Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-06
HRCRUTTTNG AT THE NORTu,

The monster meetings at the North, and the
liberal subscriptions Of money to pay extra
bounty, have not pushed forward the work Of
recruiting as fast as was expected by LINCOLN
and his supporters. Superbumsn efforts are
making to ell up the o~ldregiments and organize
the three hundred new ones, but thus far the re-
suit is q disappointment to those who anticipated
that the cry of the Union and the stars and
stripes would at once cause a rush to the tented
field of all that would be wanted. The fighting
element-those who fight for glory, or for " the
fun Of the thing" wGs exhausted a year age,
and now the indications are that the volunteer
ing system viii prove a failure.
In Chicago all the clap-trap possible has been
made available; we learn from the Times of the
3Ist the result. That journal gives the follow
ing as the returns from the recruiting officers:
Captain / H. Williams, at No. AZ Randolph
street, has f~orty-four men.
Capt CbsdbOurne, in Court House Square,
has fhirty-fve men.
Capt G W. Chandler, in Court House Square,
has ten men.
The Arthur Guards, at No. s. Randolph
street, have eight men.
Capt. Reid, in Court House Square, has eight
men.
Captain Mowry, in Bryan Hall No. ?, has
twenty five men.
The Doggett Guards, in the mercantile asso-
citation rooms, have Just opened their rolls, as
have also the Wicker Guards, on Dearborn
street.
z. L. Solomon, who is recruiting for the
Hecker-Jaeger regiment, at l39 Randolph street,
reports that be has siIty-eight mel, while other
r.-4-.g IN fIa r;sv have IN 4ba arr-ra-afa ovo
hundred and eleven recruits for the same regi-
ment. There are also one hundred and ninety
recruits in Springfield for this regiment.
This is tbe total Of nearly thirty days work in
Chicago, from which city 60 much was antici-
pated. The response to LSCoLE's call is Ger
tsinly not very cheering.
Bat let not our friends for one moment sup
pose the Federal government will not place in
the field the number of men it requires. We
refer to the lack of spirit in volunteering only
to show that the people of the North, who must
do the fighting of that section, will not do so of
their own free will and accord. The leaders,
however, have determined to prosecute the war,
and they viii have the men. If volunteering
does not supply their wssts, the draft viii fol-
low. and for this, in the event Of volunteering
falling, they are now preparing. Silently, but
efectuslly, goes on thu work Of enrolling al
subject to military duty. It is being done
throughout tie country, by the State govern
msnts, and in several of the States it has been
completed. This will enable LINCOLN to soon
I'll up his ranks, and should it be necessary he
will do it, even at the risk Of throwing into the
field an unwilling %soldisry. Ia Illinois, where
recruiting has been very sIow-the Democrats
refusing to fight for the odious measures Of the
last Congress-the announcement has been
made that unless the quota of the State is made
up by volunteers by the Ist Of September, the
draft viii be resorted 70.
It will be done. The North will have its
army, no matter how much dissatisfaction
exists. LINCOLN will prosecute the war so long
as the laws give him the power to get the men
out. Let our people be active. We must make
every exeriion to repel the horde that LINCOLN
will force down upon us-we must drive them
back to their masters. While they 6ght be-
cause they cannot avoid it, we battle for our
liberties. Let us DO it as men who deserve
freedom.