Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-24
The Dran In IoNls.

we notice INF the State Rssssiev 10
irving bard 10 clear Gov. stons rom the
Draft irabrogln; bus 20 far il has bssn
unable to show any good reason wby a
drafs vas allowed 10 this State.
II says that eby . law % Congress 1t
vas made she daty Of FEDERAL officers to.
institute q draft In avery delinquent dis
tFica, = and tries to throw Oh the respossi
biiisy Of Eha drafting, when Iowa was
largely IN adaance Oh her quets, upon The
federal ofsesrs.Y This will act d.
The books Of the Adjutant General show
that when shs draft was made Iowa bad
furnished over xroHr THOUSAND MEs MORE
rAAS rTs ouoTa uypsR ALL CALLS, and the
Draft wa made through ths negligence
or eowardice Of Governor Stone. This
talk about enforcing the draft Ia "eFery
delinquent sub DISTRICT will not do, for
1t il susceptible Of proof that the Law was
not enforced in Pennsylvania, New York,
Massachusetts, and some other New Eng
land States. 1t il also susceptible Of
proof that the New England States neveI
made np their quotas, either by States OF
sub Districts, notwithstanding some Of
them wore permitted to recruit among the
SLAVES of Kentucky, and to clean the gut
terH OF Europe in order to make up a
portion of their qaotas. While this vas
done in Eastern States, Iowa, which was
clear from the draft, was subjected to q
draft as the Governor alleges, because
sone "sub-distriet In 1t had not furnish
ed It's full quota BY yolnnteericg.o This
admission shows clearly that not only To-
wa, bat the western States which we're
largely in advance Of ell calls
were subjected to a Daft
because their Governors had not
the p!aek to stand up for the rights Of
their States. Besides having furnished
ever eight thousand men over and shove
all calls, Iowa furnished ten thousand one
hundred DAYS men. for which, through
The ssapiditv of the Governor, she got
no credit. Governor Stone talks long
and loud in bis speeches about bow II
saved tue State from the second Draftt,''
end how Il BIZ my proclamation stopped
the daft sneaks from skedaIIling across
the Missouyi,'' bnt he takes care not 10
mention the fact that there was no necas.
sitE for q daft in lava al any time. This
matter wholly escapes Bis notice, and
while be attemnhs 20 make tho people be-
lieye that be saved them from the Draft.
there is at at least t~uiSsy-ens men ia and
from this coua.y, who know that be al
lowed them to be drafted when there was
no necessity for so doing.
The Governor aad bis friends nav twist
this matter as theg please ; ba: thew can
not shake of shs responsibility Of allow
ing q Draft in this State when the State
bad furnished over eight thousand men
over all calls male uron her, aad VIZ can
assure them that If everybody else for
gets this fact, that the Drafted men anil
their friends and relations Nj! not forget
il.
Il savcd the State Pom 2 second
pract," SAYS Cor. Stone. What d BIZ
lie a liala man in a bjsh position can
tell. The reorlo-saged themselves from
tie Draft hv yolunteerin@ and bad Stona
attended to bis business instead Of being
travelling all over the United States al
the peoples expense, there would have
been no fnid-aTt.
That's so. and Stone and his friends
know It, aud the soldiers know Il, end
they will remember i. when they come tc
vote in October next.