The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-27

INV CRISIS Of war COUNTRY.
Fross pe T,mct.
One would imagine. IN Listen to mush OF th,
tslk which {. hcarl aboi ttc cali f5r -rlnD
and thc draft Whcl is .lely tu Gliog IL. tgas
raising Of men fjr The United states arm.
was the crue' fro,k Of aa Trt.ru tyrant, chat
he war was being c8rri,d Jr for the anlps,u,nt
Of gratifJutou 81 .b, Pee. iGyut end The Cabinet.
aud that cy y-yHody owed It 10 his C,ully a1i
Trends e. dciuud them ol llcir rroy by every
,orocivible m,uus
The hany itss and fr-. contained a zeal
| ~ pftteuu-d q tcr, q tOW das- $40. from e.uu.
~ DER "hch lep5t.c ted prJdiEIls
ghanfe 90 having come uv.t tle Urnub icru4 ia
his neigbbUrhu. q th 4 they were 90 outr.goi ny
TIE ntnfmiu tiOu - ihe q GbyCrnmCut 10 goi moro
men Tor the army, that hundreds OF tuem wurp
solnP 70 vote against the tyraupi'ul LinyJln IN
November.
They were raising men As fast o. thcv could
3 last as prup.r attention ~ their tarms an
Jnsinoss would ict thomas fast 10 short ~ " ts
con'eultnti Guu % think Of drafduT simply bC
ause thCy had not made up thelrquOts, md we're
not likely TO maze II up, was moro tNla they
ould endure. Tho story was tuld 10 a strons
bold democratic way, and was probably half uc-
ion aud bRlf eXaRgcrs ION but sentiments of this
ind crop out in 'be conversation OF great many
pecpe who profess the most uubonnded devotion
10 the war.
Some eople are furious With the Government
tor wanting IN re men; others thinl, Il quite
natural they should want them, but think it
brutal and tnhumsi that tncy should not mako
np tier minu5 10 go without them but a still
Rrger numbcr-and this class includes a great
Rny "lo' al" friends Of the Uuou--whllo ac-
pwledeing IL to be the right and duty Of the
foternmont to get recruits, believe il to be tho
right Of tho public to prevent its getting thom
rOuaRmougst the native population in every way
short of ARMED resistance and they act up ~
their belief
Tney see m to consider their relations With the
Exc cutive ,onethng like those Of traveller with
IN armed highvaymau they surrender With q
good grace what they cannot conces, bat nothing
more. Butts this dem ocratic Is Oh republican T?
10 this the way that loyal men ought 10 stand
by "the best Government the world ever saw -
Does any one suppose that this war can end sue
cossfully for Us, or end iu any way bat in ruin,
u the men whom the people have com mmi-sioned
TO see that the repub ic suffers no damage" can
get no better supp Jrt tbau this from that portion
OF tho population which Is most interested in tho
preservation Of the Union, aud has the kCeue,t
and higl est appreciation OF lis value
Does any one seriously suppose that struggle,
the throes OF which are felt TO the uttornost ends
Of the eaTth--whch may, without the old Roman
exAggeration, be fairly called "orbis tcyraTims
peYfpstafio can be brought 10 q triumphant
clOS3 " speeches aud 70 ists and drawing
Checks." II We were 70 judge OF the disposition
of she mass of men at the North from the despe-
ration Of some OF the efforts which VIC witness on
the part of towns, counties, and States oven, 70
escape the draft, we might fairly conclude that,
II It wero possible, our next army would be
entirely composed Of the sweepiugs Of emigr int
ships, of negro slaves, and Of any other refuse
We could pick up, and--here Is the worst Of it
Of that noble remnant OF tho old army who, faith
ful te the last, have gone back after three years
Of hardship aud danger, TO face the storm once
more.
There Is hardly a county In the North at this
moment which / not buy selling bonds in order
20 buy up ter service in The army tho worst mill
taTy material u be found in tho Weetcrn world
foreign morcenarles aud liberated slaves. cne
call Of the Government for men is the signal, not
for rush to arms, but for u prodglOus scratching
Of pens and Issuing of "evidonces Of indebted
1885" Everybody who can, takes up his check
book, not bis swerd, aud meets the Provost Mar.
shal with smiling patriotic face.
Those are unpleasant things 20 say, but Il il
unfortunately high time 70 say them. We have
got 70 the point where our dangers must DC looked
In the face and talked about. And one Of the first
things to be SAID aud remembered Is that the army
10 the field Is not Lin ons army, but ours thlt tho
prosecution Of tue war il our alta r, not his. And
hati laid this 10 heart let ug all no frank, and
cobft ss honesty that people In such state OF
MIND rs the utherneCs, with armies Of so much
pluck, spirit, and endurance, and so well led, as
they put and keep in tine field, cannot he subdued
. Dy any force that 10 not compo ed OF the bone
and sinew Of the North that Is not composed OF
men who will tight for love OF the cause w1o
have Omtthing more than a soldiers respect FOL
the flag and VINO are animated by higher and
better motives than any hirod alien OF douTneru
neld. hand can ever bs.
The country has already made prndigious and
unprecedented excrtions In the ra sing of armies
and II the fame aud credit of what it hss already
accomplished were Sufficient TO rout Lee and
Hood, we would strongly advise everybody x
take his ease, and go on making money. But
Jefferson DAVIS knows perfectly well how much
We have d me, and what great sacrifices we hav,
made and yet the kuo vedgo of il does not caust
him 70 give way an inch. IL Is, In short, In Wha
VIC will do, aud not In what We have once dono
that our thundSr liea.