New-York daily tribune., 1863-08-01
= -blood Had Meade had Thirty Thousand

her likelihood. Had Meade had Thirty Thousand
more men at Gettysburg thirty days ago. the Re-
bellion would have there been trampAed under the
feet of Lees routed and flying army ana 'ts e1nlt-
ino pursuers. Three Hundred Thousand more
men-not a fifth Of the number honestly haoo to
Military duty-would, if they were tins day EN-
bodied and available stamp out The last vestige OF
Disunion before tho close of tho current year.
Volunteering to some extent goes on, but
with nothing like the energy required. We
estimate the depletion of our armies, mainly
BY the expiration of terms Of service, at One
thousand per day, while the cOuoterbaIanciog
gain by Volunteering will hardly exceed Two
Hundred. Aud the attempt to raise the num-
Der required by Volunteering involves tho
formation of new regiments and the appoint
ment of green officers, whereby the expense Of
our forces will be enormously increased and
their efficiency seriously diminished. We have
officers enough already under pay. and they
are better on the ayerage-ltho utterly unfit
having been pretty thoroughly weeded out)-
than new ones. We estimate the value OF
One Hundred Thousand more Men, incOr.
porated into and drilled with orr veteran
regiments, as fully equal to One Hundred and
Twenty-Five Thousand in raw regiments. while
the cos. will not be One half so much.
We entrsat, therefore, every patriot to give
the National Draft the benefit Of bis per.
,onal active, earnest support, and to frown
Indignantly on every effort to defeat H.
whether By mobs, riots and insurrections' or
by the more insidious yet equally unlustiilab'e
arts Of misrepresentation and by appeals to
whatever is most selfish and cowordly in
human nature. Tho Republic is assaied by
REASONABLE hostility, which threatens ito very
existence; it 10 the solemn duty of every
citizen to listen to its summons ard rally at call
TO its defense. II you are drafted, and can
possibly leave your business, go; if you cannot
90. send as your substitute tho best man whom
money will obtain; if you cannot possibly get
one, pay tho commutation; but pay 500 for
substitute rather than $500 as commutation,
if for no other reason than that il you send n
substitute, you cannot be droiled again while
be continues to serve in your stead; whereas,
if you commute. that suflices only for this
draft, aud leaves you clearly liable to the next,
if a next there shall be. (Such is the official
construction OF the act, though Judge Cadwal-
ader Of the District Court Of the U. 5. has
given contrary opnion.) And at all events,
whether drafted or not. show that you stand
by your country in her hours Of darkness
and peril.
All the cavs concerning the consututonality
OF the Draft, its justice fairness, &c. never
yet staggered one loyal mind. The millions
who have been Daiufslized in Gus country
knew perfectly well that they sworc 70 gre
their lives II needed for her dcfensc. and they
know now, If drafted, that tbey are called on
to fulfill the obligation they thus voluntarily as
sumed. The man who has voted rs an Amcri.
can, perhaps held or sought Office as m Amer.
ican, yet now seeks to eyndo Military service
40 an alien, is too paltry 10 bo contemplated
without disgu,t; but what better 10 tho native
who says, " was always glad to DO account.
ed an American citizen when that coat roth.
ing; but rather think this dram is uIconh.-
,HiiOnail" out upon such shabby meanne',
Americans. your heroic bleeding trotber',
who have volunteered 10 save your country
from partition and ruin, pause in their career
of victory to mplore you for aid They have
done nobly; but their torn aud wa'ied racks
need recruiting 10 enable them TO complete tie
good work. To this end Draft has been
ordered, and is now in progress This Is the
quickest, the fairest. the most certain mode OF
obtaining tie recruits pres'ngly needed, and 1t
is your simple duty, whether personally drafted
or not, 10 render 10 that law not merely
cheerful obedience. but hearty support. Tue
darkest hours of this contest have passed: let
the dawn Of a brighter day be reflected in the
aacrity wherewith you respond to the call OF
your country