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pened her guns upon Fort Sumter. * * * * * We earnestly submit, therefore, that, if the people desire this war to terminate, every possible effort be made to get our best citizens to fill this draft, and in the full numbers called for by the President. There is no other sure means of success. Moral forces are well; but the force of arms is all we have to do with now; we can rely upon no other; and, although we should be abundantly happy to believe that Lee would play the role of General Monk, we can see not the slightest cause of self-congratulation in those indications of his becoming dictator. It means war, not peace. The Times warns its readers against cherishing any hope that Blair's mission will reveal the fact that the Confederates are about to "back down." As for the views of President Davis, the writer thinks they will be the same as given to Jacques. He will "either secure the independence of the South or perish in the attempt." It does not answer to assume th