Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-27
The War to Continue for Years
Future Drafts Already Arrang-
ed.

Gen. Grants order to Sheridan to lay
waste the Shenandoah Valley in view of the
continuance Of the war another year was
published yesterday.
From speech made by Gov. Seymour at
Philadelph last week the startling ntelli-
gence is gathered that the Administration
at Washington are contemplating war for
yedrS-not one year-to come. and have al
ready made arrangements by which three
years men of this State are credited one
year on the present draft, one year on the
next draft which is to recruit the army for
the campaign of 1865, and one year on still
another draft which can only be required
to recruit for the campaign of 1866 Here
is the official statement of Governor Sey-
mour:
''The men who were drafted this year un-
der the five hundred thousand call have but
one year to serve. The three years men
who were taken into the army in lS62 will
90 out of the service next year. Their
terms begin to expire in the spring. III,
nine months the army ioW need the Mrgest
additions that hare been made dtdny one time
AS the Administration shrank from calling
for more three years men Just before an
election, the places to be vacated by the
one gear men must be provided to be filled
an nine mOaths and thus it is reasonable to
| believe that THE LARGEST DRAFT THAT HAS
YET BEEN MADE WILL BE ORDERED AT TIE
BEGINNING OF TIE YEAR 1865. | do not
speak unadvisedly, for the Administration
has intimated to me that they erpcct another
draft. The State of New York had fur
nished an excess of three years men, and
| asked that, in making up the quota OF
New York, one three years man should be
counted as equal to three one year, men,
They said they could not do that, as they
needed men Immediately; but they provid-
ed that IA three years man should count aS
one man ON this draft, as one man on THl
NEXT DRAFT, and as one man again on TIL /
be equalized. So it appears from this thai
we are to have at least tco drafts more
Voice" That refreshing" Every mar
knows that we must have this further draft
After the war is ended, under the policy Of
this Administration we shall be compelled
to maintain large armies to hold the people
of the South in subiucation, to carry out the
Emancipation Proclamation and the conhs.
cation act. y
How do the people relish this exhibit OF
what is before them if the Lincoln Admin
istration is continued in power to prosecute
the war for 'the abandonment Of slavery?'
When Sherman ended his campaign in
Georgia by the capture of Atlanta-when
Sheridan drove Early up the Valley-when
Grant advanced upon both sides of the
James river against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
our armies in the field have gained an ad-
vantage over the enemy, the friends of Mr..
Lincoln have seized upon the military tri-
umphs and held them up as evidences of the
virtual overthrow of the rebellion and of the
wisdom and certain success of the political
policy of the Administration. But who is
now so blind as not to see that with all our
victories in the field the enemy presents aS
bold and defiant front at every point, and
the end of the war is as far off, as ever and
that, under the policy of emancipation, con
fscation and subjucation, even We're the
best end we can hope for at hand, We could
not, if we would, maintain it and hold the
Southern people in subjucation, withdraw q
single man from the field. In any event
with Lincoln in the Presidential chair, the
army must be kept up to its present stand
ard, and the daily expenditure ofover three
millions of dollars must go on.