The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-30

IOWA TO THE RESCUE!
We print elsewhere Proclamation from
the Governor of Iowa, call upon the gal
liant people Of our State to furnish ten regi-
ments Of Volunteers to serve for one humid
red days from the date Of their muster into
service. The other States Of the Northwest
will supply an additional ninety thousand,
making one hundred thousand in all.
The purpose of this call is to relieve that
many veterans from garrison and guard
duty, and enable them to be concentrated
at the front where they will give force and
efficiency to our great armies, now prepar-
ing for the final battles with the rebels.
The Governor calls upon the young, &C.
tive and energetic to manifest their zeal
and patriotism by at once rendering their
services. Now is the time to act. Those
who have been deferred hitherto by the
three years term Of service, may now prove
their earnestness. This term is brief one
"a little more than three month";. Those
who have not had, but who wish to have,
. trial Of the charms of soldier life, with
out being tied to it longer than they wish,
Of this class is very large. We believe, If
the matter is taken hold Of in the right
spirit, and energy and zeal manifested in
the right direction, these ten regiments will
spring into existence a. If by magic. Des
Moines county should furnish two or three
Companies. There are enough men here
in Burlington, who would be doing them
selves service by now springing into the
ranks, to ill one or two Companies. It
would do them good to 60. They would
acquire, even in that short term, some val.
liable experience, learn something Of the
art Of war, and perhaps find that soldiers
life is the very thing that suits them.-
Above and besides all private considera-
tons, they will be serving the country, not
merely by the service of raw recruit, but
by that 0! q veteran thus enabled to move
to the front.
These considerations should elicit q
prompt and cordial response. We hope
that the whole people will unite to aid and
encourage the purpose. Let active, ener-
sssAS
neighborhood. Put the thing right through.
There is no time for delay. Promptitude
is the essential thing. Companies first
raised will be first received. What say the
young men Of Des Moines county? shall
they not be among the first:
Nearly two millions in gold were
shipped from New York last Saturday,
That fact is significant one. It shows, in |
= tangible way, that we are using enor-
mously more foreign productions than We
can afford. Our exports do not pay for
our imports. Therefore our specie is going |
in quantities altogether out of proportion |
to our ability to supply it in our present
national exigency. The worst of it is that |
it is sent to pay for mere uperduities-ar-
ticles of luxury which it would be infin-
itely better for all to do without. It is no |
apology for the use Of them that those who
buy them are personally abundantly able
to pay for them. Their indulgence of q |
foolish vanity affects the vital interests OF |
the public. It creates foreign debt which |
can only be satisfied by drawing upon the |
Of our finances. The question Is |
not what can individuals afford-but what |
the country can afford. Aud it is plain that |
anything which causes excessive export of |
specie is a financial injury to the nation |
and to each individual in the community.
To lessen this evil it is the duty of every |
one to consume just rs little Of articles of |
foreign production as is possible. It il |
quite immaterial whether the price is or is |
not an object. II the whole people would |
do this our imports would be kept within
reasonable limits, our exports would be |
sufficient to pay for them, and our gold
would remain at home and be amply suffi-
Gent for our necessities. Every needless |
consumption Of pound Of tea, or sugar, |
or coffee, OF yard of silk, Of foreign cloth. |
or other article, assists in the increase of |
the grand total. People do not pay the gold |
for them out of their own pockets-they do |
not see it shipped and are thoughtless Of
the result. They often buy foreign goods |
when they could do without or when those |
Of home production could be made to an
swer. We are great many in NUMBER
A few dollars misappropriated by each one |
of US in this way, swells to an enormous
aggregate in the course of year. And it |
requires but the abstraction of a compare
lively few millions Of gold, to make an i'm
mense difference in the cost Of the war, and |
the financial facilities for carrying it on to |
a successful issue. We urge every one to |
bear these things in mind. Use home pro-
auctions wherever it is possible. Buy
nothing foreign unless upon compuision. |
Do without silks and satins, and other un-
essential things altogether. BY acting thus, |
whether rich or poor, you strengthen the |
country and prove that you have some pa
trtottsm. II our finances are imperilled it |
will be simply because Of tho extravagance
OF the people.
~ The Prentics-G Guthrie faction OIL
Boyle county, KY, held meeting at |
Danville one day last week. They mus
.ered about thirty, including the Copper
0e000 In nffAndanNo An>u-a,a1> r..