The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09


we omitted to state that the receipts ut
Mrs. poolay's table amounted TO S3s5 o..
-
1s~~The trial Of State vs.. Vance COM
,neacea in the District Court yesterday
The evidence was concluded, and the ease
was being argued last night.
Al a meeting of the citizens OF the Third
Ward, held on the evening of January It'll,
1864, among other proceedings the toll
lowing resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, There appeared in the Daily
Hdwk- Eye ofJanuary 7th, 1864 an editorial
indirectly charging the citizens of this city
who did all i'll their power to till the quotas
of the several Wards by Volunteering as
Copperheads and as individuals who
had heretofore discouraged enlstments
and otherwise opposed the prosecution of
the war. therefore,
| RcSotDed, That we consider the said arti-
Gle foul misrepresentation of us persons
so referred to, living in the Sd Ward-that
we, as loyal citizens of the United States
and OF the State of Iowa, feeling proud of
the record the State of Iowa has made for
herself during the present national strug-
gle, felt and still feel deep interest IN our
State retaining that unblotted record; and
considered it our bounden duty. as loyal
citizens, to do all in our power TO prevent
the necessity of a draft.
Resotred, That in our efforts TO raise the
volunteers for our Ward we laid aside the
treachcrOus cloak of a politician and put
on that of a patriot.
Res0ired, That ii it was disloyal TO dis
courage enlstnents six months ago, il GER
tainly Is to-day
RESOLVED, That we declare it the fact that
those who refused to aid Us in our loyal eff
forts were principally the extreme OF both
political parties, Copperheads and rabbid
Abolitionists.
f Resotped. That whenever the President
. of the United States shall deem it necessa-
ry to call for more men or money he shall
always find the 30 Ward OF the city of Bur-
lington ready to literally respond 10 the
same.
, Resolued. That these resolutions be pre-
, scented to the Daily Hoark- Eye for puhlica-
ton. J. j. iIEIDER, Pres't.
: j. w. GREENBAUM, Sec'y.
The gentlemen who adopted the above
resolutions evidently think themselves
: aggrieved. We cannot agree with them in
9 thinking they have been slandered or
abused. The following is the article com
} planned of:
: 1--WE are happy in chronicling the fact
| that good many persons who have never
before given either their money, their la
. Dor or even their influence to sustain the
5 government or the war, have very recently
l. given all three literally and spirtedly in
, filling the quota of Des MONIES county I'M
: der the last cali of the President. We con-
I graduate these persons upon the result
They have now taken the lnitiatory-they
have, for the first time, entered upon the
: discharge OF the plain duty OF patriotic cit
+, liens, and may they have grace to perse
? we're. We know they feel better and hap
4 pier for what they have done. They have
3 seen the error of their ways and now place
themselves right on the record. They have
done much towards filling the quota o. the
e city. Now let those who have been faith
!. full from the beginning. ana spent their
money freei y-who were true and unfiinch-
y ing in our dark and gloomy days--let them
g come forward and put their shoulders to
a the wheel and finish the work. The time
will be extended and the men can be had
let us send them by all means
When the call of the President was first
8 made we at once called upon the people to
t respond promptly. Our efforts in this d.
e rection were met by the most bitter and in
famous personal abuse. We, with many
other prominent supporters of the admin
: istration. were abused. from day to day, in
the most vile and scandalous manner. 1t
was continued through November and De-
cember. There was persistent malignity
. men OF the opposing party. who have some
thing at stake in this government, allowed
this to go on and gave no token of dissent.
They seemed to enjoy it. The effect was to
prevent enlisiments. The old men, and
perhaps some young ones, we don't know,
determined to stand upon an equal footing
) with their revilers. They were in favor of
a draft, hoping thereby to reach the per-
q sons who were throwing mud and the spec
tators who were enjoyingit. This is why
some persons who support the war, and
!" have from the first, stood back during the
a last week.
In the above article we have said that
''sone persons. not al The persons labor
ing or giving their money. but .'aome per-
sons not heretofore countenancing or sup
) porting the war, have iabored diligently to
. fill the City's quota. These peace men,
n who labored SO hard 10 secure volunteers,
: we commend for having turned from the
0 error Of their ways. As we have brought
e them round where they always ought to
: have been, we did in the above article and
:, do now call upon all to come forward and
|. cooperate in raising dtI the men needed.
. If any body can find 'Ccpperheads' in it.
or anything else giving Just cause of Of
a fence to any body he has. sharper optics
= than we have. Everything every word
9 and line Of it IS true, The "peacep men
: who have been going their length for the
q war during the last week have OR appro-
n val and commentator, and they shall
have it as long as they stick tc their pres
!, ent course. II any body understood us as
n saying or admitting that the money was
II raised and the men recruited in Eve wards
!, Of this city, by 'Copperheads," alone, to
r. fill our quota, from reading the above par
J. agraph, he deserves the medal and ought
o to go up head.
= The gentlemen of tho Sd Ward who have