Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-03

Is, snail we not redeem that promise
Under that call and under this oie
Of bounties the Government have invit
Cd and have accepted the voluntary aer
vices of men Of oaior as VagRieeyS, and hay
sent them TO the 1Nld TO aid in Che suu
preston OF this rebellion submit Cha
any discrimination between these an,
other soldiers of the Union; betweer
these and other volunteers enlisting un
der the same circumstances, at the samt
time, ana under the same offer; any dis
crimnstion between them in respect tC
the payment OF this bounty-paying il
TO one class aud Withholding it from The
other--is alike inyidious and unjust, and
| may add, IN direct violation of the
spirit and meaning of the offer which had
been held out 70 them.
In my own State, as in many of Che
Northern States, these persons OF color
are citizens, recognized as citizens. en-
| JOY the civil rights and privileges and
! immunities OF citizens; are subject and
| amenable TO the laws as citizens exer-
else The elective franchise, do military
| duty. are liable TO enrolment and draft,
and constitute part of the State Mill
t..,, - =, a. c an onoy o"s
80 noyarn,,,o,,t o,,,aa .,.,,.. anu - .hn sS.n
ae c;,ivans NJ, -, ~,
calls for polas,eerS, when it offers boun-
ties TO volunteers, it is understood that
the call and the offer have reference to
and embrace all the able bodied male
citizens or persons of suitable age ac-
tualiy enrolled and subject TO draft, in
so nya5vhod, nnasrstandS I, Tsa r,,,
er,meni Mas ndaa,i haa,, I;har., aaa So So
ercno a,d eyon snl 80 thasa SJn s.hn
have volnn taerea in its serr;oo in ;,s da
fanoa. an,i Il haa aaa,,,o5 !. a,,nI,;a.,. ~
bo,a ont st trona, ,,acnn;orr ;nd,,oas.o ~
for yo,nntary eni;at,nants and ~ eaas
HhersI haun3,ee for ro,nn.aann j., ordo.
&c r have hasoro ramartad - eao,,ra n,1e, y,
900, &c ,roo,;oa,la en- ra.,,;s;.o . =, ~
bar rndar thana,I &c I I.st ao,. nn,on.. .usn- eur
three hnndrsd @ thousona Nd MON - nndor ;o
This cal, and nnaart thasa ;,a,caronta 's@
hald ont nann .ayarn, .,s..a.s. ~ oV ss
Won ,,aa.a 10, ,.t.,,ao a,a abla hs;aa .,.s,I -
nan hraye and natS;at;a naon ';tbsf
hava voln.tesred ~ ~ hava haan a aonaaaaa mlsaa
bave been ,nnsteraj mt tha sarr;Io ~
Che Coyarnment .na bsvo octno,l,, hos,,
con, % to the cold They M 40 avnactea ~ acted ~ theu %
bad eyery reason IN exnact ~ rooa;yo
tho honntu of,aroa HI a. ronoro
e 10y ne" Tl ~ Wy so'san
ny. anoi. " .oiun'eeie my n'a no ia
so. 80 ~ sapposS ~ "ppiS pP..,,.e ~. .as sn0y
M, NJ no. .nS.'uou "lsn,n 'i,io li
my oes.ainis soine % misnin .he n'eral
81. .iiIs " wy ivy nee - no'ns ~
Sas Sne .,,.; .eahS =, IN ~ 'ne san nu
w .'h. ~ n'I .s SaI, Va a., enSss - pouusos
mnlon Inv insiea.1oo =. .pa sn'' I .n,s ooung was
~ oe paiu " ,!e ono oiass anu ~. "
ny ~. u.nei, nosnin mneu s ,seuu '.a,'s .nas
snis poansy nas " oe paw ~ un..oI' a,.s
VI sy1s nip'oA,ol, ana NY NJ 'o'un-
'esrs ar VI aan oo,npinAaon oin psaoia as "en a a..
sV M s.5, ca na;.. a.sa n';. snea .n .ne
sel Wy ~ tt,, ~ ia,s, au reian0 on INC
paua po'so ~ " ;ta se ss;,he,, s,,is,inan. ~ ' onS
saiaum M is ,',a ,aasu, uano;,e ~ an.a,ssad
Una. sney aouu .,';e ,eS neeoso .s sne po ,.;m
outE ';'aas anu .S mao ".os;om .no Nah"dn WI
say sno u.,, .sor 49, .bn th'+ ~
Sn~,,.. .,,as aI 4 .y - ~ a.a.,s., ..,,...
,..,s ai;ta RI Il had not heen % intend
ad II II was not ;ntended 10 inclnda this
class ~ narsons -; waS ;pterdad tbat |
thore sbrn,d he ary d;scr;m;pat;opi in "a
-. ~ o,,s cIaSs ara oaa;,,St tha othar
Il sbnuld hawe haen en- exnrrssed so that
nobody sbonld he deceived or ,nisled by
II Tbese nerson shonld have been no
tif,ed in some form or at least had some
means of information. that the order for
the navment of this bopntv did NOT |
mean to include them that It was not
dasionnd to eytend the honntv tn them
volunteers thonoh they were Common
In st;ce and fairness would sae,n a. laoat
to have reonired thus mncb a. II is
and If tbev are not To be naid thia bopn'
tv thev have n right to Complain thew
have GOOD cause to comnlain that they
have not been fairly dealt with. that
thew have been lured into the military
service of the Government by offers and
nromises merely delusiye. never TO he
fulflled Sucb an imposition certainly
was never contemplated by the govern
ment or by any department of the gov
ernment or by any authorized agent of
the government.
What number If volnntaera of this
c,aSs havo onterad tha Sery;ce under th;s
call and under this Offer + am not adj.