The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-17
EXTRACTS FROM THE NORTHERN PRESS.
TIE NECESSITY or DRAFTING.
bRAFTINg.


From the New York Evening Pos;
The people are responding with alacrity to the
call OF the President FOR more men.
But the process Of collecting volunteer force is
necessarily slow in comparison with the present
necessities Of the army 1t Is certain that II Rich
mend could be at once attacked by adequate
force il must fall The enemy suffered very severely
in the recent battles; he IL for the moment prostra
ted: he needs time 10 prepare himself for another
conflict; aud he will use, with the utmost energy,
every bour we give him. To reap therefore the
fruits OF the conflicts of last week, need place
at in the field and put in active operation,
army sufficient TO fall upon the weakened and sut.
fsrne forces Of the enemy and destroy them.
TO do this in time resort 10 % draft. In
this way each State fill up at the thinnct
regiments it b::s now in the field, and the re.
crnts. placed among the veterans Of the campaign,
will he immediately turned into soldiers We hear
and fifty to two hundred and fifty men lett. But
these ARE inexperienced soldiers; they and their
comparjons, now i'll the hospitals or left dead on
the field, have earned ior these regiments fame
which tho fresh recruits, who should fill out their
ranks, would have pride in sustaining Thus a
spirit of emulation is bred in TIE young soldier
which he viii not readily haveif he is surrounded
only by men as new 10 himself.
Moreover, in this way the brave fellows who
nave unnciiiin.ly borne the brunt OF the recent
battles Oh the Peninsula, and have distinguished
themselves in the ranks would have Il chance tor
that promotion which the soldier looks forward to
the highest reward, and which gives to the pri-
vate in the ranks the ambition to do daring deeds
against the enemy. But ao0vc all, we repeat, y
draft 10 fill up the old regiments and to form
Immediately new regiments would, without loss OF
time, and with the slightest preliminary drill and
preparation, put an effective army into the field.
Ii Is no matter fo2 surprise that the Confederates
have many men. They draft. Officers of General
Frcmonts army report that they found scarcely an
able bodied man in the houses OF the Shenandoah
Valley All but the old raen had been taken for
the Confederate armies. Nor will they stop now
They have Still fresh fields from which 10 draw SOL
diers; ard doubtless by this time new companies
and regiments are moving over the Southern rail
roads towards Richmond
An advantage i'll making a draft for the new
forces which are so urgently needed will be only
that the best men will be accepted by the recruit
ing office rs, whereas, under the present system Of
en!istments. the inspections are too often lax, and
men gathered at random by officers who must
bring certain number in order to secure their own
commissions, admit led without due care to
that they are all really able-boded and efficient,
In consequence many are aft er'vards discharged
after having been q source OF expense TO the Gov
ernInent.
In another article Oh the same subject the Post
says:
One Of the most rapid aui complete enroinents
of the militia of this State which ever made
has Just been completed by the military authori.
ties. IN the Interior the canvass occupied four
weeks iii this city but ten days. The work was
entrusted to sklful agents consisting in many
completed before the public generally was aware
that it il progress. Two hundred men were
employed The result was entirely successful; the
and residences of nearly three hundred thou.
sand men, believed TO he subject to military duty
have been obtained; and OF these n quaiter of Il
million undoubtedly competent to bear arms,
and may be officially called on at any time. We
may state, incidentally. that the enrolment was
not very popular i'll some of our city tenement
houses and that the agents became enrolling officer
il double sense-they were tumbled down stairs.
The Commercial confesses that the war now
stretches out before ii in ul. nown duration" QUO
more about putting it down il ninety days, y and
goes on to say:
"The bi1nder committed by our Government in
erresting recruiting three months since is by no
means irrcparable, but the machinery, rus.ed by
dsusc, has first 10 be ovcrhauled and put in work.
ing order. The patriotism of the people is by no
means exhausted, and they are as eager now to de-
feni their Government and earnest in its behalf
at any former time. This will be manifest As
soon as active operations i'll the way Of euistmenii
harvest labor is about commencing in all the rural
districts: but there are hosts of ab!e-bodied men
for whom the war and the motives for entering the
army will have fascination not to be resisted
pRAFTI.G HECEssARY AT ONCE
From the New York World, July To-
Il: a. fear, the country must abandon all hope
that MR. Lincoln will make a change in bis Cabi
OILS war policy, with new men and new measures
Tor the crushing cut OF the rebellion, is denied to
tn. people whose Interests e2d all whose earthly
hopes are at stake if the President has after full
delbcraton, finally determined to give no such re.
sponse TO the all but unanimous voice Of the peo-
pie pronouncing their profound discomfort with
The present conduct of affairs then it behooves us
10 consider what is the next best OF necessary thing
to be done.
The decision ul tie President will be submitted
10, ii its wisdom cannot be seen. this is mob
government. 1t Is constitutional uonarchies which
in this century have been at the mercy of mobs.-
Neither Wendell Phillips nor the Satanic Press
viii persuade American citizens to play the Cron.
we'll role That WAS possible i'll England; il 10 not
possible here. England was also mobbed into the
Trent warcraze. In America public opinion was
all way. But Secretary Stewards dispatch
and its opposite Judgment, had prompt and univer
sal acquescence. There was no mob govcrn,nen ut
Partially enlightened public opinion and strong
public feeling did not govern. 1t was the
Government: which governed, and THAT was what i:
was made and its officers elected to do Sc
now. though Mr.. Lincoln has never hitherto thus
tried the patience so 0VIrruled the fixed judg
ment Of the people, his high office is respected and
his decision stands. Upon him rests the responsi
biiity. None can decide for hilH. He alone cen
pronounce the word which would give new he art
and life the nation in this hour aud crisis of its
fate. Either he does not perceive the crisis or Az
other remedy seems 10 hi!n WiSest. Then let his
Judgment stand
That we do not 80 conceive the situation SO IN.
,ierstand the natiou's peril, OF Judge of the mode
of deiiverance, il is needless to deny. Our disrus
in the future, it must be admitted is profound
without new men and'new measures to work the
ship Of State. God grant that coming events may
prove us blind and mist aken or that His overrui
ing may so order our disasters to work out
such beue;icent results for us as human eyes cannot
fore-ee. But we have no ,actious words to utter
Others may not be content to rest their advocae y
for other men and other measures, where be-
lieve it should rest-with the final decision of the
H..
patriotism and of common sense to accept his de-
cision, and to proceed to that which is next bes
and most necessary to be done.
What, then. is the situationt The fact stares II!
in the face that the people believe their blood ans
treasure to have been wasted. They believe tha
the mismanagement Of the Treasury Departi.cn
has cost the nation much the expenses of tEt
war, and that it will COS. more. They believ,
that the feebleness of the Navy Department no
only crippled our Navy and our commerce, but, b.,
leaving Charleston in the hands of the Conederates
reinforced their armies with money and the muni
tions III war which have augmented tbeir victo
ries and lightened their defeats aud sustained Il
this hour otherwise almost hopeless cause. The,
believe that the bunders of the War Department
have crippled our Generals. totched their cam
paiSDs, and insured us disaster. They toda,
such danger OF foreign Intervention AS has neve
before dared 10 menace US aud fear that they ma,
be asked to rally to arms against foreign foe pow
erful on sea and land against perhaps a foreig,
alliance which might defy the world beside in arms
+ by the men who have been unable TO conquer ou
teebler foe at home. In the face of these facts IL
face Of the Reed for to reap the peaceful har
vests of fields in face of the need for workmel
to supply the places of those who have gone |,
WELD in The battle field the scythe Of war, th'
country is asked for three hundred thousand mor
volunteers.
/ The three hundred thousand may be called, hu
! they will not come. Al least eniistncnts will no
! he sufficiently numerous or prompt to insure ih'
| nations success safety. The result thus fl
proves it, The result Of the next days recruiting
will make it so pspabie that none can fail 10 see !,