, 1864-08-27
GNT IN COOK COUNTY,


Yesterday afternoon a meeting Of the General
Committee, appointed to Geylse means to a7ert
the impending drsft was held In the Circuit Court
Room, Charles Walker, Etq,, In The Chatr. E. A.
Sto:1s, acted as Secretary. The following pream-
bic and revolutions presented by Mr.. Irwin wcro
uOan1mouslY ndoplcd Jas the report of the COM
nittse to the meeting in the evening:
WHEREAS, The President Of the United States
LES recently issued call tor 5Ut O0 saea 10 Iii tne
armies of tie Union. and IN the event Of that mum
ber nbt having been rufstd or before the 9Th OF
sepitmoe5 mkt has oraercd oroit to raise the
WHEREAS, The State Of Illinois has, e1nce the
commencement Of th. war, Lot only hunnrcd ali
calls E,ade uEou her-wi1h p7omptuess. nu; hss IN
Evs1y ins1srce greatly e1ceeded her quota; and
WHEREAS, When the abevc cali was made the
state was III excuss OF her quota CONC s. 03o three
WHEELS. jhe city of Chicago and county OF
Cook, besidrR giving an inp.t1s to volunteering
on eli former occasiUne, iy r,iaine large Gums Of
money ios hounties, &c, ey voluntary sunscrip-
ton and by taxation, as well as by lurnishsn:.
their share Of the qnotas in proportion TO thcIr
aIMa bearing population; and
WHEREAS, Under the recent csl It Is cred,bly
reprseenM1ed M tbat the quota Of Cool: coanty IL CO.
WnEnEAs, We know By the Representations of
the enrolling officers aud otoera. that the aaid
Huosa Is enormous and excessive, having been
buEed on MI enrolment showing an arus-bear1Dg
popnlation In coAk County Of aoout II. LOU. and
fuch IN earols ent ould sivc Cook County POP.
u.atiop oi about 40o l03, aud
NlwnKAs, b this most correct data VIC can OBJ
esea s arc convinced that oar @ euoss a. aoss o
Lot exceed 2 fl11, and
WaEasAs, We are satisfied that the Government
WHEREAS, We believe that the hest interests Of
the G.yeznmen1 and century, ss well as our county
purce6 and corrected, SO as to approximate ns
nearly as possible to The right nnnber, and 70 as
70 place us on m ssqna!ity win the rest.of the
Eest@tsd, That Committee Of 1--WE persons,cou-
s1etlng Of Eon. Ebenezer Peck, Ira Y. Mnnn.
Vim Church, Joreph Madill, .nd Colonel John
make such the facts IN reference
to the enrolment in Cook county, to the proper
au1hcritits, aB eiil insure the modification ard
correction thercoft and In order to said purpose
that saia Committee respectfully ask tue Govern
ncnt that the time for drafting he extended for
Thirty days from tie 6sh Of September next.
10 divide the said thirty days 1h1t the correction
of tie enrolment llstB and tho assigning Of the
Lave Ss n n syn 70 o1 IL s @ tat
untesr1nS during tue remaining dleen days Of said
tc.c-
nlistee, htrttafore appointed, be authorized aud
requested meantime and without decay tn cause
copee of the eprollmeuk li.ta ol the several wards
In said cIsJ, 10 be made, and have such number of
them printed ald distributed a. eaid committee
may think desirable.
G<tolred, That committee of e!sbss persous,
conetsting Of Ave from each ward. be appointed
ty this committee to ra,se sufficient motley, By
axecstnents or voluntary subscriptions, OF both.
na will insure the raising ol the requisite number
OF volunteers ur substitutes 10 Il our qro.a, and
save uA from the shame OF dr1tt -
Resofted, That the executive ward and sub-wa
Committees heretofore appointed be requested to
names of all excmp.s, and takin. Il. neee.sary
mears to have them et1icken from the enrolment
and that the minor Commltteea be instzaetcd to
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