New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-09

like the taste of it. There are men in every
loyal State who have been syly discouraging
and preventing enlistmeDts from the outset
aud we trust good proportion of tbom will
now be called to take the places in the ranks
which they have dssuaded others from filling.
Again: There has been much Improbable
controversy in the journals with regard to the
respective numbers contributed by tho rival
parties to the ranks of the Union Volunteers;
and the Secession symP6thizers have uniformly
claimed that many more Democrats than Ke-
publcans have shouldered muskets to fight TOR
their country. We are sure this is false; but,
false or true, the draft will tend to restore
just equilibrium. If the Republicans have staid
at home as has been confidently asserted, and
let the Democrats do all the fighting, the draft
will catch the skulkers and bring them up TO
the work. So let it go ahead
Again: 1t is snid that AbotiOnists are dis
suadlng men from volunteering. If so. let them
be punished by law, if they have violated any
law, and drafted into the ranks to replace
those they have dissuaded from enlisting. That
will be another gain by drafting.
Again: We approve drafting because OF its
effect on the Border States. Those States have,
to a great extent, been more intent on dicta-
ting the policy than on sustaining the authority
of the Government. Maryland is Union
State, yet our memory fails to recall any sig
nal exhibition of her bravery in the field dur
ing the war which has now ragged for fifteen
months upon or within her borders; and we
are confident that her sous have done more
and better fighting in the Rebel ranks than IN
those of the Union. Her arisocracy md
squirearchy have generally upheld the atrociouS
despOtism which forces the Unionlsts OF Last
Tennessee, the Germans residing in the South
crn cites, aud the Southern foes OF dlsunion
generally, to fight the battles OF cause their
souls abhor: let them have dose Of the med
icine they seem to love go well and see how
they relish il. As yet. the Union has had
none other than voluntary defenders, though 1t
has had tens of thousands of coerced assall-
ants: let us sec Seccsh flying around after
substitutes for its SONS drafted to serve IN the
Union ranks, and perhaps it may gain some
new light on tie beauties Of Rebellion.
Lastly, We approve Of drafting as just, and
only Just, to our brave Volunteers already IN
the field Some Of them have not been home
during the past year; nearly oil have braVed
peril, priyation, hardship, and are ready to do
so still; but they reasonably a.k no, to be
left to fight against enormous odds, and not
to be kept fighting forever for want OF adequate
support. Let us send them Half a Million
more of fighting men, aud If they do not fnrh
up the War by Christmas. il Will only be be-
cause our Statesmen have no courage and our
Generals 10 military capacity or no hsart in
their work. For, when we shall have IN
creased our forces to One Million, it must be-
that some General will turn up who knows
bow to fight otherwise than one-hnlf OF our
Army in Virginia against all that the Rebels
can scrape together, taking Their own time for
it. And whenever We shall have fought one
pitched battle in Virginia, with our full force
matched against that Of the enemy, unless our
Generals refuse 10 bring up their reserves aud
forbid pursuit when the enemy runs, We shall
DO very near the end Of the War;