The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-12
THE1DRAFT.rs

II There isn mo- subject in which aou
people ere SO intensely Interested 81
1.-The draft! .In7 this Congressional Dis
: trict the drawing for several counties hal
stalready taken place, and 10 innumeratls
i Instances men and women have becoms
. sthalf crazy with Anguish qsnd pain over tn.
Ire ult. q Men are drafted who cannot af
ford to hire Substitute. even fhopgh the,
. Eceald be procured at reasonable rates, and
Ito leave their families in the condition
q the times find them, is worse than death.
The question arises, how lean these
1 scenes which take fast hold upon death
Itself, be ended? What course can men
pursue to escape the draft and its attend
ant horrors? Is there remedy? We
think but one, and that requires q change
lin the Federal Administration. MIR. Lin
coin has declared that he will continue
the war as long as slavery exists in sin
gle State. This certainly means that Mr..
Lincoln will want more men as long as ne
is President of the United States. We
all knew that slavery cannot be abolished
until the whole people of tho South are
subjugatcd and themselves made slaves
| of. And how long will it take it to DO
this? Can Mr.. EincoI6 finish the job in
another four years Everybody knows
he cannot; yet elect him and he is pledg-
ed to do what he can towards it. And do
vou think he can wage war for the next
four years without men,. Why, during
the past three years he has called out
over THREE MILLION men and does any
one think that he can get along with
less number for the ensuing four years !
Certainly he can not. Will he obtain
these millions which he must have, by
volunteering? This cannot be, or there
would be no draft going on now. They
can only lie obtained by the draft, and in
the language of Ger. Sherman the draft
must be enforced until it is made "uni-
versal." Elect Mr.. Lincoln then, and
draft will follow draf. as new moon fol-
flows new moon. Not month will pass
over his head but he will send out his or
der for more men, and the wheel will re-
volve in ceaseless revolution for four long |
years. Men, are yeu in favor of these
ceaseless drafts Are You, mothers ? Are
you, wives And you, sisters If not,
use all the iuflucrce God in his wisdom
has. placed at your disposal, to remove
Abraham Lincoln from the Presidential
chair. This is the only remedy you have,
and if you would save all that is dear to
you, use it. 'r f.a r2ds--t
But, says one, are not drafts necessary
to raise men TO restore the Union? No, /
with conservative ard conciliatory poll
CIV, under the Constitution, the Union
C. uId he established without the SER
vices of another man or the firing of an
other gun. Mr.. Lincoln. don't order a
draft to raise men to assist in restoring
the Union, it is to compel the South to
abandon slavery. Elect Mcclellan, and
he promises to "exhaust all the resources
of craftsmanship practiced by civilized
nations and taught by the traditions of
the American people consistent with the
honor and interests of the country, to Sc
cure peace y" If this is done, who that
has any knowledge of the feelings of the
masses Of the people in the South, can
5oubt but the rebellion will at once be
ended and the people of the seeded
States return to their allegiance to the
Federal Government i'
If, then, you want no more drafts, vote
against Mr.. Lincoln. Don't think be-
cause you have not been yet drafted that
you will be thus lucky whom the next
lraft is ordered. Elect Lincola and the
lraft must be "un,versdk." Before his
lime could expire every able-bodied man 9
would be forced into the, service. IF you
zon't want to be drafted, snd do want
peace and the Union, vote for Mcclellan.
IF you want the draft, the war to be
vaged for four years longer for the aboli- !;
ion of slavery, and the consequent de-
truction of the the Union,f vote for Lin S
,oln. Choose ye. - Muscatfne lova,) v
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