The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-09-24

to the soldiers. After they were mus
tered in at Keokuk, Ezekiel Clark, Hiram
Price, of Davenport, and your speaker
borrowed on their private credit the
money, some thirty thousand dollars
which was required to pay them, and
paid it, and the debt is unsatisfcd to-day
The Executive of this State drew some
5000 out of the State Treasury which
he had no more right by law to take fol
that purpose than any one Of you the
balance we borrowed on our own indi.
vidual credit, and you owe it to us now
If there be fault in this connection on
whom does it rest? do not like to say
these things, but justice to myself com.
pels me to say them. The people oil
Iowa have not furnished their Executive
with money for the expenditures which
he was required by law to make, as they
should have done. The Bank OF
this city holds my protested notes for
$4,000, and | have borrowed so much
that thought it was $4,000 until |
called at the Bank to-day and inquired
was absent from home last week, and
found upon my return notices Of protest
ed paper Of mine to the amount of Sc 900
more and also not less than seven OF
those little tickets which bankers send
out to give notice of notes falling due
Now it is not agreeable to a man who
has hitherto kept his commercial credit
unimpaired, thus to find it dishonored
and it is still more dispeasing when he
is cursed all over the State for not doing
what he is powerless 20 accomplish, and
il is right you should know it,
But let us pass from this. 1t is not
agreeable to YOU nor me. | only men
lion it because is right you should know
here that the clothes your sons and
brothers are wearing to-day are not paid
for, not because | am unwilling to pay
for them, but because | have not the
means. 1t is right YOU should know that
the money your boys had, did not come
from your State Treasury, but was bor-
rowed upon individual credit, and it is
not refunded. You should at least en-
deavor to help furnish tie means to re.
fund tins money by subscribing for State
bonds. grew pathetic in a newspaper
appeal few days since, asking you to
subscribe for State bonds. Now there is
scarcely man of you who. if life, limb
or property were at stake. could not take
800 at least of Iowa State bonds, and
thus furnish the means 10 carry on this
work, and have it done right. Aud lie,
me say to you plainly-though as a can.
didate | ought not 10 talk So to you-thal
in SO doing YOU would be performing
your duty as we'll as in carping and fault.
finding. Now | am probably making a
mistake. don't know. | ought per
haps to make handsome vows, speak SOC.
and honied words, things ! cannot do
but | will tell you the truth as | under
stand and believe it, aud if you don'l
like it, You have the remedy in your own
hands, YOU know. But il is due TO You
for me To mention wha. Iowa has already
done in this war She has sent into the
field, and now has in service in Missouri
counting the Iowa First-and every man
in Iowa will always love to count the 10.
wa First Loud ard long continued ap-
plause Sepen thousand men She has in
camp at keokuk, / 1000 mon under Col.
Bussey. She has in Burlington another
full regiment of cavalry under Col. War.
ren. She has in Iowa City a regiment
OF infantry consisting of 900 men, wait,
ing the arrival of another company Of
100 men to complete the regiment which
was TO have been under the command o
Colonel Bennett. And here let me say
Of Col. Bennett, he has proved himself to
be the patriot as well as the soldier. He
has acted the man. When he found tha
his appointment As Colonel would cause
heart. burnings and dissensons in the
egiment, he said TO me Place me
where you please, but have the leg imeni
formed" Applause. This was what
Col. Bennett did. AT Davenport there
is full regiment of infantry, command
ed by Col. Hoffman. and full egiment
of cavalry, whose reslmenlal officer:
have not yet been appointed. We have
| hope. to-day, at Dubuque. full regi
menl of infantry under Col. Naudeyer
HAT u, W nat IoWa mas hone IL Is VIVA
your State authorities have done withou
money 10 do il with but will not speal
OF that again. for am satisfied YOU woulc
rather hear Of something else.
And now what more should | talk (,
you about | will not talk about my
self any longer. Let us look for a mo
mept at tie cause OF this unholy REBEL
ion ! Why is it that many mother
eye is wet with tears tonight for th,
brave who have fallen on tho battle
field? Why is it. why is il that Iowa i
pouring forth her sons by the lhousan,
10 engage IN this contest? Why hav'
our brave men been shot down in Mis-
souri, ? Why do we mourn the loss o
men by death at Spring gield !? Why i
il that The battle at Manassas has broug h
sorrow aud aiilictlon to thousands o
homes in the East | ask these ques
tons because where the responsibility 70
all lhis rests, there rests burden wEicl
bends men 10 the earth. Why is il lha
the men Of the North meet the men {
Virginia. Missouri and the South To des
olale each others fields aud burn eacI
others houses ? Ii is not in nature tina
We should desire 10 kill each other. W
are brethren OF tho United States q
Amarica Wlv then this strifa Mn