Hut let it not bo said that we have
thus acknowledged the right of those
States to revolt wc have only recog
nized tho frict of revolution, and the
groat question wi» aro now settling by
wager of battle is whether or not this
shall bo successful revolution.
Neither let it be said that because
we have treated them as public ene
j..in* we cannot punish individual* as
traitors. Judgo Grier, in his Abie
•pinion in the prize eases, says
"The law of nations contain* no such
anomalotw doctrine an that insurgents who
Jiarc risen in rebellion against their sovc
fr-itrti, cxjielled her court*, established a revo
lutionary government, organized armies, and
3|omnK-nccd hostilities are not l»ecftuse
|lu v are tnn'or*. ami a war levied on tho
Covernment by traitors in onler to dismember
and destroy it is not a war because it i* nn in
surrection."
It follows that they can be punished
as traitors though public enemies.
Hut it is claimed by tho Opposition
that if wc treat them as revolution
ifhts, as public enemies, wo cannot
..Complain if other nations recognize
ilicm as an independent power. Tliisj
jflocs not follow. For while tliey are
us public enemies, organized and
"Confederated as States, yet they are
tlpori our territory they aro within
#ur jurisdiction. They are socking to
fUtablish an independent government
Oiit a part of our territory, and un
til we acknowledge them it is the es-
«atof
Wished rulo of international law
the recognition of them by a for
eign Power would be nn act of war.
Bj act of Parliament of (Jreat JJrit
•ii) of 16 George III, 1776, alt trade
•lid commerce with the thirteen colo
nies was interdicted, and all ships and
Cargoes belonging to the inhabitants
ant'jected to forfeiture as if tho samo
Were the ships and effects of open
enemies. From this time the war bo
camc a territorial civil war between the
Contending parties, with all the rights
of war known to the law of nations.
Yet years after she held the recogni
tion by Franco of our iudependencc to
be an act of war, and declared war
accordingly. Therefore, in the light
of congressional legislation, Execu
tive proclamation, and judicial inter
pretation, wc have properly regarded
those in arms against us as public
enemies, liable to all the penalties im
posed by the laws of war, having no
rights under tho Constitution, and at
the mcrcy of our Government. I know
wc have at times by our legislation
been in conflict with this view, but
Congress, tho courts, and the people
•re rapidly correcting the errors of
the past. The laws of war are well
(Atlined and clearly understood.
Money and wealth, the products of
ngricultnro and commerce, are said to
tiO the sinews of war, and as necessa
ry to conduct it as numbers and phys
ical force. Hence it is that the laws
of war recognize the right of a bellig
Ctent to cut tho sinews of the power
lf the enemy by capturing his proper
ty, not onl}* on tho high seas, but on
land in the hostile territory. The
property thus taken is not confiscated
tflider the Constitution after convic
tion for treason, but by virtue of the
tfcws of war. Yattel.page 125, says
ft:
-"Everything, therefore, which belongs to
llie nation, to tho State, to the sovereign, to
tli subject* of whatever age or sex—every
tliingot that kimt, 1 *av, falls under the dc
arii|Uonof Hiing* belonging to tho enemy.
Joes
,s to landed estate, property of this kind
not cease to be enemy's property,
though possessed by a neutral foreigner,
sincc the owner is resident in the hostile coun
try."
We hare n right to deprive onr enemy of
Six possession of everything whieh may aug
ment his strength and enable him to make
War." (Page IJ49.I e o e
In line, we selae on the ffy1!town*,
province*," &c.
I»ut it is claimed that under tfie lin
dane policy of modern times, and by
fhe later decisions of our courts, the
flgid rules of confiscation uf enemy'*
property have been relaxed. Thia I
grant is true to a certain extent but
the law remains, and when the sove
Vtign power of a nation demands the
execution of the law in ita^rigor the
Miurts will execute that law. Chief
#ustice Marshall, in the case ofHrown
ef. The United States, 8 Crunch, 110,
my*:
Respecting the power of the Government,
A doubt is entertained. That war gives to
the sovereign full right to take the persons
and coiiliseate the property of the eneuiy
wjherevcr found is conceded. The mitiga
tions of this rigid rule, which the humane and
Wise poliry of modern times has introduced
into practice. will more or let* affect tl»e exer
Ǥe of the right, but tKUinot impair the right
Um.lf. That remaius undiminished and
when the sovereign authority shall choose to
liing it into ojuration the judicial depart
•eat must give effect to its will."
This power is exercised under the
Mar power granted in the Constitution,
|hd which is without limitation.
il'ittWr
this view it follows that we
ay seize tho real estate in fee we
ay seize all the slaves within the
hostile territory, emancipate them,
ni'in them, and use them in any way
to weaken the enemy and strengthen
*fpe Government.
The framcrs of our Constitution
4fiscly placet! no restriction upon the
l|ar powers of tho Government. When
eUte of war exists the Constitution
||uthot ises every act that the law of
Rations justifies toward our enemy,
even though that enemy consists
||t communities who once owed and
•till owe a paramount ulleginncc to
itie Constitution of the United Stated.
With what show of reason or of jus
tice can it be claimed that while this
#nemy is confronting us, defying our
Authority and our laws, while it is
Necessary for ns to sacrifice billions of
(policy and hundreds of thousands of
ttfie best men in the land we shall at
||te same time exert the power of Con
gress to preserve and protect the
property of this enemy to be turned
«ver to them unharmed at the end of
Hie war Is there anything in the
Character of this revolt that requires
•s to exerciso clemency toward the
(paveholding, land holding class who
•ere its instigatorn, nod who now con*
4M and direct it
No act of the Government could be
fainted
out treating this people with
mtice. So far from it they ruled and
Controlled it for a long series of years
fo uphold and maintain slavery. Fear*
Ipg that tho Genera] Government
Could no longer be used for the exclu
sive benefit of the slaveholders, they
Instigated this rovolt, to establish
«ut of the territory of tho United
States a slave empire, to maku per
petual an aristocracy founded upon
tfie idea that capital should own labor.
Since Patau with his infernal peers
•evolted against Ueity, history or |m
fltry furnishes no example of a revolt
flp causeless, aad having for its object*
IK) diabolical a purpose.
The dictates of justice and humani
ty alike require that fhe fouaenters of
ttiis rebellion, those who infused into
il organization and life-blood, shall be
puuiehni to citon* pcraiinnible kp* pnkiiiocB jnatitutions
the law* of war. The great body of
the people of the South arc entitled to
be treated with leniency, and should
be so treated. Those who, from igno
rance, were induced to enlist, those
who by force were conscripted, should
in the end receive the clemency of the
Government but for the leaders ex
I patriatinn, annihilation, or death is the
only remedy. It has been truly said
that tiiia is a landholder's aa well as
a slaveholder's rebellion. It is estima
ted, by careful computations from the
census tables of 1860, that four-fifths
of all the lands in the rebellious States
arc owned by slaveholders, aud that
one-third of the slaveholders own two
thirds of these lands. About one in
fif^ of the whole population of the
South hold slaves. So that if the
lands of the leading conspirators were
seized by tho Government and wrest
ed from them, not more than one out
of every hundred in tho South would
be affected by it. I ask irepresenta
tives, shall everything else be de
stroyed that these few thousand slarc
holders with their immense planta
tions shall live? Justice demands
that the diabolical spirit which fanned
into flame this revolution and now
keeps it burning shall expiate its
crime by a forfeiture of all it has to
the Government it seeks to overthrow.
These estates of malignant and unrc
penting rebels, confiscated to the Gov
ernment under the laws of war, or
seized under the revenue laws because
abandoned by their owners, becoming
tho property of tho United States,
what shall be done with them We
are entitled to uae them so as to best
promote tho interests of the whole
country. Wc should not sell them, be
cause they would be purchased in
largo tracts by speculators who have
grown rich by the war, and who wonld
use them as did the masters who have
abandoned them. They arc tho right
ful inheritance of those who have
fought our battles and reclaimed them
from the control of the usurpation
that now makes war upon ns. They
have the first right, and this bill se
cures that right to them. Rut the
opponents of this bill say we propose
to divide that which we have not, and
which we cannot acquire. They for
get that largo tracts are already with
in the jurisdiction of the Government
under the direct tax, which will go in
to the hands of speculators unless bid
in by the Government and awarded
to our soldiers under this bill, or some
one with similar provisions.
Mr. Speaker, I do not believe thia
nation will be so unjust to itself os
not to Beize absolutely the property,
including the lands, of malignant reb
els. Therefore I assume that confis
cation in fee will be our policy with
reference to these lands. We pro
gress slowly, I admit but to this wc
must come at last.
I will not take the timo of the House
to explain in detail the provisions of
the bill under consideration. My col
league on the committee has done so,
and the bill ia printed and on tho files
of members. It extends our general
land system, and virtually extends the
homestead policy to thia class of lands,
confining its provisions, however, for
the first five years after its passage
to the soldiers and sailors who have
borne arms in defense of the nation.
I will not atop here to vindicate the
homestead law. Although long de
layed, it may now be considered ns a
part of the settled policy of the Gov
ernment in its disposition of the pub
lic domain. Experience has fully de
monstrated that the Government reali
ses more rovennc from its public lands
by offering liberal inducements for
their settlement than it docs by offer
ing them for sale. Tho demand for
public lands is limited to the demands
of actual settlers except during times
of great land speculation, as in 1837
and 185G. Although Government re
alized millions of dollars from sales
in 185C, yet those sales were a posi
tive evil. Whole townships, and in
some instances couuties, in my State,
Iowa, were taken up by speculators,
and have bccu held by them at such
prices as to preclude their settlement.
If there had been no sales except to
actual settlers, or if the beneficent
principles of the homestead law had
then prevailed, these localities would
doubtless now be occupied by prosper
ous and extensive communities, who
would annually coutribnte in taxes
far more to the support of the Gov
ernment than was realized from those
sales. Our public lands are valueless
to the Government without cultiva
tion. Any other policy is unjust tow
ard the hardy pioneer of civilization,
injurious to the public interests, aud
would present a serious obstacle to
the growth, development, prosperity,
aud greatness of our common coun
try.
By this policy the oppressed poor of
the Old World are invited to happy
and independent homes in the New.
They in turn contribute to the growth,
wealth, aud greatness of the uation.
In the midst of this desolating civil
war more than two hundred thousand
of the poor of other lands within liie
last year have sought an asylum
among us, invited by our free institu
tions aud liberal policy, aud it is es
timated that during the coming year
nearly double that number will seek
our hospitable shores, lion. Robert
J. Walker, in a recent articlo, has
shown that if we computo the annual
immigration for the next ten years aa
during the decade from 1&50 to 18G0,
aud estimate tho value of the labor of
each immigrant at thirty-three cents
per day, it would give us a grand to
tal in 1870 of $1,430,000,000, or
enough in twenty years to pay our en
tire national war debt. We need their
labor to till our fields, to replenish our
Treasury, and enrich our commerce,
and therefore should, by our laws and
our policy, give them encouragement.
Laud monopoly, with its attendant
evils, has ever been the banc of em
pire. The republic of liome furnish
es a familiar example. In the early
days of the republic labor was es
teemed honorable. The cultivators of
the soil were esteemed worthy of the
highest places in the republic. After
wards the reins of power passed from
the hands of the middle classes the
proprietorship of tho soil passed from
the many iuto the hands of the privi
leged few. Tho people having thus
alienated the true inheritance of pow
er, their own homesteads, soon became
a prey to tho contending factions, who
controlled the wealth of the fttate,
and tho greatness and glory of the
imperial republic panned away forev
er.
The uncccaaivo revolutions in Mexi
co have beeu but a struggle of the
people against tlie loidlmga of the
soil a struggle of the Liberal party
who sought to foster and cherish re-
Church party who owned the greater
portion of the soil and wealth of the
country, and who used thcii wealth
and power to oppress the people. The
Liberals finally wrested this wealth
from the Church party, and used it
for tho benefit of, tho State, and tho
Power now ruling that country has
not yet deemed it prudent to restore
it. The fate of Mexico shows how im
possible it is to maintain a permanent
repnblican Government over tho few
selfish, proud aristocrats who own the
soil and wealth of the country, even
without tho demoralizing and aggra
vating evils of slavery.
Who docs not believe that if the
landed proprietors who own the great
body of the English soil could upon
some principle of justice be induced
to share it with the homeless and land
Thss class there, much of the misery,
want, and degradation that now afllicts
a great portion of that people would
be averted, and the greatness and glo
ry of the kingdom thereby advanced?
In a prosperous State labor most
not only be free, but the cultivator of
the soil must have a proprietary right
in the soil itself. In the rebellious
States the slaveholders not only owned
the soil but the labor that tilled it.
Labor thus degraded bccamo dishon
orable. Here tlie poverty of the man}'
with its evils of want, of ignorance,
and dependence, was to be found side
by side with the excessive wealth and
opulence of the few. Tho poor whites,
ignorant of the blessings of freo Gov
ernment, yielded their assent the first
moment tho slaveholders, their mas
ters, sought to overthrow it. The
words of General Marion, himself a
southernor, written to Baron Dc Kalb,
present a picture of the lower class of
whites in all the southern States.
Speaking of Carolina, he says
The people form two elasscs the rich
and the poor. The poor aro very |oor the
rieh, who hare slaves to do all their work,
give them no employment the little they
get is laid out In brandy, not in ltooks and
newspapers hence they know nothing of the
blessings of our country or of the dangers
whieh threaten it enjoying none of the bene
fits of a free government they cannot appre
ciate its bleedings, and feel no interest la nght
iflg for its preservation,"
Thia ia a truthful picture of the
South to-day. The wealthy and intel
ligent few havo controlled and direct
ed the poor and ignorant many, and
have thus led them iuto the vortex of
a revolution, cauaelews as it is wicked.
We must conquer the oppressors of
this people. Their oppressors con
quered, tho Government should ex
tend to them its fostering care and
protection should encourage labor
and protect all in the enjoyment of its
fruits. We must restore tho great
body of that people by the estaldish
ment in those States of free schools
and free churches. This can only be
done successfully by a division of the
large estates, now abandoned, into
small farms, which shall be tilled by
their owners. This division is also
ueccssary to eradicate slavery. The
nature of that institution is to absorb
all within its reach. Kx|ericnce has
demonstrated that the small farmer,
and in turn the small planter, was
compelled to give way to his more
powerful and more aristocratic neigh
bor, who prospered upon the labor of
hia slaves, until all the valuable lauds
of the South were owned by compara
tively a few persons. If these esta
tes are not divided in the renovation
of that regiou, they will soon be taken
up under onr tax and confiscation
laws by a class of cormorants who
will swarm thither, hoping to amass
fortunes by a system of wages-slavery
as much to be deplored as chattel
slavery. This class will seek to take
advantage of the ignorant slave sud
denly made free, and will require of
him excessive labor, with iuadequate
compensation.
Experience has already shown that
negroes suffer as much under avari
cious lessees who are determined to
suddenly amass wealth by raising cot
ton as they did under former masters.
This evil of land monopoly and spec- I
ulation has become so great in Louis
iana that General Banks waa compel
led recently to issue an order suspend
ing all sales of real estate in the Gulf
department belonging to rebels. In
that department reliable authority
8tate8 that the system of leasing
lands adopted is but a feeble substitu
te for the barbarism of slavery tem
porary, I hope, but if persisted in,
and continued for any great length of
time, the dominion of the northern
speculator over the freedmen will be
as complete and more cruel than sla
very itself, which in some degree ame
liorates the condition nf its victims
through the interest of the tyrant, «tio
wishes to preserve the bcaK'u of the
slave that he may continue to exact
from him unrequited 'abor. All efforts
to destroy the institution of slavery
will be futile General Order No. 23,
of February 3 last, relating to the
treatment of freedmen in the Gnlf de
partment, is to become the permanent
policy of the Goverment.
Shall wc establish in this Republic
a system of serfdom at the very time
when the Czar of Kussia is emancipa
ting the serfs in all his dominions from
the power of their feudal lords, and
granting them absolute possession
aud ownership of the soil they have
cultivated and continue to cultivate
Wc hail with joy this act of a monarch
which raises millions to the conditions
of freedom, aud empowers a populous
people to euter upon tho road of pro
gress. Let us at least keep pace
with Russia in our treatment of those
who labor. I hope that the bureau of
emancipation will soou be orgauized
and that it may remedy these evils.
But no permanent cure can be effect
ed except by the adoption of some
permanent system looking to the divi
sion of these immense estates among
those who till them, and who by every
rule of justice are entitled to the fruits
of their labor.
This bill providen that theae landa
for a period of five years shall be
Bet
aside for the soldiers of the Republic,
those serving two years being enti
tled to eighty acres, and those serviug
for a Jess period of time forty acres.
Every good Government is just aud
geuerous to its soldiers none more
than ours. We have paid aud are
paying most liberal bounties to those
who volunteer in defense of the Union.
We have granted lands to all those
wl
10
have heretofore fought our bat
tles. We arc now paying larger pen
sions to those disabled and to the sur
vivors of those who have died in the
Rervice than any Government on earth.
Shall we continue this liberal policy
toward those who fight in defense of
the country aud its flag? The brave
men who have left their firesides and
their families, and have dared all, en
dured all, and sacrificed all that their
tfcn1 oouutry night live, denervo from that
country a!1 of reward that it is possi
ble to give. What greater boon havo
wc for our soldiers than a homestead
in a genial climate and upon a luxuri
ant soil, in the very neighborhood of
their sacrifices and their triumphs
This division should be made not
only as an act of justice to the soldier,
but as a matter of policy. After we
I have subdued by force of arms the
people of tho rebellious States, there
will be still lurking a strong opposi
tion to the Government. Guerilla
bands will be organized to destroy
property and harass loyal men. Who
can so well organize for defense aa
the veterans trained by long service in
the field
Again, these missionaries of liberty
will carry with them that spirit of
frocdom early taught them, and inten
sified by tho sacrifices they havo made
in its maintenance. Northern thrift
and independence will thus be substi
tuted for ignorance and indolence.
Free schools and churches will take
the place of slave-pens and whipping
posts. Labor will be dignified, being
no longer servile. The great body of
the people will become producers as
well as consumers manufactures will
be encouraged, the arts will flourish
villages, towns, and cities will spring
up in the now obscure localities. The
people will become homogoneous, our
internal and external commerce will
be increased, and with it enhanced the
wealth and glory of the nation.
Thia bill makes no distinction on ac
count of color or race it recognizee
the equal right of all who havo faith
fully served in our armiea to avail
themselves of its benefits. We givo
all the same privilege to procure a
homestead, acquire property, and en
joy the fruits of industry that wehavn
hitherto claimed for ourselves.
Free negroea in many of the South
ern States have always enjoyed this
right. We cannot expect that eman
cipation will in a moment destroy the
vices engendered by long years of hu
miliation and oppression. Becauso
thc-y have been degraded for centuries
shall we continue to oppress them in
the namo of liberty Our Govern
ment was formed aud onr Constitution
framed to secure the blessings of lib
erty, not to promote and perpetuate
inequality. Thomas Jefferson aaid
The rpinion that they, [the colored race]
are infeiior in tho faculties of reiison and iiu
aginittinD must hazarded with great diffi
dence."—Jeffertm't or/lc, volume 8, page 5J86.
He aaid afterwards:
141expressed
these views, therefore, with
great hesitation, but whatever be their dezree
of talent it is no measure of their light. Ie
cause Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others
in understanding he was not therefore lord ef
the person and property of others."
It is the duty of the Government to
give the colored man at least an equal
chance with our own racc in the set
tlement and cultivation of the soil in
his native laud. To this he is entitled
upon every principle of equity and
justice. These slaves have purchased
these lands over and over again, many
times, by their sweat and toil through
many long years of oppression, aud
have been compelled to support unre
quited the aristocracy which is now
seeking to destroy the Government.
Let lis doal justly with them in order
that we may claim justice for our
selves. Degraded as they have been by
l°ng years of oppression, the white
racc need not fear them in the race
for power. Having vouchsafed to
them the boon of freedom, Jet us by
our policy seek to elevate them to the
condition of freemen. I)o they not
deserve from us some consideration
Their blood mingled with that of our
fathers in achieving the rich inheri
tance of freedom purchased by the sac
rifices of the Revolution. They acted
well their part in our laat struggle
with Great Britain and in the war
now being waged against us, the first
moment opportunity was given they
rushed eagerly to the field of contest,
where the black flag and no quarter
awaited them, knowing that to them
the field of battle was victory or death,
aud that, too, in defense of a Govern
ment that has loug withheld from
them the pay due to thoee wlto wear
the soldier's uniform and dcfcud the
emblem of our nationality.
I envy not tin man who will kl the
light of the heroic achievements at
Fort Wagner, Port Hudson, and Milli
ken's Bend, and in the face of the bar
barous and bloody massacres at Fort
Pillow and Plymouth, stand up in the
American Congress and advocate the
withdrawal from our armies of the sa
ble sons who exhibit such heroism and
make such sacrifices. Nor do I envy
the political party that will record its
united vote against paying to these
men the just reward of a soldier of
the United States. Mr. Speaker, they
have not only evinced a willingness to
enlist in our armies but in the States
in rebellion they have been our only
reliable friends. Everywhere our gen
erals receive their most useful aud re
liable information from this oppressed
race, who hail the approach of our ar
mies aa the harbinger of freedom to
them. They have at every aacrifice
administered to the wants of our sol
diers, whenever and wherever oppor
tunity presented. A single incident
attending the escape of our prisoners
from Richmond attests their devotion
to our cause and the brave men fight
ing ita battles. A prisoner saya
Some of Captain Phelps' party and oth
ers were pursued and fired
U|on.
All of them
kept out of sight of whites, hut trusted im
plicitly the blacks, aud never had their trust
iietrayed. After the lirst utticurs h»nl discov
ered themselves to the negroes and asked for
food, on the Chickahomitiy, the negroes or
ganized into relief squads and searched the
woods for the fugitives, carrying them food
froiu their scanty rations, tuid helping them ia
eveiy way iu their power."
Is it not the duty of the Government
to justly recognize the geuerous de
votion thus cxhibitod Will the
advocatea of the Union as it waa"
atill say that this sublime heroism,
these great aacrifices only deserve
chains and slavery, and that the one
huudred and thirty thousand colored
men now serving in our armies shall
be withdrawn from confronting the ene
my, aud be nuuaudud to perpetual bond
age, and subjected to the vengcance of
rebel masters Let them make up their
record. Rut let it uot be said of us ou
this side of tho House that we failed
to recognize these heroic qualifies
but rather that we had the justice aud
magnanimity to exteud to them the
fostering care aud protection of the
Government that they in common with
us are seeking to maintain nod per*
petuate,
But, says tho Opposition, why give
them lands which they will not till
They say the negroes free are idle aud
will not work for themselves. There
never was an argument or atatcmeut
•o utterly falineUNM. WiU not work
and recently, by a majority of more
than fifteen thousand, have decided
in favor of immediate and uncondi
tional emancipation as the true policy
of the State.
New Orleans, as appears by the
census of 1860, contained in that year
a population of one hundred and sev
enty-fivo thousand of these fifteen
thousand were free colored, ten thou-
The results of emancipation in the
English and French colonies prove
that tho freedmen ie a class are in
dustrious.
Lord Stanley, in 1842, characteriz
ed the transition from slavery to lib
erty in the following terms
"The negroes are happy and satisfied
they give themselven to labor tliev have
ameliorated their manner of living, and in
creased their comfort while crimen have di
minished, their moral habitts have become bet
ter,"
He farther says:
The number of negroes who horarne free
holders through their industry and economy
amounted in the whole island of Jamaica to
two thousand one hundred and fourteen in
18^.8, under the apprentice system, whieh
was aUdished in that year, and the number
iucrewed to seven thousand three hundred
and forty, two years afterwards."
In Jamaica, tho mo8t important of
the slavo colonies, the freedmen, in
four years, expended for the purchase
of lands and tho erection of houses
more than four million francs. Of the
eighty-two thousand slaves emancipa
ted in Guinea fifteen thousand nine
hundred aud six bad become freehold
era in 1843.
A colonist of Jamaica in 1851,
saya
It may be supposed tliat the whites have
the pre-eminence there." o o o
But i]*art from that pre-eminence whieh re
sult* from we.nlth and intelligence in every
community, the whiten have no privilege over
their ft-llow-citizens. We have proved by ex
perience that the colored man ean rai.-se him
self to the first rank of civil society ami hold
his place there as well as any Euroiean bv
origin."
On all these pointa the French testi
mony accords completely with the
English reports.
After emancipation the aggregate
commerce of the French colonies in
creased. The value of productions
increased, notwithstanding the unfa
vorable legislation of the French As
sembly. It is true, for three years af
ter the emancipation exports largely
fell off, but recovered again in five
years and in ten yeara, in wme of
the islands, doubled.
Both before and after emancipation
in the English and French colonics the
home Governments sought to increase
colonial production by encouraging
the immigration of hired laborers.
This experiment did not provo suc
cessful, from a variety of causes. But
it did provo that the hired laborers
from Africa were the most industri
ous and least vicious. In other words,
it is from the African race that labor
ers are borrowed destined to replace
other Africans who ate accuacd of idle
ness and vice.
Is it likely that this great work of
emancipation could have progressed
until the stain of slavery now rests
upon but oue nation of Europe had its
results shown the black racc unfit for
freedom In some instances distur
bances and insurrectiona followed
emancipation but in no instance
were they the result of it. The tran
sition ha^ generally been peaceful.
The emancipation of eight huudred
thousand slaves, on the same day aud
at the same hour, iu the English colo
nies, did not cause as much disturb
ance aa an election in some of the
Democratic wards in New York city.
Emancipation was no more responsi
ble for revolution aud outbreak in the
colonies than was our Government rc
sposiblc for the riot of Mr. Seymour's
friends last summer, or for the recent
rebellion iu Illinois. Political dema
gogues in the colonies, in some instan
ces, took advantage of the ignorance
of the freedmen, the fruit of which was
revolution, as these riots were the le
gitimate fruit of the teaching of men
iu this llall aud out of it who are now
the allies, and who formerly were the
partisans, of those directing the re
bellion.
The colored man with proper encour
agement ia industrious, does acqnir
property aud appreciates with us the
blessiugs of liberty, is ready with us
to die iu its defence, and should re
ceive the generous encouragemeut of
a magnanimous peoplo and the pro
tecting .egis of a just Government.
Mr. Speaker, no man believes that
the institution of slavery can survive
this rebellion when destroyed it is
our duty to protect the freedmen in
the conquered territory as well as the
white race. They live within our
territory and will continue ao to live.
1 look upon any scheme of coloniza
tion as impracticable, and if practica
ble, pernicious in its results to the in
dustry of the nation. We need these
freedmen to till our fields aud increase
our production there is now and al
ways will be in this country great de
maud for freo labor. We find our
selves compelled to devise schemes to
encourage immigration,
sound policy prohibits the deportation
of the four million black laborers with
in our territory, and duty requires us
to provide for them here by such leg
islation as will encourage them to la
bor for their support.
And let me here call attention of
gentlemen oa the other side of the
House to the fact that Congress has
twice affirmed this policy of confisca
tion, that the courts have sustained it,
that the people appeal to have also
sustaiued it, and placed nearly every
gentleman ou that side of the House
in a minority at home, becausc they
opposed this and other necessary
measures for the suppiessiou of the
rebellion. Tho people believe, wheth
er true or not, that the leaders of the
Opposition love their old allies aud
O S 5 S & & & i a &
The people of that State have always logic that would teach them that, nn
relied upon the labor of theso negroes der the laws of war, we can take the
sand slaves, and the remainder whites. I sonthern States from the hands of a
The free colored men were taxed for land-owning, slaveholding aristocra
an average of $1,000 to each person, I cy, and restore it to the rightful po§
while tho whites were taxed for only session of a whole people. We muet
|732 to each person. IIow have they) labor for the elevation of that people.
acquired this wealth if not by their
own industry Some of the wealthi
est inhabitants of the city of Charles
ton, South Carolina, arc the free color
ed population. Experience demon
strates at Port Royal and elsewhere
where the freedmen have been permit
ted to occupy abandoned lands and
cultivae them that they aro industri
ous and prosperous, accumulating
property and improving the lauds al
lotted to them.
frieada, UM fiaveholdersj more than att*npta, fwliticall/ m~ otherwiae,
The statistics of industry and popula-t they love the Government that pro- He atribntea his mortifying faflnre in
lion show that they are industrious tccts them. They suspect the loalty the military Nne to the President, in
when oportunity is given. Look at, of those who, professing sympathy stead of perceiving that it was owing
Maryland an example almost within with our cause by their words and ac- altogether to hia own personal inca
sight of the Capitol. Free negroes tions givo aid and comfort to our enc- pacity and this, we presume, ig tbe
comprise one-eighth of the population. mies. They cannot midestand tho i:— A
life of a rebel, but cannot touch Ins
property. They cannot believe that
just ion requires that the burdens of
taxation shall fall upon the loyal men
of the North, who havo lost sons and
brothers in this war, while those in
armies against us shall bo protected
in the fnll and complete enjoyment
of their property.
We must wrest the power of the
To do this we must destroy the proa
ent land system, first by confiscation
in fee, then by placing them within
the reach of every man who has a handf
to labor or a family to support. We
must make the masses land-owncrn if
we would perpetuate tho Kcpublic.
Those who till tho soil are and ev«r
have been the hope of the Republic.
They fill our armies to-day. Look at
the quotas of troops furnished in the
loyal States and you find nearly al
ways that the rural districts arc in
advancc of requisitions. Tho very
nature of their pursuits inspires a
love of country, aud a patriotism to
rally at its call.
The establishment of this system
will be the forerunner of the eatablish
ment of the free institutions of the
North among that peoplo. With
small farms and productive labor
come free schools, a pure religion, free
churches, thriving villages, manufac
turing town®, colleges of learning, the
growth of commerce, and all the bles
sings of republican government.
These established, wc Aall realize aa
the rosult of our policy the enthrone
ment of a republicanism which has
lived in theory but not in fact except
iu the free StateB of this Union.
Mr. Speaker our legislation should
be for the whole people and not for a
class, thus dealing justly toward those
who have experienced long years of
oppression under the banner of the He
public. If we hope to attain success
iu this contest we must guaranty to
all the privileges of religion, of family,
of property, and of liberty. Then our
final triumph over the rebellion which
seeks to deprive the poor and oppress
ed of all these is certain under the
guidance of Him who rulee all and
governs all.
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tough dark the ways of jnsticeSMMB,
Impartially she hold* the beam
Though ott her sword be wielded slaw,
Unfailing falls the dooming blow
Right to exalt and wrong i' o'eithroW."
That justice requires that we shall
exteud the protection of the Govern
ment to all those whom we have call
ed to battle in its defence by giving
to them the right to acquire and hold
aa their own the fruits of their labor.
But we must not permit the discus
sion of this or kiudrcd measures to di
vert us or the country from the para
mount dut}' before us, that of prosecu
ting the war vigorously and earnestly
until the military power of the rebel
lion ia destroyed, until all the men
now in arms against ua shall either
voluntarily or by compulsion lay
dow their arms. In this consists our
only hope and safety and to this
primarily all our labors and efforts
must bo directed. There is no road
to peace except through bloody war.
Men may talk of peace by compro
mise and concession, bnt the day of
compromise is past. Concession is
impossible. Radical principles cannot
be compromised. War and restora
tion b}- conquest on the basis of liber
ty,
or peacc aud disunion on the basis
of slavery are the'only alternatives
presented to tho American uation
to-day.
Nominations ef the Fnetieniati.
The little mountain at Cleveland
haa labored, aud produced a ticket—
for President, John C. Fremont for
Vice President, John Cochrane, of
New York. Having done thia, the lit
tle mountaiu subsided, and ita ele
ments evaporated.
vention at Baltimore, Juno 7th, ought
to bo postponed, because it was too
early to nominate candidates Tliey
have proved their honesty and consis
tency by anticipating the action of
the Baltimore Convention just one
week. That which they argued it was
too early to do, they did just one
week earlier Thua at the very out
set of their movement, these political
factionists, who desire to divide the
Union party and throw the Presiden
cy iuto tbe hands of tbe coppeiboa.de,
havo demonstrated to the country the
hypocrisy of their designs.
And what was this Cleveland Con
vention, which haa presented candi
dates for President and Vice Presi
dent, composed of Were its dule
gatea chosen by t/trpcoplr? No—they
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therefore
uot
t0 i,c duped into following a polit
ical jiick-o'-lautern.
Will John C. Fremont accept the
nomination extended to him by this
petty faction of eore-beada We will
not believe that ho is foolish or wick
cd enongh to allow himself to be made
a tool of by these malcontents, with
which to split the Union party in
twain, for tho purpose of throwing the
national eloction into the hands of the
enemies of freedom and of tbe nation
al honor.
1
The men who, on the 31at of May,
put this Presidential ticket ill nomi- The new, 12th Judicial l»istriit comprises
nation, have been bawling for over a I the counties of Bremer, Butler, Floyd, Mitch
month, that the Union National Con-! v!1,
were self-appointed they were sent Jivt/rr Co.—A. J. Tompkins, Clarks'le
to tbe Convention by no portion of the
people—by no party, even. It waa a
Convcutiou of iudividnal politicians,
without a constituency—a Convention
of men who have at some time or oth
er asked favors of the Administration
at Washington, and been refused, and
of men who are bold only in words,
having no deeds demonstrating thcir
patriotisin or their sincerity as the re
al friends of liberty, to back np their
highsotinding pretensions. They rep
resent nobody but themselves—they
seek nothing but to avenge them
selves upon the Administration, of
President Lincoln, which no doubt
wisely declined to give them some
thing they asked for. This is all there
of the matter, aud tbe people are
As to John Cochrane, he ie evident
ly a very sore head, and will of course
•co-pl a ooiuinutiou that be l,im.y|f }ou give colpnt rops cnougl, he
tried to secure, lie is a played out
professional New York politician—
a played out General—a played-out
ruau in almost every respect. And it
matters little what he docs, says or
4 6 ABA
11
ft a 'mIka
cat that liee at the bottom of hia meat1
tub.— Chit of o JotrHal.
CJjt Jnfdligcncfr.-
Westward the r»ur«o of empire takos its way.'
A. B. P. HILDRBTH, Editor.
Charles City, Iowa, Jane 16,1864.
NATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS.
For President,
GRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
For Vice President,
'ANDREW J01INS0H,
or 1USMBK1.
"Idficoln and Johnson.
1
With the greatest satisfaction and pleasure,
we this week plwe at the head of our editori
al columns the names of Liueoln and Johnson,
the National Union Candidates for President
and Vice President of the United States.
The National Union Convention at Balti
more, on the 8th Inst., nominated Abraham
Lincoln for President, by acclamation aud
amid the most intense enthusiasm. Cheers
upon cheers followed the vote, and Baltimore
and the country were aglow with the result
Gov. Andrew Johnson, tho gallant leader
of the U/iion cause in Tennessee, tho warm
friend of Douglas, and the trusty representa
tive of the true southern Unionirts, was nom
inated on the first ballot, for Vice President.
All feel that this is the very best nomination
that could have been made, and the friends
of Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Dickinson acquiesce
in the result with cheerfulnesi.
The general feeling in and out of the Con
vention was that no better ticket could have
been presented to tbe people. The feeling in
the Convention was excellent and the utmost
harmony prevailed.
The crowded state of otw columns precludes
the possibility of giving a report of the pro
ceedings of the Convention.
The resolutions adopted present the plat
form of principles upon which IJncoln and
Johnson and the Union party that nominated
them, take their position for the campaign.
These resolutions declare
That every thing necessary should be dona
to quell the rebellion and punish the rebels
Tliat no compromise should be made with
the rebels
That the Constitution should be amended
SO as to abolish and forever prohibit slavery
That the Federal soldiers and sudors are en
titled to the tbanks of the people
That Mr. Lincoln is a man of practical wis
dom unselfish patriotism, and unswerving
fidelity to the Constitution and the piinciples
of American lilierty that his emancipation
proclamation and employment of negroes as
soldiers are especially worthy of approval
that nobody is worthy of public confidence
who does not indorse the principles of these
resolutions
That the Government should pretSflt Itasol
diers, without regard to color
That foreign immigration should be fostered
That a railroad to the Pacific should be
speedily built
That there should be economy and rigid
responsibility in the public expenditures, and
a rigorous and just system of taxation
That the people are opposed to the estab
lishment of monarchical institutions on this
continent.
Tins platform comprehends all the pnMfe
questions of importance that are now under
consideration in this countrykand the position
that the Union {tarty has thus taken in res
pect to them will meet with the cordial appro
val of the loyal people of the nation. The
Convention could not have more fully met
(he expectations of the people in the framing
and aboption of the platform. It is straight
forward, emphatic and comprehensive. There
is no mistaking iu any respect.
With snch a noble platform af principles,
and with such noble candidates stAnding upon
it as are Abraham Lincoln and Andrew John
son, the National Union Party set* out in the
momeutous campaign of 1864 with the most
flattering prospects. Every true and earnest
patriot in the republic must hope for, pray for,
and work for its success.
The 12th Judicial Diitriet
t'1rTO
^•r«h»- Worth, \innelmg and
Hancock. As yet we have no orRatn/.itiou
ami no Judicial Committee, arid we would
Kuggc*t that some plan lie fttarted to prepare
the call for the District Convention The
mails travel *low in uonie partM of the dUtriet,
and it will take time t» hriup the tnattsr ,...
around, and give Miflkieut notice to allow all
the counties to send in their delegate*. Who
will more in the matter ?—Cerro (Jotdo Rtyub*
liriin.
It appears to ua that tho mcmbcr8
of the Judicial Committeea of the 10th
and 11th Districts, representing those
counties which comprise the new or
12th District, are the proper authori
ty for arranging tbe time and place
for holding the Convention. Below
Floyd C».—B. B.Van Steenburg, Floyd
Mitchell Co.—-F. A. Brush, Usage.
Mr. Van Steenburg ia understood
to be in Khinebeck, N. Y. Mr. Brush
went to tbe war and ia reported dead.
We do not know the committee-men
of the 11th District, now embraced
in the 12th. Will the Republican give
their names Either Charles City or
Kockford would be a convenient place
for holding the Convention. Now, let
a correspondence be opened with the
Committee at once, and the affair can
be arranged without much delay. Mr.
Burke may aa well commence putting
the tall in motion.
Confusion."
We have not yet received the issue of the
fmn eontilnlnr Oov Ptone's letter and our
answer to the base chargc* against Hcott coun
ty- *Vero they overlooked in tho contusion
attending the removal of the Turn* office
PwWtport G(Krtie.
Nor have we yet reeerved' the issue
of the 7\vies in which fliidreth ia
nhallenged to tell more thnfrt t-he Tiikts
knows about its own editorials, lw
the "confusion attending tho removal
of the 7\mes office" there appear to
have been many other tbinga over
looked "—for instance, the publication
of a letter from Hon. II. C. Vinton, of
Chickasaw county, mniradictinp the as
sertion of tho Tunes that Hon. Keubeu
Noble ia not a candidate for Supreme
Judge, and that it litis heard of no
Candidate for that office except C. C.
Oole. In keeping
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By Mrs. Livermore.
Yotm=, truly,
CYRUS BENTLEYJ
Notes of "lb«r Bank* aaS Traaanry Kates...
Dii* from oUier «..*•«*
.V4r4nl Hill* IVrotink-d
r. a. and .-ua.- ivn'Usiiit w»rrsi»wr«.A«..
Psr»onal JYoperty^,.? .1.1.
OMwr Hems ..i.Ai...'ill.J.....
J. K. GRAVES, Cashier.
are tbe gentlemen on the committee oomes as aseful to as as it was to the enemy,
in tbe 10th District, viz
Bremer Co.—J. K Borfce, Wared jr.
i:
urn
rr
FOR PutsI DENTIAL. EUMTOR. —A soldier in
the I'nion Guards from this city, suggest* the
name of ]fwi8 A. Thomas, Hsq., as a candi
date for I'residential Klcctor lor this District.
We trust, in making this announcement, that
neither our friend llililreth nor any other
man," will accuse us of having sold out
to Des Moines. —Dubuque Tuita.
The luteJligencer haa never made any
such accusation against the Times aa
that intimated above. It is aaid, bow
ever, that a guilty conacicnce nceda
no accuser "—and that, aometimes, if
will
hang himself." Now, Adjutant, tell
ua how much Judas money Cole paid
you.
D. p. Gkaw, SsqM of Hamilton oonntf, is
aakl tebea candidate tot AMonejr
Tin** are
an eye ainglew to
De8 Moines and Iter interests, it ap
pcara to be necessary to look oirr a
good many interests nearer homo. A
friend at our elbow suggests that the
recent romoval of the Times office
*37,805
88,Ml 0J
140. S3* 00
70,713
MS/OSSS
147.6fl K«
?,»M 'JO
11 ,*44
$#13,710 OS
Uianirns.
OH**] SMk faM'ta...
Nnlo in Ciri-nlatmn
Dur to other Haolu
Due Depositors
(MSfrtM proau).
•,4S« '.7
»o
462,966 06
Sft.864 7?
$13,715 00
L. 9. KUtMlL, l*re
ideal.
According to tbe above exhibit tbe
Dubuque Branch haa the largeat am*
ont of gold, and the largest amount
of depoaita, of any Bank in the State
ita volume of busincsa ia alao greater,
aa ahown by total footinge.
The War in Virginia,
.1 Butler's forces are in motiM. Gen.
Gilmore's Corps is inarching on Petersburg,
•ad has captnred the first line of the enemy's
earthworks and another force has moved up
on and destroyed the Petersburg and Rich
mond 1
tail road. It is also reported that Fort
Darling has surrendered to Gen. Butler.
Gen. Grant's left wing holds the railroad
bridge on the Chickahominy, and occupies an
impregnable pohition on the east Itank of that
stream. We have no report of any surious
encounters recently.
Gen. Hunter's victory ever Jenkins' aud
imboden's reWls, at Staunton, Ya., was com
plete. The rebels flt*l in confusion towards
the lllne Ridge. Our forces arc moving for
ward to a more important point." Besides
tdx guns, we captured other cannon of heavy
calibre. Over a million of dollars in stores
our hands. The railroad property
was destroyed. Tho laigest ioi lion of our
piitfoiKT* are boys. Our loss is not large.
TltLrbiu ii's brigade ot infantry suffered moat.
Tbe enemy's retreat is a complete stamped*.
The War in Georgia.
A dkfwitch from Gen. Sherman, datad at
Ackworth, says "1 have Ijceu at Allatoona
Pass, aud find it very admirable for our pur
pose. It is the gate through the last or most
eastern spur of the Alleghauies. It now be-
being easily defended fiom either direction.
The roads hence from Ackworth into Georgia
are largo and good, and the country more
open. Details of the position of our troops
and contemplated movements are given—but
are not needed for public information." The
dispatch further states that the enemy is not
in our immediate front, but his signals are
seen st Lost Mountain ami Kcnesaw."
Later dispatches from Gen. Sherman dated
at his headquarters, Big Shanty, Georgia,
June 12th, Itave been received. They state
our lines are within four or five hundred
yards of the eneuiy, but not fighting yet.
..iiflH.- 'I
Morgan in Kentucky.
Ml il Ah's force In Kentucky nuinfiWsdlfrtut
3,000. Gen. Bui bridge came up with a body
of them at Mt. Bteiling, on Thursday,
"and whipped them handsomely." Lexing
ton was entered by a rebel force Saturday
morning. They burned the Kentucky Cen
tral Railroad depot, robbed a number of stores,
One of our army surgeons, unconditionally
released, tame from ltichinond, and reported
Al
.4
4
known in the city, but publication of it »n
IWned
MftrrhStli.
Uli'ler any
w
may not be the last one which that
concern will find It convenient to
make.
Oar Sanitary Donations.
flataa days since, the Ladies Union League
of this place forwarded a case of Sanitary
Stores, valued at $100,00, and have receh-cd
the following response:
MORTHWR-TERX SAN1TART COmnMOW,
BRAven or
U. 8. SANITARY COMMISSION,
Booms, No. CO Madison 8tre4.
Chicago, June 4,1864.
Mia. MILO FLILBSBT, Secretary Union League,
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa
Dear Madam —The Commission gratefully
acknowledge the receipt of a liox of Sanitary
Stores from the Ladies Union League of St.
Charles. While tcudcring our thanks, allow
us to hope that you will coutinue to asvitt ns
in relieving the wants of the brave boys, lan
guishing in hospitals. We are shipping Sani
tary Stores in large quantities to Chattanoo
ga, to the woanded of Sherman's grand army.
Your box was sent there. We need, vtry murk,
donations of shirts, drawers, sheets, pillows,
pillow slips, napkins, towels, handkerchiefs,
dried fruits, &c. Can you help us further?
We must see to it that the brave boys do not
lack comforts, while fighting for oar homes.
Corresponding Secretary.
Dubuque Branch State Bank of Town.
Tbe Monthly Abstract of the As
aeta, Liabilities and Condition of the
Dubuque Branch of the State Bank of
Iowa, for Mun4aj, June 6th, 186if in
aa follows
jescis.
Safety Fund
1
and left iu the direction of Georgetown and ent deep, pnictical interest in phj»i'"al iuUure
Frankfort. But bridge followed, and, it is re
ported, completely routed them, causing them
to fly in every direction. Gen. Heintwhuan
is preparing to send troops from Ohio aud ln
diana to drire out the invaders. Gov. Bram
lette bus armed the eitisens of Frankfort, and
tbe fort is well garrisoned and can doubt
less hold out until Gen. Burbridge, who at
last accounts was at Lexington, shall arrive
these.
.n n •0Ul'
that the rebel commander, Oen. R. fc. Lee, iU
the pai»ers was forbidden by the military au- dipping jt
im li-r tArt ..f micro** i
I8«4,
wliirli |irnvi.lr* tli.ilsil lbiil*. ta*n«-l
uti'l'T tin- Art rtmll be KXFMIT FI!OM TAX.«ttON hy
f-r
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than furly yrnrt
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Rirmpt
from
their ilat'\ nitd nntil tln-ir r"lomill«n FIVE I'FTI CENT.
INTEREST Witt. UK
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on all other
IVwla Nt-mi annually. Thf Inlwst It) payable
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t!t*f days of March luirt September in cacti year.
flifc'i-ribiT* will roocivr t'itliHr or Coupon
profir.
Bi'vlsWi'1!
are re-
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transferred only on the owner'* order. Coupon ftnnds
are |w'ullc to bearer, nnd are more
convenient
from
for com-
merri.-il uses.
S'lb-i rilxT* to tht* Vmn will h^Te the option.of having
th« ir Henlsflraw latent frora Match 1st,
py
paying
the accrued in|erT"f iw rohi—/or in Viiifcd States notes,
or the note.* of National nllinp flfly per cent. ff"
premium,) or receive lhe* drawing interest from the
date of xulMcriplMiu and deposit. A* Uiexe Ilond* are
Municipal or
their value ifirmufl
State T»w(lss
ffswi one to 8a»i'pn ettk. per
annum, nrc.rilnig to tlie rate of tor levies in vartoss
part*
ofihe country.
At the present nto of premium oa pold they Hpj,
OTer Eight Per Cent. Interests1
to rtirirnej', and are oT equal cotivcntenwas s penAs
Bent or tem|»irary Investment.
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that no
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iirlties offer
li-ii'li-rs
so frreat (ndnSt-
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Bond*. In all other forms of Indebtedness,
the
ability of private |iartkv or stock rom|«inl« or
f^Sh or
separate-
communities only is pledged for payment, while for thr
debt* of the Initial (states the whole pro|ierty of Ui«
couulry is holdeu to securc the pn mem ot both priori
|tl ami itjjcre.*t in eotn.
The«e not.d* may be subscribed for In annul from $60
lip to any magnitude, on tbe same term*, and an tlwn
made equally available to the smallest lender and the
largest capitalist. They can be converted into money at
Snv moment, aud the holder will have the bein fltof tlio
lllteri-st.
may be useful to atate la this eooMcUoo that tbe
total Funded Debt of the United 8taUe on which Merest
is iwyablr (fold, on the Sd day of March. 1«64, was
$7flN,Wi.VOCO. The Kiterivl on this debt for tlie coming
n-cal year w ill be $4S,U87,1'J6, while the e»i«toms reve
line in gold for the current dsral year, ending June 80th,
lttol, has been so fitr at tbe rate of over
Sl(iO,OOS,0OO
per milium.
It will he seen that even the present gold reveaoes
Instructions to the National Bank* acting s*
ot
the (iovernment are largely In eices«of the wants nf the
Treasury for the payment of pold Interest, while the re
cent lUiYcasc ofthe tariff willdoubtlcsA raise the annsnl
recei|it..( from custom* on the same amount of importa
tion?, to SUtO.ODO uuo per annum.
loaa
agent.* were not i-trued from the Cnited Mate* Trowo!*?
til March 2S, bat Hi tbe first three week* of AprM tbe
«ul-cri|tlaas averaged more than TEN MILLIONS A
WEEK
Niliscriptions will lie received by the 'H
First National Dank of Pa yen post,
Flrat National flank of Keokuk, lowt.
I'lrnl
National Bank of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa.
AND BY ALL NATIONAL BASKS
which are depnuttartegof Public mooev, and all
throughout
tho country, (artiu#
.it
RfcSI'tXTABt.E BANKS AND BANKER*)
as of
the
nepo**ary Baulu,) will furtiub further Infni mat—
application and ''.
AFFORD EVERY FAOUTT TO fTWCRWERE,
a. S. 10-40 LOAV.
I am prepared to receive Rubscriptions for
the 10-40 Loan authorised by net of Congress
of March 3d, 1864.
Hiese Bonds arc rodeeaaaMa at the |iltasu»
of tlif Government ftfter ten vears- are paya
ble forty years from date with interest at five
per cent, per annum—principal and ioUnst
payable in gold.
...$IM,OOO os The Honda are of thsdenominations of $S0,
M5.4M0S $100. #000 and $1000. Interest on the $00
and (100 payable annually—on those of other
denominations the interest is payabls semi
annually.
I h:ive already sold upwards of $200,000 of
these Bonds. I receirc in payment for them
Treasury Notes, National Oiuik Notes and
State Bank of Iowa Notes.
J. K On.WFS, Cashier,
Dubuque Enuuh State Ua&k
of laws.
NOTICE,
Sealed propoRala will U n» eivel at the store
#f (iilbert & lVnn, (where upccifieation* may
even.) until Saturday, .Itine 2f»th, 1864, for
buildiug a school house in Sub District No. 7.
Terms $200 in advance, $150 when tho
building is inclosed, aud balaucc when the
balance is accepted.
r.Ki) 1F.\N,
a:
1IKNRV PK"
'AN,
LTSTIN, BoUdlnc
Charles City, June li, 196i 94
Convention.
A mfv^Ponvention will be
Court Home in St Charles on Saturday, June
25th, 18^4, at 1 o'clock P. M., fortlic purjKwe
of fin-ting delegates to attend tin- Republican
Union State Convention st Dcs Moines, July
7th, 18'4 The several Townships wil be en
titled to delegates as tullons
St. Charles,
Floyd,
Rock Grove,
Rock ford,
lister,
12
10
ft
4
Citikofthe Histiiet Court of
State of Iowa, and to me directed,
led Oil and shnli offer for aaJe
tion, at my ollice iu St Charles City, Fioyd
county, Iowa, on the sixteenth day of July,
A. 1. 1864, at one o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, the following described proper
ty. to wit
I/ots one 1 and 21 in Block twenty-three
(23» iu St. Charles, Floyd countv, Iowa, lev
ied on st the property of M. jtrantingbam
to sati»fy said execution in favor of William
Walling and against said Milo Gilbert, U. ji.
Waller. R. M. Brantinghani and Luke JoSMa
for $74 75 aud intercNt and costs.
Terms ot sale Cuc.li in hand
Dated, June 13th, A 1 1864.
D. M. FKKGL'SON, Rheriff
24*2 ot Floyd County, low*.
i»T
Pbysioal Culture.
The "Normal Institute for Physical Kdn*
cation." incorporated in I860, aud under the
management ot Dr i'io l.cwin. will open its
Seventh Scmsioii on the Fifth of July next.
The demand for tea* hem of the New Gym
nntttics Lax bcoime Much, that thi last two
classes of Graduate*, confuting uf about nine
ty ladies and gentlemen, were at once engag'
etl, and hundreds luore might lind prutitahle
employment
In the dc[artmcnt of Gymnastics, Dr. Lew*
Is jHT*ona)ly trains every candidate for the
New I'rofeNiion.
If any reader would know more of this nto*
fessUm,
neer institution In a new and noble prof
let him or her send for a full Circular to Dr.
Dio Lewis, Boston.
"To Ir. Dio I^-win, more than to any oth
er man, is the country indebted for the pres-
He has done a noble work."- Mau. Teacher.
We look u|xn Dr. Lewis as one of the
benefactor* of his laiue." -Crace (jrrenwood.
"Success to Dr. Lewis's Gymnasium. Mo
better Institution exists."—Knickerbocker.
"Dr. LewiR'g Book is the most practical,
sentiilile work on tliis subject, extant in any
a u u a e o n y
Dr. Lewis has given u* fir the best MM!
moat practical of all publication*) on the sub
ject of Physical Culture."—JV. Y. Independent.
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Vninn,
fcrott,
Jti vertex,
Niles,
I 'cdar.
R'V® "fiherifi Gale.
NOTICE
1«
1
is hereby given,
of an execution duly
&
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4
Mf order ef the Co. U«^BtUaa.
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generally
v,.,y nini,|ly
I U «evtTUI bottU'M to one family, they all areanx*
and gives
for Fever and Ague ever used, and have sold
u do a favo(
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