, 1864-09-22
THE DRAFT.
Present Defect Of the Cauats-113o Meu Jet
to be Raised-lndutements
to Enlist.

The all absorbing topic Of the day Is the draft,
and the probabilities Of ite enforcement IN Cook
county. People seem to be hoping, from its Oft
poetponement, that i consc11ption will not take
place umonG Ms, while they forget that the quota L.
being hut very slowly filled. In the advertising
cclumns Of last evenings journal appeared .
ion 1ecesed rom Po1ost Msrsh.l Jsmee 9h1ch
afB1me that the draft will without fill TAKE place
ns1t Monday, and giving the present quota fine
eeenfss ~ rem as Of
We End that neither statement WAS authorized
BY Captain James, who afarms thst regarding the
poeattve information has been received at bis hesd
almost hourly, expected
taken from bis reeerds, but made up from the
records Of the various recruiting offices. In con-
eye1 oonsids,sa a sase O. = as oss Ths
i! + f;;sS ass e
q: Sorthde:d. q: ETsnstoa. s.: Msootel: S;
=; Iesdep. IS; 5eats son. q; Psev!so, = cicero,
WoiS, T.; ?s esa1s hsss s. dfsna snt Il: = bes ss
Thornton. IS: Rieh, %: Bloom, %; Lake VieF,
10 cesaa nsx TT - A{as IT. 1o Third
1M Fourth, IA; Fifth, 81; sixth. lei; seventh.
EEst Ea,e p Ntn;h s. Esse1th
S.; Fiseenth. ~; Sixteenth. il:
The ac.nal present quota Q! Cook county T.
therefore, II rpInd 1Smoe3z, a9onf a.sg; TINS
taEen from the original enrolment. 1ut Ne1s Is I'd
er1denc< Mat u nil Be IN ~ sltesk<sf degIte ~
therefore, I'D berer resign 1helE attempts to far
ther rednce the list Of Indebtedness, and throw.
thslnselyes heart I'D mind into ths ins.aezanse Of
enlis1ments, La Washington, Cincinnati, 1ndlsn-
apollo, .Kentneky. ST. Ions, DaTenpost lows;
Mnwaukes. Detroit, md elsewhere, the In, IN
alterable as the laws Of the Medee and PersiAns,
has gone torth and the dratt Is progressing quiet
| Is but steadily; aud whether on Aondsy next or
not, Il 1s ceItslp thkt ere long personal lnYita-
declared to be IL order In "ye'' connty OF Cook,
nnlese recruiting fhali have filed the quota. The
county has never yet eufered dtait let eTsrY
citizen determine that It sbAl not now be needed
and large the quota IL. it viii speedily be Oiled
There 10 evef3 reaeon pow why xn1n thsu!a
ss ma Ts icy 0nes spa Tay as
recruits come 10 In larger numbers than twenty ot
| twenty-five dry con.eripdou nsust camel his
% Ss mot u
sain over t5oo cash il hand, vh,sh, with the fur
ones independent Of the world How msny little
etoree or other avenues Of euhtlstence can ne en-.
tertd b5 the talsmanie influence Of that Atte pi!e
Of cxe enhacke. and ut present everything te saia
bic. But to take another and equally practicable
| view Of the cage, InAn can earn more money by
en1tetfng for tEelye months than he ean oy Wo5k.
| proceed to prove it.
For one Jear'e service recruit will obtain:
County bonbty. ...-.s.$ ~
Government bounty. ..--...-.... .....-....... ~
s Sosfa snd clotSins al say IS per veeS..::. 5is
10!Al.. $Sei
The other side Of the qnestiop-what 1aborel
can obtain at home:-is bEcdy etated. Few "a
bo1ers will work more than $50 days ont of tht
year, which 1t - Is per day amounts 70 $aGa, 1eav
Ing clear gain to The soldier Of Saa2 These agure
may en.prIee the reader, hut they represent Actl
which challenge contradiction Il is therefore en-
pbatic7lly msn'e duty to enlist hie duty to BIZ
bleeding country, to his tsnfly and to his own feel
Inge Of patrfotiem. En1ietmenta should now tn
ceaee daily the country In It's extremity calls fol
more men, the honor Of the state demands tbs!
these men be furnished voluntarily, and the PROV
ess Of our Gene'als IN the field promise that the
men shall not be wasted. Only think with WIS.
crisis II he glorious victories Of Sheridan and biz
| patriotic ynen could be followed up BY the rein
.f.rctment Of few hundred thousands Of men: E.:
III Southern ,EtroaRho!d would speedily fsll; and
! southern etocf4 End Southern hopee would ere
long tipk below the political zero; Let on ~ 81
| zeEe rally once more round tho Elortouf o'a q =
and country B.ved from destruction. anefa stat
from the tligma Of un11llingness Wtl be their glo
| rfpuk reward.