The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-02-23
No Extra Session


4 short time ago we announced 10
car readers that the Governor If this
STATE Was intending 10 cali an extra
session e the Legislature TO ra,ifv the
:"t Congrcss,n prohibiting SLAYER,
y, the United States. I, was thus pub
lirly reported. a',h. ugh we are no.,
n~srt that the Governor ever gave an,
one any au'hori', to make snch re
port. Eu; enc thin. We do know, and
That IL, CD far ~ We could learn, ever,
me OF orr truly lov.l ciiizers rcipicci
~ hear that the Governor vas az pron,,
IN giving the loya' Sts'c Of I,ws an
early chance TO send forth her voice il
,ndemnation Of the ahom'nahle irs,i
tuition, AMI assist IN placing an ever
using veto upon it's further existence.
But II this our people seem doomed to
u sad disappointment. We now learn
that the Governor refuses 10 call tn.
Ic.lsla,nr" Together for that purpose.
unless the Legislative voice Of Iowa ~.
necessary 10 secure IN. requisite three
fnrths majority "f all the States as re
qni-ca hy tho L s. constitution III or
der To amend i. We learn fha, his req.
,n.s are that. il will cost the State from
SIS 600 to $50 geo, and he wishes 10
save the State this sum. Now If the
Governor thinks BE il pleasing tn.
r"opr upon 81 important a sui .irct, by
This. not only m.asre but rcnuri"u~
tS|ihition # economy, Or adding any
thing 10 his popularity he is one If the
most wr'tched!y deceived rers ns in
VII |. Oar population is over sever
hundred thousand and We mus, have in
-" neiohb",hooh of one hundred and
ff cen thousand voters. now it tho cost
.honli be distributed per capita, ~ T."
tie voters. II Wauj come n the awful
ee'recrow sum Ut :wcn'y cent.
apiece.
Where il The man 81 po,r. v'ln ,s
truly loyal, that would not gladly con
tribute thu pi,ance, tn early place our
STATE among the briyh. galaxy tina,
l1l.or 70 crush On. tie monster slavery
that has cost us 80 mnrh trouble
aacratice, b|aodshed, and all the dire
c,uel's~ Of orc If The creates, wars IN
the history e Tie world? l}nt as the
cost is distributed in proportion TO
wealth, the poor man would have far
less to pay. and the rich man could well
afford IL pay more. Ipwa haa done
nnhlv in this var in furnishing the
nerdfnl. She is one Of the very few
States that have heretofore 40 promptly
furnished ncn that she is now out Of
the reach 81 the draft. She has fur
i'ishs d, besides, whole regiment Of
eSem"ts. On almost every Western
battlefield I.ew1 blood has been she'd
70 save our common country from The
attacks IT the slave oigarchjs;a. who
Instituted this war for the extension Of
their pet institution, and now when
sns'ters have assumed a shape to era.ii
cate the csusc Of this war from our
land, the iaya' voice Of Iowa mus, he
snpprere1, in tins ever glorious act bv
the Chief Execn;ive q the State: and
that too for the simple reason that i,
VII cost the lamen.able sum Of SIS 600
or $40 600.
Iowa wants 10 be heard in hi. mat
ter. Her citizens would gladly contri
butte more thaS 100000 TO be early
placed mpny those who aided in eradi
eating the cursed cause ct this war.
Tho prohibition Of slavery in the
United States is the creates: stride
towards 40 enlightened civilization
that has been made in the last century.
and 50 future historians will record il.
Shall Iowa not be found in that record
after all that she has heretofore SO
nobly done? Dare you Cos Stone 10
plac, this blot upon the State, after our
s,Idiers have earned for her SO b,iph,
= reputation? We say Iowa mast be
heard III ,h;s. great stride Of civilaza.
ton.