Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-08-14
THE QUOTA FROM VERMONT.

We stated yesterday that, In our opinion,
based upon the mam.es N of public feeling
all around us, will be unnecessary to draft a
single man to fill the quota required from this
State by the late calls of the President for
six hundred thousand additional troops. EV-
cry hour that passes furnishes additional rea-
sons for reposing cor fdence IN that opinion.
And we are glad to be able to state to our
readers that we have il from reliable gem
temap resident in this village, that Gov Hol
brook entertains the same opinion, and has
entertained it from the beginning. We can
state with confidence that the Governor is
exceedingly lnxious to avoid draft, and
that he will use all the influence belonging to
his official position to render such an extreme
measure unnecessary. As a m after of course
he must take all the preliminary steps re-
CURED to put draft in operation should it.,
by order Of the President, become necessary
to resort TO it; but we have no doubt that the
several towns In the State will be duly nou-
fed of the quota of troops they must furnish,
and that a certain number of days will be
specified in which they must be procured and
that towns will be instructed that they
are at liberty 10 raise the quota in their own
way.-Ifthe number of men can be obtained
by volunteering, that will answer in lieu of a
draft. The quota that each town must fur
nish for the tenth and eleventh Regiments,
and to fill up Regiments now in active SER
vice, has already been fixed by the Govern
or, and will be found in our paper this morn
ing. Each town will be allowed to furnish
its quota by sending volunteers, if sent with
in limited time.
We understand that the Secretary of War
has not yet informed the Governor what num-
Der of men from Vermont will be required
Soon as the intelligence is received, we un--
derstand it 10 be the intention OF the Cover
nor to pursue the same course that he has
adopted in regard to the previous call for the
quota of three years men, that s,allow each
town to furnish the number of men required
of 1t by sending volunteers, or in any other
mode deemed admissible, provided it be done
within time to be specified. .l#
We did not suppose when we penned our
article yesterday, that Gov, Holbrook himself
was in favor of arresting volunteering in the
State On the contrary we had understood
that he looked upon the possible necessity Of
aresort to drafting with extreme regret. But
we had heard rumors that the Adiutant
General was earnestly advocating draft,
and the fact that recruiting offices we're re-
ported to be closing up, added some degree of
probability to the rumors. But we think
from what we learned yesterday that General
Washburn is also as anxious to to avoid a
draft as is the Governor, and that we did him
injustice in what we said in yesterdays HER
AID.
The people of the State may rest assured
that not single straw will be laid in the way
of volunteering for the entire quota of six
undred thousand men. We trust the citi-
zens of each town will go to work at once,
and in earnest The men can be raised with
out draft, and reasonable time will be al
forded to accomplish the work. But let it
not be supposed it can be done without great
exertions. Every man in each of our towns
must be either recruit or recruiting officer.
We call upon our fellow citizens to give nei.
Their sleep to their eyes nor slumber to their 4
eye-Eds, until Vermont can stand proudly p
forth and say to her sister states, our quota i,
iull and not conscript amongst them all t.
Take off your coats roll up your sic yes, N
and go to cork Let the farmer leave his III
field, the mechanic his shop, the mere liant ;,
his counting room, the lawyer bis Office, and be
the laborer bis daily task, until tbswork of p1