Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-05
The Duty of the People in Respect to Enlist

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The army Of the Republic IS in imminent,
pressing need Of more men The more the bet
ter for the cause The 600 called for, for
the safety Of the cause should be in the ted At
once Tie people Of tie loyal states must fur
nish these men If they DO not, the responsible
ty for The failure 10 put down isrebelllon Nill
rest upon them II the Government is not SO
rapid as we wish, or if oar Generals are more
cautious than w. would ADVISE there is yer all
the more need Of men IhcIoopla az. che gov
eInmenl in this country aud hllGie 30" IS
their failure The responsibility cannot be put
anywhere else.
We are % ,COO,OOO IN ta loyal States the
rebels are but 100000 without their slaves
Our numerical superiority is thus nearly five to
ne--or, il we count their slaves, we are Sui
three to thcir one We claim TO be, and are
Their equals, man for man Whose fault then,
/ is it, out ours, if we ANONYMOUSLY iail in the
war? There Is only, there car be but, one way
IN which failure IS possible, and that way is for
the people to refuse to Join ourarmy. Without
a large army we cannot succeed with it sue
cess is certain. And what we now want, most
Of all, is that the 23,0OO,OO0 at The North
should IN this crisis OF the rebellion, make their
numerical superiority tell On the battle field
The South cannot put more than million while
men into the field by any CONSUMPTION act -
| They have not more than tnat number That are
/ able to bear arms The North on the other
hand las population capable OF bearing arms
| Of nearly, if not quite, 600 900, and when we
have filled this new ordor for troops we Shall stlll
/ have sent iorwa d less ihan yne-lourth that NUM-
Der. Take Vermont, Tor instance When the
Tenth and Eleventh regiments are full, this
State will have given TO the army, in round
numbers, 10 600 men But Of this 10, 900 IL is
safe 10 say that at least ouc-hth have, Tor yari-
GUS reasons, returned leaving not more than
5000 as in fact. furnished now BY the State. Yet
the number Ot those in Til, state able 10 DO MD
itary duty, one year ago, must have exceeded
40 600 While those fact, are so,-aud they
are as tue Of other States as Of Vermont, we
have no right to complain that cur armies ar
outnumbered They are oumumbered for the
simple reason ;hal the men are al home who, Il
they were in the army as they might be- would
at once change The whole aspect Of tire cam
palgn
What is the duty Of the people n view Of
this state OF things Plainly for every man to
do something, what be hest can to help fill
up the ranks All cannot 60 The ordinary
business interests Of the state are to be attend
ed to, and somebody must attend to them. But
some eau 60. And v hold it to be the duty Of
every loyal man to encourage, IN every possible
way, every man who can 20. TO 60. And
those who can't 20 themselves should get some
one to 20 in their places We should encour-
age not discourage eDlistments Every man
must settle the question for himself whether he
will 90 or not, but he ought not to say OIL dc
anything to discourage his nelghbor from going
Ii he does so he IS weakening the cause and st
far helping rebellion.
Aud ne j.. Ter Of enlstlng should De debated
Nerywhre 'od temper Ahge-, and neat
and oiiloiuatvo should BE, as much as possible
avoided We SHOULD remember that there il
one way, md only way, Of forcing men to en-
list, and tt,t is BY drafting and, until that j
rcsorted to, lie reason aud the patriotism %
men should address d. Aud let Us, therefore
everywhere Il, lress the heads anu hearts Of thos
who can 20 and urge, with them, the question
OF filling up ,ne ranks II they meet US coldly
and show no feeling except Of anger, at beinl
asked to volunteer il Is safe TO let them alone
for We shall very soon dnd thar they are no
only staying away themselves, but are usln.
their utmost influence TO Keep their associate
from enlsting, that they may be kept IN coun
tenance in their refusal to serve their country
and hey will soon be trying 10 make publ
opinion tina, shall Justify their refusal.
II we could Only have universal public 1pia
ion that each man should hcip in -ume way, j
this grand cndeoyor to put down rebellion tlthe
by soiae himself, or assisting ami eucoulagu
another man to 20, We shou,d soon have til
quota ol Vermont full. hnisung never va
more rapid N inls county ,han it has been 10
the past three weeks, ami it has been ihe mo,
successful where there has been the least oppo,
tunity Tor appeals 20 any motives but patriot
ones Where lealouoes, cnvics, ana kindrc
feelings aayo unfortunately got into play, ey
listing has zone on slowly enough. This count,
however, and the state, will soon, in spite ,
adverse influences, have filled its quota, being
We hope and believe, the first State in til
Union ~ do SO. But, US it now appears, it wi
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