Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-30
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To number Of volunteers wanted from
this county tosarsis forming the five new
Kegir.s-l.s Cor the Safe, IS one company,
ana nearly rs many more VIII be needed
to fiji NJ. the regiments already IN the
field Tile g iest;on is often asked Can they
be ra'sed without drafting and i. 50, how
can i l.e done with the least dclay2 We
are satisfied ths men IN be raised. We
know or city has the r. eion abroad
Of beine the : strongest secession hole IN
tie State, ana that some are disposed to
offer every diseouragemen possible to the
raising Of volunteers. Yet W. believe
there Is patriotism and love Of country
enough IN this place to Insure the raising
Of hcr proportion Of the men called for
without i resort tc drafting; lat if it is
not done with bat little delay, we are sat
issie1 the drafting process Will be rosortcd
- Iowa County has heretofore done no
bly, in raising men, notwithstanding the
discourage -lcnts thrown in the way Of
onl;stnents, and NE cannot believe she
will nov suffer her patriotism to lie ques-
toned by falling 10 come up to the re
qaire.nents OF the Government
The policy pursued in many places is
Il raise fund either IS Voluntary Con
-tributions o. county appropriations, to in
crease the bounty money offered to vol
un.ecrs. We believe such is the proper
course t5 pursue Men are willing to 90
if those who remain at home Will con-.
tribute to the support Of the families they
'oave behind OF the three companies al
ready raised in this county, we presume
nine tenths are young men. or those who
have little or No taxes to pay. Some of
them have left families or relatives dcpen-
dent upon them for support, who have not
received even the small Sums Jfered l.y
the State and County This diseourag7s
others WOO would now 20 but for the lack
-lof rromptacss on the part Of the State and
.tt1,tzu.lty 10 perform what they had reason
To expect If every single man could be
Insured fsty dollars, ami every married
fnan enc hundred dollars IN addition to
the bounty already offered by the Gov
ernn nj, the men could be raised in thirty
days Unless some induce nent of this
kind 5 held oat many who are ready
TO volunteer viii 90 to other places and
enlist where they viii receive the add
tional bounty We believe our State au-
thorties, if they have the power, should
increase the bounty offered to a more lib
eraI amount We have men among uS
who arc willing to contribute literally,
and ysL they are Of the opinion the bur
den should be equally borne b, the pco-
pie for whose benefit the volunteers are
raised. We know the cry OF high taxes
irishtcns many, b"twar cannot be carried
o. successfully without the men and the
means,-to secure the men the means
must be forthcoming
We believe there SHOULD be Il public
meeting called at once and measures TIA
ken Tor raising means that SHALL ensure
speedy enrolling OF the men needed We
trust orr County Board viii take the mat
ter in hand and call the people together
for the purpose Of devising the means for
raising a sufficient fund for the purposes
required The men are wantel-the men
must be raised IL nos By the Volunteer
SYSTEM, by a mere speedy but less desi "a
Bile method