The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-05-31
Furnishing Quotas.


H We have good many renegade
sons Of New England here in the west,
who vote the Copperhead ticket, and are
in the habit Of sneering at New England
love of liberty, and New England hab-
its and ideas generally, who are constant.
y tauntng "aboiJion New England 4"
with not furnishing her quota of troops,
in this war. We have not few Of these
sneekng libellers of their native State in
our own County, and nothing seems to
us more contemplate than their efforts to
detract from the honor and glory of their
old homes. However true the assertion
may be that New England does not meet
the demand made upon her, these cop
perhead gentlemen have but little reason
TO complain, for no effort of theirs has
ever been given, here or elsewhere, to
forward enlis,ments, to give impulse to
the obligation and duty of patriotism.
While we do not know that New Eng
land, with her tens Of thousands of sail.
Iors, besides her volunteers in the army,
is at all deficient in her quotas, or in any
Of her obligations to the country, it is
we'll to consider the fact that while the
Western States and Territories have
59l 900 males in excess of females, Ne
England has over COO females in ex-
cess Of males, and that the same per cent
Of population, East and West, would by
no means furnish the same per cent OF
fighting material. Massachusetts, has
81, 900 more women than men, while Hi
nois has $4,000 more males than females.
Connecticut has 5000 females in excess
Of males, while Iowa has 1000 males in
excess Of females. New Hampshire has
1000 females more than males, while
Wisconsin has SO, 900 the other way.
The Elgin, Illinois, Gazette, has for
chile article on this subject, and We ex.
tract portion, which we commend to
those renegade New Englanders here
abou,s who have sought to libel, and cast
contumely upon. tier native State. The
Gazette says:
Yet men there are oil over the west who ask
Massachusetts with her,e1cess of 81 900 ,oomen
to furnish the same quota on population that
Illinois does with her excess of $4,000 males
We are proud to believe that no such sneaking
taunts ever came from n0tiue born sons of ILL.
were born and raised in New York and New
England, and have emigrated West leaving be.
hind them their mothers, sisters, their babu
brothers, and their gray haired grandfather |;
and We are exceedingly sorry to hear those
who can, by their long residence here. really
and truely claim to be western men, repeating
the foul SANDER upon glorious old New Eng.
land, the mother, alas Of too many un worthy
sons.
Yes; it is right, it is just, it is equitable, it
is the duty OF Illinois, of Iowa, of Wisconsin, of
Indiana, and of all the Western States, to fur.
nish the greatest number Of men for they have
the nbility-the men are here, they ought to go.
There are 600 900 of them more than there are
females, and what is more, they are mostly
arms bearing-ft for service. Why call on New
England What constitutes the male popua-
ton of New England 1t is largely the ba6y
brothers and the grey haired grandsves of these
cowardly fellows who are Justify calling on
New England to .fH up her quota Who
will fill that quota Shall it be the mothers
and sisters, those baby brothers, and those old
grandfathers. some of whom fought in the war
of 1872! Where are the men Of New England
and New York? They are in Illinois, iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, and
California. As son Of Illinois. pe say shame
on such an unjust demand We have no doubt
that if the Government would accept their ser.
vices. the women Of New England would enlist
don the Federal uniform, fill up their quota,
and thus shame their Western brothers
If the quota Of the several States was based
upon the arms bearing portion of the popula
ton, We should not hear quite SO much about
the Western States being ahead of their quota
The taunt might come from the other quarter
and from the nomen Of New England. they
who are the "calico men" after all. So don't
'top to quarrel about New England not filing
her quota, when she has nothing but pomea to
10 it with, but go yourselDes. and make your
selves worthy OF the glorious States where
lou were born. aud the noble one in which
you hve.
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