The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-21


6m1a5lgd 6n6sI Lo0k Is 81 Whsn the
'Fsaadsey q ~ UsA rhs1sa - proclamation
= 1900 ~ fse three month"; ~ vhols
leaafFy aro6e and applauded ~ cot And yst
~ vas . mistake EAsss thsss no.tAS men
lhe1lA havs bean thrss yeafs nsn. We coeld
ave bod then for thrss years . we'll q for
shres months. n this had been done, the
Deantsy vould - havo had % witness the spec
|acle Of vhole Rsgiaeeos retiring froa service
q the very time uhen ~ roar Of H. cannon
- hsard q BalIb Runi Once enlisted for the
lSssvios, they could have been kept tire and
- eouhtry would DOT have been fevsred with
,xsiesosat, lese Washlngten should fall into the
lande Of DeauroeArd. as
/ salk 70 you under ths assumption that you
~ honest and patriotic men, snd that it u your
sish - Do right; bus yea viii pardon me II I
Nv that you expect too mach II your public
pfneerA You expect them TO b what you are
not Observation-Disclosures You can't expect
-, tAem e,erntion from srror. You ma
- verv eaeiIv - sfker : thine 4 done vhether
q vas riohtly or vroosIy dosSa. Yet had ne
been called mon in ths Art instsnoe 70 meet
~ ana e.irencv. ve vould In an PROBABILITY
No. committed 4 ~,.var error. Nov press
,h;a thin, nor an nv am aceoun,. because what
hecoms. of ne = al little eouesouence. Bat Won
h.vs ~ Adm;n;et-stion ~ Wsshioeton. on. The
mnnnrt of vhich everythine deuends. Upon
~ ana each one 81 YOU the Administration
-. g.. .rn.o,t and ~ n nls,niv and boldly
81, az mo- .tsnd nv that Idmi1ie1est;on n
,or .honiS st.nd ~ & You NAY search the
k,.to,v az this World over. I care not where you
"a IL naees. and Won cannot find Govern.
msnt vhicS hsa aver dom in the same length Of
tine /. .;,he az vhst I'M heen done bv this Ad-
,r;n;st..t;on Il the m four month"; taking into
sccount The condition Of afisirs as Il found them
-h.r 1, c.,.e into rover. Ana vet nick M your
n.v 49,. ners 90 into your bsr.rooms or Offices
- 49, .os viii and instead of finding en-.
30 wnsae w s ~. . ~ooa :, ~. done Won and
cs.n;rc and Recommendation. I came recently
s.oa, ws =. .n;noton 1;tv and 7 nav TO you what /
Lno- that tRis anna anir;t Of denupciation is
a;soo,,...;no and ve.ken;op vour Administrs.
TO-, :. X..h;n,,on r. hsa "a srht JEFF Davis
"a ps.u,s~.,d IN the one s;deI and men who
should r.ilS around Il on the other. was
uls..ed With a remark of President Lincoln
rh;ch - .ttrihuted 10 him in Newspaper
.ha n,he. dsv When uroed 70 change his Cab.
To-, ho ss;i .s(;o IN vork fighting the enemy
and atom 6ghtinc your own friends!" You will
q nd the nevspaners filled with. and you will hear
vherever Won 90. attacks upon tlis man, or
.non that man In the army. the navy. the cabi.
nat and ali the Departments of Goyernneut--
"A nevsnsper Editor. or . newspaper correspon-
dent. perhaps vithal 4 disappointed Office seeker
beside. seixes his pen, and With . single dash
vill demolish General in the army. . member
az The Cabinet. aud even the Executive of the
Government himself. charging corruption to
this man. imbecility to that; and inefficiency
everyvhere: assailine the best men Of the Ma
lion rs remorselessly q you would Get your foot
upon worm. This is wrong, and they who do
ID do the country wrong. If you expect to fnd
bubble officers who commit no mistakes. then
1ou must get Archangeis and not men! And I
DO insist upon it, that instead of hunting some,
ching to find fault with, you should strengthen
and uphold your public agents. Give them Gre
dit for what is right; and if you see that which
appears to you to be wrong, remember that you
may be mistaken % we'll a. they, and even 1t
they are wrong, attribute it to the natural I'M
perfections Of man. It has been said that have
not raised men fast enough. have raised all
that have been asked for. Iowa has poured forth
her thousands as fast - called for by the Cen
efal Government. It has been said that the
Iowa volunteers have not been clothed as well
and rapidly as they should have been clothed.
That 10 your fault, not mine had not the
money to do it. You have it, and have not
been furnished with it, The clothes worn by
your First, Second and Third Regiments to day
have not been paid for! Not dollar has been
paid for them. Three thousand men-among
them your sons and your brothers-are wearing
clothes which arc yet unpaid for. Much fault
Was found with me because your soldiers at
Keokuk did not receive their poor pittance OF
pay, which they were to receive from the State
for the period intervening between the time OF
the enlistment in the service OF the State, and
their acceptance. into the service of the United
States They we're there without money to buy
even tobacco or postage stamps ZION know as
well e That the EXECUTIVE OF this State had
not { dollar to advance 70 the soldierS. Alter
they were mustered in at Keokpk, Ezekiel Clark,
Hisatn Price, OF Davenport, and your Speaker
borrowed on their prlyAfe credit the, money,
some thirty thousand dollars, which was required
TO pay them, and paid 1T ana the debt 10 ansat
is6ed today. The Executive OF this State drew
some y, 600 out OF the State Treasury, which ne
had no more right BY law 20 take for that purr
pose than any one OF you; the balance we Dor
rowed on our own individual credit. and you
owe it to US now. 1t there be fault in this
connection on whom does 1t rest! do not like
to say these things, but justice to myself COM
pels me to say them. The people Of Iowa have
not furnished their ExecutiSe with money Tor
the expenditures which 10 was required by law
TO make, as they should have done. The Bank
Of this City holds my protested notes for - GOO,
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