Year: 1862

There is some apprehension expressed in
different quarters in respect to the expiring
terms of service of most of the soldiers now
in the field. 1t is feared that large pro.
portion of the men will return home and
that their places will have to be filled with
raw recruits. .....


If this be true it is great public calam-
ity, and may bring disaster to our arms and
greatly encourage the enemy, and conse-
quently prolong the war. The result may
be also the enforcement of the law of draft,
from which no person of the proper age
can escape.


We, however, do not sympathize with
these apprehensions. From all quarters
we hear that large plumbers of toe corps
are re-enlistiug for the war; and are salts
fed that, compared with the whole number
iu the field, the recussants will not be nu-
merous.


Resorting to draft would be prejudicial
to our cause. The natural inference from
it among our enemies would be that we are
nearly tired of our attempt to gain our in
dependence 1t would serve to confirm
them in the false notion that the desire
for reconstruction exists everywhere in the
South. 1t would help them to prove what
they so often declare, that our men we're
forced into the field, or went into it in or
der to crafty desire for excitement
caring nothing for the cause except as it
offered an opportunity for momentary
purpose; and in this Strengthening the
opinion which is so generally entertained
iu the enemy's country, that our Southern
soldiers are only fit for dash, and not fsr
endurance.


The same false notions obtain in Europe,
as we'll as New England. In the coun-
tries on the other side Of the Atlantic mil.
lions of men are watching thiSEery thing.
1t must be recollected shat they have gath
cred their opinions mainly from the state
ments of our enemy. We have, so far, H.
lustrated our superior valor and unsel6sh-
ness. They acknowledge this; but they
believe that we will presently weary of the
cause, and abandon it from sheer indiffer.
ence When We prove that this is untrue
we shall have made great stride toward
the accomplishment Of the purpose we have
in hand.


We have every reason to believe that
the stonward to Richmond" has been de-
layed simply by the expectation that our
gallant soldiers will retire from the army as
soon as their term Of enlistment expires
1t is cunning idea and compliment to
the courage Of our troops. The order for
the onward march will then be given and
if our enemies do march, under such
condition, they may gain laurels, for there
will be no properly organized army to de
fend the country against their disciplined,
merceuary aud cowardly hosts.


Just suppose that this should be the con-
dition! What man would not deplore his
abandonment of the service all bis life ?-|
The battle has to be won. 1t is life or
death to US We must fight it to victory.
Ii we fail ID this, then everything which
we respect will be at the mercy of the Abb
olitionists. All our "pleasant places" will
be filled with Yankees; and, according
to the enemy's programme, the property
of the South will be confscat:d to pay the
enormous debt which has been incurred
for the purpose of subjugating us. |


The man who does not hold his life in
his hand to place it against this consumma-
ton is not worthy of any persons respect.


Within few weeks the action of our ar
mics will be pregnant with the history of
the future. 1t is for us to give birth, with
honor, to its pages, or have them brought
forth for the glory of the enemy.-MobiIe
Tribune


STONE WALL JAcKsoN.-A correspon.
dent asks us, "Why is Gen. jackson called