Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-09-02
DiscouragInx Enlistmenfs.

Encouraging EntAStmemtss
Almost daily the telegraph announces the
arrest Of some prominent Democrats for
'discouraging enlistment.." Indeed these
arrests are becoming so frequent that 1t Is
time thst people were becoming aware Of
what constitutes the crime or guiltreferred
TO.
Within The past few days several Demo-
Gratis 10 various portions Of the State, whose
reputation mp to the tine of their arrest.
had never been impugned for want Of
patriotism and loyslry. have been seized
and dragged of to military prisons, with
out the privilege Of q hearing or even
knowing their accu.ers. We base no de-
fence to offer in behalf of the traitor. who
aids the cause Of our enemies, either by
expressions Of sympathy or BY discourage
constitution guarantees to every citizen the
right Of q fair trial when accused Of crime
or violation of law. and we contend that
tina. privilege should not be denied, what
ever the exigency.
If it can be shown that any mao. no
matter whether he be Democrat or Re-
publican, has discouraged enlistments or
10 any manner interfered with the PLANS of
the Government for crushing out the re-
bellion and saving the Union, we say let
him suffer the penalty due the offence. but
let not the innocent suffer and the guilty
go free.
We believe shat the Governments rather
too keen on the, scent Of Democrats. II
the authorities al Washington would turn
their attention for awhile to bunting out
abolition secessionists. instead Of combining
their arrests exclusively to Democrats, the
country would be the better for it. A New
York paper very truthfully remarks that
the principal difficulties in the way Of re-
cruiting are tho abolition journals and the
abolition demagoguss. They are doing
their utmost to weaken the public conf
dence in our Generals and in the success of
our cause, because President Line, In will
not issue proclamation declaring freedom
to all the slaves in the South. This course
these abolitionists have persued from the
commencement of our troubles By med.
ding with the army when Scott was in COM
mand. they caused the disaster of Bull
Run. By their intrigues against General
Mcclellan they have been the means Of all
our reyerses and troubles in Virginia.
They have asserted that the negroes would
be freed, armed by the Government and
placed in the ranks along side the white
soldiers. 1t is thus that these ultras have
discouraged enlistments and they are still
engaged 10 their infamous and reasonable
work. Yet the Government does not med.
die with them.
All we want is fair play. These towards
", stay-at home abolitionists are doing
their utmost to prevent enlistments, by
discouragipg people in the ability and in,
tegrity Of the President and our Generals
and destroying the faith of our troops in
the fual success of the war in restoring
the Union, and should be held accountable.
The Chicago Tribune has done more to dis
courage enlistmeuts in Illinois than al
other causes put together, and if the al.
thorities have any more arrests TO make or
papers to suppress We would respectfully
direct their attention to that pernicious ab.
clifton sheet.