Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-01-23

for, and shall thereupon be sworn into the mil
itary service, and unless discharged, shall
continue in such service without pay therefor until
the expiration of the period fer which such forces
are enlisted.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
81 rLFronf'the New Y Ork Tribune. 4 49,
We believe we have never yet
counseled the President as to the selection of
commanders for the Union armies, and we
shall not begin now ; but we will say that the
spirit and purpose of that resolve commend
themselves to our hearty appreciation, We
tried to make a similar proposition a year
ago; but those who carefully withheld our
article from their readers told them that we
had markedly proposed to abandon the War if
if it were not prosecuted to successful issue
within ninety days! AdmOnished by that
lesson, we will now only say that we like Mr..
Howe's proposition. Let all our strength be
put forth, and the rebellion promptly crushed.
Had we fifty thousand men to-day in Tex
as, with proper munitions and trains, we be-
leve they never need fight battle, but that
the rebellion west of the Mississippi would
collapse within the next two months. Had
| Gen. Grant two hundred thousand he would
bisect the Confederacy afresh within month
after the weather will permit him to advance
once more. Do let US finish up this job
From the New York Herald
< Now we see that Senator Howe
has struck the right key. In a resolution
presented to the Senate, he calls upon the
President to bring into the field one million
of volunteers for ninety days, to carry food
| and freedom to every captive in the rebel
| prisons throughout the land, and to put this
| fresh force under the command Of the gallant
Grant. This is the ring of the true metal.
Let Congress and the President adopt such
plan, and before the Fourth of July the
rebel COME deracy will be split asunder and
virtually extinguished Senator Howe, how
| ever, we think, goes even further than is ne
| cessary. With half the number of yOlun-
| teers, he proposes to raise, our soldiers could
be released and the rebellion might be oblt-
| Grated and peace restored.
/ With half million of fresh men in the
| field, moving from Fortress Monroe and other
| points, direct upon the rebel capital, and, in
| conjunction with our other armies, stri-
king the enemy at every vital point. JEFF.
Davis and his motley crew would soon be
driven into the Gulf of Mexico, and peace
would become the normal condition of the
nation. What grand spectacle would this
be for Europe A nation, with nearly mil
lion men in arms, bringing out another half
million for a special and triumphant duty on
a service of ninety days The idea is as good
as it is suggestive. Let it be adopted by all
| means.
From the Chicago Journal.
This would be vigorous policy" to say the
| least and that it would be effective not only
! in freeing our prisoners, but in giving the
| final death-blow to the rebellion, there can
| be but little doubt.
We have no misgivings as to the ability of
the Government to raise this special force, for
such brief and active service. The call
would be responded to with alacrity. To en-
list and organize this army of liberation
would require about month, and during the
remaining two months its task could be sue
cessfully accomplished.
We doubt not that this plan, if imme diateIy
| adopted and vigorously carried out would
| finish up the war, and prove the most econom-
| ical in the end. But our representative wis
| dom in Congress sees and moves slowly, and
we can hardly expect so much good from itas
would be the prompt and immediate adoption
of Mr.. Howe's rebellion-erushing proposition.
| By,the time each of the self-wise members
| shall have made his inevitable speech, the
season win have advanced too far to insure
the enlistment of the proposed number of
men, for short winter campaign, and cOnse-
quently we are not ready to see anything
practical resulting from Mr.. Howe's timely
and well-conceived measure. e.si
| .t ST From the St. Louis Union. t -lls
| This looks like a wild scheme, at first
blush but we do not see why it might not
| prove to be as successful as tits gigantic. 1t
| is folly to spend further time in haggling ne
! gotiation with the perfidious rebel Govern
ment about the exchange of these unfortu-
nate and oppressed captives.
+ The more eager we are for their release
from their cruel Imprisonment, the harsher
will the rebels make the conditions of their
release. The best and cheapest plan is to
release them by force. x6I DIS sT9DIO E"'
A million, half a milliOn-nay, quarter OF
million of men could DO the work. They
could start in two bodies, from Fort Monroe
and the RappahannOck march steadily, and
concertedly, toward Richmond, sweeping away
or trampling down whatever opposing rebel
| force that might attempt to resist their pro-
| gress, capture Richmond, open the prison
| doors, and overturn the wretched mimicry of
| a Government established there.
Senator Howe proposes that General Grant
shall have command of the relieving host
| No better man could be selected. The very
| name of Grant, would call out quarter of a
] million of volunteers to his standard He is
more feared by the rebels than any man on
| our side The announcement that he had
charge of such a mission, would strike terror
| to their souls, and cause such quaking and
shifting of knees in Richmond as has not been
witnessed since the days of Belshazzer. The
man who took Vicksburg can take Richmond;
and if the petted Army of the Potomac VIII
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