The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-07-23
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
OF ILLINOIS.
For vICE.PREsIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
100000 Volunteers.

AS we aHtlcipateu III lASt week 3 VHty,
the President has issued his Proclamation
calling for 500, 200 volunteers, to be raised
by the 9Th of September. If this call is not
filled by volunteering against that time then
draft will be resorted to to make up the
balance. The late act of Congress authori.
zes draft for one year only, but volunteers
may be accepted for one, two, or three years
and the bounties offered by Government are
for one year 500, for two years $500, and
for three years $500.
No bountes will be given to drafted men.
and substitutes, will be next thing to impos.
sible to obtain in numbers sufficient to sup.
ply drafted men who might wish to obtain
such.
The only mode we can conceive Of to full.
fiji the requirements of the law, prevent a
harsh interruption Of business, and speedily
crush the rebellion, is to make combined
effort to raise volunteers. We, with the
present insufficient data at hand, cannot give
Cecils quota for this call, but it is believed
to be about 400 men. This number is div.
ded among the nine Election Districts ac-
cording to their enrolment. The Elkton
District will average about one sixth, and
hence her quota will be in the neighborhood
of 70 men. These figures are not put down
as exact, but are sufficient approximation
to show our citizens what work is before
them, and the object of this article is to
warn and arouse them to sense of the duty
which rests upon them.
Volunteers for two or three years are far
superior to one years men, and will cost
proportionately less than the latter. But
leaving this point for future consideration,
let US see what can be done to assist the
Government most promptly and etfectually,
and at the same time raise the required
number of men to exempt our county from
draft. We have stated above what volun-
teers receive from the Government.
The County Commissioners have appropria-
ted $50, 900 for raising volunteers in antici-
patton Of the present call. This will provide
bounty of S50-supposing our quota to be
400. The Commissioners may, perhaps,
appropriate $4,000 more, which would
raise the local bounty to 500. For one
years men we have by those means
5000 bounty, and for two years $500, etc.
Now, what remains to be done is to ascertain
the amount required to furnish the quota Of
the county by volunteering, and raise the
balance by subscription, or. in other words,
by individual enterprise. In order to do
this there must be meetings called in each
District and committees appointed to go
through the Districts and inform every man
Of the exact state Of the case, and what is
expected and required Of him. The more
cffectually and promptly to accomplish the
work which is imperatively necessary to be
done, is for each District to 60 about raising
it's own quota at once. We will ascertain as
speedily as possible the exact number of
men the county will be called on to furnish,
together with the quota of each District,
and publish the same for the information Of
the public.
We take it for granted that every man in
the county is sufficiently well acquainted
with public affairs to understand the alter
natives, which now present themselves to
him. He must either lend his individual
exertions to securing volunteers, or submit
to the memorable result of draft. The
time is short in which to work, and we sug-
gest that the citizens in every Distric. assem-
BILE at their usual places of voting, on Tues
day afternoon next, at o clock, and proceed
to appoint committees to canvass the District
for the purpose first, of increasing by private
donations, the present bounties provided by
the national and county authorities, sufficient.
ly to furnish the required number Of volun-
teers, and secondly to proceed with the work
of recruiting them into the service. Let
them meet again on Saturday afternoon,
and perfecr their arrangements. The Dis.
tricts that 60 to work with zeal will easily
raise their quota but those that lag behind
will have to submit to draft, from which
no Communication will exempt, and for which
it will be next thing to impossible to pro-
cure substitutes. Men Of Cecil, gather up
your strength for this final blow which must
lay PROSTATE the Rebel cause, and bring
peace and prosperity to US all.