it is never used for that purpose.

When all else fails, try it again « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

Conscription is a kind of slavery, volunteer armies are a form of indenture (which is bad enough, but better than slavery).

Wording the Questions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Conscription is a form of slavery to the government and I am against slavery in any form.

Jury Selection: I'm Still Waiting 2006

Conscription is the real issue at stake and it will be the most exciting election we ever had.

Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921

You predicate this decision upon the act of Congress known as the Conscription Act and a subsequent act which provides that "all vacancies shall be filled by the President."

Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, Upon the Right of The Georgia Volunteers, In Confederate Service, To Elect Their Own Officers. 16 p. 1857-1865: Brown 1863

The Act of Congress of 16th April last, usually known as the Conscription Act, in my opinion, does both; and is not only a palpable violation of the Constitution of the Confederacy, but a dangerous assault upon both the rights and the sovereignty of the States.

Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seatof [sic] Government, in 1862 Georgia. General Assembly. Senate 1862

Can an enactment such as Conscription, affecting the legal and moral rights of an entire people, be described as an "alteration" or "regulation" springing from a pre-existing law?

Ulster's Stand For Union Ronald John McNeill 1897

"Conscription," or more informally, a draft, was first used in the U.S. during the Civil War, then again during World War I, but eliminated after each war ended.

unknown title 2009

From Voluntarism to Conscription: Congress and Selective Service, 1940–1945.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

I'm back from Conscription 2009 (great con - post on it later this week), and as promised, here's another excerpt from Branded By Fire.

Branded By Fire Excerpt Nalini Singh 2009