The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-20
The President's New Call.

The Presidents New Call.
Yesterday morning we published the
proclams ten of President LINCOLN, calling
on the Governors and people Of the several
States for, 100000 more men with which to
more vigorously prosecute the war. The e
result OF the late elections certainly indicated
to the Presidentvery clearly that this is his
duty. Almost every State which has voted
within twelve months past, had been en-
phatic and overwhelming in its endorsement
of the efforts Of the President to put down
the rebellion. = These elections are not only
endorsements of the war itself, but also of
the policy Of the war; The New York
Herald expresses the idea in full in para
graph .o. e-sqia- o. sgiis.ra-eH .
pennsylvania and Ohio, which have be-
tween them sent over three hundred thous-
and men into the field, still sustain the adj
ministration decidedly and entirely. All
over tbei country it is the same; and this
result of'the1 elections is the most generous
tribute that a generous people ever offered
which the war has been carried on, and
the cruel sacrifices of life that have been
made; despite the millions that have been
uselessly squandered, and the time that has
been criminslly lost to our cause, the people
now say to the adminstration:-"Wea are
with you yet we will give you our conf
deuee; we will give you all that you can
require Go on, and finish the war"
The great fault with the President all
along has been his lack of energy and nerve.
Instead of his first call for $4,000 men, it
should have been for half million; and
instead ofhis next call for three hundred
thousand men it should have been for a
million. If war will restore the Union, a
short war would have done it as well as a
long war, and with a great saving of life and
treasure if war will not restore the Union
the sooner the fact is made evident to the
people the better. i.i. .l.o rl.-
Every call the President has made for
men has been responded to with alacrity :;
every dollar of money the President has
required has beenimmediately forthcoming.
Yet the war lags, aud the Union remains
torn asunder. That the Administration
should have no possible excuse for pro-
longing the war another year, the people of
every State That has recently voted has said
to them: We will still lavish upon you
men aud money TO any extent you may ask;
Notwithstanding your blunders, your cor
ruptions, your negro policy, or your thou,
sand other short -comings, we will endorse
YOU aud stick to you till the rebellion is
put down or until it puts US down"
This is the plain and comlnonsense in
terpretation of these recent great Admins
tration political victories-and he who does
not 50 regard it i, poor reader of the signs
of the times. They clearly give notice that,
however potent the ballot may have been
in times past, the sword alone is now the
arbiter of our fortunes. This is the deci
sion, and must be accepted. The South
long since threw by the ballot and appealed
to the God of Battles to decide their desti-
nv; the people of the North have now, in
earnest, accepted the challenge. They have
declared that they will accept of nothing
short Of unconditional submission on the
part of the South the South has declared
that she will accept of nothing short Of IN
conditional Independence. We are bound
to. believe that both are in earnest and
mean what they say.
Instead of call for three hundred thou
sand men from the entire North, the call
should have been for at least that number
from the great, powerful and populous
States of Ohio and Pennsylvania alone.