Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-08-12

The machinery for securing the supply of
men called for from Vermont is now in full
operation. the quotas are announced, the
recruiting officers are at work, and the men
ar, ALREADY coming IN. The time is short,
but W. cannot he wrong IN asserting that
Vermont ,r,H furnish her quota and 'rithOw
draft Exceptions there may be-undoubt-
edlv will be, in individual towns, where
slugsie mess and neglect will be followed by
their inevitable consequence, compulsory
draft Sat, ar a whole, the State may be
r,iy,i -p 70 DO It's duty, 1t has never failed
beioi.. 20. come to time; it will not fail now.
Tca,. .mplish this, however, is going to
requm, earnest effort on the part of every
patriot. -teady and hard work on the part of
IN, Sel,c;men, and liberal outlay for boun-
tirs Itrs no triding piece Of business to
raise three thousand men in less than one
mua,n lime. in a little State like this, al
read, s., depleted Of its fighting population.
Blu t..ece are able-b0died men enough still,
and thy can be obtained with work and
moae, snongh.
", are not 50 much afraid that the quota
of Vermont will not re forthcoming, as we
are Stat the men vino are to fill it will be of
interior stamp TO those we have heretofore
pnt into the field We fear that too much
reliance il being placed upon men brought in
o., rockers, and too little on enlistments
Among our own hearty and rue Vermont
l,.,-. The injunctions Of Gen. Washburn,
80 rnler No. TO- IN this point, are worth
n''.iing. lie saws:
liame hate and untiring effort should be made
o. obtain cnlstments NJ home-fnr upon success
E, that depends the only certainty Of avoiding
dr,ft And it is only by such enlistments, that
-h. Veteran Regiments from the State can be fill
. The honor Of the State, 10 which those reg
rments have - largely contributed, requires that
they should at once be filed to the maximum,
and by 50 doing the most efficacous and imme-
date assistance will be given 10 the General
Government
Those men who are brought into the
State by brokers for sale, viii, as general rule,
do no credit to the State and be Of no service TO
the Government; and they should not be procur-
ed at any price, or upon any terms.
The State Of Vermont has thus far performed
her entire duty faithfully and promptly; and
her soldiers have won for her renown which is
imperishable 1t should be the aim Of every
town, in answering the call now made on them,
not merely to extinguish their quota upon paper,
but so to do it, as that their quota on paper may
be represented by men in the field, to whom the
honor Of the State and the integrity Of the Union
shall be as dear as it has been to those who have
given their strength and sacrificed their lives in
the same glorious cause and are now borne upon
the Roll Of Honor Of the State.
This point is too clear for argument. The
State had far better fail altogether to furnish
the men, than to fill its quota with bounty
jumpers and foreign mercenaries. Credit in eI-
tinguishing quotas on paper will be very dear
ly bought by succeeding disgrace in the field.
We are glad to hear that, in accordance with
this view of the case, the mastering officers
are exercising special care in reference to the
character of recruits. 1t is of no use for the
Selectmen to forward boys or weaklings.
Such will not pass muster.
Chittenden County has t,0o hundred and
fifty men to furnish by the 5th of Septem-
Der. Let them be men, such as We can send !
forth with confidence and follow with inter-
est and pride.
And let our ablebodied men reflect a mo-
ment upon the fact that this is in all human |
probability the last call for men in this war.
The rebels are holding on with desperation |
till the close of the Presidential campaign,
hoping for the relief from political changes,
which they rightly despair of from the for
tunes of the war The election over and the /
collapse of the rebellion comes surely and
suddenly. Those who propose to have
hand in the war, must therefore step for
ward now. The Inducements offered in
bounties are such as were never offered before 1
and never will be again. They have the al
tentative to take them now or stand fhe |
draft.