Daily national Republican., 1863-07-21
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The denaeoues in sympathy with the rebel
lion prsts Gippantiy Of the despotis purposes
asd scts Of the President Of the United statss.
A AOoppsrhead journal now lying before ~ 10
ombroiared with such paragraphs and SEQ.
tenes as these.
Democratic Governors shall see to II that
their fighting men are mot oil drained OF to aid
an Autocrss, who has publicly proclaimed his
Intention to trsmp,e on the Constitution and
lawsv
"We have boon thoroughly warned by Lin
coin q Co. of their traltorous intentions.'
without pausing to comment upon the pecu-
liar atrocities Of these expressions, we will say
a few words in reply to the general sentiment
which prompts II In the minds of class Of
pepons who have set themselves up for politI-
cal favor BY opposing the draft.
How stands the matterf President Lincoln
desires TO increase the strength Of the army OF
the United States BY drafting such numbers Of
able-bodied citisens as may be required for
that purpose-and why Simply because that
Is the means which Congress, composed Of
representatives Of the people Of the United
ing thst obisct. He did NOT make he lsw, but
it vs rhsae BY the people, through their repre-
sentstives, precisely as any ssifgoverniug
people make their laws.
A. Chief Magistrate of the country and Com
mander-ln- Chief Of the army of the country, he
is bound by the most solemn oaths to maintain
the Government and TO put down rebellion and
insurrection against the Government by mill
tary force-to bring the military power Of the
country to bear against the military force used
by the Insurgents to destroy the Government.
Is there skull on any live Copperhead, or any
other head, SO thick that this plain truth can,
notpeuetrate it, Well, then, is Mr.. Lincoln, as
President and Commander-in-C Chief, acting the
part of an autocrat and despot In calling for
troops after the manner prescribed by Congress :
Is he subserving his own selfish ends by employ
ing this means Of putting down the rebellion :
On the contrary, he is protecting the material
interests and all others, pertaining to civil lib
erty as it has existed under our form Of gov
ernmcnt. He would as readily accept soldiers
that would come voluntarily into the army, oi
course, but such not being offered, he is bound
by the oath administered to him when he as
sumed his ofice to procure them in the only
other way ordained by the peoples Represent
atives in Congress-thst is, by drafting.
Suppose the Presidsnt should neglect or re.
fuse to perform this duty, how would the per
sonal rights and pecunlary interests of others
be affected thereby, as compared with his own
II he should, by neglecting to put armies In
the field, allow the insurgents to ravage the
North, how many would suffer more than he
Besides his mere salary, confessedly meagrt
one, what could jeff Davis take away from
him more than from any laboring man
But what pecuniary ruin as well as destruc
tion of political rights would result from his ne
glect to uphold the Government and to crust
the rebellion. The demagogues who would
resist the draft seeui anxious that the North
should be pillaged and ravaged by the band,
who are conscripted vigorously In the south by
the jeff Davis government. Would they have
their own soil overrun and their cities devastat
ed, or would they prolong for many more year.
the service of the SCARED veterans now in tn,
field for "three years or the war;" rather thar
allow the present Administration to give the
finishing stroke to the rebellion
In addition to the treasonableness and in
effablc meinness Of such disposition, thes'
opponents of the draft betray degree of stu
pidity In their own affairs which stamps then
as blockheads as well as Copperheads.
1t is TO be presumed that these parties, wht
call themselves Democrats, contemplate tn
overthrow Of the party originally identified with
the present Administration in the next cam
paign. But should they accomplish that objec
bydeluding the poorer classes into the belieftha
President Lincoln Is an autocrst and despot
they will be in miserably helpless condition
The country must have a large army durinl
the next Administration as well as this, and i
the Democratic party dream of coming into
power, their true policy would be to allow thil
Administration to bequeath one to them
They could not, certainly, raise an army in the
face Of their recorded opposition to the draft In
timo like this.
PEEpIcTIoN VERIFIED.-A private letter wa