Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-17

Drafs. az ma dsafs, ssshas 10 the con-
ounded sasssaoa. Z To our knowisdgs 4
Asrs has not been adraft in q single state i
d tbs usiozs - -, to I'LL mp TIA Old /
rsximsnss and Tiers IRE very grave doubts :
sxisting whether there ID any authority /
Tor such draft In Iowa. The Secretary
81 War says that Iowa has already farn-
ishsd her quota and mora too. Read ths |
following extract from the Se9ssaxy Il
aIn some States tbs whole quota Of vol.
anssass and militia called Tor was entire
Iy filled 40 BIZ voluntasrs without draft.
In some the whole number OK volunteers
was raised, and part Of the militia. 9th
ar States are deAeient In volunteers and
have nos yet made their draft, bat have
taken measures for that purpose. Hls-
aoss sad IOWA hausfsraishsd mora uol- |
ssasesys than their quota sassdeT both
cGlls.n
sach haa been eur understanding Of the
matter. IL it 10 q fact, ~ stated BY the
Secretary Of War, that Iowa has furnish
I'd bsE quota under both calls, why the ne
esssity for draft in this State, p&stiou-
lasly when there 10 no authority for draft
| ing 10 all up .as old regiments. There
may be some ''nilitary necessity" slowed
away in the fanaGicai brain Of Samuel ].
KiEkwood, the high priest Of Abolition
ism 10 Iowa, that we have failed to dis
cover, time will tell, blood and green
backs amount TO nothing.
No loyal State has cent troops more
promptly to the field, than patriotic Iowa,
yet CUR tsruisrs" inform dc that che zassss
! furnish some sersn thousand more, By the
, LIST Of January or submis to draft.
The following communication, taken
: FROM the Gate Oisy (Aholisonl throws
some light upon the proposed draft, a.
9 though the writer may not speak "by au-
I thorisy," it is presum&bls that be speaks
from the aBook.n Read what he ssyi
= upon the subject:
o SHOULD Iowa BE DRAFTED PIT is no
3, torious faot that including the forty-thrs'
D. infantry regiments which have been rails
!, cd in the State, aud the several thonsant
IL men tho have enlisted in regiments al
y ready in the field, that Iowa has furnish
y ed nearly if not quite 80, 900 troops. tn
al vote of this State ut the last Preaidsntia
election Was about l20, 900. Can an
+ other State show the same proportion 0
eS volunteers to voters.
0. Ii is further we'll known that Iswa Ia
H. furnished several thousand man more tina
nS have been demanded by the War Depar'
ment for new regimsnts-thaE In 70 Ga
Y more than her quota. These sewers
B. thousand volunteers the Governor has OF
IL ganized into new regiments. 1t 10 gar
ng orally understood that our GoEernqr 90
Ia oar Senators and Representatives, ha'
De allowed themselves TO be used BY evea
'o' ambitious would be- Colonel in soliaitiE
70 the War Department to allow these mil
itary genuisss 10 raise new regiments n
til the State has been Literally exhauste'
hAr resources Impaired, and her indast1
'h' affected,
cd THOUSANDS Of dollars have been Loaf
'n7 the farming community in almost eye
'oe county from the want Of laboreES to tai
md sars of the crops. Notwithstanding
ng this, The Governor seems to take sort
lon delight in the contemplation Of . DIRE
EN- in Iowa which shall further exhaust d
'ea resources. and bring roproaeh upon
aey honor, and has asked leave Of the w
Department to permit him to indulge
his this luxury. We hardly know what As
d ara. Grimes, Harlan and Wilson, N
lnk think Of such proceeding, whether th
on regard It quito just, we mighs say Ia
p than outrageous or not. The intsrea
es- and hosor of other States have bean loo
ing Cd after and protected by their deput
Die guardians, and no State has been draft
hn' which has furnished anywhere near t
md same proportion Of troops that Iowa ;
neF had to her population and IN some
lch them nine months volunteers have be
'w- received. II theirs 10 to be draft, let
ad- be fair, and give every State an eqr
the showing. Anything less than this il
pay simple outrage upon our rights as Sta
are xhieh it 10 to hs hoped our Represent
lives in Congress will resent IL our Go
ORR srnoF does not. ~.---..-
tt Again, there are several skeletea rel
: ments from Iowa in the aeld, which {
'~' composed principally Of 0thcers dEawi
:" large pay. Why not consolidate sh'
=" regiments and appoint merritosious 0
'0' aers Of their number 10 vacancies In o.
~" ~ regiments ? Thus the regiments eo'
~, be aIled up, the expense greatly lesseE
in proportion to the effective force, O
VI the State be saved the disgrace and
''7 justice of draft.
'H' Ii is truo sach course might I
." sssna rs potitic to politician who shos
y have power 10 make officers, il not
oF unmake them. Holding over State 81
Up ators and probably will be members
the House, have friends, and they must
a'sS looked after by the powers that be a
'6 expect to be.
Bus tho people see through all this, a
ow despise it from sas bottom Of theiE bear
t"E and all parties viii unite in heapiRg o
4 - ana upon any man, or sss Of msa, v
me care more for themselves than the st
% and who would nos raise hand to p