Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-08-10
Protest from aD Indignant sS-
lilslt..
10 the Editor ot'the World

some indignant protest or the part Oi "o-
mo-, aoo;nst the late insolent and horrl- /
hle demand of the President fof ilFe nun
dred thousand more men to be ready lof
the field early in September call II
insoIent. adyisedly, because IFS tone Is /
more that of a feudel lord summonnIg his !
vassaIs than that of request from the
chief servant of free people. waive
the disproportion of the quota awarded to
New York, it having been already alluded
to in your columns, and pass to the gen
eral matter of the call, which is of vital
interest to all the country, and especially
to women, on whom is to lay the heaviest
part of the burden.
For what on earth, Mr.. Editor. are five
hundred thousand more men rcqulred.-
Already the country is half depopulatcd
of its strength and sinew; already pro-
duction is so greatly lessoned as to threat
en- the most serious consequences al
ready there are hundreds of thousands Of
starving widows, and orphans, which the
country cannot take care OF, and what
are 10 become of five hundred thousand
more For it is settled thing that
nearly every man who joins oar armies
goes down to his death, only about one
in ten escape, and though it may he IN
easy thing for men in power TO ''calI' Tor
the lives of five hundred thousand men,
it is often starvation and death 10 those
they leave behind. Where are the seven
hundred thousand men stated by Senator
Wilson, to be in arms since the cOmmcnc-
ment of this campaign Il is OF no con
sequence TO Mr.. Lincoln, MIR. Seward or
Mr. Stanton. but it is of immense conse-
qucnce to seven hundred thousand wives,
mothers, sisters and children 1T home.
Already the masses Of the women III
this country are pushed TO the verge OF
endurance. Tell them to cconomlze III
the purchase of silks and foreign goods
Whv. they can scarcely afford to buy
muslin for necessary undorgar1uents -
They are obliged to feed themselves anl
their children ON the plajncst and scant-
lest diet in order to spare sufficient TO buy
a pair of shoes and are compelled to ut
terly deny them the native luxury oi fresh
fruit, which, in It's season, is necessary
to health, rs we'll as grateful to the pai!atc,
unless they happen fortunately TO live
where it can be had for the picking.
country and the flag to The last mali, and
it seems to me anybody is an idiot who
talks such nonsense. What would the
country be worth to me or any other wO-
man, if the ''last man was gone AMI
what is it worth 70 Il lnan, when he has
left it to enter that from which no Traveller
returns? | know il is usual 10 talk about
the blessings secured to postcrity, bet
the idea of doing anything for posterity
unless it it TO plant some apple-trecs, Is
nonsense, postcrity never appreciates 1t,
and will be just rs likely to possess some
fools. who cannot let we'll enough alone,
and who delight in picking qQarrelS, as
this generation. The bost way TO secure
blessings to posterIty is to secure them,
and be thankful for them ourselves, and
how posterity is going to be bennetitted
bv the killing off Of all the able bodied
men, and the ruin and desolalion Of the
country, L cannot conceive.
If there was prospect of terminal
ton to the war, and this was the last call
for five hundred thousand men, the thought
would bc less dishcartnng-but there Is
no prospect for anything but an interim
nable war, and a constant succession OF
calls for five hundred thousand men, who
will disappear in the same maIestrom,
until the last, indeed, follow their brothers
and kindred TO their fate.
Men, who would rather run than fight
any day, and who, if they are drafted,
will hasten in abjcct terror TO the first
emigrant ship which arrives, to secure
substitute, talk loudly about the glory Of
fighting and dying for ones flag and ones
country What is ones flag and ones
country 1t is not a strip Of rag, OF a
little dirt. few stones and some water:
these can be found anywhere, and demand
no especial consideration flour country
and our flag are dear, it is because lhey
represent to us larger proportion Of tl!e
blessings that make life desirable than
can be found clswhcro. II these are
forcibIy taken away from US. If peace Is
gone. if liberty is gono, i; friends arc
gone, if home and plenty are gono-what
is the country and the flag worth 10 me !
All countries belong alike to God, and if
happy and peaceful life could be better
secured on amy other portion of the earth,
that would become my country.
1t seems 10 me-that all men, and cs2e-
cially our rulers, are mad. II this war
Is TO be perpetuated, and it is arrogantly
presumed TO be treason and coppcrhcadism
to think otherwise, why not at least
''draw it mild p Why constantly rush
enormous masses Of green men into the
field, to be moved down as if life was
the least valuable thing, except money,
that. could be taken from the country
IF wisdom, care, and economy oc ,he lives
and treasures entrusted to it, E.i.l con-
trolcd- this war, women would not fc,
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