Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-11

one thousand men.-that the several
counties be required to furnish their
equitable proportion of that number
of men to place in camp under instruc.
tion--that when men are needed to
fill the ranks of any Of our regiments
acquisitions be made for the proper
numbcr-which shall be filled as near
ly as may be from the men in camp,
from the counties in which the com
panies composing the regiment were
organized, and their places in camp
immediately be supplied by new men
from the same counties. This is en-.
tirely Just to all the counties-wil
send the men into companies compos
ed of their own neighbors and friends
and will keep up our regiments te
their effective strength.
On the 18th day Of August last
issued a proclamation urging upon
our people the strong necessity Of fiji.
ling up the ranks of our old reg iments,
and as an induccmcnt to enlistments
for that purpose declared my inten.
tion of recommending to You the pay.
ment of bounties by the State, to all
who should enlist for the old regiments
between the date of proclamation and
the first day of the present month.
havc.not yet learned the number Of
men who have thus enlisted between
the dates named, but recommend to
you that an appropriation be made
for the purpose of paying to each OF
them such bounty as you may deem
advisable.
The theory Of our Government is
that the people rule. This theory can
be carried into practical effect only
through the ballot box. Thereby the
people mould and direct the operations
of the Government, and settle al
questions affecting tho public welfare
The right Of suffrage is therefore
highly priced by all good citizens, ant
SHOULD be exercised by them at al
times, and especially at times wher
questions of grave Importance art
presented for solution There never
has been, perhaps there will never
again be, time when questions SC
important, interests SO vital, as those
now demanding action at the hands oil
our people, were, or will be, submit.
ted to them. The very life of the Ma.
tion is at stake, and may be as fatal
ly lost at the ballot box as on the bat
tle-feld. Under such circumstances
it is not only the right but the duty
of all good citizens TO exercise the
right of suffrage, and to see TO it that
the principles for the preservation oil
which our people are SO freely offer
ing treasure and life, are not jeopar
died or lost in the Halls of Legisla
ton, State or National. A very large
number of the electors of the State
are in the army. We say but little
when we say that these men are as
good citizens, as intelligent, as patri.
otto, as devoted to their country, as
those who remain at home. Under
existing laws these citizens cannot
vote, and unless these laws can be
changed, it may be tina. the cause
they are pcriling life in the field to
maintain, may be lost at home through
SuplneDcSS or trcacneTy.
| therefore recommend that the laws
be so modified that all members
of Iowa regiments who would be en-.
titled TO vote if at home on the day
of election, be allowed to vote wher.
ever they may be stationed in the
United States and that provision be
made for receiving and canyassing
their votes.
There are in this State some reli-
gious bodies who entertain peculiar
views upon the subject of bearing
arms, and whose religious opinions
conscientiously entertained, preclude
their so doing. Their members are
generally among our most quiet. Or
derby, Industrious and peaceful citi-
zens, and their sympathies are wholly
with the Government in this struggle
now going on for its preservation, yet
they cannot conscientiously bear arms
in its support. 1t appears to me 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 or to other citizens
that they should be wholly relieved
from the burdens that others have to
bear. Isuggest, therefore, that these
persons who cannot conscientiously
render military duty, be exempted
therefrom in case of draft, upon the
payment of fixed sum Of money to
be paid to the State.
Startling rumors have recently
reached me Of danger to our people
on the Northwestern Frontier, from
hostile Indians. Immediately dis
patched Schuyler r. Ingham, Esq, of
Des Moines City, to the scene of dan
ger, with arms and ammunition, and
full authority to act as circumstances
might require.
have not yet had report from
him, but will Immediately upon re.
ceipt OF such report, communicate
with you by special message, should
the emergency require your attention.
The condition of the country is such
as justly to canse anxiety and dis
trust, but not dependency to the pa
triot. 1t is true the rebellion against
the Government has assumed a mag
nltude and shown strength we did
not anticipate, but it is also true the