, 1863-08-04
WHO URGED THE DRAFT,
Consistency Of Copperhead Prints.
CONVICTED on THEIR OWN RECORD,

!, , their arguments year ago when McClella,
, the divinity Of all Democrats including tt
New York mob was at the head of the arm
of the Potomac.
On the ooth Of July, 1853, the Illinois Sta
Register, wrote in this wise:
"H drafting million of men on . first ca!
enau De decided on, the whole country vii
approve It, if the war is to continue.''
Three days Later, on the I'd Of August, th
same journal said again: - ::
"We know that million Of men are needed
and every good citizen will approve of a dral
When he sees that all the extraordinary mean
OF the country hare proved Of but little &C
count under the last call. We are in favor o
drafting, because there is terrible war Of
OFT hands, and the soldiers will not come vol
unfairly. Thousands and tens OF thousand
Will volunteer rather than be drafted, bu
there are many more tens Of thousands wht
will have to be forced in.n
Many other newspapers Of the same pol1ti
cal :.tcndencles uttered slmflar sentiments
But two in particular distinguished them
selves by the earnestness with which the,
urged draft. The Vorld, Of this city, fol
instance, Eaid in July Last:
| 1.-THE only eafa re1lance is In the supply
which only drafting can yield The rebellion
contcssedly, though Il styles itself popular
revolution, has no other resort It has i'm
posed draft Of q rigor never before heard Of
No such universal CONSUMPTION is necessary 10
our case- Bnta CONSUMPTION to some extent
10 dictated BY every consideration Of prudence.
| The republic may possibly be saved without
| u; bat u the republic Is not saved, the omis-
Zion to drift the necessary men will be the
ao efsss mol 'n'z prudence %s ~ shoaiS 55st5ii
all take our chance. With such cause ue91- an
pcaling to us-the most momentous that ever
Appealed to humanlty-it is disgrace for any
himself should respond to it. All have an
equal interest in the stake; and all should be
brought 10 the Eame line Of duty"
The Albany Atzas and Arg.s, which Is the
leader Of the opposition In this state, spoke
repeatedly to the same purpose. On the uth
OF July 1t urged Congress to pass ConscrIp-
ton act befbre aojourning.
"It is quite probable that within q month
affer the adjournment, the Executive win
ind It necestarg to resorc to drofting, and, If it
should be the case, 1t would be exceedingly
awkward to be obliged to call Congress e.
gether for the authority"
On the 18th Of July the same journal wrote:
"The recent acts Of Congress give e1traor-
dinaiy power to the President to call the MI
litia into the field; and the legislation Of Con.
gress and OF the States, If Volunteering G,ils.
Will be directed to the drafting Of troops,
Volunteers now, or drnfted troops January
next, L the alternative presented to the young
men OF the country. Let them take the hon,
ornble and profitable alternative now.''
On the 31st Of July its languae was still
stronger:
''No war Of proportions like the present
vas ever conducted by volunteering.
Throuhouta al Europe consc:iption is the rule:
ana II occasionally England pres n g an excep.
tioc, It Is because she sseldom puts large
army in the field, but relies Cd her navy and
iDpresses seamen into it whenever she needs
them.n
On the next day, the 1st Of August, II said;
I'VE should have reinforced the army. If It
into the service. The public would sustain q
draft rather than an abandonment Of a CAM
ra'en OH which 20 much Inns rested"
On the Cd OF August 1t condemned
"-the apathy Of Government or 1of the peo-
PIE In not reinforcing McC Clcllan at all s1csi-
'iuu.n ~3''
On the 4th, 1t said:
"1 the Government orders draft. the peo-
pc VII respond faithfully, If not cheett1Iiy,
On the 5th 1t spoke in words so applicable
to our present situation that NE reprint
them:
"TAc demand upon the state has been
CT imagination. It has been net with Won
deIfal ulac!iiy and facilitY. It is now doubled,
ana the eX1gency Of the occasion demands 4
draft. That, too, will be cfectual; md we
ehall place In the field q larger army than ever
nreat bflta1n concentrated in any one cam
The stern and costly reality Of wur is thus
to be brought home to every tlreside, ;The :
tax gatherer and the conEcript sergeant viii
enter every fa1nily; and from ont the bosom
Il our: little communities will go forth the
flower. Of youth and the yieor of manhood.
"Great is The sacrifice and noble the cause
that eIacts It. The people are true and pasri-
Gt1c..: Let tho Government be true to its trust
md al will yet come out well. Let it prove
.iaise, -, aud roe to it-woe also to us and
On The sth it wrote:
o.", The 3aet that, the people ct the loyal
# the Union By submitting TO conscription
Which, In the extent Of its demands, has few
parallels IN history, fs most emphatic evidence
q lhelr stern resolve to preserve the Goyern-
tnent and its attendant blessings, for them
selves and their posterity.". =.
On the 2Sth 1t complained Of the Injustice
Of Mr. Stanton: ,,sS=:-,::s ~. X.
"When he attributes to the State any dis
position to dispute the authority Of the Fed
e1A Government to call upon her citizens for
citizens torevade the duty they owe to their
country. Whenever the necessities of the
nation demand that CONSUMPTION shall be |
made, however wide in its limits, the people |
f 81 Nsw .S Yotk ri Till chse1fully submit to their
hir. Stanton certainly capuot find in this anv
oas1s for bis tnsinuat1on that New York dis
putes the power Of the Government to make