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Letter to Editor
January 9, 1864
The Burlington Weekly Hawk Eye
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
What is this article about?
A Fourth Ward committee member criticizes wealthy residents for refusing to subscribe to a volunteer fund to avoid the Civil War draft, praising poor laborers for volunteering and filling the quota, thus saving the rich from conscription while shaming their stinginess.
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EDITOR Hawk-Eye:—Being on a Committee in the Fourth Ward, to procure subscriptions for raising a volunteer fund, we came across several men who being the wealthiest in the Ward, refused to subscribe one single dollar. They, par excellence, were in favor of the Draft. "Suppose the Draft had taken place, would the Government have got the full number of men required from our Ward, not a bit of it, unless all such were drafted who were unable to pay the $300? Now the Government gets the full quota, no conscripts, but volunteers. And now one word to these very patriotic men, these Bulls of Lower Town, in whose eyes a copper is larger than a cart-wheel,—we have cleared you from the Draft,—no night-mare need disturb your coming nights. You can save your $300. The poor laboring man has cleared you from the odium of the Draft. Hoard up your green-backs, and fill your coffers, but remember one thing,—you still live in the Fourth Ward, and the future will teach you one thing, the moral of which will haunt you the remainder of your days.
FOURTH WARD.
FOURTH WARD.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Provocative
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Military War
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Volunteer Fund
Civil War Draft
Fourth Ward
Wealthy Refusal
Poor Laborers
Quota Filled
Patriotic Shaming
What entities or persons were involved?
Fourth Ward
Editor Hawk Eye
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Fourth Ward
Recipient
Editor Hawk Eye
Main Argument
wealthy men in the fourth ward refused to contribute to the volunteer fund despite favoring the draft; poor laborers volunteered, filling the quota and sparing the rich from conscription, shaming their lack of patriotism and generosity.
Notable Details
Bulls Of Lower Town
Hoard Up Your Green Backs
The Moral Of Which Will Haunt You The Remainder Of Your Days