Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-12
A New Army Coming.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Aug. 10.

nlllnR up Oh tne late requIsllioh VI CNN'
900 men to serve during the war. II
this number be not made up by voun'
teers by Friday next, the 18th of August
special draft is to be made upon the
militia for the deficiency.
In addition 10 this multitude, Lincoln
calls for an immediate draft upon the mi
litia for nine months.
1t is thus seen that 100000 more sol
diers are deemed necessary by Lincoln
to enable him to prosecute the war agalns'
us. An army of 100000, according tC
Cameron, and even more than that, ac.
cording to other authorities, has been pro.
jected against US in vain. These came
with all the appliances and equipments OF
war in great excellence and abundance.
Nor had they far to come; no tedious
ocean voyage to make, no consuming
journey by land. In vast bodies and IN
fresh condition, and under able leaders,
they poured themselves swiftly upon US
The history of the modern world tells
or no people who ever before endured
sucb shock Our Confederacy is alrea-
DIV immortal! Its hero soldiers have
made the circle OF stars that adorns our
flag wreath of glory. For themselves
they have won the everlasting fame OF
having saved their country from an onset
more formidable than ever assalled the
liberties of a people since the time that
Xerzes essayed to trample down little
Greece with his rabble army.
And what compliment does Lincoln
pay our Confederacy and onr army, in
the new call which he makes Where is
his great host of last year, that now he
must ask another? Has the despised
Confederacy, which was to be trodden
down in thirty days, and sixty days, and
ninety days, so swiftly destroyed its IN
vaders, that in one year the vast number
must be replaced :?
Lincoln now confesses that if he is to
conquer US it will only be after having
hurled against US thirteen hundred thou
sand men of arms What a tribute to our
strength, and skill, and courage Nor is
this all The starvation policy Is to be
added. Our houses are to be burned and
our lands desoated, as a necessary sup
port to the "grand army" in their work
of subiugation His soldiers, in open
arms, are insufficient for the task.
Soldiers and citizens Of the Confeder-
acy, we'll may you be congratulated on
what you have accomplished The world
is praising "the gallant and vigorous peo'
ple" who have made so heroic struggle.
Your bahled and humiIiated enemy con
fesses your extraordinary proves, and
wrilhes under your heavy scourengs,-
What you have already done will make a
bright and glowing page in its history,
and distant generations shall do homage
to our fame
Notwithstanding, therefore, that our
work is not yet completed, we may thank
God and take courage The worst Of
the road has been passed. 1t only re-
mains for us to continue our exertions and
enlarge them as occasion requires, to
crown the full story of our struggle with
blaze of undying glory.
The maddened enemy are coming at US
with increased forces. We, too, must
swell our ranks accordingly. We have
not, indeed, much to fear from their new
levies. Dragged to hated task, raw in
discipline, and untutored to the battle
alarms, they cannot stand before our vet
Grams, and before men fighting for their
homes. Let US then prepare to rush up
on them with zeal and spirit, and they
will be quickly driven before US.
Let the Government, State and Con
federate, gather up all its strength against
the new army and for the new onset
And let every man be ready to render all
the assistance in his power. Many who
are not and cannot be in the army, and
who might even be condemned as physi-
cally unfit to be enrolled as regular,
could yet render good service for a short
season, when the campaign is at its crisis.
For a month or for two months they
could stand it, and would be glad thus to
contribute in freeing their country from
the enemy. Let these be invited, OF
compelled, if need be, and received into
the ranks.
We think this would be better than
calling out the militia. Not only has the
organization of the militia been aim Isl
broken up by volunteering and conscrip.
ton, but the militia officers, in most cases
are without fitness for command, and dc
not possess the confidence of the inexpe-
rienced men whom they would lead