Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-02
Not Very Encouraging

NJ. Edito AS it has been lntlmat-
ID bv some of the ruling Po'0efs q
Iowa County, that the bounty recon-
mended by the citizens alta war meet
mo held at the County Seat, some SIX
OF = seven weeks ago, is to be repudlated
bv the Board when in session, and our
Volunteers, their wives and children
DISTINGUISHED of the small amount pro-
missed them previous to enlistlng, As
might be expected from an event OF thus
kind confusion reigns. The subject has
been thoroughly canvassed by the men
of both companies in this city, and great
dissatisfaction at the present time exists
and will continue to exist unless prompt
" set right by the proper authorities OF
the county. !,
For the good Of the cause, for the
protection ofwives and children, appear
+ Won Mr. Editor, as a public spirited
man to endeavor to bring about a prompt
response to this brief article.
Respectfully, yours,
N HOLUN1EE
We see no particular cause for fear
i INC that the County bounty recommend
red by the meeting at Dodgevllle, Will
not come to the families of volunteers
At this time the county appears to be
without County Board to transact
business, but we feel confident that who
ever may fill that position hereafter will
carry out the recommendations OF the
meeting to the letter We would GER
tainly oppose the election OF any to the
office of county commissioner, who was
unwilling to do justice to the brave men
of the country who have volunteered to
fight our battles for national existence.
-MineraZ Point Tribune
So that is the game is it first dupe
YOUR man and then diddle him.
There we're symptoms Of anxiety
manifested that men would be drafted
to 90 to the war, and in case Of the draft
ing being put in force a good many
people felt nervous heterogeneous they
became excited lest they might be the
lucky ones who would have to go and
face the music of rebel bullets and SO
meeting of the people was got together
in the village Of Dodgeville, and reso-
lutions passed, and promises made that
if men would volunteer, the county
would be induced to pay so and SO
that the county really would pay so and
SO. Men did volunteer nobly, coming
up earnestly and enrolling their names
on the list Of the fighters who go forth
to protect Iowa County property-aye
yerely, the property Of the towards
who have not pluck enough to go and
fight for what they have, and 10 and
behold, it is mooted that the count. is
going to back down on that now that
the men are enlisted, and gone away tc
I'll up the ranks and, if it must be, give
their blood for Iowa County, and other
counties, Iowa County is going to be
the mean trickster, and cheat the volun-
teers out Of what they had every reason
to expect that the County would have
honor enough-honesty enough to
pay without one squerm; and we hope
it has we are loath to believe that
Iowa County, or the people in it are the
contemplate things that would enter
tain the shadow Of an idea to act such a
miserable part as VOLUNTEER seems to
intimate they are inclined to do. We
have faith to believe that in this partic-
ular, Iowa County will come out bright
and that her volunteers in the field will
have no cause to curse the county they
went from.