Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-10
The Approaching Draft.

The Approaching Draft.
Only about three weeks remain until the
time given by the President for filliug up
the last call for 100000 men expires. II
the cali is not filed by volunteering previous
10 the 5th of January, q draft will take
place on that day to GIL the quota of each
county deficient, and .ffy per cent. ciU be
addcd tocouer deficiencies Tho draft will
certainly be made if the volunteers are not
forthcoming. We think every one can rest
assured Of that fact.
Some States are making extraordinary ct
forts to ill their quotas by volunteering and
it is thought New York, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Verment. lndna, and
other States, will fill their quotas entirely
hy vol anteeripg. In this State there is ap-
parently no effort being made. Almost
every person seems to look on the prospecs
of draft carelessy and unconccrnedly,
viii L the fighting population of the State
is being drawn off to New York, Indiana,
and other States that offer large bounties for
volunteers. The State is being thus drained
of nearly all who can leave home convenient
| ly and enter the army.
Our patriotic Governor and the Military
Committees have endcavored to arouse the
people to sense of their duty, but their
appeals have fallen upon deaf ears. The
consequence will DO that, on the morning oil
the 6 h of January, some five or six hun
dred persons in Belmont county will wake
up to learn that they are called upon by the
Government Of the United States to should
er musket and step into the ranks OF the
army.
The Congress which met on Monday will
likewise, beyond doubt, repeal the $500
communication clause of the Conscription Act,
so that those persons who think their money
will relieve them from their duty to their
country will find they have made a sad
blunder.
At the same time, we must confess, with
: shame and n.ortfcation, that thersare some
9 rcasons-apparent to all, and weighty ones,
oo,-for the condition of things in this
county, and throughout the State Of Ohio
t A large and powerful party has refused per
sistcnty and steadily to lend any assistance
9 or encouragement to the Government II
/: suppressing the Rebellion and maintaining
tho Union. They have withheld men from
]. their ranks for the army, and have clutchec
: their purses tightly when called upon to con
: tribute for bounties to volunteers or for thu
2 support of volunteers families. The VOTE
of the soldiers at the October election will
show how many men of that party are nov
u in the army. Twenty.fro against Sic HIM
dred and ETghy! And how many more o
! our brave men are sleeping in their blood!
shrouds beneath the battle-tields Of th
South The organ Of that party in thl
c county has gone rs far as it dare go in dis
l. couraging the people from volunteering; AM
/. if there is single newspaper Of that part.
= in the State which has done otherwise it j
s. unknown to US.
ID The friends of the Administration in thi
IN county have contributed their blood au
t. their money without stint to preserve tn
m Government of our Fathers from destrut
ID ton. The opponents Of the Administri
ton hare not done their duty; and, at tn
same time, very few of them have the hard
st hood to say, boldly and unequivocally, tina
III they wish the Rebellion to succeed.
u 1t is clear, therefore, that volunteerin
'e cannot bs successfully prosecuted unle'
OF these men contribute their share towart
a filling the quota. 1t can never be file
10 while the organ of that party continues
III sneer at the efforts at recruiting. and
e. 'throw cold water" on every attempt by tf
a Governor by our Military Committee, an
w. by officers detailed from regiments in Il
field to enlist volunteers. Nuver!- The
10 mon, who seem to be deaf to all calls
ma patr otism have as much property at staI
.,y in this tremendous crisis as a majority
N those who have gone forth to brave Il
N. storms of Heaven and the storms OF battle.
n, If the country should be wrecked, the
10, children would perhaps feel the loss
nj keenly as would the offspring Of those wi
,lv are iu the army. For Two and half yea
they have shirksd their duty to their cou
try, and have held back shivering like COY
cd ards while brave men were rushing to "
~ hold the pillars Of the Republic. Th'
TO- were a. dead to all sense of patriotism
tie the Mummies Of Egypt Nothing cou
ne move them.
" Now, however, the CONSUMPTION La
r. comes along. 1t is the great erener.
h unwilling to furnish their share Of mon W
unfairly, they will be compelled to do
/. foroiby.
IA 1t is now but three weeks until the draf
II. yet we verify believe that, if these mt
or would propose to raise one half the numb
No required from Belmont county by volunteer
IN the whole number would be raised, and OF
an county would avoid the draft.
Certainly, there is every inducement
n II