The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-25


number Of regiments Of volunteers. Tn
advantages of this are, that we would hav
at hand . disciplined force, ready to NEE
any emergency, State or National. Th
disadvantages are its expense, and its insult
6ciency. BY reason Of the great extent q
our border, to protect our frontier asains
the lawless bands to which We are exposed
/ The other plan is to organize along ou
Southern and Western frontier, arm an.
equip but not muster into active service,
sufficient force Of minute men, Who may b,
called upon at any msment to meet an,
emergency that may arise at any point
This will be the more effective plan 70,
home prosecsion, but will not piacethe Stat
in position to render such effective aid I,
the General Governments. Which, IL either
| OF these plans, or whether combination o
both, or whether something wholly distinc
from either shall be adopted, leave fc
your wisdom to decide.
1t will be necessary that you enact mil
itary law, authorizing, among other thing
the formation Of a military staff undel
which can have the assistance and advic,
OF such officers a. compose il, in raising
arming, equipping and supporting such fur,
taer troops as you may direct to be raised
for the use Of the State, or as may be re.
quired by the United States.
Ii will also be necessary to use the credi,
OF the State to raise means TO meet the ex
traordinary expenses incurred, and to be in.
Cured. You have the power to DO this nn-
der that provision Of the Constitution which
authorizes without a vote Of the People the
contracting of a debt "so repel INVASION
or to "defend the State in War;
In most or all Of the Counties in which
companies have thus far been accepted. the
Board of Supervisors or public and spirited
citizens have raised means for the support
OF the families Of volunteers who have left
families dependent on them for SUPPORT
This action is eminent'y praiseworthy, and
yet its operation is partial and unequal. 1,
is scarcely to be presumed that companies
will be received from all the Counties Of the
States, or equally from those counties from
which they may be received, and it seems to
me much more equitable and just that the
expense be borne by the State, and the bur-
den thus equally distributed among our peo-
pie. -.
The procuring offs liberal supply Of arm.
for the use Of the State, is matter that |
earnestly recommend to your early and Sc
rious consideration. The last four weeks
have taught Us lesson which trust we
may never forget, that peace is the proper
time IN which to prepare for war.
! feel assured that the State can readily
raise the means necessary to place her in a
position consistent alike with her honor and
her safety. Her territory of great exten.
and unsurpassed fertility, inviting and con-
stantly receiving a desirable emigration, her
population Of near three quarters Of mill
ion of intelligent, industrious, energetic
and liberty loving people, her rapid, past
and prospective growth, her present financial
condition, having a debt Of only about one
quarter of million Of dollars, unite to make
her bonds among the most desirable invest
ments that our country affords.
The people Of Iowa, your constituents and
mine, remembering that money is the sinews
of war, will consider alike criminal n mis-
tnken parsimony which stops short Of doing
whatever is necessary for the honor and
safety OF the State, and wild extrayagance
which would unnecessarily squander the pub
lie treasure.
Our revenue law, is in my judgment, de-
fective in some particulars requiring, per-
haps some unnecessary expense, and not be-
ing sufficiently stringent to compel the
prompt payment of taxes. At all times,
and more especially at q time liko this. eve-
ry good citizen should cheerfully contribute
his share of the public burdens, and those
who arc not disposed to do so, should feel
the force Of stringent laws insuring the per-
formance Of that duty. A failure to pay
taxes promptly, compels the State to use her
warrants instead Of cash, to carry on the
operations Of the government, and adds TO
the expense of the State, not only the in
creased prices sho is compelled to pay for
articles purchased for her use, over and
above the price, at which she could buy for
cash, but also the interest upon the warrants
issued until the same are paid.
earnestly recommend careful examina-
tion and full use Of yonr Constitutional
powers to punish the men, II any there be,
in our State, who may feel disposed to fur
nish aid in any way to those who are or may
be in rebellion against the United States or
engaged in acts Of hostility to this State.
The great haste in which, amids, the pres
sure OF other duties, have been compelled
to prepare this message, renders il very
probable that ! may have overlooked some
subject that you may deem Of Importance
in the present emergency. When convened
in extra session, your powers OF legislation
have the same scope and limits as at yonr
regular sessions, and feel confident your
wisdom and foresight will supply ali such
omissions.
Permi, me, ii conclusion, TO express the
hope that what you may do, may be done
promptly, calmly and thoroughly. Let us
take no counsel from passion. nor give way
to excitement. Let us look our situation
boldly, and sqnarely in the face, and ad-
dress ourselves to. and do our duty like
men who believe tha. while We hold to our
fathers faith. and tread in our fathers steps.
the God Of our fathers will stand By us in
the time Of cur trial as He stood by them
in the time Of theirs.
.l SAMUEL J. KIREwooD.
BILLY WIIS4SNa zOrAvES.
The regimen. Of Ronghs, raised BY Bil,v
Wilson. in New York. 10 composed Of the
hardest Of New York's humanity. A letter
from New Yorker, received 10 this city,
yesterdav, contains the following incident.
wb,ch 10 sufficiently illustrative Of their
a1tws:
..Yesterday, . Methodist clergyman vent
down TO Staten Island to e1hort them
Billy Wilson drew bis men np, and called
sssten,ion = TIE Parson then gave them
~. edi.sing snd appropriate discourse, to
vhieb. In obedience 10 The Colopel's com-
mands, they Ii.sened as.eniisely. When the
Par.on had finished, Billy gave bis .bo5s'
a shor, talk, some what in shis wise: 'Boys,
I want yeu TO remember What the Minister
has told you. Il is all for your good; take
bis advice, ard follow il; for there is no
knowing bat what in less than siz month.
every d---d one Of 700 viii be 10 he'll
Here 8 voice frorn the raaks called osf
Three cheers for He'll: and they were Civ
en With good will.
The Parson. asssa;shed aDd angry, asked
What il meant, "Why. says Billy. The
boys doo's ksow much abous Scripture.
They think Hell is somewhere between
NonsgoneYy snd Eev Orleans, and thsy
are ID snxious 70 get down IN thai
neighboshood ]"