Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-12-21

erect may at once dismiss the notion.
The draft will positively be made, as the
salvation of the country demands that i,
should be. General Grant is awaiting its
fruits to make sure thing of Richmond
The determination on this score is irreyo-
cable, aud Mr.. Lincoln declares that if his
reelection is to be baulked by means ol
this measure, he will at least have the sat.
isfaction Of going down with the colors
flying - Times, duy. %.
1.-The President stands firm against ev.
cry solicitation TO postpone the draft. To
the procrastinators who haye asked H.
that they may FIJI their quotas by volsn.
teers, his reply is. that for this end his
proclamation gave ample time. and that
the army is not to be punished if that
time has been wasted. To the alarmists
who are concerned lest the draft cannon
be enforced without resistance and insur-
rection, his reply is, that if it has come TO
this, the quicker the government proves
! its powers to maintain its laws, the better,
to the little calculators of his party who
are exercised lest the enforcement Of this
draft will defeat his election, his reply is,
that whatever his fate, ha shall do his du-
ty. We rejoice in this spirit. 1t i, pre-
cisely what the crisis demands. ."-Times,
August 25.
WHAT GENERAL GRANT NEEDED TO FINISH UP
THE REBELLION.
1t is no mere poor judgment of mine,
but the authoritative utterance of the head
of all our armies, that it is in the hands
of the people to end the rebellion at a
blow Lientenant-Generai Grant has de-
clared that "if he had now but hundred
thousand fresh men he could, in fifty
days, do up all the fighting that needs to
be done during the war; This is no shall
low heresay; It is the authentic declara-
tion Of the high name given and the SEN
timent is affirmed by every military man
10 General Grant'sown immediate army,
would enable him to stretch his line a.
cross 10 the Danvilie road, and positively
compel the abandonment of Virginia; the
other half would put Hoods army into the
hands Of General Sherman. Is there liv-
ing patriotism enough left in the country
TO evoke the means for so glorious q con-
summation If there were net, it might
we'll raise the question whether such q
people deserved to be savsdY The draft
is designed to give General 6rant the hun
dred thousand, and three times the hun
dred thousand Inei. uS Il. a. conclude
the war withal. That measure rings the
death-knell of the rebellion. The leaders
of the rebellion in the South know it the
abbettors of the rebellion in the North
know it, and hence their efforts to thwart
it. The draft win be made in spite of
both. - Times Washington Dispatch, A'gust
80. .-..
WHAT SECRETARY STANTON SAID.
The foregoing was confirmed by an Off
cial dispatch OF Secretary Stanton to Gen
eral Dix, dated September 3, in which he
said:
The naval and other credits required
by the act Of Congress will amount to a
bout two hundred thousand, including n.
Y, which has not Teen reported yet to
the department; so that the President s
call ofJuly 10Th is practically reduced to
three hundred thousand men. One hun
dted thousand new troops, promptly fun
nished, are all that General Grant asks
for the capture of Richmond, and to give
a finishing blow to the rebel armies in
the field. The residue of the call would
be adequate for garrisons in forts and to
guard all the line of communication and
supply, free the country from gurillas,
give security to trade, protect commerce
and travel, aud establish peace, order, and
tranquility in every state"
WHAT GENERALS GRANT AND SHERMAN SAID.
In order apparently to be thoroughly
fortified for the enforcement OF the draft,
the government procured from Generals
Grant and Sherman an expression OF Their
opinion upon its necessity, and according
ly we find them both telegraphing to Sec
retary Stanton on the same day (the 18th
of Sept their views of the subject as fol,
lows:
General Grant said "We ought to
have the whole number Of men called for
by the President in the shortest possible
time. Prompt action in Glling our armies
will have more effe& uron the enemy than
a victory ever them. They profess to be-
lieve and make their men believe there Is
such a party North in favor oil recognizing
southern independence that the draft can
not be enforced. Let them be undeceived.
Deserters come into our lines daily, who
tell us that the men are nearly universal
lv tired of the war, and that desertlons
would be much more frequent. but they
believe peace will be negotiated after the
fall election. The enforcement OF the
draft and prompt Cling up OF our armies
will save the shedding of blood TO an I'M
mense degree"
General Sherman's dispatch was as fol-
lows: go,
II am very glad to hear the crsft VIII
be enforced. First, we need the men !;
secondly, they come as privates to MI up
our old and tried regiments with their
experienced officers already on hand and
third, because the enforcement OF the law
will manifest q power resident in our gov
ernment equal to the occasion. Our GOV
ernment, though Democracy, should in
times of trouble and danger. be able to
WELD the power Of great nation"
WHAT SECRETARY SEWARD SAID.
On the 5th of September Secretary Sew
ard made o speech in Aburn, in which no
said that ave shall have no draft, because
the army is being reinforced at the rate
1T Eve or ten thousand per day by volun-