The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-12-28
Three Hundred rhousand more.


Three Hundred Thousand More.
The ''blCOdy Wheel issgain tobe put in
notion. The impenal ukase has gone forth
and the peaceful citizen must leave home
and friends, and like dumb cattle be driven
to the slaughter. Although we are told that
the rebellion is about subdued, and that the
rebels were about laying down their arms,
so great was their terror at Mr.. Lincoln
reelection, yet the periodicalcall for hun
dreds of Thousands more come regularly,
with all the accompanying horrors Of the
conscription. lfsomc great pestilence were
raging in the land, sweeping its thousands
and hundreds Of thousands 10 that dread
"b urne from whence no traveller has ever
yet returnad, " how all science and art would
be ransacked, that remedy might be found
to stay the rayages of the destroyer; what
care and anxiety would be exhibited, and
what study men would give it that its
true nature might be discovered, and the
healing balm applied; bat this monstrous
plague--war-has become chronic disease
in this nation, disfguring its lovely hills and
valleys with scenes of carnage and desola-
ton. that would make the very angels weep
/ scr.owf sympathy with our Affections,
aud yet the people have deliberately voted
TO- the continuance of this monstrous plague,
which, like leprousy, is eating at the vitals
Of the nation
When the last draft trAnspirei, We were
solemnly assured that it would be the last.
Solicitor Whiting told the people so in the
most solemn manner; Secretary Seward as
sured the people of it in public speech at
Auburn, AND the dignity belonging to his
Office is so great that people thought surely
that he would not thus deliberately fal.ify.
1t WINS reiterated by all the war papers, with
flaming head lines and pointed exclaimers
TWAS told everywhere that if Lincoln was
reelected there would be no more drafts
Behold the veriication! The returns are
hardly in till the order comes for three hun
dred thousand more. We deal in figures
magnifcently grand 1t will make the to al
number of men called out since the begin
ming Of the war, in the ncighborhood of
three millions, a number equal to the total
po~tatlon Of the trhole country at the time of
the Revolutionary war The loss to the ma
ton in Withdrawing this number of men
from the producing class and placing them
with the consumers will be incalculable.
Three hundred thousand more let shoddy
rejoice Visions of contracts rise before
him and dance before his eyes, with the
whispers of the immense gain that will flow
into his Golfers. lie calls it cold Abe IS
to him, and the little golden
devils that inhabit his small heart dance
with glee at the prospect of the rich har-
vest These men will have to be clothed,
and he estimates how much he can cheat
the poor soldier in the garments he wears.
He thinks every loyal heart should re-
ioice
Three hundred thousand more 1t brings
gloom on the family circle--and when there
Is gloom there, there can be. happiness no
where else The pail that shrouds the do
ncstic hearth carries its gloom into all the
relations of life. The husband may be Ia
ken, on whom helpless family lean for
support, and shoddy is appealed to in vain
for slight protection against the knawings
of hunger, or shelter from the wirtry blast
the brother taken from the influence of kind
sisters; tie plough must be stopped in the
furrow, the fire at the forge must go out and
the hammer cease TO ring outin the morning
air; the loom must be SILENT the hum of in.
dustry viii be hushed all over the land. =
The most carefully laid plans will be blasted;
wsnt will take the place of prosperity; and
after while the widows weeds, and the
nsimed men will be all that is left of the
three hundred thousand, and new hun
drets Of thousands will take their places.
IF any of the townships wish to fill their
quotas without draft, now.is the time to
90 to work It's much more pleasant and
economical for all 10 contribute and pay
bounty to volunteers than to hire substitutes
after the draft-that is those who are able.
Again: it would save money to the town
ships in that which they would have to ex-
pend to support the families of poor men
drafted. If lib>ral bounty be offered,
many saen, not able to hi4e substitutes will
prefer to volunteer, instead of being drafted.
Shall Cadiz township be the first to start the
work? ,... ....--. ...-.
The suggestions of the Military Commit
tee of the county may be found in another
colu,an, to which the attention of all is di
rected. T-N
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