The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-08-04
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City Hall this morning, / saHa crowd
of women, and on inquirins asccr.
tanned that a payment of mNcv to
soldiers WHY'S wds L5tAS .uade. This q
reminded me there'existed a waland
soon another reminder that ,ow
draft, calling for nearly one thousad
men from this county, would tao
place Sept, 5th. saw in the faces 6
many Of these wives and soldiers
daughters sadness unusual, and
thought l saw evidences of shame, or
a sentiment akin to that. Why should
any one having representative in
the army be ashamed to draw few,
very few dollars per month? l can.
not answer this question, because
there is no reason why any American
women should be ashamed either to
ask or receive anything inthe way of
pay for the services of husband as q
soldier. To obtain the requisite num-
Der under the call, will be attended
with much inconvenience and be fol-
lowed by much suffering. There is
one way and only one, to avoid this
by volunteering. How can this be
accomplished-by bouhtics. 1 havoin
my minds eye ten mon in this county
who have one million worth of prop:
erty. Wo have two banks, represen-
ting capital of onc-fourth ola million.
| also ascertain that if the present
army were entirely destroyed; no ono
Of these mon or these Institutions
would lose one drop of blood. In
other words, they are not represented
in the army. Life, liberty and prop
crty are all guarded BY governments.
1fso, all should bc represented in an
army destined to preserve tho govern.
mcnt. The man who tolls daily to
S support his family cannot volunteer
g with present pay. The present addi-
tion of payments to families ofsoldiers
y also falls short at ruling prices. +
n know many men who feel it duty to
: fight for their country, but cannot,
under present circumstances and pay,
Q leave destitute families. Now, how
can these things be arranged? Is
n. not the risking Of life an equivalent
and more than an equivalent to taxes
imposed on people or incomes? What
would this property be worth with .
divided Union? and this Union viii
be divided unless We have 100000
more men. This is tho plain meaning
of the call by the President. They
are wanted and must come. Now fol
~ ~ US to sit at home and sing TAX
oe your gun and 60, John" is yer.
well; but would it not be bet
s ter TO sing "Tako your gun and com
m' john" or take your gun, John, AM
here is one thousand dollars to leav
with the wife and children. / am tol
the city is exempt frontdraft for pres
ent calls. This is very pleasant t
certain people; but when we kno'
the city neither furnished the repro
sentatives nor paid them, it but Gre
atos the necessity for duty and actio
,ht that calls for more than gratulatio
,at. and Joy at our escape. We have th
m. men in our midst. They are willin
tbe to 60, but all have not the wives tn;
M uwicld the hoo,' or have halves thi
~ "can drive the oxen" They ha'
vii not the ground upon which Ito u
md the hoe" nor have they "the oxen
ern drive" Bounties are furnished by u
the Government, but they are insufiielet
dew The property of Lancaster must pi
TLo its share of these bounties but if t
,,Iv men cannot or will not volunteer u
Iast der these bountics, can we look on a.
in~ see men torn from families by t
sed, draft, whose regrets are not that tn
loss meet the enemy in tho front, but lea
this an enemy in the rear in the shape
lIod suffering and starvation they cou
ons avoid by their labor at home.
tan tpa' Mr. Editor, these things must
vhat arranged. 1t is but fair they shou
ham ham and if Congress thought tho bount
wen largo enough. to relieve families
Cam homo, and prices have advanced mt
,ote than one hundred per cent. in all al
WV clcs of necessity, surely individual
cr,lty must atono for National 81
nec, n,'o Compare prices last fall and win
onI I with the present time, and one hi
anu anu dred dollar bountics will not 80 as
I WIN in sustaining q family, as thirty
~. axe: lars would last fall. A failure now
81 '" Oh furnish the present call, will result
'hsc' : our overthrow, and all that has b
luiv, done will bo lost. The capital of
y :, az country must now BIO represented or
ven will be lost. I will resume this 8
n'n now jcct, with your permission, next We
.lso'i A RETURNED VOLUNTEER
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