Year: 1863

Tie Presidents Proclamation and Its


Effects.


The President calls for three hundred thou
sand volunteers, TO serve for three years
or the war, in place of those regiments and
parts cf regiments whose term il about to ex-
pire. The liberal bountlcs and allowances
allotted by the War Department for volunteers
will be paid all those who enlist under the new
call. The quota Of the several States must be
filled up before the 9Th OF January, 1864, or
draft will be at once ordered to Oil up the de
fciency. Thus favorable opportunity offers
to render future conscription unnecessary by
vigorously helping along the more wholesome
and more popular method Of voluntary enlist
ment, and we have no doubt that the call OF
the President will be very efficiently responded
TO-


When the Army OF the Cumberland was on
the eve Of the battle of Chattanooga, and imme-
upon the COVE nment to call out force
OF two hundred thousand Six months men
from the militia OF the Northern States,
and thus relieve the veteran troops of
Generals Meade, Rosecrans and Grant from
garrison duty, and enable the whole regular
force to take the field Had this been
done the rebel armies before Washington
and in front of Chattanooga, and at all points
in the Southwest, would have been compelled
to retire, and the strength Of the rebellion
would have been virtually broken down.
But our advice was not taken tIlen, and IL may
be too late to accomplish this object now 80
late in the season. Indeed it looks as if
the President thinks that it is too late for in
stead of calling out the militia he appeals for
three hundred thousand three years volunteers,
who are to be raised within a little less than
three months. 1t is now a full month since the
battle of Chattanooga was fought, and all that
precious time has been lost. The most auspi-
cious season for fighting will have passed
away before new troops can be made
available this year, and the period when the
war can be brought TO successful conclusion
must be deferred for some months to come;
whereas, if our counsel had been needed, it
would have been almost finished by the
lst of January. But there can be no doubt
that a large reinforcement to our army will be
raised under the new proclamation. The boun-
ty will be large temptation to many soldiers
who have already served out term and love
the exciting life of camps Probably two hun
dred thousand Of these men will accept the
offer and return to the field. A large number
Of those who went as substitutes under the
draft, AID who will yet 60 upon tie same terms
during the existing uncompleted draft, are of
this class, and they comprise a most valuable
element in the army. We should not be SUR
prised, then, to see tho Union army Of 1864
numbering five hundred thousand veterans and
two hundred thousand fresh troops, large
portion Of whom have served three or nine
months, and who consequently bring some ex-
perencc into the field.


This will give the government the most
splendid army in the world. With such
force at the command Of President Lincoln the
rebellious States will be convinced and all
Europe will not only be convinced, but must
acknowledge, that the suppression of the rebel
lion is only a.question of few months time.
While financial ruin is rapidly hurrying the
confederacy to dissolution, while provisions
rate at starvation prices throughout the entire
South, and one dollar of rebel money Is
worth but ten cents of United States currency,
it is impossible that the resources Of the rebels
could resist the accumulated force of an army
of nearly million Of men, which the approach
ing spring of 1864 will witness in the field for
the reconstruction Of the Union Thus Europe
and the whole world will see that, physically
and financially, the days Of rebellion are num-
bcred.