Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-18

Thank IoU.-Just before going to
press, we are informed that several Of
our friends have made up purse Of
s25 for us, to be appropriated towards
paying local bounty to volunteers.
Their kind thouohtfulness is very op-
perfume, and We feel keenlv the obi
CATION under which our friends have
placed us. Approaching the fact that
we are sustaining a paper which sus-
tains the government, at q pecuuai0ry
sacrifice Of from fee to sere,t hundred
dollars the present gear, they seem
satisfied that we are doing our full
share towards encouraging enlistments
and in being an humble instrument in
retaining the confidence Of the people
in their government and its currency.
They also seem to appreciate, by this
voluntary act Of theirs, that while
the charges of the printer are nearly
the same as three years ago, the cost
Of publishing and living has increased
nearly three fold while the price of
lumber (on which our people depend
more than all things else combined)
has advanced in proportion to any,
thing else and brings double the price
Of very many things; and therefore
those who have been directly benefit
ted, pecnniarily, by the war, can af
ford to furnish means to raise voiun-
teers to conduct it to a successful ter
miaation.
We regret very much the necessity
of accepting this generous offering of
our friends. As a return, we ASSUME
them that III our duty as editor and
publisher we will work with renewed
zeal to convince the people that it is
their highest interest as we'll as duty,
as loyal citizens, to vote for men who
are or may be war candidates for off
cial positions and to respond promptly
to every call the government may
make for troops to put down armed
rebellion in the South.
We should be very happy to pub
iish a list Of the names of tie donors
Sing!
"As ABOLITION WAR" I'm reply
to the charge that the war is an t'lAb-
oiition war;" the Rochester Democrat
says:
The statement that the war is an
"Abolition war; is the mcrest twaddle
whose impudent iteration ought not to
impose upon even an idiot. If the
war on our part is simply a war for
the emancipation of the negroes, then
on the part Of the rebels it must be
simply q war to prevent emancipation.
Is that ali they are fighting for ? On
the contrary they are lighting for the
purpose aud il the hope Of Stripping
tttt VI tiitb'' EipUCii l'f
make twenty States as large rs New
York-ot stripping her Of all that lies
between the Potomac ana Ohio on
the north, and the Gulf aud Flo Grand
On the south. That is their object and
their avowed aim. They are endeav-
oriEg to di>memher our country, and
President Lincoln and the armies Of
the United States are striving to pre-
vent that dismembermcnt, striving to
keep the country united and to keep
the flag of the Union supreme over all
its ancient domain.
The demagogues and traitors who
call this san Abolition war; know fi,ll
well the falsity Of their cry. They
know that it would be just rs reason
able to call it mere!y y "a cotton war"
because the Government seizcs cotton
wherever it can be found on rebel soil,
rs to call it "a uigger war" because
the Government uses negroes where
ever they are available for military
purposes, and does all it can to de-
prive the rebels of their services as
slaves