The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-02
The BOunlies.

OOuntle6. IL Is no new SentlWeus Oh ours Out
was awakened by the first intelligence of such q
plan being set on foot. It is utterly wrong in
principle, deceptive in its semblances, and will
prove abortive in results It will not reach the
case, and failing far short of midway it were
"a big job" Three hundred thousand men are
called for, and for no holiday work. The people
are already burdened by the war and the tax
gatherer has not yet entered upon his duties
Will any one have the hardihood to urge that in
addition TO the pay and government bounties for
this new levy, the country can pay either by pub.
lie appropriations or private subscriptions Hlr.
TEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in bounties, and vet
this would be only giving to each volunteer the
sum of $50, offered to all the recruits Of New
York State. 10 But this is . small bounty com.
pared to others that are offered. Chicago, by
her noble Board of Trade, offers far more at
tractive premium. Cook county sets apart 5000, )
600. Various associations and organizations
compete together with tempting Inducements to
join this OF that crack battery or pet regiment
And 90 the work goes bravely on.a,5 Tsau ymz
5 Look at the result in our own State. The
high bounties carry their influence to the re-
hottest corners. Our regiments are drawing from
inland towns and rural villages their most avail
able men. They are being brought in from
Freeport, Aurora, Sterling, Kankakee, and 9th
er places, wherever recruiting officer can learn
of . recruit, or . squad likely to be tempted, by
the offers be brings. The result of this is .
great injustice visited upon the towns so strip
ped OF men who should have formed the prom.
ising nucleus of military organizations il their
home neighborhoods. Every willing man thus
enticed to join distant corps is thus removed
from the influence he should exert upon the less
willing of his immediate acquaintances. It is
filing up our home companies in Chicago At the
expense of the rural districts, who cannot COM
pete in bounties. It 10 the same in other sec
tons. The evil is wide, spread. It is altogeth.
er mistake in policy, and is proving delete
rious in practice. 5s g,, -ay4 -.
Every reasonable man sees that drafting mus
be resorted to at last. Far better would it have
been had the rule become general one from
the first. It will be disadvantage to the SER
vice to have in the same regiments, and shout.
der to shoulder two different classes of men,
those who have come forward under the spur
OF bounties and those who were drafted. The
war has become an actual fact. The doubt
that any may have entertained that the rebel
ION was simply temporary disturbance to
be put down by police, has given way to q
soundes. and moro sensible conception of the
iact that We have in the field against US de-.
termlned and dangerous enemy, who will
y'eld to no less material appeals than ball and
eayonet, and with whom artillery will be the
best argument. 80
The President should have called for draf
OF one million men, in two classes, one of five
hundred thousand to take the field at once. the
other to be put under drill and constitute re-.
serve There should have been no bounties Of
fered. for If men 60 into the ranks for patriot.
ism they need no such added reason, and II
they 90 for hire, the sum is far too inadequate.
We would not that . single dollar raised by
private subscriptions or public appropriation
should be withheld, but rather that the Gum be
increased ten>fold and become sacred
trust for the families Of those who must TO-
The draft is near at hand, and there viii h.
many cases wherelthe care for soldiers family
must be q sacred duty. This is better thar
.bsunties. We must look to nothing else thar
the draft to keep our army full, and the pub
lie must come forward generously in behalf O
those who go.-[ Chicago Tribune.