The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-12

EDITOR HAwK-EYE:-Will Won thro,,,
your columns, that are ALWAYS or.ar
justice, allow us to express some of our ~
dignation in regard to the treatment of o ~.
Sanitary Agent? We have kept silent ~ ~"
til, like "a fire in the bones," our indi.uu
ton demands and will find expression ""'
We have carefully watched the course y.
events from the first of the war-have ~
vestlgated every attack and insinuation
against Mrs. Wittemeyer and were Ia.a
since convinced of her entire devot;o,, .s
the cause to which she has consecrsted ~
life for the last three years. There arc :,
ways jealous persons ready to Islander tSa -
engaged in any noble work. 1t has hasr ~
in this but we never imagined thew wn,iS
carry their yindictiveness to any CIV.
length. But the Sanitary Convention ::
Des MOines brought out such deem ~
schemes for th. overthrow Of ! noh iAao
man, quietly pursuing her heayen-h"".v..
mission, as to startle all connected Win \.
Many OF the best men and women il - =.
State signed the ''call," hoping tharaL,.. ~
harmonic the conflicting elements, ~, ~
were all the facts in regard to the ORION :.
the Convention known, the most charitshS..
persons would be shocked at the develoSs
ments. 1t is enough for the present to ~.
that letters were written to eyery nart y
had
squandered hundreds of dollars OF wh;.S
she could give no account, that she was na
worthy of public confidence, that this co.
vention would ventilate her affairs /" =.
1t is no use denying these things. for -.
haze the proof. Again gentlemen 10 cer,s;v
localities were invited to attend the Con-.
vention as delegates, while in others il wa.
carefully represented that only ladis.
would be admitted. lady was eno.0aS
several weeks beforehand 10 act "a Pre-,
dent, and all the plans were matured r.
the action Of the Convention. We went
with no plans, only hoping to deal fairly
and be dealt with in the same way. HaS
we known gentlemen would be chief NOV
ers in all the proceedings, such forca ~
noble unprejudiced men weuld have ON.
as champions for the right, as to have com.
pletely oyerthrown the schemes Of thoea
that descended from high places in church
and state to engage in carrying out pIans
20 unworthy Of them.
Gov. Stone and Hon. II. III. Brainard win
loug be held in grateful remembrance f.
the noble stand they took, and maintainsd
throughout the Convention, And wh.t
was accomplished? One of the proposaIs
in the cali was to employ agents that
would act without salaries. They secnrsd
| the agents, but with such salaries "A had
never been paid before. God made ssthe
wrath of man praise him." and when The
Convention adjourned Mrs. Wittenmver
! had more friends in the State of Iowa fi,sn
ever before. But her enemies would not
rest. and with Mr.. Russell, of Washington
III the House of Representatives to act for
| them, they have partly succeeded in doing,
what they Jailed to do at the Des Moines
Convention. Mr.. Russell introduced a Mn
| for u sanitary law, emitting Mrs. Witten-
myers name, and reducing the nav OF san.
itary agents to $500 per month, out Of
which they are to pay their own expense
so skillfully was the affair engineered that
many Of the members did not understand
| It's real intent, while others had not TIA
courage to put themselves on record ~
having voted against reduction Of salaries.
BY purporting to be merely an act to pre-
| vent the Governor from paying extraya.
giant salaries, and mis-applying the contin.
gent fund, 1t has passed the House, while in
reality it is q direct thrust at Mrs, Witten-
myer. The Senate will certainly treat il
| with the contempt it deserves.
We wish to call attention to few facts,
AT this time we have agents visiting the
Aid Societies in the State that are ne.
ceiving $4,000 per month. All very well.
the United States Commission pays them.
and for it they are working. But while
this is the case, those that 20 to the
| field, risking their lives for our soldiers
exposed constantlyto dangers and disease,
must only receive S75 per month, and pay
their own expenses, which are enormous
| in the South. We only mention this TO
show the Inconsistency Of some persons.
We earnestly call the attention Of our
| sisters in the various Aid Societies OF the
state, to these things, and trust they win
join us in throwing all their influence
against these unjust proceedings.
President Union Aid Society -M. A. z.
Darwin.
Vice President-Mrs. NJ. e. Peasley.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. J. L. Brown.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. II. B.
Ransom.
Treasurer-Mrs. e. r. Gay.
DIRECTORS.
Mrs. J. G. Lauman, Mrs. Lyman Cook.
Mrs. Joshua Tracy, Mrs. C. Miller,
Mrs. w. +. Baird, Mrs. /. N. Rogers,
E. b. Nesbet, G. .. Dow,
| e. X. Paine, J. G. Foote,
J. H. Wyman.
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