Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-03
] The Crisis on the CountrT,

The Crisis OF the C0untrT.
One would imagine, to listen to much
Of She talk which is heard about the cal
I for SOC, ,0U0, and the draft which il likely
to follow il, that the raising of men for
the United States Army was the cruel
/ freak Of an Eastern tyrant; that the
7 war was bsfng carried on for the amuse-
msnt or Qualification Of the President
and tie Cabinet; and tsat everybodT
koEed it to his family. and friends 70 de-
fraud them of their prey bY every con-
ceivAbIs means The Efbasy 4tlas and
fzrgxsgcsataine real OF pretended
I letter, few days ago, from q country
zreSder, which represented prodigioas
! chsngs rs having come over the RepEb-
leans bis nsighhorhood; that they
we're 80 outraged By the, determination
ref the Govsfnment 10 get more men for
the army, that huhdreds Of them were
going. to vote against the iyrannieal
Lincoln in November They we're rAis-
l ing men as fast as they could--as fast
as proper attention 10 their farms-au,i
baf5ness you'd les them--as fast, I'm
| short, as was convenient. add To think
OF dEafting simply because they had not
made up their quota, and were not likely
to make il up, was more than they coald
endure. The story was toldziH strong,
TO d, Democratic SaE, and vas. probably
hall fiction and half exaggeTation; but
sentiments OF this kind crop out IN the
lscoHyeFssnon Of 3, great many people
who profess the mos, unboupded deFo-
too % the var, Some people are furi-
Gus With THE Government for wanting
-rhOre mem others think Il quite natural
they should want them, bat think il btu.
tai and -inhnman thai they should not
make up asheir minds 10 90 without
them but a still larger number-and
this class includes greatm4uy loyal"
| fFisnds Of the Upian-while aeknov.edg-
| lpg i 20 be the right and daty Of tie
Governmena to get reeyqits, bsIieve i 70
be thsright Of the public to prevent its
kstsfng them from amongst the native
population In every way short of armed
EaAiAiAnes.-and they act up 10 their be-
lief. They seem TO eoGs der their rela-
lfons wfth the Executive something ike
those Of q traveller With an armed high
waynsn; they surrender with a good
lgrAceswhsa the. eaREo. conceal, bat mo-
thing more. ,.s'.s--.5.
Bat is this psmperatic7 Is this Re.
pnhlIcah7l Is this The way that loyal
AsB oaght TO stand ~ tie best Gcs-
ernmeak ythe world ever saw - Does
any one suppose that this war can end
successfully for us. or end Any way bat
M ruin, sf the men whom the people
have commissioned sto sea that the Il. !.
psblie saGers 90 damage eaa get no
better support than ttis ffom that por-
tion of The population which is most IN
terssied IN the preservation of ,he
Union, and has the keenesf and highest
appreciation Of It's raiae1 Does any
Que ssrieusly suppose that a Struggle,
the throts ii Which arr fan'to The utter.
msatz salS gt he eafd -whieh may,
wissout the old Roman exaggeTation, bs
EaisIy called or6fs tefraram peria,ba
re i---eaa Be brought to a tri0mphAht
close By spseehsa and toas,s and dfas-
ing ehscks"7 ga
II we ~ers to iadgs Of the oisposi-
ten of fLen II the Moth from The def-
psFasisn Of some of The eff5rrs which We
witness On the part - towns, counties, ]
and States, to escape the dEail. re might,
fairly coseinds that. if 10 we're possible.
our next afmy seald kbs entirely COM
posed Of the sssspiags Of emigraBt
ships, Of negro slaves and OF any other
refaw We eopld pick up, snd--hsse II
the vent OF it~-of that sobla remnant
Of Ina old army who, faithful 10 the last,
ksse son0 back after three yo&rs oi
hsr6SSip and danger, 10 face the stsgm
once more. There - hardly comfy in
the North. at tAis momeat which - not
selling bends in order To bay ap for ssi-
vice An ths army, tha worst military ma
teriai to be fsuad in the Western world
= foreign msrceaaries. and liberated
slaves. The call Of the Government for
men Is the signal not for a rus sh 10 arms,
bnefar prodigioas-aeraichiug OF pens,
and lssuiag o1 ''exidsnces of indebted.
ness Everybody who can. takes mp
bis ehack- book, not his. swsrd, and meets
the PFovest Masshal with smiling pa
triolio face. sasi!%h..... E -s.1all
These are nnpleasant things 10 say,
but u is unfortunatsl " h:gh time to say
them. We have get 10 tha poiRt whsre
our dangers mast be looked in the face
and JARED abonka.. And one Of the hrss
things TO be said and remembered is
that the arm in aAa6eldis not LiBeoln's
afusy bSt oars-athaa the prosecution OF
atbAsw war is our affair. not his. And, hav-
ing hid this 10 heart, let ns ali be frank,
xrd-ecufrss honestly that people in
such a state Of mind as the Soatharners,
with armies Of so mach plack, spirit aud
endurance, and so wel led, as they pat
Aad keep in The field, cannot be sa5dnsd
BY any force shat Is not composed OF ths
bond and sinsx Of Ihe North; that "a not
composed Of men who will fight FOR love
Of the cause ; who have something more
than = soldier respect for the flag; aad
.rho Kfs animated by higher and better
motives than sny hired alien or South
eru held-hana can eTsF be.
The county has already made prodi-
!. gious and unprecedented. sxertiops in
the raising of axniesS and it the fame
aud credit OF What has already been ae-
complished were sufheient 10 roat Lee
&nd Heed, we would strongly advise ev-
erybody TO take his ease, and 90 on max
ing money. Bae . sHerson Davis knows
perfectly well how much we Rave done,
And Whist gress sactiSeeswe have made;
and vet the knowledge ofsit does not
cause him to- give 4wsy Rn inch. II is,
in short, whse we will do, aud not shat
we have done. that our thunder lies
: Il -----s-7--r----7sss=sa.-
Compromise Rejected.
The following extract from recent
speech of the Hon. SehBFleF Celfax
shows in q condenssd and highly effect
i've manner sths repeated instances in
which the Republicans hase attempted
to eonciliate che Soash, and that IN.
every instance abe Democrafic leaders
rejected their proposals Read the.