The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-09
The COnscriptiOn North anG
South.
From the London Times, August 25.

From the London Times August %.
Few persons anticipated two years ago
that the consumption of man would create
an earlier difficulty in the American war
than the consumption of money Such,
however, is the fact The federal States
have incurred without a murmur debt OF
which the ANNUAL charge is little less than
that Of the public debt Of Great Britain
They are living upon paper currency, and
if they have not as yet paid many taxes
they have at any rate consented to the I'M
position of heavy taxation. Bnt the imam
cial aspect of the war appears to have given
them very little concern. Mr.. Chase man
ages the money market with great deXtsrity,
and as there is no difficulty at present there
is but slight anxiety for the future. Far
different, however, is the case with the sup
ply of men. So prodigal has been the ex-
penditure of life on both sides, but especial
" on the part of the North, tnat the most
desperate eXpedients are now required for
the reinforcement of the armies in the field
Volunteering, Mr.. Lincoln himself tells US,
is ''palpably exhausted recruits are no long
er to be purchased.by bounties, and at length
a natop which prided itself above all things
on the military organization OF It's willing
and independent citizens, huds itself re-
duced, in third year of war, to the ne.
cessity of conscriptioD. So urgent, In
fact, are the needs of the State, that the
President cannot wait till the arrangements
for the draft are properly completed The
Governor of New York writes to him, with
a statement demonstrating the unfair and
partial operation of the projected levy IN
certain districts under his authority. Mr.
Lincoln cannot deny that the figures show
something wrong; but he answers that he
has no time TO rectify them. He will dc the
best that he can bv and by, but at present
the men must be pressed, enrolled, and
sent off to the depots without delay. He
docs not pretend to deny that even the
draft itself may be of questionable legality;
| but that point, too, must be lett Tor future
decision At this moment he must have
the men.
These confessed necessities Of the FEEDER
ais contrast somewhat strangely with the
! boasts Of ineXhaustible resources in which
thev have indulged, but we cannot be sur
priSed at the results Never, we presume,
in the history of civilized nations, were men
So rapidly consumed as in this civil war
Volunteering was not exhausted prema-
turely Mr.. Lincolns calls since the spring
Of 1861 have certainly exceeded one million
OF men. lie began with seventy thousand;
he rose presently to seven hundred thous-
and; and at very short intervals the demands
were repeated Unless, indeed, we assume
that one man out of every two in the tedeT,
al armies has been killed Or wounded, we
must raise the aggregate amount OF thelr
! ievies to numbers even greater than we
have suggested, for it seems to be beyond
question that half million men, at least,
have been placed hors de combof since the
war began.
We have not laid much stress OH those im-
ports of men from Europe of which the
| North has had the advantage, but the aid
from this source cannot have been lnconsid
erahle. Germans and Irish have been pour
ed into New York along with cannon, rifles,
sabres and stores. Emigration from the
! Old World has actually received strong
impulse under the attractions OF the war.-
The Germans, trained soldiers already, &C,
cept war as promising business, and hope
to rise in service in which military educa-
tion is rare. The Irish follow the invita-
tions of their kindred to land of high wa
ges. and are overpowered Oh their arrival by
the allurements of the recruiting sergeant
Still emigration can only have supplied
percentage of the hosts which the North ha'
sent into the field.
The Southeruers complain with great JUS
tice that their country is invaded by for
eisners; for Irish and Germans have formed
a conspicuous element in the federal ar
mics, but the bulk Of thes, must have beer
naturalize6 Americans, WHO for all practica
purposes, were citizens of the Union.
+ remains now to be seen what will come o
the last appeal--whether the North viii
endure the conscription and with what spl
rit the conscripts will fight. In the Sout
= the conscription has long been in force, an
u the last resource of the Confederates
shown in the enlistment ofnegroes. In th
c North there has been no such trial. an
Governor Seymour directly inthnates to th
President Is opinion that it may be to
much for tD- patience OF the people.
= do not dwell" says he, ION what | believ
would be the consequence of violen
harsh policy before the constitutionallty
J. the act is tested. You eal scan the imm
diate future as well as L. These are on
inous words, and they are applied to
State which has hitherto been eminent
Jealous in supplying men for the war "
shall soon learn which OF the two is rls
A' Governor Seymour in his deprecations