Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-06-22
they James Extraordinary Senatorial Revelations

From the rev ! oTk world
An important debate in the Senate up
on the question Of amending the oonscrln-
lun law will be found in full in our col
umus elsewhere, So far this very remark
10 able debate has been overlooked and our
readers will thank us for rescuing it from
the oblivion Of the official reports. The
omission Of the Associated Press to give
even sketch Of the extraordinary debate
is quite ucomprohensibe,
The statement oil Mr.. Wilson, the chair
man of the Military Committee, that snce
the l7th Of October IastsiX hundred thou
sand white men and one hundred thou
sand negroes have eulipted, or re-cnlisted,
into the Union armies, and that one hun
dred and twenty-five million dollars have
been spent in bounties since that timr,
will create uni Rounded astonishment
throughout the North. Seven hundred
thousand men Just think Of i'll Almost
as many as the entire population of this
metropolis. Where are the vast armies
that could be formed out of this immense
aggregate The country is aware Of but
three considerable armies That which
is operating under the direction Of Gener-
! al Grant; the one under command Of
General Sherman; and the third, which
is scattered throughout the transmits s.
i sippi region aud in louisiana Some, it is
true, Of the seven hundred thousand
are re-enlsted veterans, but there must
have been at least three hundred thouF-
and troops whose terms Of service had not
expired, and who are therefore 10 10 add
ed to the seven hundred thousand men
toned in Senator Wilson's speech.
Then, again, look at tho money spent.
One hundred and twenty-five million dol
lars for bountles spent in a period of
but little over seven months. Was tlere
ever such waste Of life and treasure since
the world began? Men enough have
been supplied, and money enough con
tributed, during the past six months to
have crushed the rebellion twice over,
had our leaders been other than they are,
butloOns and fanatics. Senator Wilson
may well say that no nation in history has
ever made such tremendous eXertious as
have the people OF the North to supply
men aud money to their Government
and he might have added, with equal jus
tice, that history records no other instance
OF vast mefns so wickedly and idiolically
wasted. We presume, however, that the
secret Of this matter is, that the money
has been spcnt. the men put upon the pay
rolls, but that they arc not TO 10 found
in The army. We verify believe that an
Investigation would show that of tho one
hundred and twenty five million dollars
appropriated for recruits, nj least one
half of it found its way into the pockets
of tho fellows who arc now bawling for
Lincoln and Johnson. If seven hundred
thousand men have been recruited, the
country has right TO know whore they
are, aud il is amazing that this matter has
not attracted moro atten ton in Congress.
II should be understood, moreover, that |
the number mentioned by Senator Will
son does not include the hundred-day
men; two thousand Of whom, it is known, F,
have been sent TO tho field.
Another fact mentioned in this official
debate throws some light upon the expen- /,
diture of human life during tie recent {,
battles in Virginia. General Grant, it is
officially stated, was rein forced by forty
eight thousand men up TO the Sth Of
June last. How many more since then is !
not known; but it must be very great
number, as reinforcements are constantly T.
going forward. We commend this debate !
TO our readers, so that they may under
stand what it costs TO have country
governed by butioon. and plunderegs.