The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-08
A wo..an,s Plsa for Fsas..
70 THR EDlrOl ~ rms Nav YORk won :


Six: have been waiting, with more
~ GHarOC pAtieWCr, during, tt5e @ast We~t
for some indignant pr'ytrsA on the UaFt Of
w"men against the late insolent and hOr
rible demand If the President fOA five
hundred thousand more tmrn t8 be ready
f~ thr field early in SeptrEsRpe~. call il
in>olent sdviscdIy. beCau%e iis tnue d.
ulore that Of = fsudsl lord SDmDoning his
vaSSals. than that Of request from the
chief servant Of . free people. l waive
the disprOpOrtion Of the quota demanded
Of New York, il having been already aIln.
ded to in your columns, .snd pass to the
general matter Of the call, which il Of vi
tai interest 10 the whUle country, and cS.
ppcialIy to women, upon whom is to lay
the heaviest part Of the i;.rden.
For ~hat on earth, Mr.. Editor, are nv"
hundred thousand mnre men required p
Already the country Is half dtpnpuiAte.l
If iIS strength aud sinew +; already pro
ducti0n is so greatly lessrned ss to threat.
en the most serious consequence 9; already
there are hundreds If tnOuSa ands Of starv.
i"g widows and orphans. which the conn.,
try cannot take care Of, and what are Ia
hecome Of 1--we hundred Thousand more
For it ~ settled thing that nearly every
man who goes To join our armies goes
d"wn to his death only about one In ten
escape; and though it may be an easy
thing to = few men in power to "call
for the lives of five hundred thousand
men, it is often starvation and death I"
those they leave behind. Where are the
seven hundred thousand Incn stated by
Senator Wilson to be in arms since the
commencement Of this cnlnpnigni II ~
of no consequence to Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.
Seward, or Mr. Stanton, but il is Of j.. E.
III, nse cOnS' quence to seven hundre"
thousand wives, mothers, sisters, and chill
,lrrn at home.
| Already the masses Of the women it,
! this country ATE pushed to- the Verge Of
| the purchase Of silks ans foreign goods !!
| Why, they can scarcely afford tO huy
muslin fbr necessary und.-r garments. -
They are Obliged 10 feed themselves AMI
their children on the UlaiRe-t aud ~cant-
lest dit, in order to SPARE sufficient To
purchase a pair of shoes. and are com
PEELED to utterly deny them the native
luxury Of fresh fruit, which, in it's season,
is necessary to health, ~ we'll aS grateful
to the palate, unless they happen iOrIu
naiciy to live where IL can be had for the
picking.
do not believe in fighting fnr The
country and the aNg TO the last man, and
it seems to me anybody is an idiot VIII"
talks such nonsense. What would the
country he worth to me or any other wO
! : Al. a.
" hat il it worth to Q InaH when he has
l-fi it to enter tnat from which no travel
rr ever reiurnsI / know it is usual 10
talk abunt the blessings secured tn poster
ity. but the i'iea Of doing anything for
In>trriiy, unlcSS it is tn plant it some ap.
I,le trees, iS n0nEenSr po$terity never
appreciates it. AMI ill be j'ISt as likely l."
Ir'>>' - some i'mlS, who cannot let We
enough alone, and who delight in pick inn
quarrelS, as this generation. The hest
Nay I" secure blessings TO I'nSterIIy Is To
SECURE them to and be- thankful Tor tn, ~
ourselves; and hO~ PO~terity is to he
h~nctitted bv killing off all thu ahle.Imd
led men, aud the ruin ami drSOlatlOn Of
the country, cannot conceive.
| If there vas a prospect Of termina
tim 10 the war, and this ~ as the last call
'"' five hundred Thousand MN, the idvn
would he less diSheartening g-bnt there is
no prospect of anything hut an interim.
nahle war. and Il cunstant Succession ot
calls for five hundI ed Thousand men, who
will disappear in the same maelStrom. .un.
Ill the LAST indeed follow their brothers
md kindred to their late.
Men who would rather run than fight
anv day, and who, il they are drafted.
will hasten in ahject terrs'r to the first
migrant ship hich arrives. TO Eecnre a
substitute. talk loudly about the gIWy oi
fighting and dying fiw ones flag and nne' :
country Whist are ones flag and One' :
c"untryy Is il \ strip IF rag, or n little
dirt.a few stones and soIne water I-the>e
can be found anywhere, and demand no
especial consideration. If our country
and our flag are dear, il is heCAuAe they
represent To US larger Irslpurti.An of the
blessings that make life desirable than
ca. be- found elsewhere. II these are for.
chilly taken away from uS. il peace is
gone, il liberty is gone. if friends are
gone, If home and plenty are gnne- what
is the country and flag worth to me -
All countries bvlong alike to God. and il
a happy and.praceful life could ne better
secured an any other portion "f this earth,
that would become my country.
Il seems t0 the that all men, and espe
cially our rulers. are mad. II this war is
tn he Lcrpctuated, and it is arrugantly
assumed to be treason aud copprrhyadiSnI
ts Il ink otherwise, Why not at least
draw it mildly Why constantly rush
enormous masses Of green men into the
field, u be mOwrd down as .I life was the
least valuable thing. except mOnev, that
could be taken from the country. II
wisdom, care, and economy 0f the lives
and treasures intFuSted to II, had con.
troll, d this war, women would not feel
this terror at yielding up those nearest
and dearest to them. But they know
that their entire earthly dependence, the
sum and substance OF their life and hap.
piness, is demanded by and intrusted t.
the control Of brutal, wastcfnl and ign"
rant men. who are entirely irresponsible.
whose acts it is treason to question, md
who hold themselves amenable tn neither
God nor men. II is this which maker
to- task IN hitter. that it will not he Eur.
pri<ing II q A.rrn,r protest should make
itself heard from the Sex. than this. whic!'
comes from one who echsIeS the senti-
mentS Of many. LOYAL WONAN.
WHITE BEANS AND BLACK REPUBLICANS
The Albany. N. Y, Argus says thu
; boys connected with the 10th New York
Artillery. recently passed the following
by reclamation:
Resolved, That We will eternalIy hats
White BeaaS and Black r. publicanS."
| Th.. IuGc.r,or. n.,nnt,,. L1niAn ihal