Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-14

Every nation should deal generOusiy
with its brave defenders; and especially
should this be done BY Republica
which led the veterans Of 1912 to sac
rifice business, leave their homes, peril
their lives, impair their helth, suffering
the gripping or loss Of limbs in their
country's service, is DESERVING Of some
thing more than the paltry pittance Of
a few acres Of Bounty Land. There
is now before the L. S. House of Re-
representatives. Bill, introduced at the
last session, providing for the payment
of Pensions to the INDECENT soldiers
of the last war, and We hope that some
such bill may become a law The OBJ
jections urged, that the amount Of
money to be appropriated would be
large, is not we'll taken. We have
plenty of money, and can otioid to
discharge this debt OF gratitude, pay
ment OF which has already been delay
cd too long. The lis; OF recip tents Of
this Government Bounty would speed
lis diminish, for it is now e. rty- four
years since the soldiers of 1912 were
mustered into service, consequently
nearly all survivors must now be past
! SIXTY years Of agc--many of the m hav-
ing constitutions seriously impaired BY
the exposure of the Campaign through
which obey passed in their youth.
Some lew of the soldiers of 1912 are
poor We hope that Congress will
act in the matter, and do iustlc to a
class Of mcr;torious climants.
y FREE TERRITORY AsD FREEDOM
Oh the petss.-From the Nebraska
City News OF De. 20. we learn
that the snow in that territory was
about two feet deep or u level, but
the roads were good for ten DAYS
/ the thermometer had stood at ten de-
erccs below zero. We copy some of
Brother Mortons items =
The oditor has LEFT town for day
or two. The News this week is in
! charsr ofthc editors special friend,
the devil. ANY fighting arising from
tie present ISSUE will be attended to
~ a friend, who strikes left handed,
shoots over his shoulder, kicks under
the short ribs with fearful accuracy.
knocks man rod with club. and
drags out the wounded by making a
hook Of the fore finger Of his right
hand, then drNtrously inserting ii in
the eye of the conquered, aud affec-
tionalely kicking them farewell, calls
for fresh fight.
Nebraska is iainously healthy
Rnt one kind Of sickness is known in
Nebraska, and that is confined to the
more delicate sex, ani more often pro-
duces life than death.
\ fellow with htiek>kin pants, wolf
skin cap, and moeasins. made u prop
os'ilon 10 apromen, nj awyer in town.
to 60 IN partnership and steal Il drove
ot e.iilc. our le-,a friend oljecte,.-
Buck skin argued tli,5a>e thus. Now
the owncr of Ihcu 'cr, caltle's dead.
/ Ana | allo" that il n.e AMI vou don't
steal en-, Us good chance throw'd
away, aaI besides they'll be stole in a
few days any bow" Moral. are above
zero.
Every day. almost, We see large
loads OF dead hogs driven through our
streets, and ior sale at five DOLL rs per
hundred. Pork aud corn luell being
the principal Injuries of the 1oun,rv.
- '''''i'lf" iiiA' curing the present
"anter We S''aii iia'e very Ugh living
N'bfd>~,' ~ Il surety IL temper
ahce t""A. Ger" "ilskcN IS I c prin
cip..! d,ilk, a,j some ~ oar citizens
hANo iountains - Il,
Wcunlcrstaud that there will he
several applia,io's for bank harters
made to tie incoming legislature.
We have six banks in Nebraska now.
Are not SIX banks .or Il population of
twenty thousand sufficient =
EA!tPER's WEEKLY JOURNAL
HE new Weekly Just issued hv the
iiarpe,s at New York appears to. be a
modciln the way t: family newspapers
1t is got UP IL very handsome style, and
whatever Of political character it NAV
POSSESS may lie inferred from the fol-
lowing aliusion to the President elect
But nothing short of mere partisan
JEALOUSY can refuse to find ground for
confidence in the fact that the great
executive powers of the country are to
be welded for the next four wears bv
man OF approved experience and UNI
Questioned sagacity, as familiar with
the Old World as he is with his own.
Selected from one OF the great conser-
yatirc States ofthe centre, removed by
his local position, his age, and his ex-
periencc, from the opinions of the ul-
tras OF all parties, and whose only pos
sible real interest is to connect his
name with greatness, the progress, and
the happiness ofthc American people
It. under these circumstances the para
mount result Of union-tranquil, pros
porous Union-sha!l not be attained.
why, at the end 81 four years, with our
habitual good humor. perseverance,.