The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-09-13


% e0listments for that Purpose, deoland
my intention OF Recommending 20 you th'
i payment Of boonties hy the StSse; % al
Who should enIi1t FOR old regiments, b.
4 tween the date of the proolai1stios aud til
Arss' day or sbe present month"; I have no.
yet learned the number Of men who hav,
thus .enliated between tbe dates named, ha
I reccommend to. yoa that An appropriation
te made for the purpose Of paying 50 saot
ss,s q then .seh 4 bounty = w nay Gee.
Ths theory q our Cover = i ttas 4.
1 people ruls. This theory 1sriad
into practicAi efeos only thrcpkh t6e ballot
box. Thereby the people mould sod disec
the operations Of, the Government. and Get.
tie all, questions affecting the, public vel
fare. The right Of suiftage j. therefore
highly ,prixed 81 sll good citisens, and
| should b, exercised By them at al times,
and especially & times when qoestions %
iuportant are presented Tor Solutioo.-
There never has been, perhaps there nev er
will again be . time when questions 90 I'm.
porssnt, interests % vital, 40 those nov de.
manding action At the hands Of orr. peo.
pie, we're OF will be submitted TO them
The very life Of the Nation is ,at stake, aud
may be as fatally lost at the ballot box q
on the battle 6eld. Under such circum-
stances it ID not ociy the right, but the duty
Of all good citizens 10 exercise the right OF
sulFrage, and to sec to Il that the principles
for The preservation Of which our people
are % freely Offering treasure and life, and
are not jepardised Or lost 10 the Halls Of
Legislation, State Or National. A very
large number Of the electors Of the State
are 10 the army. We say but little when
We say that these men are % good citizens,
- intelligent, % patriotic, as devoted 70
their country, % those who remain u hons.
Under existing laws these citizens cannot
vote, and unless these, laws can be changed,
It may be that the cause they are per,llDg
life 10 the deld 70 maintain. may be lost st
home through supiness or treacbery. ]
therefore recommend that the laws be 80
modified that all members of Iowa regi.
ments who would be entitled to vote il at
home on the day of election, be allowed to
vote wherever they may be stationed in the
United States, and that pr DIVISION be made
for canvsssing and receiving their votes.
There are in this State some religious
bodies Who entertain .peculiSr views upon
the subject Of bearing arms, and whoss re-
liaious Opinions, conscieDtio ously entertain.
ed, preclude their doing 50. Their mem-
bers are generally among our most qoiet,
orderly, industrious and peaceful cifizens,
and their sympathies are wholly With the
Government in this struggle now going on
for its preservation, yet they cannot con.
scieptiously bear arms Tor its support. 1t
appears to me that it would be unjust and
wholly useless to force such men into the
army as soldiers, and yet it would not be
Just to the Government OF co other citi1eDs
that they should be wholly relieved from
the burdens that others have to bear. j
suggest, theref gre, that these persons who
cannot conscientiously render military duty
be exempt therefromin case OF draft, upon
the payment Of fixed sum Of money to be
paid to the State. ','
Startling rumors bave reached me re-
Gently, of danger to our people on the
North. w estern frontier, from hostile Indi-
ans. imm mediately dispatched Schuyler
r. Iogham, Esq, Of Dts Moincs City. TO
the scene Of danger, With arms and ammu-
nition, and full authority tuacs as circom.j,
stances might requtre. ! have not yet had
. report from him, bat will, Immediately
upon receipt of such report, communicate
with yon by special message, should the
emergency require your atteotion.aal
The condition Of the country 10 such a.
isstly to cause anxiety and distruss. but not
despoDdency to the patriot. tis true ths
rebellion against the Government has as.
sumed magnitude, and shown strength
We did not anticipate, but it 10 also true
that the Governments has exhibited adegree
Of power for its suppress,on shat the n ost
sanguine did not dream Of. Our rulers and
our people as last have res'ized the extent
of the task before them, and have eirded
themselves to the work Ike men. We have
all, rulers and people, at lass lsssued on q
page blotted with, tears and blood, that 10
this war Cancellation and kindness are more
than uselass, and that the enemy, ~hosS
whole social fabric i based upon force, rs.
spects oily force, and can be subd9ed By
force alone. We sre learning, Il We have.
not vet learned, that it 10 wise to strike the
snemy where he 'is weakest, and to strike
him there continually, and With oil our
power; that Gods blessing upon our cause
will must eurely bring its trinmph, and that
We capuot with con6debcs claim that bless.
ing until our cause, By being made 10 oil
things like Him, pure and holy, fully do.
serves It. n ws have fully learned these
lessons, and shall fairly act upon them, We
win soon triumph. II We have not learned
them, ws will yst do 20, and " will shes
triumph. -. .
The camsls that arrived on the packs
ct yesterday moruiog, in4 charge Of tvo, OF
Gen. Oursis' Orderliss, lwere, captured on
the St. Francis River, Arkansas, and have
been sent up here etoebe ost Of harms way
until the. Government can disposs OF them.
The rebel owner bad four, but be killed
ono to keep it from falling into the haods