New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-01-08
-. THE GovERNoR's MESSAGE.

We have received in advance of the
telegraph, the mails, and all our wide
awake contemporaries, the following doc
ument. 1t was picked up in the streets
of Des Moines, and was expressed
through to US, We paying tho express
charges. No copyright has been secu
red ny the author, so we consider our
self at liberty to publish the instrument:
een.eres ofthe Senate and House Of Representatives.
The year just closed has been one preg.
lnant with mighty events and glorious Incl
dents. The people Of our State have been
blessed with abundant crops, except slight
injury to corn, by an early frost, and our
| farmers have received reasonable remune-
ration for the products of tho soil Though
the nation has been state Of bloody turmoil
and bitter strife. yet the people have pros
tered beyond all precedent, so much so: that
desire for peace is now confined to copper
heads and Southern sympathizers. am
pleased to make public the fact that the
great masses Of my fellow countrymen now
plead for more war and more blGodshcd.
! Ministers of the Gospel send up theirvows to
! Him who holds the destinies Of nations in his
hand, and humbly beseech Him to let the
war 90 on. Brigadier Generals, Armyl Con-
tractors and Suffers join these holy men of
God in their christian petitions to the Ruler
Of the Universe, and our nation presents the
sublime spectacle of saint and sinner uniting
their voices in prayer and supplcation to the
same Supreme Being for the continuation of
the same national blessing
lhave said that the past year has been
one filled with mighty events and glorious
incidents-not the least one Of all these is
the triumphant election by the FREQ and un-
srammeIed voice of the people of Iowa, OF
him who now addresses you, to the proud
and responsible position Of Chief Executive
of the State. This victory so gloriously achiev
ed by the intensely loyal men and women of
Iowa, becomes Of significant importance
when the sentiments expressed upon the
stump, arc duly considered. From the over
flowing fountains of my Utmost soul, ldeelar-
ed that Il had rather eat with niger, and
sleep with niger. than.with Democrat"
and that issue put promptly forward in the
canvass, and by majority vote reaching
nearly thirty thousand, you men and women
Of Iowa have sustained me in my taste and
Judgment. For thus gallantly coming to my
assistance in time of personal peril, here
tender, through you, gentlemen, my heartfelt
thanks to the people of my adopted State.
Gentlemen. l am pleased to inform you
that the finances are in an excellent state of
preservation. The valuation Of the entire
property of theState is full Twenty-Five
Million Dollars more than Iowa's share Of
the national debt. This re encouraging to
the capitalist, and speaks volumes for the
economy and virtue of the poorer classe.
It is with unfeigaed pleasure, gentlemen,
that direct your attention to the prosper
Gus condition of the public institutions ofthe
State Every cell in the pcnitentiary is &C.
cupied, and the Insane Asylum il over run
with patients And am proud to remark
that the persons occupying these buildings
through the generous benefcence of the
State are all intensely loyal, each one ef
them, having at the recent election sustained,
by their'balleta, the party Of which am the
honorcd chief.
'Genslemen, have This day issued proc
lamaton, which accompanies this inaugural,
prohi biting either the Guerrillas or the In
dams from invading the sacred soil of Iowa
The rebellion must be suppressed. The
rebels must be driven from off the face ofthe
American continent and the plantations of
the South parceled out to the free American
of African descent" In order that the Gov
eminent may have the aid necessary to &C
complish all this, recommend ,,war meet
ings" and day of thanksgiving and prayer
cannot close my address, without paying
/. msrited compliment to the negro scldiers
who have taken up arms in defence Of the
principles Of our party. Better soldiers-
nobler heroes-purer patriots-never cooked
a muskst or pulled trigger. recommend
that all laws which make distinction be-
tween the races, be at once repealed, and
that the negro be admitted to all the rights
and privileges enjoyed by white men-and
women.
Trusting that the blessings of heaven may
rest u,on your labors, and that you may
make ample provisions for rep!enishing the
now exhausted secret service fund Of the
State, I am prepared to take the oath Of
| Office.
PROCLAMATION.