Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-02
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Evansville Journal Company.
Journal Buildings.
LOCUST STREET,
BETWEEN FIRsr AND WATER.
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ton or stir in this community. Like
the soldier who thought it all right il
Sherman had set The chAtsahooehis
River on Ere, our people endorse the
Presidents call, and will aequissce in
the means By which the men are to be
raised
Under the call Of the President for
SOC, 900 men, the First Congressional
District responded nobly. Her quota
was raised By volunteers or bona fds
substitutes Bat few bounty jumpers
we're presented. Several Of our drafted
men have already lost their lives in the
terrible battles in the vicinity Of Nash
vile. While other Districts we're en-
gagged in figuring themselves out Of the
draft, or in getting their men exempted
through the instrumsntslity Of bounty.
jumpers, none Of whom are ia the ser
vice to day, our District weut TO work
TO raise men, aud her quota vas hlled
BY men. We think other Districts
ought 10 have been compelled 10 do the
same, and tha, the existing deficiency
in the last call ought to be made up BY
Districts which have but few representa-
tives in the army in response TO that
call 1t viii operate hard upon our peo-
pie, thus TO make good the deficiency of
money-msking and money-loving Dis
tricts, whose patriotism is gauged by the
amount Of wealth TO be made cut cf the
war but they have resolved to stand BY
the Government to the last, and save 1t
in spite of the malignity of rebels or the
rapacity Of pretended but bogus pa
triots. Therefore, our quota under the
new call, as is was under the previous
one, will be filed BY men with brave
hearts and strong arms-men who know
how to handle guns, and have no objec
ton TO shooting traitors
But while we sre willing that our
quota should be filed, We are anxious
that the burden should fall alike upon
all parts of the district and upon every
individual in it subject to military duty
This can only be done By perfeeting th'
enrolment In our city, in particular
hundreds of men have come 10 since ih'
last enrolment whose names will nevel
go into the box Of manifest destiny
unless somebody attends to the matte
and has their names enrolled. Ever,
man liable to be drafted is interested il
this thing, and just as soon Is we ascer
tain what is our quota, steps should b
, taken to perfect the enrollment
A town meeting (the good old fash
. toned way of doing public business
! ought to be called, and efficient war
!. committees appointed to canvass tn
wards and see if the Provost Mar
shal has, upon bis roll, all the name
. that ought to be there. Every man
interested 10 this matter, jet, if q fe'
do not put the machinery in mOtioE
nothing will be done. The old sdag
: "Wbst is s7erybOdys business is n'
bodys," will apply with peculiar en-
phasis to this matter.
We will venture another suggestion
!. our lAboring men: Many Of yoa viii b
drafted. You vill be unable to furnis
= substitutes because Of the high rate 1
which they will, in all probability,
D held. Compelled 20 60, you will lesV
your families, perhaps, in circumstance
that will give you great sDxiety # d
: anguish Of spirit Sixteen dollars p'
month 20 bat little ways in supportir
: family in these times Of high price
But while Jon may be unable to furnii
: substitute, yOu can pay somethir
, towards securing one Therefore, =
urge upon laboring men the proprie
: Of organizing muiOal protection soci
ties Suppose ffty mechanics and
borers form themselves into compan
elect President, Secretary, Trsasurc
and Executive Committee, as permsne
= ofhcers; then let each member pay 10
the the common fand-say ffty dolla
This would realize the sum
twenty-five hundred dollars T
quota Of our township viii be about t.
II hucd.ed. Our enrolment win sh'
re- about two thousand and two hundr
- liable to draft. Hence, the proporti
Of drafted men will be one in slev.
This, of course, does not include I
Iso, hundred per cent additional, becsC
, We assume that the township will ful
ish her two hundred men. rhen,T
/. ordinary luck, the company of s
AAo would have to furnish about Eve m'
oar and they would have Eve hundred {
sst, lars each TO offer for substitutes; OF
-- the stock paid in was 500 each, Il
would have 81 900 each 70 offer
- good substitutes Bat substitutes Mi
not be obtained; or, some of the II
drafted might prefer going thersel
= TO paying so much for substitutes I'll
~ let the 500 or $1,000, as the stock
the Compsny determines, be equs
divided among thOss who 60 and
{. subskituses obtained
GE There is not mechanic or labor
AXE man in the city who csnnot afford
ne