Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-07-26
MILITARY ADDRESS.

sixty days, has grown TO lorhluAOie s"'"S'"
and threatens the safety of our armies East
and West, and moie men must be had Inc
people and the Government have underraiej
The strength and endurance of the enemy,
until now great danger is upon Us. The
Administration realizes the existence OF
powerful enemy who are iearfully in earnest
and promises to use all the means that God
and nature have furnished to our hands
Congress has passed a stringent Coniisca'ion
and Emancipation Bill, that will put an end
to our noble volunteers guarding rebel pro-
perty. Our army under Gen. Pope have al
ready commenced to prey upon the enemy
and subsist themselves upon the foes OF our
nation. We may well congratulate ourselves
on the inauguration Of such pohcy-thiS
is now a war for Freedom against Slavery
our army will hereafter leave no slave be-
hind it. Freedom advances with the onward
tramp of our army. This change in the pol
icy of the Government will almost compen-
safe our reverses. The President has called
for 900, 900 men and pledges himself TO crush
the rebellion, with sueh an addition to the
army, within one year-and the men must
be furnished by volunteering, if possible, but
If that fails, drafting must be resorted TO.
Old Ashtabula has given most generously
of her brave sons-but she must do more
The Governor has assigned the lOjth Regl-
ment 10 this District, comprising the counties
of Ashtabula Trumbull, Mahoning, Lake.
and Geauga, and the quota Of Ashtabula
county is $50 men, and these must he fur
nished in 30 days. Not man is to be
taken from the harvest field, as the or&er OF
the Governor is, that all men who enlist
shall have a furlough for that time.
Men Of Ashtabula county, we must to the
work, all cannot 60, but all can aid and as,
sist those that do 90.
The people Of the North have as yet
made no great sasriSces in this war
The time has now come when eN
ery man must put his shoulder to
the wheel and assist in the maintain
ance OF the only free government on earth.
No man can shirk the esponsiLility-i that
number Of men are raised witAin the time
specifcd, we save ourselves the humiliation
OF draft and that must and will come II
less than forty days if the people do not re-
spond. To facilitate recruiting, the County
Military Committee have appointed town
ship military committees in each township
| who are expected TO give the matter early
and saraest attenii9n--to see that their sew
eral townships furnish as aany men as pos
sible. But they are not 20 work alone; we
| expect that every good citizen, every lover OF
| his country will lend helping hand and not
cease their labors until the work is done and
we say to theState that no man can be draft
ed from Ashtabula Co, but that as many as
are required, go rreely-not to return Iugl
tiyes-not to guard property-but TO bgh
traitors to the Government and to fight then
, 10 the bitter end. The several township com
, mittees are named below.
AshlaJula.-Heary L. Parsons, II,
r Toombs, D. w. Gary.
5 Andover.--C L. Shipman, r. 4. Norton
Joseph Shepard.
AustiaJurg.-Lewis 3. Austin, Samue
, Snow, Edwin French.
e Cherry TaHey.-Abel Krum, A. w. Sweet
). Egbert Sweet.
Colebrook-William Alice, Joseph Reed
r. Gilbert Cole.
"a Dcsmark William II. Seager, Nichola
0 Knapp, Giles Ives.
= Dorset.-T. S. Edwards, J. II. Pulsphe
c. A. Barr
Gensya.--I. n. Fitch, II. |. Boswell Il
s. Mnager.
, HapergGeM-ITarry Bishop, Robert A
, kins, Hiram IIickok.
. HartsgrOve.-William Jarvis, Freema
, Howes, Rodney Marsh.
JefersOn.-J. A. Hervey, D. s. Wade, !
D. Prentice
: KngsviHe,-M. W. Wright, vaIentir
Torgee, E. D. Nettleion.
" Le,or.-C. A. Bentley, Calvin Gran
rs Gates Hyde.
z Morgan.-A. B. Watkins, B. C. Rauda
at John j. Hoyt.
is MonrOe.-Lewis Howard, Josiah IIici
u Il. l. DakeT
Ii, Neo Lyme.-Wm. S. Deming, Rodn
De Carey, A. R. Latimer.
Or.7eH.-GeO, A. Howard, II. NJ, Smit
se J. B, Phillips
ia PlymoML.-C. G. Calkins, Simon Ho
We man, Lawson Richmond.
Pierpont -Wm. D. Jennings, E. B. Fo
+. II. Follett
We RieAmOnd.-E. o. Peck, VIM. II. Heat
lis Silas P. Warren.
n. Rome.-Abraham Randall, George Cr
v well, Joseph Tinan.
ne SdybrOOk.--Lyman Curtiss, David Ii. X
ley, w. +. Simonds.
Sks6ekd.-J. P. Eastman, John lIenC
at Jr., Harvey N. Clark.
nd Ttum5uH-Wm. P. Quirk, A. N. B
ID ham, U. D. Kellogg.
be WiHiamsfeM.-Thomas ellis, Trum
Phelps, Leonard Tuttle.
ia Wayne.-B. S. Decker Richard Ha!
he II. f. Giddings.
,es WmdsOr.-Milo Dyer, LeYereit A. L
nm nard, II. G. Skinner
I'd The committees are requested to organ
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