Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
60. ,vrcANsOT ADVISE FuRTH.
W" 10 rsIlsTNENTs ATPREsENT.

I'm ENLIsTMENTS At PAEs
A. the Gazette has taken occss'on 10
,.cuss rs Of treason for publishing an
.r,;ole in which we expressed our non
o.,conyiction that it was the duty OF
every able bodied man to stay at home
and no. Ct 60 war,at least, until apo'nei
call vas made BY the government, aoo
h.v;nc allowed the simple,on who pre-
.;des over its columns TO hash us up 10
II. o,,n satisfaction. We will now give
our reasons for such adv;se:
The State of Iowa has iurnished Inc
Union army over ttty thousand sol
diers-twen,y per cent. more''n proper
ton to her population, than any 0'he'
s,.,e in the Union. To accomplish
,h,. her cons have turned out oil Inc
work shops and places Of trade, Il ON Gu
the prairies and on. of'he valleys from
The court room and the lsbra'ory, ana
shouldering their muskets have, win pa
,,,o,ic hearts, marched TO the hcid o.
strife. where, alas, too many o. '"e"i
have given up their lives upon .neH
couptry's altar. To I'LL NJ the decima'
ted ranks of her regiments the State
has sacrificed every interest OF trade,
commerce and agriculture. Last Fall !"
many sections of the country, but
small portion ofthc crops weregathcred,
and this by women and children. Spring
is near at hand, " hen it will be necessary
TO plant that those already in the field
and those who remain AT home may not
want for TODD. But " ho will do tho work.
If we were short Of husbandmen last
Fail, we shall certainly be much worse
off mex, Spring, for hundreds OF our cit
liens have enlisted since the last crop
was ripe.
But it is not the agricultural INTEREST,"
alone that have suffered, and will sniie
still more if our State 10 subjected e
further drains. Every branch OF me.
chemical industry has been sadly pros
irated. Not so in some Of the Eastern
States. There is where the vast con
tracts for furnishing army supplies are
obtained. Large wages are pad TO the
Eastern mechanics, and the mcrcenary
Yankees prclenng the almighty, dollar
TO fighting for their country, stay at
home and allow the patriotic Western
man to enlist and do battle for the
Union. Shall we here, in the West, SIT
quietly and zee these things going on
and say nothing! Are We to be ruined
that the East may be made rich? Iowa
has filled every call for troops made up
on her by the general government.
Now, if it Is just aud right to cali up
on Iowa for more men alter having flied
her quote, Why would j. not be right 10
call upon her citlzeus TO pay her Fede
raj taxes twice in the same year. Tne
country needs the pien-so she needs
the money. Let US assume that the
Federal tax aud licences for 1868 are
paid. Suppose then that the collector
shonld turn about and commence col
iecting them again. lie goes 10 a mer-
chants store and presents his claim for
another fifty dollars.
But, says the merchant, ! paid that
claim few days ago. cau't pay it
again.
Oh, yes, replies the collector but
the tax just collected don't begin TO pay
the Federal debt. The Government
owes more E.oney-she has Eurdreds OF
millions yet TO pay-and no truly patri-
Otto man will refuse to give to his gov.
ernment when 1t is in Eeed-especially
when it wants money to crush the re-
bellon--he who refuses 10 do it and
keep doing it, is traitor.
Now, j, is not 10 be supposed that the
people OF Iowa would suffer any such
draft upon her financial resources yet
it is just as right and just as proper TO
keep on collecting the taxes right over
and over as i. is to keep calling on The
men after the quota has bcen filled. II
the man is traitor who would ADVISE
against the one, he is equally 30
it he would advise against the
other. Money is what is wanted
lit is the principal sinew = il
will provide men and munitions. Let
the money be paid 40 faster than it is
called for by the government. Let no
man go TO scar from Iowa, until he as
called for under another reQuisitiou.