Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-06
eIIschis us FaIsehOOd Explained

Kicks It over and spills 10 ON the ground
| He has labored hard in the Union cause,
but at the last moment makes a speech that
does more mischief than all the good he
| ever did in his life In a recent debate IN
the Senate, on the report on the $500 clause
of the confseatioh act hesInade some tate
ments shocldngly untrue in point of fbcti
and exceedingly nischievous in tendency,
which are greedily ellached atby thewhole
copperhead press. He says: =.
'Does the Senator Mr. Conness, know
that we have raised or re-enlisted since fhe
l 7th day of October last, 10000 men, not
to count black men, and that within the
last year we have put in the field 7OO,bOl
men.
Last October We called far 300, 900 men.
That Included, however, all the men that
had enlisted from the2 26th5 of Maj, j s63
w etheni called forl56e, ,OOOhen IN Fehrua-
ry but that SOC, 900 included the 3OO,DO0
OF October, and made an aggregate call of
half million of men. Then we calledlfOr
200, 900 men in March, making an aggre-
gate call of zoe, 900 men from the 26th day.
of May, 1863, to the present time Those
men have been raised. Some of the States
have rasied in the aggregate fabout 9O,OOO
more men than were called for Other
States haveafaile to the AMOUNT. Of about
e0,eOOs - G1E ~
"But it is said that law is not bringing us
ali the men we ought to have admit it;
but at the same time l believe if we reduce
the time at one year, and give a reasonable
bounty TO the men who are drafted to- go
into the service at the end ofthe year, We
can raise ali the men we want to raise, with
ont repeating the communication. believe
no moreodi0us oct could be ydone by this
Congress than 10 saytothe eouhtfyg " We
make draft we repeal the communication
clause; we will compel every man to go
himself or furnish a substitute
A amore odious act by far Is, for Re
publican Senator to make such false state
ments on. the floor Of the Senate. Theias-
sertion that 100000 men have been
raised since last fall, has no better fohn-
dation in truth than the Senators vivid
imagination and aversion to draft that
nay oblige some, of the sh0emalsersi of
EatieA 70 shoulder 1nuskets ahd-sette in
the armies ofth Republic, instead of buy
ing of for a few greenbacks 1t NAV be
very "odious" in the eyes of his Crispin
friends, but there Is no help for it, if the
Union is to be saved by putting down the
rebellion. =,
Let us examine the Senator'S tigures.-
He assumes that 100, 600 blacksoIdiers have
been recruited since the nth of October,
1863, which is not true as not more than
half that many have been put under arms
since then. I'D
I'd. Most of the October call for 800, DOO.
were cancelled by credits on settlement
with Provost Marshal General lES-yl MANY
of the States showed that they did not owe
any or many men under that call, and
Senator Wilson's own State managed to
get large set of on that call. So of the
February call 1t produced bnt few men
Sd. THEN came the call for zoo, 900. in
March last. Most of this was cancelled BY
the re-enlisted veterans, l2O,0OO of whom
volunteered for three years longer. But
bear in mind that they do not add any.
thing to the former strength Of the army
they merely retain their places r.
4th. Several Western States were so far
ahead of their relative quotas that their
overplusses were nearly sufficient to meet
their quotas under all calls Illinois, In
diana, Michigan and Iowa belong to this
class of SHtes Illinois need mot 'hhve
raiseda Inanssfnee October. - 1Fl
5th. The whole number of white volun-
teers since October 18th, 1863 to the pres
ent date do not exceed 200, 600 men. This
is exclusive of the $4,000 hundred days
troops whose term of service will expire in
few weeks.
9Th. The conscnption was resOrted to in
New York, Pennsylvania, New. Jersey,
Mary land, Ohio, Minnesota and several Of
the New England States, including Maksa-
chusetts to make up their deficits, and we
have General Frys statement of the result
Out Of IS, 600 men drawnsonly 5000 were
held to service, and about as many more
substitutes Collecting the fig
ures togethefg ne have the following as the
sum total of the additions to the army since
October, ls62
By bounty and volunteers ....... 800 00Q
~ substitutes and conscTipts 1900
Colored recruits $1,000
Total 900
AS the re-enlisted veterans simply fill
their own vacancies they must not be chm
ppted Is Aaditions to thesFny3
Now let Us reckon the deductions made /
from the army since October last:
By battles and skirnishes, between October
and April including the battle Of Chatta-
p 900
From April to July, deaths, wounds, prison
ers, and sioknes
Deserton and struggling 10000
Expiration of term Of 5000
EossldsduotiQns...,...,...,....,,.........2b, goo
II must Be bofhe' in mind that something
like l4O regiments OF the old veterans did |
not re-enlist, and that from, 40 10 200 men |
in each ofthe regiments that reviewed their |
service, declined to re7enlist,a gWehave es-
timated the mustered out men from these |
sources at $4,000. 1t is certainly that
many, and perhaps a great deal more. Wei
have estimated the losses.tO armies during /
this campaign at 10000 men by, deaths, |
sickness and captures, which is |
q moderate onei Adding all Il hese |
and deducting them from the aeces- |
sionss TO the arTsIyyI and we have credit |
of 1000; that is, the army is probably |
now 4,G00i stronger thah iit''w was at the |
close of the last campaign, What in
view of these figures, Becomes Of 7OdOOO |
Meantime the rebels |
have added by q sweeping .copscrption |
more men to then forces Since last fall |
than we have. They are relatively stron- |
ger to-day than they were a year ago
The number of our effective soldiers & not |
now and has mot been for eighteen
months as many as the public surprised. |
Sqch gdeeeptiye stiltemsns asl fhefs put |
forth by Senator Wilson do Infinite mis-
chief by creating. false hopes, discoItent
and discouragement in the minds of the /
people. A conscription law calling for /
men, not. money onghtto h&Yebeel en-
acted two years ago. No matter how |
''odious" it may. be- it is an imperative
necessity. The public safety requires It.
The government should no mord be |
obliged to depend upon volunteer contFi-
5ftp1s of men than SR eypluntaer edntri-
buti6ns ofNhoHsy. Taxation q Simply /
to raise money. Why should
here mot also be conscription to procure
soldiers?