The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1864-07-15
SAINT PAUL.


IN pTlntiDR yesterday Tue letter Oh 0eucIu
GEORGE w. MORGAN favoring an armistice be-
tween the Union forces and the rebels in arms,
we simply desired to lay before the public the
views Of distinguished citizen of Ohio, SOL
der of approved courage, and one who has
hitherto been reckoned war democrat. 1t is
scarcely necessary to say to our readers, that We
do not agree with his reasoning because it
does not apply to the contest in which this
country is now engaged. and that we believe
his conclusions are wrong That the resources
of the country, ir men and money, have been
shamefully misapplied, and even the grand OBJ
jec: of the war perverted to some extent no
one can deny: but that the cause has become
hopeless. very few loyal men are willing to be,
lieve, or at least, to publicly admit.
The fact. says contemporary, that we hold
the Mississippi and so much of the soil OF tne
south disproves Gen. MoRaANs assertion that
We have thus far gained nothing BY the war.
We have gained 30 much that we need only to
defeat the two great armies OF tie rebels to
bring the war to an end. They are making
what they know is their final effort. They
nave mt Ill their men into the field, not mere
" the able.bodied, but the old men and boys.
If defeated in this campaign they have no re-
serves to fail back upon; they can gather no
more armies. Their strength of will may
be unbroken, but they cannot perform
impossbilities. Gen. MoRaAN's proposition
for an arrnistice is therefore unreasonable. 1t
would give the rebels time to recover in some
degree from the damage they have already ex-
perienced in this campaign it would lose to
rs the present season, and postpone to another
year in fact the work that can be accomplished
now. Ifit Is true, as Gen. MORGAN says, that
the rebellion cannot be suppressed by force. it
will be an economy of life and money to deter
mine that fact at once. Our armies are in pO-
sitions to bring the controversy to such de-
Termination. Let it be done. For there is re-
ally not the slightest prospect than an honor
able peace could now be made The argument
was exhausted long ago. If Gen. MORGAN
should be endowed with full powers to make
terms with the rebel chiefs they would not listen
for moment to any proposition that did not be-
gin with acknowledging the independence OF
the Confederacy. And since that is not to be
cannot be snbdued by force, Of what use Is 1t
to talk of armistice and negotiato1? There is,
to be sure, limit beyond which no nation can
endure the sacrifices of war. five reach that
limit and find our work still undone, we must
accept the hard necessity. Bat we have not
come to that and there is no such prospect.
The military power of the rebellion ia not ex-
hausted, but 1t is all out and before us. We
know exactly how much remains to be done,
and we know that we have the men and the
means to do it. Is it likely that after such tre-
mendous exertions and sacrifices for its sal-
varion, the nation will stop short and abandon
the work when the end Is close in sight and it
needs only a strong end united effort to reach
it
Tho Next Draft...HOW II is 10 be
sr Made.
Col AyERrLl. has received the following
dispatch from Provost Marshal General FRY:
IrELEGRAM
PROvosr MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July 6. :
To Col. JOHN T. AvERILL, A. a. p. M G..
In all drawing hereafter draw the number of
men required and one hundred per cent in ad-
dition, to cover exemptions Sucn is the new
law. -- .
'I (Signed) JAMES B. FRY,
..'G-f~ Provost Marshal General.
The object of this is to obviate the necessity
of supplementary drafts to fll the places of
those exempted for physical or other causes.
We presume in examining the one hundred per
: cent additional, the board will take them in
numerical order, or in case all are examined,
and an excess is found, that those last drawn
WIN be discharged Such was the practice nm
der the law requiring fifty per cent additional
to be drafted. The new system affects all dis
tricts alike, or in other words, "eaeh Tub will
c have to stand on its own bottom" as under the
former system.