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The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], Drafting the "Solid Men." (search)
em and the "riff-raff" is, that the latter "wear their hearts upon their sleeves," and, contrary to the general impression, they are more reliable for fighting purposes. The philosophy of this is plain enough. The "riff-raff," as they are called, are accustomed to hard work and hard knocks from their cradles; they feel that this world is no world for them, and that, in giving it up, they have not much to lose. But fine houses, productive farms, beautiful gardens — as Dr. Johnson said to Garrick, "these are the things that make a death-bed terrible;" these are the things that enervate men, make them cling to life as the greatest of advantages, render the "solid men" the least formidable of all combatants who can be called into the field, and cause them to skedaddle to Canada and Europe for fear of being drafted into the militia. The only manner in which the "solid men" of the North are now formidable is in their capital.--They have spent so much money in carrying on this war t