Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-30
Warlks Measures at the North,

IL yss commonly Supposed that the nsols's o.
fact of Lncon'5 success In the recent Pfesid'nhai
election a. the North would be the display OF even
y,ors th,u ordinary vigor, aGd sho enforcement OF
measures which had previously been only eon'em
Mated or threatened While tle popular verdict vas
In doubt and il vas uncertain thasthe 1ry Of 'he
Northern people was even in favor Oi continued
prosscution OF the var it natural that the ash
ipgtou Government should hesitate 10 the employ
mani OF means which might il fame the public mind
and. by stimulating resentment, danger The suPte-
macy which il Was struggling 50 mainsAla. The OPP
pos,ion 10 a forced draIS had b5er pronounced with
40 much emphasis in various p1riNns OF the Federal
States, ana especially IN the great atty OF New York,
that the Government vas driven TO Fsesds nom Us
poson, and TO hide It's retreat BY the pss oil suoei
tugss which could not conceal i.s failure Taus,
whie II Was announced with an air Of authority aaa
resolution, well caon aed 10 impose on tbs pubic,
thai the draft Weuld Do enforced Is all hszITd t1Pe-
disns al devices we're invented tor the purposes OF
Tightening IL weight aud OF shifting - Oarthsns from
ths more refractory populations. j. thus hsPPsned
that when at last the lists clcaed the 00nserps
vatbsrsd IN, and the reiuforotnentl thus acquired
san, ssFd 70 the various armes, I. was found that
snlv tUo-fhs OF the number called Tor hsi been OBJ
t.usd and these two 6tshs we're sabi;c. 10 sill the
aaduouc1s which reduce the force IN the field SO nj
tsri,lly below the paper sst@Stes Of the bsre1uI.
Thsrs vsy therefore, deficiency CT 100000 men 70
IA made up but it could no! be made up until after
IL shopd be demonstrated By the rssut OF the eite-
ton, that the Yankee people were prepared 10 leT
tbs I5A elton. The result did zee 10 prove this to
cha sstsiso,ion Of superhea obserVefs although the
G,ysTnusn. continued TO hesitate, even after IL
.,,ursd Of its triumph, aud OF the extension, for
,o,bs- four years ts lease OF alb, olate power To
\. .urs II Eas soleUnly asserted By Seward s1d his
s.lowars. and the assertion gresdily sEaloWsdbJ
tbe BLck Republican Yankee echl1e a0J, that the
mare election Of 1ooln would suffice to terminate
rhs CONTEST that, on the announcement Of this
sppslling fact, the dismaJed aud rePsntant rebsls
-yould hasten to proclaim their submission and ODE
dispcs TO be sure the unparalleled Ulysses eongTaiu
l,tsa his master ca this raOrdiusFy triumph far
e1csling even his unsPP'oacha6ls performances
but when Il was sssn that the obdurate rsbsC re-
mainsd recusant aud unFsasOnabY refused TO yield TO
.bs summous OF the universal Yankee nation hidsous
ds,yus. began 10 p'rvads the bOsoms Of that sslH-
nsnt,l people, aud = horrid doubt to shake the
mind Of the regal Lincoln himself. Il vas plain thst
more bullets we're wanted as well &c more bsllots-
mora cannon az we'll as more csuousses-mOre men
"a veil as more mse.ingsi since mother votes nor
conventions nor mass meetings, had brought the
oontunaoous robIl to terms. Nov, then, Was the
time for the adoption Of those energetic measures
-bioA had been predicted as the result of Lueolns
slsotiou. and which We we're told that the Yankee
p,Opls had sanctioned in, advance by their vote.
Fhe reported call for a million men vas only the
xpressiou Of this prevailing Anticipation. But The
report was soon found to be false. Days and even
vesfs OF hesissncy elapsed, till finally the Yankee
President wrought himself up to the requisite pitch
of determination, and called for 500 600 more men.
Three hundred thousand men would indeed be a val
pabls reinforcement TO the depleted Yankee armies
.opd tbey All be brought into the Geld al once ready
S,,,.sd and disciplined but three hundred thousand
nan hrouzht forward n aoeoFdanes with the usual
Y.pk,s vys.sm, as developed by this war, will 10 the
md contribute very little towards the conquest, or
a,sp the military occupation, Of the Confederate
s,.,ss. Grant has lost nearly that number, from HE
various Yirglnlan armies, in the course Of ths cam
p.zu, ana without accomplishing anything more than
the mere change Of the theatre OF operations from
.hs hanks Of the Rsppahsnnock TO the banks Of the
LANAI. Sherman has lost in the same time probably
nssry third Of the number, without achieving any
substantial result, or doing much more than to rush
,e,oss sac State of Georgia. without Tsnlurng to at
tsupt even the permanent occupation OF any interior
position.
TIA indeed remarkable feature IN this last call fer
man BY the Washington Government, that It does not
purport 20 DO anything more than attempt to sup
plv the deficiencies Of the lOImsr draft caused |
mu,. be remembered By that persistent opposition, in
Nav York and elsewhere, which forced the authorities
n allo1 credits 10 the extent Of three-6hs Of the
whole number to be raised New FORK city slons PFC.
ydsd for 20 600 In this way, and il stated officially
that had abe been forced TO pay for the whole number
demanded ct the rate ohs eOmpslled to pay for the
few she actually furnished Il would have cost her the
.uuR little sum Of tWentY-six million dollars II now
remains 70 be seen WhetheF the Government will ven
turs 10 assess this new drs exclusively upon the die
frlc,s TO which credits we're previously given, or
whether Il will dstrib5te the whole number pro rata
throughout the sO-Oslled loyal States. In the Hrsl
case New York city and other districts similarly stu
stsd would have right to regard It a5 a breach Of
faith and In this Light 1t NOEld undoubtedly, be re-
csived and In the latter Il would show that Lincoln,
40 far from feeling himself in the adoption
even ordinarily energetic msssuFes for carrying on the
war, IL in reality more than ever doubtful Of the
.snpsr Ct the popular mind and more than ever fear
full Of these great csDssss Of population and wealth
which protested 80 Vicinity against his usupsiioDs
lnd 50 strongly against bic election.
Hoods Campaign.
Although Il vas TunoFsd several days ago that dee.