The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-03

| Fl. r.. GAMBLE Governor Of Missouri.
0. P. NORTON, Governor OF Indiana.
DAVID TOD Governor Of Ohio
ALEXANDER RAMSAY. Governor Of Minnesota.
RICHARD YATES, Governor Of Illinois.
EDWARD SOLOMON, Governor OF Wisconsin.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July l, 1882
GESrLEMES-Trully concurring in the wisdom Of the
Vows expresses 10 me IN 80 patriotic manner by you
in the communication OF the 2Sth day OF June Ihare de-
cied cali in III: service additional ocs of three hun
drea tsolsGfad suggest and recommend that the
troops should BIO chiefly OF infantry. trus; that they
may DO enrolled without delay to bring this
necessary and INJURIOUS cy war to speedy and salts
to morrow. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
1t will be perceived from the foregoing list
of Governors that the signatures of the Cover
nors of Iowa. Rhode Island and Massachusetts
are omitted. We have no doubt that their
names are left out from some accidental cir
cumstance-probably from inability to CON-
muncate with them in time
The necessity for this call of the President
proves what we long since stated-that the Con-
federates, under the operation Of their conscrip-
ton law, had an immense force In the field
while some of our radical contemporaries and
some leading members of Congress disposed of
the numbers of the Southern army as if they
werea contemplate handful, that could be dis
persed or captured by mere flourish of trum-
pets. And it is known to all that Massachusetts,
Senator actually proposed to reduce the army
by 100000 men, as being unnecessarily and ex-
pensively large. Had the additional number Of
men now called for been raised at first, the
war would have been ended in twelve months.
instead Of being protracted for two years.
Unlike the rebel government, the President
OF the United States and Congress do not need
to resort to CONSUMPTION. There are plenty of
willing men in the Northern States for volun-
teers, and had they been called upon in the
beginning they would have come forward with
alacrity in defence Of their country's flag.
Men pressed into service by compulsory law
will never 6ght SO well as volunteers. The
Richmond iunta could not get volunteers, and
hence they adopted the drafting system--a
system which will never be needed for the
loyal men Of the North. Owing to the mill
tary character Of our people, and the martial
spirit kindled by the present war, the troops
called for will not only be on hand before the
first frost, but be good soldiers by that time,
ready for any kind of service
In order to remove q great difficulty out of
the way of poor but patriotic men with fami-
lies, the government will make an advance of
twenty-five dollars of the bounty allowed by
law as soon as the troops are mustered into
service. The soldier will thus have something
to leave his wife and children or mother and
sisters when LIE is starting for the theatre of
war, and which will be of great service till his
pay becomes due. This will be spur to en-
listment in the cause of the Union.
The Preside mt urges that the quota of each
State may be enrolled without delay, SO az to
bring this unnecessary and injurious civil war to
speedy and satisfactory conclusion" 1t can
not be brought to speedy and satisfactory
end without enough troops to cope with the
enemy at all points, together with force to
permanently occupy the places already pos
sessed, in order to develop the latent Union
sentiment and to assure loyal men OF their
safety in adhering to the government Of the
United States and casting of the intolersble
yoke Of JEFF. Davis & Co. The abandonment by
our troops ofJscksonville, in Florida; the raid
Of Jackson through the valley Of the Shenan-
doah, both Of which events exposed many
Union men to persecution and now the intel
ligencs that James Island is about to be
evacuated, and that Curtis is compelled TO
retreat from Arkansas before superior num-
bers, are facts which ought never to have had
an existence, ard are calculated to have q
very pernicous effect throughout the South,
TO say Nothing Of the effect at the North and
throughout the civilized world. A hearty and
prompt response to the call Of the President
will remedy this evil in the future md enable
the government to hold the territory Il con-
qucrs. Had General Mcclellan 20,cSd more
men, II would not have been necessary FOR
him to abandon White House and change his
base Of operations from the Pamunkey to the
James river. In fact Richmond, Charleston
and Savannah might have been captured seve.
raj months ago had The numbers Of our troops
in the field been equal 10 the emergency.
The suppression Of the rebellion In every
Southern State is only question Of time; but
lelsJ Is unnecessary and injurious. The most
vital interesI5 Of the country are suffering, and
the sooner the struggle is terminated the bet
ter for all concerned. The way to close 1t
speedily is to bring into action overwhelming
numbers to "fll up all military organizations
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