Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-03-16
Old Abe's Gsypisering.

ner0us Calls naaa u tue FEeSiuenss--
Some States had furnished mora than
their quotas under fofuasr caIls, and the
Governors and the President could net
agree how the credit shpaid be applied
On his last ean Cor viosiana 10 ha seat fes-
ward 70 be slaughtered, Il seems that
the Governor Of Vermont did not study
ARITHMETIC In the same book thai Old
Abe did aud being called on for s,000
men did not know hoR TO apply she cred
it Of 500 men which the State vas enti-
lied 70 under former calls. Abe howev-
er, makes ths matter IS clear as mud, in
the following letter
ExECuTIYE MANSION, WAsalSaTos,
February 8, 1865.
Hss EscsGssmey GspsrAsr sAasa, vsrmaas.
CompIaiHt 10 made to me by Vermeat
that the assignment Of her quota for the
draft on the peuding call is insrinsieally
unjust, and also ID u faith Oh the gov
eEnment's promise to fairly allow credits
for men previously furnished. TO illus
trate, supposed case as follows
Vermont and Naw Hampshire muas be-
tween them furnish 600 men on ths
pending call, and being equala, each
mast farnish as many a. the other in the
long ran. Bot tbs Government hnds that
90 forner salls Vermont furnishes sar-
pIna Of 800 men, and New HAMPSHIRE .
surplas Of 1900. These two sarplusea
making 1000 and added to tks COCO,
makiag 5000 20 be furnished By the two
States, OF 1900 each, less BIZ far credits.
Then snhstracs Fermontss suryAusof fse
handred from Der 400, leaves $500 as
her quota oa the pending call; aud like
wise suhstsacs New HsmpshiEs's sarplns
Of 1900 from her 1000, leaFes 2500 as
hsr quota on the pending call. These
300 and 2500 makes precisely ths 5000
which the supposed cass requires from
thu two States aud Ii il iask equal for
Vermont to furnish 1000 mere new than
New Hampshire. because New namp.
shire has heretofore furnished 1000 more
men than Vermont, which eqnalixes the
lvrden Of the two in the long run. Aaa
shis result, 30 far from. being bad faith
10 Vermont, is Indispensable TO Re ping
good faith With Mes Hampshire. b. no
otaer result can tha 5000 men be obtain
ed from thu two States, and al the saEae
sine deal justly add keep faith wita beth:
and we do bat confuse ourselves In qnes-
I-siunips the process BY which the right re-
saIt is reached. The supposed case ID
perfect "a M illustration.
The pending call is not for BOG, 0Ol
men subject TO fair credits, bat il for
800, 900 remaining after all fair credits
have been deducted; and il is impossible
TO eonesde what Vermont asks, without
coming out short of the SOC, 900 men, or
making other localities pay for the par
TALLY showa her.
This, upon the case stated. If there
he different reasons for making an allaw-
anee to Vermont, let them be presented
and considered. Yours truly,
4. LINCOLN.
We don't knos whether the Governor
of Vermont understands this mode %
getting credits or NOT. We however arr
not going TO sscoafusa ourselves il
questioning The psoCess'' as Il il perfect
IL clear to as. II you lave . mans ncts
for $1,000 upon which be has paid $500
TO get the amount das you, add The 500
to the $4,000, which will make $500,
then deduct the 500 paid aad Is sill
leave exactly 5000 due On The NOTE.
Pretty good arithmetic is THAI Of Linooln
especially for the creditor. This cipher
ing, as Lincoln woald say, remiaas as o.
sslittie story"
An TrishmaE went into Grocery and
| says to tue man at the bar: ssPlase 81
Les me have Eve cents werth Of crackers
lie gets them and proposes 10 trade then
for cheese. The trade IL mads and b
then trades the the cheese Cor dram, o
| whisky, drinks it and ia about TO leave
when the bag-ksepsr says ssSson Pat
yoa bas'at paid me Tor the whisky. p
sDid'ns give you the chase for II, /" re
sponda PAT. ssYes," says the has-Asep
&c, ssbas yoa tsida's pay for the cheese
"Bas's says PAT, ssdidnss | givs goa IN
| crackers for the chase g'' fsYss" 70
sponds the bar keeper, Shat yon dds
pay for the esaskers.p GAaa .bavea's y
GOT 'esa ~ says Pat, esao yea want 9
kaps tie crackers and get the pay TOO Y
This staggered the bar-keepsE. He dil
mai axaslly understand Il, but says 81
On pas, sspess Il ia all right and ! don'
Wish to seoafnss' myssll b. qaestioninI
| The process BY which yoa ohtainad
drink wishoas paying for ii
Thefaos h tbs law requires thas svss,
district shall be sredisea % each saal to
ali enlissmenss 10 excess " prssios
calls IL he presidsns ssantsd u rsis
/ 800 600 msn, he should have mads q
sail lsrge eaoash ID raise thai naabs
after gising srsslis rot aIlsxsess = farsl
! u salls. AVS oshsf eoasss u eoaaFsx
10 las, buais jzss WHIST ths psapls ough
Iso sxpsss Irum : man wisoa tAsy h.s
sassainad ii he viosasiaz ~ Iav.
4 80 sss
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Eaxss assazbsx sscurrrf sariy 4
i astEss arsdiss ~ hassd II Gorsrnnes
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