The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-16

The citizens OF the United States may well
be proud Of their new army. More than
forty years of peace, broken only by such |
Interruptions as the Mexican war aad the
expedition to Utah, have not in the least
degree bluntcd their military spirit. II isl
impossible to read the special repott OF the
St cretary OF Wal, to the President, without
being reminded of these ancient Democra-
cles in which the whole adult population
would sally out to repei foreign aggression,
and all the richer citizens contribute freely
to the expenses of the war. Ii Republican
institutions are indeed on their trial, IL IS
not at this point that they will break down.
The Secretary may be forgiven for lapsng
from the narrative into the rhetorical style
in describing the composition of this force
of quarter of million so rapidly raised
and SO efficiently armed. "But few weeks
since the men composing this great army
were pursuing the avocations of peace. -
They gathered from the farm, fromthe work.
shop, from the factory, fom the mine. The
Minister came from the pulpit, the Merchant
from his countlng.room, the Professor and
student from the college, the Teacher and
pupil from the common schools. Young
men of fortune left luxurious homes for the
/ tent and camp. Native and foreign born
alike came forward with u common enthu-
siasm. The government finds itself ZEN.
baUassed with the generous Outpouring OF
volunteers 10 sustain its acton" The first
| call for troops, made on the 18th Of April,
Il though it did not extend to the states which
had then seeded, aud was pre-emp,orily
rejected by several Others, met with so en-
thusiastic a response in the North, that the
quota actually furnished exceeded by several
thousands that defined in the proclamation.
IIn,lar ba ceannd TsnuiSitinn Of tha c,,.tI
Iof May, which was not limited like the for.
mer to the period of three months service
but invited enlistment for three years, OF
during the war, no less than 208 regiment;
have been enrolled, and 1853 are already in
active service. Altogether, the state car
count on force of 2s0,O0O officers and mer
latter the discharge of the first contingent
and there seems no reason to dou bt that thi.
may be increased indefinitely. The Senat,
has already more than responded TO tn,
!, Presidents appeal by authorizing the EN-
ployment Of 500, 900 volunteers and appro
priating $500, 100000 for the war. Man
criticisms will probably occur to militar
men on the deficiency Of cavalry and artil
Ilerymen, the very small proportion of veter
ans among these raw Iecruits, and the inev
- table inexperience of the officers. II will
not be easy to convince professional Soldier
that task which cost Della AlarmoIa year
lof patient zeal, and which Garbaldi fale
to complete in the most eventful of cam
lpaipns, can be accomplished at stroke b
lGen, Scott. All this may be very true, bu
people in arms can never be otherwis
than formidable, and in this case they wi
Opposed to an s"s%s % aG means
an effort must commsud admiration, ant
T,lreaarded as an experiment, 10 well calcu
lated TO inspire confidence in the ejasticit
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