Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-19
The Quota of the Towns,

Ii u draft is resurted to ut all in this State, 1t
ought to be used to compel towns, which havenot
vet sent their full number Of soldiers to the war;
to share alike with the rest the burden OF sup
porting the Government From the first the
plan Of volunteering has been praised by nearly
every one, and the towns, and counties and
STATES, that have been mos. prompt IN illlinS
or exceeding their quotas haYe Leta everywhere
commended Some towns in .hl, State have
sent one-hal d Their voting population, and
have never Jailed to answer Il cali Tor volunteers
Bat there are other towns IN the oAl3 that have
contented themselves with inacton, and have
suffered their more patriotic neighbors to bear
their burdens for them. aud every nrincpleo OF
fairness and equality demands tbat, whenever a
DRAFT is made, those towns in arear should be
mpdc to contribute enough to make them equal
with their more Jealous neighbors.
Take Tor instance. the counties u Nhltten-
den Rankin ana Washington, whose popuM
ton is respectively, q, III, 27,25l and y 6l2
The Adjutaut General order shows that, TO make
up the quota Of three yet.9 men, these counties
should have contributed to The Iusl 100000
three Yeals men ar follows: Chlttenlon, 400 /,
Franklin, JiS Washington, 2lj Since chat
ume Culttendan county nasscut two companies,
We believe, Franklin three, and Washington
three, ana the couunc, now stand, nearly, Us
follows Chittendon, 2jO short Faukin, 30
short, Washington, 100 in excess OF I,, quota
Yet, The population Of these counties Is nearly
the same, The quota o. Washington county be-
my only xix less than Cniueuden, and tourmore
than Franklin. |, there my justice or equality
in now compelling Washington county To FUR
nish as many as the counties oi ChI.ttnden and
Franklin
And it is no answer 10 this question to my
that the counties IN arrcar are to be made to ill
up their quota Of three years men, because
it Is not true. The excess OF troops already fur
nished BY Washington county lets up the
counties IN arroar just 50 much, ard thua Chit
tenden, aud Franklin, and every other county
similarly situated, get the benefit Of the 100 ex-
cess furnished by this county, because it lessons
Just 50 much the number that would otherwise
lie required OF other counties.
What our authorities should do, in order 70
cqualz. the burden as much az possible, j. to
proceed in apportioning the quota Of the towns
in this State of the nilitiI. IN precisely the
same way as they have just done with the last
800 900 three years men, giving each town
credi; for what it has already done 1t would
certainly come With poor grace, after all the
praise VIZ have bestowed upon volunteering, to
now turn round and ignore II all and compel
the towns that have already given the last man
they can well spare from the farms and business
! to contribute of their militia, AZ slough they
I had not given man to the cause We cannot
suppose our authorities are prepared to do this :
and nasmuch as the matter OF assigning the
quotas to the respective towns il wholly In their
hands, we hope they will now make their power
felt, where hitherto their invitations have fallen
upon deaf ssrs.