Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-21
THE coUNTRY's CALL.
A Glowing Appeal.
From the n. Y. World.l

From the n. Y. World.l
"More menl More men !" is the cry
from those who have in hand the putting
down of this rebellion. Shall they have
them? Here lies the only possible doubt
about the issue of the struggle. 1t is set
tied that foreign nations will not interfere
to our disadvantage. 1t is settled that
there is to bc no divided North, and that
the government can rely upon the support
of the solid masses of all parties. 1t is
settled that the government still keeps its
credit, and can command money to any
necessary extent. 1t only remains to be
settled whether soldiers can be pIocared
in the numbers required. The rebellion
must yield to superior force. We have the
superior pOpulatiOn-thrcc to one; but will
that population supply us the superior
force?
The question rests chiefly with the
Young men. young men for war" is the
accepted maxim in all nations. Thcil ply
sic.l vigor and endurance, their spirit and
dash, particularly lit them for the field
The loyal States are very powerful in this
class of population: They must contain
at least two millions and 81 half of men
! between the ages of seventeen and thirty
| five. y fifth part of this nunbcr, armed,
drilled, and disciplined, might sweep of
this rebellion in six months. There never
was more urgent or more sacred call
Every young man, who has IL spark of
manhood i'll his breast, ought to give heed
to it. The country in its danger has u
right to the service of its stoutc=t arms,
and he who can render such service and
yet withhOlds it, is dishUnOrel.
Never has there been in the history of
the country, aud never probably will there
] - f,Nr
young men who desire noble carecr.-
War is the most stirring of all human do
ings-thc sphere of action which calls out
the grandest energies of our nature. In
it, real superiority tells the quickest aud
the surest In civil life, mere circumstance
has u great deal to do i'll shaping n young
mans destiny. If in trade, no diligence
and no prudence can secure him from the
constant vicissitudes of the commercial
world. If in IL profession, his speedy ad-
vNncememt depends greatly upon fortunate
connections and other influences quite in
dependent of his real merits. Agriculture
aud the mechanic arts, however respectable
in themselves, can hardly satisfy him
who nspircs to distinction. Politics, in
these days Of political degenerary, present
| little inducumGGt to the young man who
| relies upun his manhood; the chances are
ten to one that the chicane woald thwart
him. But war, in its stern necessities,
brings the young man quickly to the fair
est of tests; aud when it is once proved
that lie has :he true steel i'll him, there is
no rank that he may not hope to reach. 1t
is matter of comparatively small cUnse-
quCnCc where he begins. No young pri-
vate, however frieudless and unknown,
can exhibit superior intelligence and
superior gnlantry in the field. without at
tracing the notice of his SupeIiurS. Pro-
motion is sure to come to him, because il
is of vital interest to the army that it
should bc Uiicercd as efficiently aus pOSSi-
bic lie will not have to wait long, mas
much as vacancies are constantly occurring
both from the casualties and from the
forced designations ot those whose unfit
ucss has been proved. From the day he
puts his foot in the ranks, the road to hon
or opens before him, broad and and high ;
it is for him alone to fix his mark.
Many of NapoleOLs marshnlls began
their career as privales. 1t is the policy
of our government to encourage the same
sort of sort of promotion. Our War De
pnrtmcut has already given the pledge of
it by leaving a considerable mumhcr oil
lieutenaucies vacant for the express purs
pose of supplying them with young men
who shall prove their title to them by no.
BILE action in the rank and file. The places
thus won will be IL testimonial Of sterling
Icu.iiiies that will in itself he continual
recommendation for yet further advance
meut. We hear of young men who fail to
20 into the service of their country simply
because they failed to get the commissions
they applied for. The military spirit
saying nothing of the patriotic-that can
thus be dashed must be of very poor
sort. The vcrYSSfact that these young men
are thus influenced TO stay Mt home, is
pretty good proof that they deserved to be
disappointed. The man of real soldierly
qualities would be kept back for no such
reason. Every soldier fibre in him would
be stimulated to make good his claim to
what he asked. and carve his way to n
commission with his own sword. So long
as the ranks are open to him lie need rely
on no favOrs.
Not only military distinctions are to be
won in the service to which the country
now calls, but the best chances for future
civil preferment. There is no country in
the world in which military gallautry is
more honOred than in this; and he who
has once proved himself true and faithful
to the flag of the Republic in the storm of
battle has passport to the popular conf
dence that nothing else can give. 1t is
certain that for the present generation the
great majority of our Offices of trust, from
the Presidency down, will be filled by men
VINO shall now peril their lives for the stars
and stripes. The people will devolve their
trusts upon the tried soldiers, both be-
cause they will desire to honor them, and
because they are thoroughly tired of pro-
fessional politicians. No sordid, corrupt,
faithless nature can belong to true SOL
dier, and the people instinctively feel it.
Every young man who seeks an hOnora-