Washington telegraph., 1864-05-25

It's friends II has contributed largely 70 the sup
port OF an army wherever IL has been collected.
The army Biz, or the bill 20 organize forces
to serve during the war, goes oui, too. for its
share OF praise OF condemnation. 1t takes in
persons II years of age aud from IS to 80. Per-
sons from IL TO ls and from As 10 50 will be
called in though, only Tor reserve corps. for
home or State defence. The pi eEsEt organza
tious are kept up. The exemptions are about a.
they were in the former acts. with the power in
the Secretary Of War aud the President to ex-
empt in certain cases The negro exemption Il
lin tod TO I5 bodied hands, with more re
strietons for the benefit Of the government thar
We have had in any Of the other acts. The other
portions Of the at relate more TO matters OF de
tail, and it is net worth while TO set them oui
here IL j. full Of vigcr and il IF nature and
character similar to that or tie two financial
&C already alluded TO.
These constitute the chief legislation Of Con-
grcss at its last session. They are strong and
bold Doubtless can take these acts and.
.eparatrly lind fault " th some Of their features:
but a% q whole, they are suited to our present
condition. and must work happy results. thini
at least one thing can be said Congress has
shown its nerve and met the crisis. These acts
will convince our enemy and the world that all
We have il thrown into this fight and If W.
fail. it will he after our last dollar In gone. and
our la, able to fight is slain. The country
is at last educated to war, and having we be-
lieve. placed ourselves upon the war PATH
we will follow il unto the end
With reference 10 our foreign af,airs can say
We Lave new cause for congraiulation. Our
bonds in Europe are commanding handsome
price. and are daily going up The decision Of
The conrt in the Alexandria cake has given our
c ausc different status abroaf. Ard we f-el
| now. that the door II gradually bein. opened Tor
an admission. The Mexican affair continues. So
| far as we are concerned. about it was. But
one thing is certain unless entirely abandoned
Of which there is no prospect il must ultimately
| aid before long lead TO results which will ad-
| vance our cause In no small degree.
From The enemy's country we have many evil
d'uces If complete failure in the prosecution
OF the war. The L. s. Congress with all OF its
| assumed boldness in the beginning. have utterly
| failed TO come up TO the test. In the House OF
| Representatives an meudment 10 the army ill,
proposed by Thaddeus Ste~ens himself, allows
| any one to escape service for three years upon
bis paying scotland this WAS carried by large
vote How many men 20 you suppose they will
get undei their bill with this clause in il Even
the great and tremendous plan Of IIine, TO fiji up
a crusade at once aud come down on us within
ninety days, fell to the ground lfeless before be
bad time 10 reap any praise for originating it
| 10 me this was SO supremely rid cuious, offered
one IN our Hou-e burleslue. which was.
| however. fully A. feasible as his | suppose you
| have SCENT before this.
You see. the Presidential election approach
Is there. they treat their great questions rather
| delicately. The political laboratory il already
at work and in full blast there. and for fear Of
| doing damage to some aspirant's prospects, they
VIII utterly fail In vigor and energy IN all their
MEASURES. The coming contest must, and will.
beat them into fragments, and leave them ready
and willing TO have peace honorable and salts
factory to Us.
| Besides. their finances are fast fleeing beyond
| the coItrcl If Mr. Chase. Gold. now, Is l62 in
| Ne n-E il ,lailv N has
up to this point from lJ0 in the last two weeks
| This u ominous difference with nation fixed.
| settled and known to othe. naiions-itS ports
| open, and commerce still going on. Let il reach
| lI5. and it will come with a crash all at onc'
| which they cannot stay. Already some cf their
papers aud leading men predict il, and that be-
fore The coming summer.
/ A-Oher matter Uf no small significance tleii
men are not re-cnlisting, and all the little
| PGHdeeGs they are using fail TO accomplish the
end. According to an estimate | have seen
| from Northern sources, they nave 10 raise ZJ1. :
600 men by the 10Th or March next 10 make the
| quota already required: aud up TO this Il me
they have made no progress at all And it wall
| be impossible for them to do this by the time
specified. A. the history Of nil wars Of inva-
sion proves, when the invader begins 90 slsckru
bis steps, or a5a.es Iris energies. he fails anI
/ his var is a: an etd. So here, the failure sin
| be a. rapid and sudden have been his eHer-
| lions hhI tdc ul-pl1y OF MS resources IN pros
| rcnting tie var heretofore.
But the most encouraging sign uf All is 10 be
| found ia the readiness with whch Cur men
| haye ani are re-enlisting. BY this time nearly
| ali our Ineu on thir side the Mississippi river
navc re -.niisled. Ii j. the prouiest sight | ever
| Witnessed Tie moral subliinits in IL has f-H
or parallels. Many looked forHtrI ID this
period with missiyings, but happily they are
dissIpated. Irsgard this as settling the ques-
ton. SIR, IL is impossible to CONQUER people
with sucn types in the army.
Should the people ever desire 10 surrender
with such army, they could not | believe
at one period Of our Revolution George Wash
Eington said he Was satisfied that the people al
home might be ready and willing 10 make peace
on any terms, but the army would not, and he
feared the manhood Of the country was with
the army: aud, so long as it was, he felt as
sured OF the result. So. If our people should
| despair, let them reflect the army does nCt
and will not.
The exchanging Of prisoners has unf,rtuu-
| ately Tor time ceased. This question have
had much at heart all the time, recognizing. as
do, II 10 be the highest duty Of a nation to
! relieve those from prison who have beer placed
there for her, and on her account As Que Of
. special committee for this purpose, at the
last session, lahored hard TO bring about a
change, but failed. Our Government is
|
Guilty. Our prisoners suffer no little In their
horrid prisons, but they bear up manfulIy. and
write hopefully when | hear from them, whic ch
do frequently. | send all news home that
get from any of them. Many there have suf-
| fered untold tortures, but we know every
drop Of guiltless blood hath a tongue, and l.
not only vocal bat impurtunate." While they
do not surrender, they write Us also 70 be o,
good cheer.
Congress has done all in it. power to relieve
the TraIs-Miss. Department Of its troubles
Separate War, Treasury and Post Office De-
partments, have been erected there with d
view of carrying on our affairs with more en-.
srsy AMI with a. little delay az possible. We
have authorized the President to create a full
General 70 command that department And
we have every assurance he will give Us ont
tina will e agreeable tot Jus. know Of nc
efforts that have beel spared here e. reliev.
that cou IT, in every respect What We have
fallod TO do has been for the want Of ability or
our part. have watched closely their inter.
ests aud know all has been done during this
| winter that could be.
| have alluded TO the most important sub
j. cts connected with our c,use that have re-
CURED to me, and fear | have written 10,
much. But have 10 say 10 our people. be.,
up nm do your duty. Trials we have, and ",