The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-09-21

had not dollar TO advance 10 the saldierS.
After they we're mustered in At keokuk,
Ezekiel Clark, Htram Price. of Davenport,
and yeur Spesser, borro~si on their pri-
/ vsse credit the money, SEINE thirty tho nsand
dollars, which VAS required to paw them.
and psid IL, and the debt 10 IN. asirked to-
day. The Executive of th;s State drew sone
4j 200 ONT Of the State Treasury shicA he
had no mere right By Law to take for that
purpose than any one Of you; the balance
We borrowed on our individual credit, and
you owe is to us nov. II there be . fault
| 10 this connection on whom does il rests
do not like to say these things, but justice
to myself compeis me 10 say them The
people Of Iowa have not furni.hed their
Executive with money for the expe0diturss
which be WAS required BY Law to make, a.
they should have done. The Bank Of ,hls
4 City holds my protested notes for $6 600.
and have borrowed 30 much that th ,u.hi
il was $l2,0 900 until called as the Rank
to- day and inquired. VAS absent from
heme last week, and found npon my return
notices Of protested paper Of mins 10 the
amount Of Sc 600 NOR. and also not less
than seven of those little tickets which
BANKERS send cut to give notice Of notes
failing due. Now il is not agreeable to .
msn Who has hitherto kept his commercial
CT dir unimpnrei thus to find it dtshan-
onored; and it Is sill murs Gispleaslng
when he is cursed all over the State for
not DONG what he was powerle.s TO ac-
complish, and is 10 right you should know
it,,
But let Us pass from this. Ii is not agree
able to you nor to me. ! only mention it
because it is right you should know here
that the clothes your sons aud brothers are
wearing to-uay are not paid fol, not because
am n~illing TO pay for them, bu; because
have not the means. 1t is right you should
know that the money your boys had, did
not come from your State Treaeury. but
was borrowed upon individual credit, and
is not yet refunded. You should at least
enisayor to help furnish the means TO re
fund this money by subscribing for State
bonds. l grew pathetic in newspaper up
peal a few days since, asking you 10 sub.
scribe for State Bonds. Now there isscarce.
! ly man of you who, II life, limb or pro
perty was ut stake, could not take 800 at
least Of Iowa State Bonds, and thus fur
ni.h the means TO carry on this work, and
! have it done right. Aud let me say TO you
/ rlainly-though ~ a candidate | ought not
10 talk 80 10 you-that in 90 doing you
would be performing your duty as we'll Ne
in carping and fault finding. Now am
! probably making \ mistake. don't know.
l ought perhaps to make handsome vo~s,
speak soft and honied words. things can
not do; but will tell you the truth Us |
understand and believe it, and il you don't:
like 1t, you have the remedy IN your own
hands, you know. But IL i. due to you for,
me to mention what iowa has already done
| IN this war. She has sent into the field,
and now has 10 active service in Missouri,
counting the Iowa tiIst-and every man in
Iowa will always love to count the Iowa
First Loud and long continued applause.
seten thousand men She has in camp at
ksokut. 1000 men under Col. Busy. She
has IN Burlington another full regiment VI
cavalry under Col. Warren. She has in
Iowa City n regiment Of lafantry consisting
OF 800 men, waiting the arrival OF another
company Of loo men to complete the regi.
meut winch was to have been under the
command Of Col. Bennett. And here let
me cay Of Col. Bennett, he has proved
himself to be the patriot as we'll as the sol.
der. He ha, acted the man. When be
found that his appointment as Colonel
would cause heart burnings and d'ssenions
IN the regiment, lie said To me :--'Piae. u,e
where you please, but have the regiment
formed" lAppiause,] TIN. was what Col.
Bennett did. AtDasenport there Is fui
regiment OF Infantry, commanded by Col
Hoffman, ard full regiment Of cavalry.
whose regmental officers have not yet been
appointed. We have, l hope to. day at Du-
buque full regiment of Infantry, under
Col. Vandever. That 10 what Iowa has
done 1T is what your State authorities
have done without money to do it with; but
| will not speak Of that again, for | am
satisfied you would rather hear Of something
else.
! And now what more should talk to you
about? will not talk about myself any
longer. Let Us look for u moment Ut the
cause OF this unhoy rebellion! Why is 1t
that many mothrr's eye Is wet with tears
to- night for the brave who have fallen on
the battle. tield2 Why is it, why is it that
Iowa !. pouring forth her sons by the thou
sand to engage in this contest? Why have
our brave men been shot down in Missouri?
Why do We mourn the loss Of men by death
at Springfield Z Why is IT that the battl.
at Manassas has brought sorrow and aiil c.
tiou to thousands Of homes at the Es-t2
ask these questions because where the re-
sponsiblity for ali this rests, there rests a
burden which bends men to the earth. Why
is it that the men of the North meet the men
OF Virginia, Missouri and the South to des-
oiate cath others fields and burn each 9TH
er's houses2 1t 10 not in nature that We
should desire to kill each other. We are
brethren Of the United States of America.
Why then this strife? Why is il? IL 10
jus, because an attempt is made to strike
down our Government, the best the world
ever saw. That is why. WHAT is the mean
ing OF Republican form Of government
Ii means this; that the people of a country
have sense, intelligence, honor and energy
enough to govern the country. You good
people OF Des Moines manage Des MONIES
affairs. 1t does not 60 upon the theory that
the people may not sometimes make mis-
mistaEes, but il does 60 on the theory that
men have intelligence to see thoee mistakes
! and correct them. That is the theory Of a
Republican system Of government. Now
after battle Of eight long years, the Re.
publican party came into power last Fall, OF
rather were elected last Fall, and came into
power on the 4tb Of March last. Our Snuth.
ern friends rebeled at that election. They
said mistakes and wrongs had been commit
ted. Very well. What vas their bounden
dusv? IL Was to appeal to the intelligence
and honesty Of the people. Nearly al tas
South, and some of our Northern friend.
said . mistake had been committed. and
, said they would not trust to the good faith
, intelligence aud honesty Of the people u
correct IL. but would right thsir wrongs by
. arms. That IL what our Southern brethren
have done. They have ssid they will no,
submit. II they have such right. a. thsse
then . Republican form of governments il
NOS government. because such attributes
crush out 'is vitality. Sappo.. We Repuh-
licsns. four years ago. had ssid. 1--WE viii
not submit to be suied bv Pfesiden, Con-
esisntionaily elected" Snrrase that wher
Buchanan wss -i-csed in 1856. the minority
bad said. I'VE viii not sruss . majnri,y 81