New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-07-24
A MA0NANIMOUs ACT.

A MAaNANIMOUs ACT.
The Common Council Of the City Of New
York has made An appropriation Of - 500.
600 for the purpose Of paying $500 for each
man con.cripsedtrom hat city for tho Fed
eral service. This il but On act Of sinple
justice " the laborsrs aud workingmen Of
.he city, which sho I'D be initiated by every
county, city and borough Of every State in
she North
None'wi'l stteEpt to deny that sal those
who can raise the $500 to exempt them
selves will do 40, consequently none will form
.hs coDscript army but those who are too
poor to pay this sum and whose families need
their labor for their support. The poorer
classes thasUsy 10 unable to pay the 5000.
and who cannot leave their families except
a. paupers to be cared for by public or pri.
vats charity. are entitled to some consider.
alton at the hand Of towns, cities and corpor-
atoms. 1t wou' d be we'll enough that the
appropriation should be for the purpose Of
either excmpting those who are unable to
leave their families, but that thvse conscript.
I'd. who might deem it duty to 60 should
have the sum as An appropriation to the sup-
port oftheir families during their absence.
Besides this the Federal army ehoud be
composed OF none hut those who willingly
assume the profession Of soldier. An army
made up of those who believe the war policy
Of the administration wrong and its real
purposes crime against the Constitution
and debasing to civil liberty will never make
An efficient arm of tho service Though its
numbers are counted by millions. An army
largely believing tho only object Of the war
70 DO freedom to the negroes, while their
wives and children at home sre suffering for
thetoonmoecst neeessaries Of life, will be bu.
IN incubus to its success.
What should be done is simply tkat the
Board of Supervisors of each county should
meet in special session and appropriate q
sum Of money suf6cienttc sxonersts every
one who might in any possible contingency
30 conscripted. The highest duty govern.
ment owes to ITS creator Che people) is pro.
lection to life, and safety to liberty, public
ndprivate. To urge the expense IL folly
What IL property worth compared with the
sacrifice or humiliation of the rase! Who
80 misery a, to sacrifice his lifa for the paltry
sum ofS3 o? The fundamental law Of GU,
State, adopting tho doctrine Of the Dec'ara
ton Of Independence, asserts that, govern
naent is instituted for the prottc tion, sscuri.
~, and benefit ofths people," and among ou1
asserted inaIienablo rights are those Of sen
joying and defending life and liberty" snt
'pursuing and obtaining safety and happi
ness" all Of which rights are more sacred
than those Of acquiring. possessing and pro
tecsng property" What estimate will tn,
fathers and mothers, the wives and children
che brothers aud sisters of those CO nscriptet
Into the army; place upon their possession
retained ct the useless sacri6ceof their friend
and relatives their own kith and kin! w,
hope never to say OF our country ~ tho trav.
slcr says Of ancient Rome:
There she stands
Childlsss and erownless in her voieeless wen
An empty urn, within her withered hard
Whose holy dust IVES scattered long ago.
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