Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-20

racitv has been raised between the U"<ette
on one side and Adjt Gen. Baker and Coy.
Stone ON the other The question is one Of
some magnitude and interest and we wish
to see it thoroughly canyassed. Time and
again has Gen Baker declared in public
and in private that Scott county was further
behind in its duty in furnishing volunteers
than any other county in the State. Being
regarded as gentleman Of unimpeachable
vcracity, and the fact being known that he
was perfectly conyersant with the books OF
his office. his statement in the premises has
always been regarded as statement OF
facts. and hitherto no one has seen fit to
| question them Then comes the Governor
to our city. lie, at public meeting, de-
clarcs to the people Of Scott county that
they are laggarj-that in the matter Of fur
nishing volunteers she is way behind her
sister counties whereupon he proceeded to
deliver a most thorough and scathing lee
ture concerning her delinquency. Here
then we have the statement Of the two first
men in the statc-Gov. Stone, commander
n-chef Of the military, who is supposed to
know precisely the condition of each OF the
counties. as regards the number of men fur
nished an official vino would be cuipable if
he did not know and Adj. Gen. Baker,
who has superintended the enlistng of vol
untecrs from first to last, and who has ap-
piled himself to the work early and late
with most conmendablc cncrgy-a man
who is supposed to be able to tell at mo-
ment'S notice the quota of each county, and
not vary to the amount of coaporals IS
guar,l-both Of thcsemen came before the
people of this county from time to time and
assure them in terms most positivc-and
rcas scrt the declaration in language most
uncquivocal. that they are far, far behind
the other counties of the State III the mat
ter of raising volunteers, and bcseech them
By all they hold sacred to come up and re
deem themselves and put the county upon a
respectable footing.
Having heard these assertions so many
times and over and over again, and knowing
the superior facilities for correct information
that these gentlemen possessed, we have
never thought Of questioning their word in
the least particular. knowing they had the
book open before them, why should We ac-
c,lse them Of telling unt,uths We relied
upon their word then, and ercn now we do
not feel like telling them that they have not
been stating facts We are reluctant-cA- !
tremclv so, to charge these gentlemen with !
positive ignorance regarding matter that |
was Of the highest importance that they
should know so are We unwilling to charge |
them with wilful faIsehood for ii as the Ga
:ette OF this morning, assumes to show, that
:ith Il single exception, Scott county is up
.ycn with the other prominent river coun-
les. one charge or the other We should be in
luty bound to make Both declare Scott
county miscrabiy delinquent, and the Go
etfc declares ii is no such thing-that Scott
ouniy has furnished as many men as Gin
on. or. Lee, in proportion to her population
i per cent more than Dcs Moines and 81
,er cent. more than Dubuque county in like
Here we have the issue fairly
tatcd which is right We have not the
inc to 90 through with the figures to salts
v ourselves, but we trust the Adutant
General and the Governor will see that it is
one and determine as to whether the charge
truthful or not We have no fault to find
18th the papers at Dubuque, Muscatine,
burlington, Des Moines or elsewhere, for
ccusng Scott county of not filling her quo
4, or for scolding her roundly for her delin-
uency for these papers have been informed
Y the same authority that informed US, that
colt county actually was behind. They ac-
eptcd the statement as true the Governor .
aid so--Gen. Baker said so all supposed !
was so. Now, we think it is due to | ,
lem,clvos and to the people that Gov Stone
nd Gen. Baker cause the matter to be thor !
lghly investigated. Bandying words back /
nd forth amounts to nothing let the truth
c sought out and let it be known.