The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-07-21
Another Call.

The Proclamation of President Lincoln,
calling for FIVE hundred thousand Volun-
teers, will be found in this weeks Jeffer-
souian. This is proper step, and will
be hailed by the people as sure evil
dence of a still more vigorous prosecu-
ton Of the war. 1t was authoratiyely
rumered some weeks ago, that it was the
Presidents determination to keep all the
armies up to the maximum point, and as
this was to be done by the draft, or by
volunteering induced by it, public ex-
pectations were fully prepared for the
call just issued; and hence we find that
instead of the grim looks with which doc
uments of the kind have hitherto been
received, there is settled determination
to accede to the necessities of the cause
cheerfully and furnish the men yet re-
quired to restore our country to peace,
and to its wanted standing among ma
tions.
1t will 5e seen that the call is for 500,-
900 Volunteers, and that these arc to be
received and mustered in for one, two or
three years, as the person volunteering
may elect The term of service there
fore, may be made to suit the circum-
stance by which those enlisted are sur
rounded; aud to each of these terms there
is bounty attached which is ample for
all practical purposes, either for the man
or his family. Contingent upon the non
furnishing of its quota, by a district,
comes the draft. This will draw men
for a term of one year only. To the
drafted man no bounties will be paid,
simple pay and ratious of food and cloth
ing, with hard fighting will fall to his lot.
All the inducements, therefore are in ia
vor of volunteering; and to aid in this it
becomes the imperative duties of the au-
thorities of counties, townships and bo-
roughs. With the bounties offered by the
Government much will doubtless be
done; but that much will be increased an
hundred fold if additional bounties are
offered by those in authority in the seve-
raj districts. Indeed we do not see the
possibility of necessity to draft single
man, if the men to whom the recent act
of assembly gives the power, resolve on
an energetic performance of duty. But
to be fully successful in filling quotas our
officers must begin at once, aud not wait
until the last day of grace before men
are secured and placed upon our credit
side on the books of the War Office
There is limit to the time when this
can be done and we must make the most
of the time allowed us.
It will also be seen that the 5th of
September is fixed as the time, at which
drafting will begin. We presume that
even alter that day Volunteers will be re-
ceived; but it is certain that soon after
that day as possible the wheel will re-
volve for victims, and woe betide the man
whose name comes forth. There are to
be no more ee-hundred- dollar purcha-
ses of exemption-no more laying-of and
rejoicing that few rafting "rocks"
which you may possess will stand as your
representatives on your country's battle
fields. 1t is now nothing short of a ser
vice of flesh and blood that can appease
the cry of war; and this must be secured
either in your own person, or in the per-
son of substitute purchased, in all prob
ability, at a price which will make the
possessors of well filed pockets even trem-
bic. 1t is the man and not his money
for which the wheel will revolye in fu-
ture; and, if able, it is the man who must
go. And this is right. 1t is a late day
at which the Government has come to Its
senses in this respect; but it has arrived
there at last, aud patriots all over the