Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-13

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reached, in twelve States, Bus $4,000. Mods
catiens Of ihe dSft in soma States and its sas-
PenHien In others, may hsvs led to this vsry
remarkable confirmation Of my nilder aatioi-
pations Of lie miscarriage bat, be that as it
Easy, We can now reason IS from an established
fsct, that a eonscTiBaoB designed to add three
hundred thousand men to the Federal army
pressed as It was, vigorously, aHd embracing As
it did fully one third Of the males Of military
age in the Narth-sent into the ranks bat $4,000
men. The reserves Of the Unisn foE the re-
eruitnent Of is armies may therefore be held
to be very nssrly sxhaustsd
Ihavs lately spent several Wesks In the Fsde-
raj rear. Dssertsrs passed he houses at which
I have been soiOusnIng during that period ST
msst daily. I have sksnf frequent occasion to
question them ss to the fact CT d~saertiOn going
en- 50 actively. They we've nsATIy ell eOuscripts.
The drafted men in she army sit around arss By
themselves, I learned rom these people, and re-
gard ths elder soldiers as spies upon thsir usvs-
ments. They are never entrusted by General
Meade 30 20 to the ront on picket; and are, in
fact, merely awsihsg opportunities to escEpO.
The great majority Of them had already escaped
An average Of q dcEsn inquirss-each confined
to the company in which the deserteE had
servsd-sassSed ne that CT twenty conseripts
ssut to any company, fifteen had deserted sue
ssssfally, two, captured IN the attempt, had
besu placed st penal labeE within the Federal
lines, and the number actually in service does,
consequently, not exceed threc. The late draft
st the North, therefore, dsss net show row an
actasl addition 70 the Federal army Of aver ten
thousand couscripts. Consumption, the North
ern President mnst have found, thus 20 be =
broksn reed.
Mr.. Lincoln's grsst armies Of last year have
uoited away like the hosts Of ssanaehsTib. The
"araf." having proved a total fzilars Tor .heir
rscruitment, hiB proper tone ia addressing him-
self to the present dangers Of bis position is al
ready one Of concession. But the worst Of the
difficulties closing in upon him lies in the fact
that even the anFscruiabls remnants Of hs le-
gions viii have passed By next mid summer into
civil lie, The tern Of the enlistment Of his
three pears men viii havs expired in July,Is54.
This embarrassment mu5s press heavily on Mf.
Lincoln. Immediately belors Essde's recent
advance across the Rappahsnrock, tbs men Of
several Of his regiments, VIXEN Of parade, we're
offered for re-snlistmsnt at the expiration Of THAR
taTm Of present s~orVies bounties az high IS
1892. a SUN SO large will doubtless tempt
many. There is, however, no other available
means, sof far ss I esn see, for keeping the Fed
eral armies afsT next summer in the ssld. Ths
extent to which that means may suecsed I can
rot even conjecture bat have no hesitation in
saying that it win fail 60 hold in the ranks the
greater Proportion Of their bsat conditioned men.
Even though so many as three out Of every four
remain after next July ia the armies Of Mr..
Lincoln, no agency that I can now ~forssee, e1-
espt that CT 3 series Of crushing victories, can
rave him fom ihs necessity Of 3 still farther
change Of front, before veEynany months, in the
interests Of peace.
P. S-One means not contemplated in The
foregoing reflections ia yet open to assist Mr..
Lincoln TO keep armisa After midsummer ia the
Geld. he taxes occasion to urge Its develop
msnt to the highest practicable extent, by call
ing sttsntien ia his message to the ezpediency
Of establishing a systsm for the encouragement
OF iHsmigratien. lions Of thousands Of per-
sens destitute Of commemorative occupation are"
he says, " thronging cur foreign cOnsalates, /"
and, whAtsver the secret agency that has led
them 70 expect aid for their purposes Ia those
quarters, are, be alleges, Offering to emigralo
to the United States if essential bat Ussy CSsGg
assistance can be afforded them II thirty
dellars can obtain s recruit on the Merssy or the
Shannon, 1t we're an outrageous waste 10 sEsr
one on the Potomac nine hundred and ninety.
two. States 1" cut Wess" are, ia their seal for
the desolalion Of Southern homes, taking meas.
ures for The Encouragement sf-smigraaon and
they are cooperating with Mr. Lincoln in far
nisbing flesh and bleed from Germany and Ire
land to manure the fields Of Mr.. sswaFTs land
Of promise"
IF Lord Palmerston did feel himself csllsd on
to arrest Legitimate enterprise by ssising Nr.
Laird's hsRdiwerk In ths interests Of neutrality,
will be not arrest svsn a sssAaieaAy lawful emil
grafton when called on to do so IS a duty Of not
only neutrality but alag humanity To parmit
the peasant Of any part n the country to 90 to
the United States new is virtually to abet muir
der. They are destined, in that event, fer the
shembles. IF the Governments, standing en-
mero teehnicslides, decline to stop emigration
for the present from Ireland, il is to be hoped
that benevolent nsn Of al classes, sad especial
= the classss d eli denominations, IN tbst part
Of the Kingdom, viii unite in jealous eEorts to
dissuade their poor eounlTynsn fron aD temp
tstions t. contribute to the Dabomegsn orgies
Of 8 rabid democracy tho sacrifice Of heir
hearts blood. The domestic affections of the
Irish Pessantry may be appealed to successfully
to defeat the Infamous system Of Orizping that
seeks to tempt the sOna and brothers Of their
fair land to meet, in an American swamp and
canebIaks, a Bloody death without shroud or
sbrift.