Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-08-13

JAMES AUGUsTE FIT2 QUISITE.
Winooski Valley.
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Correspondence of the Republican.
DUNN BROWNE SPEAKS OF AND TO THE
CONsCRIPTS.
WARRENToN JUNCTION. July 9th, 1868.
THE DRAFT AND THE DRAFTED.
Dear Republican IL see the draft is
going forward on the whole perhaps as
we'll as was to be expected throughout the
North, seeing you couldn't quite muster
up courage and decision enough to hang a
couple of Seymours and Fernando Wood
as an appropriate preliminary measure.
If they had been promptly suspended at
the outset, say on a brilliantly illumina-
ted gallows, to form grand closing piece
at the fire works 4th of July night, the
draft needn't have been suspended sin
gle day in New York city or elsewhere.
Not that am in favor of draft myself
at this late period of the war. 1t would
have been the most fair and righteous way
to have obtained our soldiers in the FIRST
place, would have been submitted to qui-
etly, and would have saved the vast sums
lavished in extravagant and unequal boun-
ties and the injustice done to those who did
not receive any. But now foresec many
difficulties and much friction in the car
rying out of the plan. The difficulty of
getting the men into the field will be very
great and the loss by desertiou large
There will be very much ill feeling bred
between the old soldiers of the various
regiments and the new ones brought in to
fill up their ranks. The cry of "con-
scripts will be the greeting of the new
men from the mischief in our
ranks. The old soldiers will want all
the promotions and the new will be and
will think themselves entitled to their
share. And in many respects it will need
the greatest care and prudence on the part
of the officers and all concerned to prevent
collisions and keep matters smoothe and
pleasant. say this not as foreboder
of evil, but as referring to a practical
matter that may, if foreseen, be in great
measure guarded against. There is no
good reason why these new recruits should
not come joyfully and gratefully to the
service of their country IN this fual and
doubtless brief struggle to end the war
and establish the authority of the gov
ernment Nor any reason why they
should not be fraternally welcomed The
hardest of the work is undoubtedly done,
even though the contest should yet be
considerably prolonged. The power of
the rebellion is broken; its resources near
ly exhausted; the success Of our armies
certain and not far off. The hardships
to be endured now are not so great as they
have been. The unnecessary annoyances
and privations caused by the blunders of
green commanders, and Of course lcssened.
with the experience required. There is
the opportunity of doing valuable service
to ones country and of getting the glory
of finishing up the war;, ,of being in at
the death of the rebellion. 1t is the ones
that complete the job that get the credit.
t. A PRESSING INVITATION.
Come on then, my brave friends who
have hitherto been kept at home by the
pressure of other important avocations.
como and spend few months in getting
an experience that will be Of the greatest
value to you for the whole remainder of
your life. Come, editors and professors,
merchants, armorers, clergyman, mechan-
les, farmers, legislators, ofice.holders,
lawyers, clerks and everybody. Save
your $500 and wresthe your brow with