, 1864-09-02

er 1t h4a reSa1d to the 1nateraAl resources Of
the South. from three-fouE1hs at which II IL
nov cut Of BY toe lines held sy our Axmies,
or to it's still more vital resources In nea,o
which the field IL now reAped and bare.
Every na1 and every boy Is now In the
fe1o; there 1s nothing behind. The whole
South is there in armies confronting Sher.
man and Gtsut, II the army opposing Gen.
Sherman, forty Thousand men have been cub
tracted by. the lotees Of the great Summer
campaign. OF the other army, commanded
BY Lee, ONO half Its force has hten put ont Of
the fight 6tuce General Grant creased the
Rapldan.
., It ia true, in inalcttug this damage, we
aleo have lost quite as severely ly-perhaps even
more so; but {tf i: Ia lawful to speak thus
OF 80 grave matteF,J we eau afford 1t. We
can stand to lose man for man, Till cver5 maa
IN the armies OF the rebellion Il put Aors dn
ce'nbot, and leave behind untouched force
equal to all We have lost In the war.
3 But I do not believe it will be needfnl to
Eade through such an ocean Of blood Sd this.
All that Is peeoed Is a blow that will dlsrupt
The two main rebel armies. II is worthy Of
note that the me1eiless conscriptioas ths.
bave sHept over the South have even simplt-
fed the problem for us. The war has no
longer those thousand.fold embarrlssments
that attlzd national war, or WAT on popu.
!at1ons. Thsre IL no population. Our task
Is confined to beating the armies AZ Rich
nond and Atlanta. For the rest, the South
e-n people are tired OF the war, and are slsh.
lpg tor peace.
4. In military point OF view, such Is the
fituation le1d By Gen. Grant and Gen. Hher-
man, toward the iusurgent forces opposed to
Them, that tbs reintnrcements they will re-.
ceive BIZ the draft will certainly enable them
to complete tbeIE work. In addition to the
tcstiauuy of Gen. Grlut already given, take
the impressive sE5eVeratioua Of Gov. SeY-
mour Oh this head:
''1r Bhermau bad but 81, 600 OF Z, 900 moro men
Eeay, the South would be lost, becauss uood
Spring, With reserve. OF 900 to 100 Ooo men, Lee
would hnve been hopelessly crushed Even AZ
this moments . third column Of 10000 to $1,000.
rightly moved. Wnud give unoppoeed bio 10 to
the confedsfacy from which she could nezes siss.
There is sut one course consistont with safety
o. noaoF. Lit The people awaxe 10 4 sense Of
.thelr dignity aud strength, ana fow moushs Of
comparatively tsiniDg exettlon-ot such effort q.
nlohe Is worthy Of the great uork-aud the fcbei-
lion will ctsmbie before ua Fill this draft prompt.
j and Willingly, with good aud ttue men; seud
lev sparo thousands over rather than undcr tbs
call, and toe SUMMER saR OF 1876 viii ehInn
upon res:enerated land.h
S. 1Ms wW ts hae laat dra1. There will be
DO more csll5, for there I'LL aeed no moro
The reinforcements It will give our armies
will cud the Wnr. ThIs reflection should
evoke the lcartIeet efforts to make It protfuc-
tive Of the besf .J3Utts, which will be realized
when our people, coming to view 1t not as
IN arbitrary imposition Of force, but a SOL
en'n call of duty, aud its elections not - a
misfortune to those on whom they NAV fall.
but as sacred laying on Of hands, respond
promptly and personally to its demands.