The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-10-27
vhe TorIev Ofl7zE ""i tsle Cop.
perheMG3s OF 1854.

| UOVveV ~ 4p ''ssFs WV NORs
perheNds Of 1854.
Mr.. Lrenz, Sabine has ja.' publish
ell work entitled The Lpyalis,a of the
American revnlm irn." ~ filter title
wrn,l have been "Thc T.,so. &c ,hr
Revolution" The preliminary fis'ori
cal essay is full Of facts which afford
striking pa,sIieis To som. Il ~" circnn
stances ~ these present time. Tire
Christian R-gis,cr says:
| II i.acl,c. that not 4 sinyl. wran. ).
exists now but existed then to a create,
extent. D. men now plo. in .ec-c'
against The government ? Thu'y ,hou
sa"d loya'i>is, according I" the lowest
computation, then took MP arms ay aims,
tn" government and South Carolina
forced Governor Lincoln 10 ~pvrrnirr
her capital 10 the enemy IN 1880.
( Are there men now IL be found whr
will sell IL The enemies Of their c"nri.,
Washington. while his army wa IN
rags and starving at Valley Forge,
writes to Colonel Ste ewari, Il am amazed
at the report v"n make - the 4, 80, :
Of provisions that roc. daily int" Phi
ladrlphia, then occupied Nv the British
army from the county If Bucks"
Do officers. through personal zeal.
ousies or desire IL shirk. now throw
up their commissions !? John Adam. in
l777. writes:
II am w"rri. 4 10 death with the
wrangles between military officers,
high md low. They quarrel like CATS
and i"gs. They worry one another
like m,s'iF. scramhIing f"r rank and
pay like apes afcr NUS"
Are surgeons now dismissed for IN.
competency or speculation 4? "Manv nf
The .nsgcons," SAYS Washington. "ar+
very great rascal., conn,enancirg III.
men 10 sham complaints 10 exempt
,he,n from ln'y. ani often receiving
br,hes to certify TO indisposi,ions, with
view to procure discharges or far.
lau.h>" They draw "mc,licinrs ant
stores in III" most. prnfn,c and extra
VACANT m amer fer private purposes"
ila," We "honn', ]nmper-?" S., hal
elr fathers. Men enlisted only to ge'
their thnnaani dul!,rs. anl then desert.
\ thousand men afcr they had volun.
tari,s enlisted, peja,ea themselves il
order 10 escape the service. Many de.
sarte,s ,e .cnl,>,e! mn l.r new recruiting
officers II wa NJ uncommon thing
f,r them I" desert by The twenty an,l
Thirty III \ time.
Have We now sl,nliy contractors
who f.ttcn on fraa1. aud .1emayogue-
who fompn, strife Keai Washing,on'-
picture 1T his time. Il should in que
word sav that iilcnrSs, dissipation. and
cx,ray agance. seem /" hav. lad faa'
h,!l on most that speculation, AMI Al
insa;,ahir THIRST fn. riches. seem to have
y.,t the better o: every .rarr ii men.
md ,h.' parry di-pn'es AL pe.s'a.s'
qnarr-ls are III. grsa, hnsinrss 1t TIE
day"
rn.re IL in tact, no possible die
new encountered by Am.
.rican r.t,i,is. In! existed ~ ! greater
.ir. rec dnring the R.v ,iuli"i, aud Sc,
our fathers ,rin,nrl.e.l over ali It them.
We do not press this .uhjr., on "u'
r.aders to excuse any ,ascallty Or trea.
s,,,, hu, To show tina. nnr ia k.rs hsd
to deal wi,h The same evils thai c"n
trnn,ei ~ Aud 1e wonld warn ,hnse
men who nov pl Il asa,,>a the govern
in.mt. that ihci, namrs, in company
with ii.rs, ccmpsn..n,. 1T the lev 'lI
,,"u, will ~ down h posier'y covered
with intany.
W. hope those who are inclined 10
exayxer ate the present evils by false
contrasts wuh the past, VIII read 'he
elp.i;.. chapter OF Ir. Sabine = it'~tori.
cal Essay, Tor, - n>e III "wh language,
/, u.a. Il. something 10 correct the eA
a..e.al.al aai gloomy sie9s which are
Of "a taken at the d.gene' ate spirit al
;ln ,,... IA, ,iu.ex, founded on err.neons
p,c.,..e "n i plr,ial, es,imals ot The
.n u.r of ! h. gone a.e