Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-09-05
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BCRLi iSGJONI
FtEIAI MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5. 1859.
THE DRAFT.

W. so 0; stated vorv positively, that the
dag ir draiunz nine months men, has been
dei.lI-l E me day- beyond the appointed
time lu Pennsylvania by order of the Secre
t.rva War. Il that be true, ell We have to
sav i-tiat Secretary Stanton has made an
r-rs...,- hiunlcr-which bIs subsequent de-
t,ru.ratcu .Ts5 reported, to grant no more
such licenses, viii no, correct. There Is not
q shadow Of reason for deferTng the day
# lrli- TOR Pennsylvania any more than for
all The ~tstr=, ard there /, not shadow cf
reason fr deleuing it anYwhere. The
aun,ucc mont If "a draft by order Of the Pres
A.ut. wis hail q as an omen Of good all oy.r
ti= loyal S,a-ez. Il betokeued conscious
-trsH-th 30 The national arm, aud a deter
miuati-u . u.s. that power to the utmost fer
t.s -aI.ty of the nation We have seon
nothing SET TO change our original opinion
that, had The public sentiment settled down
T d; once letting the draft take its regular
couIs,, 1t woull have been la7 the bcst way.
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scared iust as good men and in many places,
much better men Instead Of tins a move
mcnt f,r ro'uatlas for the niue months nj
liii- men was made in many places, and en-
Outraged by 50 geIer0us. though unsysten-
auc, ofTs-s Of bouuties by individuals, that
the practice acted CONT giously, aud spread
wiki astonishing rapidIty. That it brought
with it some very injurious iuflences-go-
ins laJ % counteract all tie good ones at
tendin. it-caunot be doubted for a moment.
These nave been 50 palpable, that # another
call fr 100000 cr 300 600 men shall be
nad.-aud as We have abundant reason to |
believe wII. nc-iha experiment Of raising |
t!,,m hy volunteering stands small chance
10 iced oi hsirg repeated.
a, TO the present. 1t l. high time ior the gov
e- rieat To show that It's order for men Is not 4
Co g.. trld-l vlth-that they must come BY |
tha day -ct-,hat AZ Is not u he b-siesel with
enueltle- by thi, and that governor this
ari thai politician and popularity hunter.
t. clan-e ats orders and throw every thing
into O state ol uncertainty, to please individ-
uAls and n-ishbrrhoyis The day originally
SET fog the draft was distant enough. II any
body wanted To volunteer. ~ 20 Get W vol
uuiceTs r!.tl.us To- that day. ~ well but
all should feel that when the Day came for
the returns g. ts summed ur, and the draft
o. be made ior sli not previously enrolled, it
Wa as srre 20 b, made, IS ~ .ur ,rG' 'ure 10
-ls-.
j D.. tsa-vry bad-to have 1t deferred
for iay. md Is viil work a graf evil If it
,, done a,foh.rs As to our own State,
though we think a very large portion Of the
men wanted vail have been provided by vol
uutary enlistment. It Is very n babie that
in some li-.> there may be d,fciency.-
Then let jhe lnt-if no more than fifty
mon. Be ms-s irsr3i al i'y when the day comes.
The J ap'e ol the State Of Vermont wish
TIC q v.rumeut to zone 70 tiy7e. and they
lre Ie.dy to c5ms OF to be 5royght 70 tns
themselves L au7 public ofEoer-we care
DIT Rho be iz-Lanss hack from doing
rr5ml,'y liz pain duty ia the business, they
vii mark him m a way which he will not
la likely - forget.