The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-06

was about three months ago, or thereabouts.
What change is it that has come over the
spirit of the dream of the country. or those
who are conducting its government, that
should make them demand that the period
OF service now should be but one year? |
know there is great deal OF force IN the
suggestion made by the honorable senator
from Vermont that new men IN old re2l-
mentS. under experienced officers who have
been in the field and understand the duties
and fatigues and labors Of war are worth
more than new men III a mpuTalvely dis
organized condition with new officers and
scarcely any organization. But, slr shall
We not avail ourselves of the value Of those
new men in the old organizations for Il lon
ger period Of time than one year? l ask, Is
there, is any prospect to-day in the aspect
of military affairs that demands that we
should ask for less period Of service than
we have heretofore asked for? Has the al
formative not existed presented by the term
of three years or the war; Ii the war
shall be ended before three years, will not
these men be subject to be discharged :
Do You mean to teach the men OF the
country who are fit to be soldiers that they
are fighting for the money they rceeiyed?-
Do you mean to unleaIn them the lesson
that we have endeavorcd 10 teach them, and
which they themselves. think, understand,
that they fight for their own country, and
for the pcrpetuated liberty Of their people? ?
Mr.. President, the difficulty that has stood
in the way Of drafting from the beginning
of this war has been the irritation the draft
has caused to the people, and tiom the ap-
plication Of the draft, the government have
rnna tn the Offering of h,Iinties in extraya-
9ant SIMS to nhin;n soldiers, Why did the
govn,nmrnt NOT nprsist in the system of
draft2 > I annrrbend il WAS because they
nrrfSr,od t1 INV large amount of money
Iatber tb,n tn Snbinct the ncople now to IT.
1itation Ara vou going to subject them
now to ;,,itat;on annually to fiji the ranks
nf von,. ,r,nies2 Arn the ncopIe to be
tauSbt a+ fiji, ncr;od If the war that they
viii have draIt regularly once A wear. and
then in addition as often AS there shall be
snosmx At hnad,mnrtrrs Is that to be the
nolicy upon which this war is to be continu-
ed? IF il is. I can but say that my soul is
sad that nv fears are superior tony antic-
inations of the future. 1t is not nv office
tn condemn here. but the contrary; at least
50 feel il but why is it with the power to
draft orr armies should be engaged in SIN
ole cnntcsty rs they are at this time. without
one bundpd thousand additional hoops ready
NJ anv moment Of time 10 be pushed for
ward rs rciuforcemcnta. When duly few
Of thc governors of the northwestern states
to fIrni,h one hundred thousand men for
nna Lnndrnd DAYS, what lesson did it teach? :?
II tanrht this enthusiastically; the country
were indirectly if not directly. told by the
proposition and acceptance, and its ndorsc-
mcnt hv the Congress, that this campaign
would end the war. | trust in God that
this camnaign will end the war; hut | say
it is Ur,wl.c Q. say it is unsafe to make the
impression in the country. and to have these
snadmodic Jerks substituted for the persis-
tent dete mination that becomes a great
and intelligent Dcople in the conduct of a
rrcat contest ike this here is nothing
that astonisbes the people who come here
from the Pacific coast more than the half
hearted courage with which this war is be-
inc conducted,
Sir. there is power enough in the nation
there are resources enough in the nation, if
God would only Give us some power to or
ganizc it and to preciritatc it against the
enemy. to win these battles, and to close this
contest Within short time. IF God would
but inspire somebody if Iie would but
plant in some mind in authority the power
to organize and the rOwer to direct, this
great contest would be closed with more glo-
nv to the American people than ever before
fell to the lot of any DO tion of mankind. -
But. sir instead of that we have had prom
iSeS to the neope and the world that the
war was to last ninety days and then close;
that we should end it in the next year GER
tainIv. We have the power to cali out men
hv draft. but We fail to ercrcSe that power;
and now tits prorosed to declare by the leg
islativc authority that we viii not call upon
the men of America to fight this great bat
tie lest they be disturbed in their civil avo-
tions. lest they should suffer some hardships
bv being removed tloIu the theaters Of peace
to the great theatcr Of war All this is pro-
nosed TO be done, sir. while day by day. if
not hour bv hour. there come to our table
despatcbes that tell us of sanguinaly conflicts
where thousands and tens Of thousands and
continual tens of thousands of our brave
heroes fall. undertake to say it here, Mr.
President. that this war could have been
closed long ago if the courage of the leaders
of the people was equal to the courage of
the neople themselves.
Mr., Wilson-As | listened to the car
nest. intense not to saw passionate words of
the Senator from California | almost wished
that ] TO was a man of courage. that | too
had this confidence, this hope, and this
boastfulness. The Senator frcm California
speaks Of the spasmodic action of the ad-
illustrators of the government in raising
men during the last few months. Does the
Senator know that we have raised or re-cn-
listed since the 18th day Of October last six
hundred thousand men, not to count Black
men and that within the last year we have
nut in the field seven hundred thousand
men; that we have made an exertion, such
as few nations ever made, and few nations
can make; that we have spent $l25, 900, 900
in bounties that we have drafted; that we
have used the whole power and influences
Of the government to increase our military