Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-11
RAVENNA OORREsP ONDENUE
gHE QUOTA OF OHIO.
How SHAH It BE FnIeda

EDITORS LEADER: The draft is close at
hand. Shall our quotas be filed By Tolun-
teering, or by adraft7 And if we purpose
to supply the requisite number of volun-
teera, how shall we accomplish it best?
A draft is undesirable. Volunteering is
the true way to furnish soldiers in free
Government --always when practicable
But the subscription bounties fall unequal
ly upon the people, and the result is they
are tax on the liberal, and premium for
the selfish; that is, the liberal do all the
paying, while the selfish save all their
money, or, at least, the result is like
this to a great extent. Now, tho proper,
and only true and equal system of raising
bounties is by tax on property, and 1t
| should be, go far as possible, made equal
throughout the State. That class of able
bodied men, of military sge, who are the
ones who must do all the fighting, sreg gen.
orally willing and desirous to be thus equal
/ ly taxed This class of men pay large
share of the taxes Of the State, and while
they do all the fighting, and large share
of the paying, surely no other class Of pa
triotic citizens can or will refuse TO dc
their share of paying their equal proper
ton of tax, when asked to do no military
service.
Wherever the subject has been fairly
presented it is well understood that the
great mass Of the citizens OF our State pre-
fer to have the burthens of raising boun.
ties thus equalized by tax. In the eastern
States and New York this policy has been
| tried with admirable success. Economy is
now necessity but il is not economy fol
our State to withhold bounties TO promote
enlistments, and deal less hberslly with
her soldiers than other States. Our Leg
islature now pays 500 bounty TO the
soldiers lat the option of the Township
| Trustees,) while it is raising the Supreme
Common Pleas Judges to $4,000 W.
do not object to this advance Of salaries
They are none too high, only We are some
what afraid thst considering the arduou
duties and experiences of the soldiers life
and the relative difference in the abov,
pecuniary inducements there will be mort
volunteers offered for 1ujgeships, than fo
soldiers Before our legislators ihcreas
the salaries Of many more civil officers, w
should endesvor to reach their ears Sc t.
the imperative need of raising soldiers
and the immediate need of bounties to al,
in raising volunteers for the present quota
It is easy to draw up petition, TO circu
late one and forward 1t TO a Representative
or Senator. There is not an hour to lose
If we desire such law as to provide
uniform system of public bountles, W
must forward our petitions at once. lie
every man whe doss not Immediately sigl
such petition consider himself as votinj
for draft. Which shall we have, boun
ties or draft7 The simple signatures 0
all the people who desire State bountie
would give us such law and dash ava,
the impending draft, as the mist of tn
morning Vsnisbes before the rising sun.
It is easier. safer and better 10 carry o.
the war with volunteers. With uniform
and liberal system of State bountie7, volun
teering will be the rule, and draft tn
rare exception. The people desire boun
ties. Circulate and forward the petition
at once, and let us be heard. W. W.