Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the Camp

electmen to transact town business, or occasionally in the evening when a lecture on temperance or a political address is to be delivered. Rossville is not l

tion is somewhat scattered, and the houses, with the exception of a few grouped ar

een standing on the steps and in the entry of the Town House. Why they had met will best appear from a

as fo

MEET

be taken toward raising the town's quota of twenty-five men, under the recent call of the President of the United States. All patriot

ddard is expected to

ne, co

scussing the recent call and the general management of the war with that spirit of independent crit

either incompetent or purposely inefficient. We haven't got an officer that can hold a candle to General Lee. Abraham Lincoln has called for six hundred thousand men. What'll he do with 'em w

id, "If such are your convictions, Mr. Holman, I think it a great pity that you are not in the service. We

upon our erring brethren at all. I have no doubt they would be inclined to accept overtures of peace if accompanied with suitable c

he benefit of your ideas on the sub

. Holman, a lit

ou mean, M

likely to terminate the war, I should feel it my duty to communicate i

a little suspicious that he was quietly laughed at

the table, and a voice was heard, saying

y; and all eyes were turned

an to preside over your deliberations,"

lunkett," came from

nd a show of hands resulte

ace advanced to the speaker's stand, and wi

all. On the present occasion, however, I felt it to be my duty, and the duty of every loyal citizen, to show by his presence how heartily he approves the object which has called us together. The same cons

inated and elected

ade an extraordinary levy upon the country. He feels that it is desirable to put down the Rebellion as speedily as possible, and not suffer it to drag through a series of years. But he cannot work single-handed. The loyal States must give their hearty cooperation. Our State, though inferior in extent and population to some others, has not fallen behind in loyal devotion. Nor, I believe, wil

of disconnected remarks on the general conduct of the war

minutes in this strain, wh

, Mr. Holman. They are entirel

t-handkerchief, and inquired, sarcastically, "Am I to unde

vided the speaker confines himself to the question under discus

lman, evidently thinking that he had demolished the chairman.

We have not assembled to praise or to censure the Administration, bu

wn with the a

int. He recommended that the town appropriate a certain sum as bounty money to volunteers. Other to

ed man, wearing gold sp

red to fight for their country? I suppose that is what you call patriotism. For my part, I trust the town will have too much good sense

, would be considerably affected by increased taxation. Even now he never paid his annual tax-bill

Squire Haynes was speaking, and

tic war without personal sacrifices? If they only come in the form of money, we may account ourselves fortunate. I take it for granted that t

t, and seemed on the point of interruptin

nsider that money will compensate them for the privations they must encounter and the perils they will incur. For that, they must look to the satisfaction that will arise from the feeling that they have responded to their country's call, and done something to save from ruin the institutions which our fathers transmitted as a sacred trust to their descendants. Money cannot pay for loss of life

sarcastically, "I infer that the la

e flushed at th

nse before an audience to whom I am well known. I will only inquire whether interest

es winced under it, and his red face turned r

a mortgage of eight hundred dollars on his farm. When the time comes to fo

eling of uneasiness, but would not in the least have influenced his action. He was a man loyal to his own convictions of

y one hundred and fifty dollars to each one who was willing to enlist as one of the town's quota. A list was at once opened,

ssibly support them out of my thirteen dollars a month, even with the State aid. But your motion has decided me. I could do better by staying at home, even with that;

will make a better soldier