, 1863-12-03
THE CITY.
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IT cannot be Disguised that great apathy prevails
in relation TO filling up Illinois quota Of t,oous
nnt1cf the last call The appearances now arc, that
the deficit must be raised by dr1tt. However. II
viii not be very heavy In any event Except in this
county,) as there fs large surplus On former ea-
1istmenls that VIII be placed to the credit Of the
State.
One causc OF this apathy may he found iu the
fact that the corpcrhead leaders have got the rank
and MIC Of their party under such control that few
or none Of thcm will enlist under any circrmstan-
DcA. Tue game H. TO laye the Union men raise all
the volunteers, and thereby drain down that party
40 much that the copperheads can carry tic 6tate
1cxt taIl for President This Gamc was played enc-
cessfuly In 1869, and resulted in securing to the
coppc1hcads nine out Of fourteen members Of Con-
rcss and both bsnnchcs Of the }esisla.urc, and by
Ecttsng control Of the latter almost involving the
State in civil war. Hence, pretty general feeling
prevails thst the best course is to let the Govern
mcnt draft what men 1t needs, thereby each par
9y win he obliged to contribute for the defense Of
the Nation In proportion 10 its strength.
Anothet serious drawbackto en1lstments is the
scarcity Of 1aborcre and the high wages paid to
s1orkmen- Privute demand steps in between the
laborcr and Uncle Sam, and outbids the 1atter for
men By paying higher wages. The novelty Of vol
untecfing h0s worn CT, and men calculate chances,
nnd compensation before enliating but az the win
9cr hss now closed in great numbers win be thrown
ou1 OF employment, and this will undoubtedly iu-
Auce many to join the army, especially as the war
3s not expected to last muck longer. and the Gov
ctnnaent pays vory large bounty.
Some persons are advising that the County
Board Of Supervisors be called together to appro-
pirate largo sum for extra bouuties, but 1t ia
questionable whether they can be iudaccd to 1cvy
tax for such purpose, chiefly for the reason thai
the county got no credit for those who got the
bounhee previously paid, unless they happened Mt
the hmc to be citizens Of tho county. Perhaps
1wo-1hirde Of the men enlisted here and werc paid
large bountfcs by the city and county, came from
Other paris OF the State and stand CREDITED to the
couutica from whence they came. This county
seemed TO haye put great many men in the aAd,
but II turns out that other counties cot the credit
for most Of them. Chicago Subsidized other paris
OF The State but received no credit on her quota Of
men therefor and 1t is said will have to furnish un-
der the last cali, about 80o0 men. Some Of these
win bo procured by volunteering, but the bulk Of
them VIC fear must be drafted. We write the fore
going in answcr to number Of letters asking ns
why the city county arc not offering large pecu-
MARY Inducements for volnnteers, and why the
Uniou newspapers is not doing more to get up an
excitement for volunteers. We hope something
mny be done, and that soon, bat II looks now as II
the draft will have to come OF, for at least part
Of the quota Of this county.