, 1862-07-29

TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1852.


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ought at once to resort to draft Of ths
militia, and get rid Of the pride which de
mands that the army shall be recruited b,
volunteers alone. The men are wanted
= now-nos in crack batteries, petted rcei
mcnts. Or select eorps, but for filing up the
regiments now in the field, whose gaping
ranks appeal to US tor help-and without
draft they will not be speedily forthcom.
ing. We know that from Maine to Ne.
braska the Journals are loud in thei,
appeals for recruits, and that the ofa.
ces Of the Governors Of the lova]
States respectively are besieged with men
who are asking and receiving commits.
slons to raise companies for the war: tyut
we know also that in spite Of the rub-a-
clubbing and spouting, and in spite Of
the extraordinary inducements offer
ed III the way Of bounties, the men
are not enlisting. Here in Chicago the
work goes On. The munifcence of the
Board Of Trade is felt to the farthermoat
pars Of the State. l. whole comoanv
unorgarized as Jet, is preparing to comet
from an adjoining district and take service
where the bounty is highest, and we hear
OF ten more IN another district, and twenty
i've in 3 third, all Of whom will be coming
this way. The quota of Chicago and
Cook county can be raised; but it will
push badly with poorer neighborhoods and
less famed localities, where heavy coun-
Jdebt OF an impoverished people cuts off
the hope Of paying sixty dollars, in addi-
ton to what the Government offers to each
man whose name goes down on the
roll. And were it possible for each
community to irnitate the example Of our
county, and raise quarter Of million,
the result would be almost as bad. The
quota Of Illinois is nearly $4,000 men un-
der the new call. Suppose them to receive
sixty dollars each, and we have total of
s1,68o,00o, to be raised by taxation at a
time when industry is stricken, labor
hampertd, and at time too when
the national taxes, direct and indirect, will
press heaviest. Can the State carry the
load? Ought she to be asked to do it7
We maintain that the obligation Of the
citizen to fight, and if necessary die,
Tor his country, ia superior to all
other obligations Of 8 political char
acter; and that, acting upon the fact
OF its existence, the Government should
appeal to it, not by entreaty and offers Of
purchase. but BY words Of command and
that the men, when raised, should be put
where they will be able to do the country
the most service in the shortest time |
put INTO the ranks Of the old rcgi-
ments where in month they may learn
soldiers duties and do soldiers part |
Admit that after three or four months labor
the men are gotten BY voluntary OF rather
by purchased enlistments- then? |
Why, winter is upon us. The mud that
Kept cur armies under the Young Napoleon
back for months, when Only twenty miles
from Ccntreville, will be as deep as then;
and winter quarters will be inevitable. In
the winter, drilling and instruction will be
OF little avail; and next spr1ng we still
have raw regiments to put into the field
against the armies Of the rebel conscrip-
Ton that were marshalled six moaths ago,
and have already made campaign.
This IS not what the country wants.
The demand for men is now, SO that in
September, October and November the last
OF the rebellion may be put down
and trod out. Waiting implies general
expense Of more than million Of dollars
q day. How many days and how many mil
lions lie between this Tuesday and the frs
OF March? Are our national finances in q
condition to bear that drain No! Every
consideration, save that sentimental one
that we have mentioned, says Draft. By
Drafting we shall get better men than by
volunteering; their services will be made
available at once; the whole matter Of
bountics will be dispensed with; and
then the wealth Of the country nav,
by taxation, or voluntary gift, be applied
TO the care Of the families Of those who 70
ont to the fight. This may be unpopular
doctrine, but it is that to which ne shall
before the war is over, be obliged to come.
because it is nothing more or less than
common sense. New York drafts on the
1s'h. Why not Illinois On the 10Th
VI hat say the rural ,listrictss