The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-08-26
The Bounty Tax.


laid its iron hand upon our citizens and
demands that Manitowoc furnish ninety
more men to aid in the further prosecu>
iion of its war for the extermiua:ion of the
white and the enfranchisement of the
black race in the Southern States. Mani
towoc must now, as heretofore, promptly
meet its full quota Of men-must submit:
to the sacrifice and furnish its due share of
blood and tears demanded by the presen.
wicked, corrupt, and tyrannical Admins
tralion, SO long as God shall permit it 10
exist to curse our land. While we live
We are permitted to hope that this great
curse will soon be removed from US, but
while j. lasts and overshadows US and
covers our hearts and hearth stones as
with & funeral pail, we owe it to ourselves
claiming to be civilized and christians
lied nlen-to aid 10 mitigating the worst
,errors Of this conscripton.
The draft will be made mostly from the
laooring class of our citizens, whose fami.
lies depend upon their lator for support,
and who have DO surplus means with which
to purchase substitutes, and if drafted will
be compelled to 60 and leave their fami-
lies in des,lution and want and it wo' d
seem that humanity alone would dictate
10 our property holders and business men
to step promptly forth, and each contrib>
ute his due proportion of the money nec>
es'ary to relieve all such cases, by the pur.
chase Of substitutes, or providing for the
support Of their families
All our citizens, especially the Demo
Gratis, will we'll recollect that when the for
mer draft was about to take place here
and ii was proposed to raise by voluntary
subscription and by tax fund sufficient
to pay volunteers to make up our quota,
how our leading Republicans-the Loyal
Lesguers who held their daily pow vows
at J. ID. MARKHAM's office-bellowed blus-
tered, and threatened most loudly, and in
advance denounced all who did not sub
scribe to and vote for the volunteer fund
and bounty tax, as copperheads, traitors to
their country, and deserving only TO be
shot or banged Has any one among US
forgotten that at that time, though the
Democrats gave as literally and voted as
freely for the bounties to volunteers as the
Republicans, that when the quota was fill
ed AMI the vo. .unteers were ready to march
TO the field of slaughter, this same below
ing, clustering crew threatened the Dem
ocrats, that as soon as these volunteers
had put down the rebellion at the South,
they would return and put down the Dem.
ocrats, or Copperheads, of Man,owoc p
Why? No. because TIE Democrats did
no. contribute their full share to The VOL
unteer luhd, but because when they had SO
contributed they did no, throw up their
caps and hurra for honest Old Abe" and
join in the chcrus of the blasphemous
songs beloved forth from their own red
mouths. Well, those brave boys wen,
forth hoping and believing that the war
would be ended and they should return
within six months to the enjoyments Of
their homes and the peaceful pursuits OF
life. But alas where are they now p
The draft now made TO fili up their broken
and thinned ranks in the face Of an uncon-
quered foe, answers the question.
How ia this draft for more victims from
our already decimate1 ranks met by the
leading Republicans of our village, many
Of whom have fattened on the spoils of
war and whose cry still is " Old Abe and
no peace until the rebels are extermin ated,
their estates confscated, and their slaves
made freedmen with all the rights and
privileges once enjoyed by their masters %?
Last week vote was taken by our citi>
zens on the proposition to raise by tax up-
on The property of the village bounty of
$500 for each volunteer, and the same
amount for the family Of each conscript,
and the proposition was voted down by a
ma ajorty of ninety three votes. This re-
suit, as disgraceful to its principal author.
as it was unexpected to the people, vas
produced bv the efforts and votes Of lead.
ing Republicans and government officials
who SO often congregate at the Offices Of
j. D. MARKHAM and the Tribune, and BEL
low forth their denuncia,ions Of the Cop
perheads. They are 10 be held response
BILE for concocting and carrying out this
scheme, through which the
property holders of our village have evad-
ed the disch arce Of those high and sacred
duties that rest upon ali citizens, and which
they canno: shirk or dodge without dis.
grace 10 themselves and the community
Shane on you, Il holition propari Y. hold
ers. Some of you have one foot ir the
grave, and will sooner or later be its occu-
pants. You cannot take your lots and
Tumble down sban,ies with you; you
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