Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RIGnT
RICHMOND WIG
MONDAY MORNING. OOT. IS, 49,.
IiDcolo,. New Call for Troops.

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for rec hundred thousand troOPs-his ime volunteers
Tn, return TO the volunteer plan is confession thai
,n.eriuron had failed just as the resort TO conscrp-
ton as confession that volunteering could no longe,
bs relied on The plan nov Is 70 unite the to eGplo-
dad and impotent sySiems-men are invited 10 vo.un-
tser and are warned II hey do LOT, that they viii Be
arfed BuI The arAfs hAa Loss IL teErors and cannot
therefore be used 30 frighlen zen nIS volunteering
The promise OF large 0OgnTss vii have more effect
and will bring into LiRe0lnS net worthless ieH, VINO
viii engage 70 do anything tor money, pat Who Will DC
far more anxious avoid hghang and set out Of the
army than they we're eager 20 accept the oo0dnonsy
that drew them into IL Such vii never STAND Dc
fors troops who tight from principle, and Tor every
,b;nV mat cherished. LineOns new call Is comics
son N the world that the rebellion IS too strung Tor
him nv AZ least three hundred thousand men; and As
bs other estimates ths way have shown how far he
b.s moderated the strer n he had TO overcome it will
naturally be suspected that even should he succeed IN
pg his number the result will shOW that he has again
s,aleustsd But when, as We feel assured viii be the
- II "a seen that ne coues far short Of obtaining the
umOee that DO confessss needed, the whole word
iii understand that bis attempt a. snRJugaaon is a
boDssss abortion. 4 Canadian paper AZ Artc!e from
bish IA appended seems TO have drawn something Ike
thar interencs from TIE Gail lL'slt
,YrO., The Toronto Leader, Get, 19l
draft IA not 70 lake place ime dIAteiy the Federal
60 nm, instead Of IL cali has been made by the
1s,dznt Tor three hundred thousand Voiuntsers Who
are 70 sSrye for three years, should the var continue
t,st IonV Mr. LincOn's big jO0 seems % be growing
,sIy IN his hands. Neither emancipation proclAma-
t6n nor consumption acts nor ninety days prophecies,
~ been suffc ent 70 subugste the South, together
th tb large lew Of men that has ady been made;
Al The loysl States are asked 70 give something Ike
third Of a million more.
fsderal government has intention Of drawing back
tom the horrible work Of determination and bloOdsheo
m which is has entered. Enough blood has not yet
been soisd enough treasure not yet sqlandered and
DESTROYED 70 satAte the greedy horde o. saoddy con.
tractors aud schemng politicians who are iatening up
on this fearful fracdsl lt is sull TO go on. IL
!, rapst he So then so il be. There is
nov 20 doubt what the final result will be than there has
been AZ any time since ha Anderson struck the federal
aR on Sumter and gave up his sword TO the Coniede-
rates At all points the brave sOnherners Struggling en
asr anv difficulties deprived Of many OF the necessa
RS of lie aud all Of its Injuries, confronting
tba Northern exterm.natOrs with strength which
ss hardly 70 be eXpecied and success much greater
than could have been anticipated Long as the war has
1901 the Federal Government with the great sources
from which it has draw, has been unable to keep
sufficient number Of IN the held 20 achieve last
ing sneeess Now ke Oliver Twist, they cal for
.so-s and With An extrAVagancs which is all but
topshng The first thought that suggests itself to ones
mind on reading Mr.. LiucOlns proclamation, IL the
change from cOuscriptOn 70 volunteering The latter
mode OF raising men, bad supposed bad fallen into
nss for the very good Jhal when last tried
utterly failed 70 accomplish the end desired Nolun-
teers could not be had for love money. The cry OF
patriotism had lost the charm it possessed, aud
large bOuntes could not tempt 70 enlist under the
banner of Father Abraham" Conception became
necessary But With the object Of obtaining three hun
5red thousand men, a hundl ed thousand more
ordered 10 be drafted but from various causes many
of them exceedingly adcrous only some hfty or sixty
thousand were obtained. With the COntederstes
svarming at all quarters, it became quite evident
that, il the war vas 70 be continued, more
men should be had in some way other. Mr..
Lincoln and his Cabinet think volunteering the best;
and 70 encourage II offer advance az, premiums and
hount,ss ad HJiigu. This return the old plan Of
raising men viii necessitate the establishment Of recruit
ing stations camps and all the other st cstcrds which
1e rendered ssary by the change from drafting 70
,opnteeripg We confess We urable that Any
large number Of men be raised by the e1rava
rant PROMISES made 10 them by the administration but
ss tais nav be piece OF Silfl Ob.useness part
we shall not press tie point strongly. II the sew
ra States do DOT furnish their quota OF volunteers be
lore January drsis viii then be instituted % nj the
required number.
n ill oe interesting 70 note the result Of this last
reclamation of NJ Lincoln The .esu Of The struggle
hangs upon iIs success iALure. Should II iah Ar
LAGOON nav as well throw up the sponge at once
Soould il succeed she j 90 on. hecO not think
n can succeed and eretOro inclined 70 believe that
~ % ay Be approaching ubeR ne federal adiNistra-
ron S.l Ot Be dlsDOseG 20 20 honorable t'r7as
,6 ths brace psoy.o agasst 'soHs tbey kGys long
earr.s5 o., a J'ait eos and bloody sactars.