Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-06
100000 MORE.

order .sto cause the laws 10 be duly eX-
ecu,cd," President Lincoln i.sued his
proclamation for rs 900 volunteers. The
call was hardly Il lshcd over the wires,
before The number called ~ior-yes, three
times the number stood 10th from the
ranks OF social life, shoulder TO shoulder,
ready-cager to fight for The lnior.-
They asked for nothing better than 70
be allowed to fight for The Co.'s ltni'o"
which Their fathers framed. Tie poo
pie and the press were united. The rs
sail Of the eilptts q that s%cs.rtt live
Thousand is known.
On the itid day Of Nay following .
"ior tue protection u the IN, oaa.
Constitution and tue Preservation cit
National Goioo, fresijcn. Lnco.t
deeaed It 'iudi,pensably necessary IS
cali iDto the service OF tie lfie
States" an additional force j! "orty-
two thousand aud thit,y loug,o aul eet~
making al army Of one hsu lIe ~
sesenteea thousand .5taa,er s. Tt.
in~adeqnsey ct that force is historical.
4 few weeks f4rtayt vag. Congress,
having assembled 10 extraordinary So
sion, il wss determined Il i. i cf4t5ne
force .. I've Hundred thousand u.rt
shou.I be called f.lm the loyai State.
80 fight for the Constitution aud CT,
Ceior.' Faster than lley con- lie
supplied with GoiAics and arms, lie
study, CONSTITUTE On aud Unon-lo.ng
men OF tae North rushed 70 the standard
I.e countiy-nay, the entire world
"4s surprised at the temper Of tie peo-
pc. Tao roads were lI,rJnged with
volunteers eager, determined to fight
Tor tue Constitution That had trcughl
them 50 many b'eSsiug,-iof the Uuiol
Which they loved, Of whlc. they were
pfsuj, and they dared 10 defend. even
III lie. The result 5 known. The
force proved inadequate 10 tie work IL
hand, becau G O administrative inter
ference with the plans Of general.
again, on he 10th day OF July, lsC9,
the PresIdent, fol- the same letson n,
previously assigned, called FOR an add
tonal volunteer torcc of three Auud.c ca
thousand volunteers, 10 serve for mn,
month";. They came willingly, ana he
army WAS thus augmented. Bat sal
there was not enough.
once more, on tho 4th of Aupus',
1862, another iDstallment OF three hun.
dted thousand msn was called out b.
proclamation, TO be drafted if not VOL
uutevfed.
immediately following this, cane az
otdcr TO ii ! up the old regiments by re-
cfu,!s. To do this, it was estimate tina
not less than two hundred thousand
more must come forth. A large num-
Yer eom bul not US many as we've cal
Cd lor. u this call, and the che pre-
ceuiag II, amounting In the a.gr,
g4te = at leas, i've huudreI thousand
iAen, i Is fair TO presume that about
Tour huu-Fcd thousand men responded.
Hence, We see that lhe number take
into The htii has teen at least one uii
lion three hundred and seventeen taou
sand IN lttia, 10 say nothing oi the re-
u.ar ana marine forces. 50 much duLe
what mex:
The WORD from Washington ir, that
sA hunted thoeSaDd mcu are to &c
drafted under iheeourcriptlon act. Ncar
ly two millions IN all. IN army OF men
more than one.touiih taeuuuher Of the
entire population ol the Soush, wsit,
BUD b.a-K, nan, woman ana c..t2d. NJ.
ihis nnmber %satiice? Never, under IL,
present polcv OF tie administration.
which is to freed d~issensions ST hons.
and so,lddy aud strengthen the south
Never, with tho present policy, which II
not the restoration OF the Union and
Constitution, bnt the freedom Of the ne
gro. Nothing hn; a ch4lgc Of pJl.cs
viii accomplish the desired eud. ~lanat.
icl,m must be bDiicd by lhis adminis,ra.
ton; the people must be assured that
tue baltic isior the Union as il was and
the Constitution as it S, i. victory Is to
be oars. There isno dolgjuy tae SON.
clu ion. Nay, i must be done tina, the
c3nscrip;i,n be successful-and il done
IN good faith, the CONSUMPTION viii be
unnecessary.