Based on reports in two Northern papers, it appears that the army will be increasingly forced to rely on substitutes and African Americans to maintain troop strength. Discusses Lincoln's new system to raise 300,000 men by providing a combination of conscription and cash bonuses. The author sees this tactic as further proof of the failure of the North to subjugate the South. A recent proclamation by President Lincoln establishes the criteria by which individuals and states can re-enter the Union. Provides an update on legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress regarding the military enlistment of African Americans and the use of substitutes in the army.
Highlights reports in Northern newspapers that suggest the war is unpopular in the North.
Remarkable Confession Of A Republican Journal. Excerpts Northern editorial expressing alarm that the Republican party might go so far as to permit miscegenation. The United States House of Representatives and Senate recently revisited the issue of opening the slave trade, according to this article, which relates the positions of senators from a variety of states. The editor comments on Lincoln's latest call for a half million more soldiers to enlist in Northern armies within fifty days or else face the draft. The editor states that such tactics no longer scare the South, in light of the fact that the North initially supposed that a few of its soldiers would subjugate the South in a matter of days.