The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-04-05
Northern Iowa Sanitary Fair.

| NoTtneIn IOWA SANITARY F0lrs
The Executive iltee of the North
ern Iowa Sanitary Fair put forth the fol
lowing appeal in behalf Of the Fair whicl
is to open in Dubuque on Tuesday. .h,
Gath OF May:
Iowa Soldiers were among the first tt
enter the field, and the first to re enlis
as their term Of service drew to close
No Iowa Soldier has deserted to the enc
my, or turned his back upon his comrade.
beeaus his period Of service had expired
Iowa has sent full seventy thousand
men TO the field, every one a volunteer
These have generally served ives, Of the
Mississippi river. in localities where very
few Sanitary efforts have been made and
few Sanitary stores distributed.
No Government has done more than
ours to make provision for the sick and
wounded OF its armies. But this provis.
ion is and eyer will be incidental. l,
proceeds by general rules and routine.
and is, therefore, not adapted TO emer.
gencies. On the other hand, with the
Sanitary Commissions, this provision is
the one motive and aim. II stands ready
to step in at a moments notice, and car.
ries with it the comforts and affections
OF home. Experience has shown that it
is impossible for the Government, TO do
by military orders and through military
agents, what the benevolence and affec-
ton Of the Commission has already,
again and again, dared and done. The
Government is the stern Father, the
Commission the kind Mother of the Ar
my.
No State so much as Iowa depend ior
prosperity upon the strong arms o. lis
young men, and still no State hes parted
with her sons more cheerfully. With
rare exceptions these soldiers have left
homes where the comforts Of life abound.
ed, to undergo hardsbips which money
could not tempt them to hazard They are
citizens still. Their efficiency in the
field, and their character as citizens after
the war is over, will depend largely upon
the evidence they have that they are re.
membered and apprec lated and loved at
home.
Injured TO frontier life. and self-relant,
the Iowa boys have been preferred for
fargueing marches. and assigned to posts
OF danger No regiments than those
than those from our own State have left
more dead upon the field of battle or sent
more wounded to the hospitals. Anx.
ions TO return TO business and family.
they still prefer their country before all
else. They understand the meaning of
the war. They know that without
powerful army in the field there would
soon be neither property nor homes in
the North. Tiny know that the only
road to peace is the one which ends a.
the gallows on which the last traitor is
hung.
Such sacrifices should arouse the deep
est gratitude. Let it never be said that
such men were allowed to want for what
IL is abundan,ly in our power to give.
Let it not be said that those whose prop
er'y has been thus defended while its
owners laid down and rose up in securi.
ty and quiet, refuse to give small part
OF that property, not to reward. but sim
ply to relieve It's defenders. God bless
the private soldiers Of our Army, and
accused be the tongue that would de-
fame or the man sha, would not suppor,
them.
Never Was the call from the army to
its friends at home. so urgent as now
Never was the Army so large, and never
has the Western Army been so s,nted
in food and undergone such trying mar
ches as within the last six mon,hs. All
feel that We are on the brink Of decisive
but terrific battles. Let us be warned
in time and. laying aside self and bust
ness il need be. let US do with a will
what we may for those who haye perilled
their sll for us.
With the money already raised. vege
tables. for which there is now the most
urgent need, have been purchased and
foi wsrded TO The Army and this we
shall continue TO do as last "a the means
are placed in our hands.
The business of The fair will be sys,e.
ms,ically transacted. All contributions
will be at once credited to the donors
and promptly acknowledged. These
credits will be TO the State. County. City.
Village and other localities from which
the contributions were sent. Al the
close Of the Fair. pamphlet will be pub.
lished and given general circulation in
which the name. residence arl business
Of every contributor, with the amount or
article contributed. will be stat d.
1t is in no sense Dubuque Fair. but
e'e in which We expect the loyal people
generally to participate. and ore which
the people OF Iowa will regard and sus.
tain "a their own