The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-07-26
STATE OF MARYLAND, Executive
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plAlf' VT MAXI LAND, Executive
Chamber, Annapolis, july II, o.
An aneXicty to secure the promptcst pos
slblc response ON the part of our State to
the recent call for additional volunteerS-an
ancyiety that | trust and believe is fully
shared by all the loyal of my fellow citizens.
and as fully justified by the importance of
| the subject and the vast interests we have
| involved in it-sugScst the necessity for the
adoption of some means that may c.lcctuallv
aid the efforts OF the officers engaged in the
recruiting service.
! am requested by the government TO
raise, with as little delay as practublc, four
| regiments of infantry as a part of the quota
OF Maryland under the call referred to-
| These regiments can undoubtedly be raised
but to enable us to do so with the utmost
possible dspatch-a consideration at pres
ent 50 important-it is manifest that the
work must be stimulated by something more
h IN the ordinary efforts of the recruiting
officer.
Even i'll those States where such volun-
tecrS have been most liberty provided for by
the State and Municipal authorities. the adj.
vantage and Importance of individual cXcr.
ton is everywhere recognized, and such cx-
ertien is absolutely Indispensable with us,
where no public appropriation of any kind
has been made, and where we are left to
meet the crises and supply all that the occa
sion requires, by individual Enterprise alone
Impressed with the importance of these
considerations, after anxious delibcraion, |
can suggest no plan better calculated to pro.
mote the object in view, than to invoke the
cooperation aud assistance of Local Com
miltccs in the City of Baltimore and other
parts OF the State, whose organized efforts.
intelligence and activity, will enable them
to give the most proper direction to the per
Soma eXcr,ious which the occasion evidently
demands.
| Ii seems to me that our loyal community
comprise various classes, each capable of rem
dering important and valuable assistance to
our county in this day Of trial. each equally
patriotic and ready to lender their services.
| but whose patriotism is frequently uuproduc-
| tive, either for the want Of some personal
| eXeiti"n or appeal necessary to give il a prac-
teal direction or the want of u more material
aid which might and ought to be. readily
supplied. Whilst, therefore, much may be
done By canvassing different ncighborhoods
by persons appointed for the purpose, and
whose Efforts should be directed to arousing
the minds Of our young and able-b bodied men
to the patriotic duties required of them, the
| pecuniary ~ cessitics of such as are re strained
from hearkening to these appeals only by
reason Of such necessities, ongth to be imme-
| uH'eIy anu satisfactorily PROVIDED lOf.
When we invite volunteers to enroll them
selves in the Union army, and battle for the
| Union cause against the armed rebels seeking
our destruction, and they, responding to that
appeal, offer their lives willing sacrifice to
their conntry-tlOSe who, from age or infirm-
ty, OF family ties. or any other consideration.
can take no part in that material array. but
| are yet blessed with other means Of contribute
ing to its success, should remember that the
| most liberal contributions of these means that
they can make, are bat light in comparison
| with the life blood OF the gallant men thus 50
freely shed.
am well aware that many of our patriotic
citizens have already distinguished them
selves by their personal exerions and private
contributions in this behalf many toil-worn
soldier can testify to that effect; but our
necessities are not yet supplied, nor our
| means, as | trust, exhausted. Our States is
still ncnaccd with invasion; our country is
still assailcd by an armed host whose chief
strength has been derived from her bounty,
and whose principal hope rests upon those
who would glorv in her annhation
When such issues are presented, who will
| stop to count the cost Of our defense or wha
are all our possessions worth il we tall a prov
to such u combination?
Our efforts. Therefore, as it seems to mr.
should be particularly ard jealousy directed
to stimulate by all available means the enroll
meht OF the volunteers now required, and to
the provision of such a fluid as may set at
rest all fears for the families they leave
behind