The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16

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PROM THE CAPITAL. ia12/a,
Correspondence Of the Hawk-Iys.1
DEs Nouns, August ., 1869. =,
The sounds Of martial music salute our ears
every hour Of the day, and late into the hours
Of night We seem to bsin shs midst Of great
excitement. The rush for The army Is greater
than at.any former time. The farms in Central
Iowa are almost deserted BY abls.bodied men;
and. In some cases, important labor. 10 left un-
done, because Of the impossibility Of obtaining
laborers. Our rural population true to the in.
stincts of their class in all ages, rally - one
man for the preservation Of the Union and the
protection of it, Gag. Three full companies
have already been mustered In this vicinity, and
" hear of others oil around, who will be in
within few days. Instead Of one regiment,
there will be two here before the let Of Septem-
Der, unless orders are given to the contrary
There will be no necessity for drafting, unless
to equalize the classes Of men, between the town
ard country, 60 ~ not materially to interfere
with the indispensable labor Of the country
Young and able-bodied men seem to feel that
it would be dishonorable to wait until they are
forced to 90 into the service Of, the country. 80
Sooner than run the risk of being drafted, they
make haste to volunteer, and thus secure to
themselves honors that are not awarded to con.
scripts. Quartermaster Hatch is moving as RI
pidly as possible in the work of preparation for
taking care of the regiment allotted to this dis.
trict. But it 10 evident that every nook and
corner of the towa will be crowded before the
barracks are ready. The Governor and Adju.
tant do not seem to have anticipated such q
rush, OF they would have provided quarter
masters simultaneously with the selection Of
Districts. I know that the Governor 10 working
day and night and straining every nerve in the
public service, and would not, therefore, re.
nect upon him. s-h,yibai ssaseza srqs9a
1t is much to be regretted that the efforts to
recruit for the service of the Government are
not confined more to the filling up Of old regi
msnts. am told that there is not regiment
in the western army that can muster much more
than halt its complement of men, that some of
the regiments are reduced to 800 men, and
come of the companies to 80. See what corps
Of officers the Government must be paying TO
manage decimated army. Why not Gil up the
od regiments with these new, recruits? A
swarm Of esger applicants for field Offices may,
y disappointed, and ! good many captains and
iisutenants may be unseated. But what Of that!
The army 10 raised to serve Che country, not 70
sabsist and accommodate the o2serss The rank
aud file would much rather serve under expert.
enced officers and With experienced comrades
Who voald counsel them wisely At every turn,
than to suffer the terrible fatigue 81 ok months
campaign IN I camp Of instruction Is much
to be hoped that SEINE movement viii be made
to fll up the 6lda rekfmenu oct SfiS6e new re-
csuis, before host Of field officers are appoint.
}, n. Let it be understood, that, the country
ssiuires the arlsnsetnsnss and patriotic men Win
aequiesce without . nufmur. 'sd@aa ,ass7al ha,
Public sentiment il very rapidly undergoing
sgnss change on the subject Of the manage
! nsnt q the war; Hosts Of Democrats ere spurn
ing the vsgaries Of the platform Adopsed by the
so-called Democratic Convention, recently held
in ths city. They ses the folly and madpesssof
conducting the sar with, such otssdsrness to-
wards the chief rebels Of the South. The rebel
saldisry are, in the main, the dupes Of slave.
holding aristocracyI who have get them up to be
mot down By Union soldiers, while they remain
at home 70 preserve their estates and chattels.
! Pfineel, daveholdets, Who have strained every
nerve 70 stimulate and keep up the rebellion,
nave sess Nd ~ doing % with the conviction
@s yer SHyase property will, be held
sacred By The military power Of tie Union. Lot
3' ire and sword do their work Of devastation
upon every rebel home; let the chattsls be vel.
coined into the service Of the Union army; let
ue gobet do its work upon the murderous
seets.lI.s' Who are re.iyng savage warfare in
s, u' 'ssn century; let I'll the horrors Of war be
poured ont With vengeful fury upon the head Of
/ us rebellion, 10 the cry Of tbs people. There
us been ssifng enough, il had been . work Of
nescy for the rebels shemselvss 70 have TIM.
opened md conducted this war. The country
ssanos avoid the conviction that I Jackson or
A"of would have thus conducted war for the
reservation Of the Union; and thus eoudactipe
~ "ey would have succeeded at half the cost Of
Measure and blood to the Union, and the rebels
sls"seives' Millions who now mourn evils en-
Nu'ea and threatened, would have rejoiced
a0n'ns since at the return Of wreath crowned
heroes, il the Government realized that death to
rebels and rebellion, WA mercy and ssa ;. -.