The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-12-15

or intimat.s that State Bank issues
should be suppressed and The National
government have complete control Of
the bank note circulation Of the country
In speaking Of The Navy Department
he says on the 1t Of Dec We Rad OIL
ves>cle, carrying 1910 guns, and ol0,.
500 tons. being an increase in the
past year, and above All losses Of So
ress, Is LEI guns and ~ ,4o7 tons. The
total number Of men employed in the
naval service 10 about $1,000. There
have been captured during the year
324 vessels. and the whole number cap.
'u,ed since the war commenced is l..
! 500, u which 2O7 are steamers, and
the value Of property seized and con.
dcmnej il a,39s ,.505l. He says
the 20 III revenue i"r the gear ending
June 3o,h 1864, amounted I" 4l2,43e,.
253,7a and the expenditures to &l2,
844Ss6 20
/ Ho saya that NE rerr;,oric. ara IN a
prosperous r"nl,,i.,n: that the nn,ube,
! OF acres .fl.ua AID DUNG the year
ending S-m 3o'h, was 422l .342 acre.
nf which ;,53s.Gll acre. weir entered
un Ter h, Homestead law, AND thai,
there is now $4,000 600 ac~. ot sur
vev-d land.
The Psc,6c r.;lr, ad has been nn.l,p.
taken y I'll v,y,r that promises sue
| cess.
We haverrclliz,.i from our mines the
past year about 500, DOC, 900.
The pension Law has been faithfully
carried out. There are now 25,4a3
army pensioners and 7os navy pension.
els. There arc but four revolutionary
I customers now living. During the year
ending the Both Of last June $780,.
6ls % have been paid to pensioners VI
all classes.
He speaks favorablv Of tho Agricul
tural department, and comnends it to
the fostering care Of Congress. Upon
the suhjcc'Iof the war he says bu. little;
We have made decided advsncements
he says aud the most remarkable feature
is General Sherman . trip Of 300 miles
through the heart Of an insurpent conn.
try.
lie says within the past year ~, 1000
citizens in each Of the States Of Arkan.
as and Louisiana, have organized loyal
governments with tree constitutions,
and are striving to maintain them, sn4
similar movements arc Oh foot in Mis-
souri,, Kentucky and Tennessee. Mary.
land ~ forever secure 10 Freedom He
recommends another effort BY the pre-.
sent Congress-, to amend the Constitu.
ton abolishing slavery in the United
States.
In speaking Of the las. general cleo.
ton, he says il Is gratifying that no
party made distinctive issue against
the Unian. He compares the vo,e Of
| the l,yal States in 1860, which vas
s.9s2.oll with the aggregate vote Of
the same States, including Kansas and
Nevada. 1t the last election, giving
+,075,71Ss, showing that no,withstsnd
ing The loss Of lite in the w.r, We are
actually gaining strength to, the united
vote M kansae aud Nevada il only
a3,7S9; he "mi,s taking into considers.
lion the treble increase Of our popnla
non in the Territories, aud 81, 600 voters
in tn army who we've no. privileged TO
cast ,heir votes. His deduction is ,ha,
during the var the loyal State. hav"
increased ~ population about ! zoe. 600
and thus IN the ul,,l-t nf cur great war
are actually gaining strength and able
to maintain the war ind, 6ni,!y il ne
ee@sary.
4. to peace or war he SAYS, our ma.
tcrisl resources are more complete and
abundant than ever, our national r.
sources are ire xl,ans.ible, the public
purpose 10 10 re. establish the national
authority; that no attempt with the
leader Of the rebellion Al negotiation
conld possibly resnlt in my good BE-.
cause he has repeatedly said that he
would accept nothing but separation
Of the Union; hence the issue is pain
that We must fight !. ont and compel
obedience, and that when the insurgents
lay down THEN arms peace must and
will come. We here present the last
two paragraphs Of his message in his
own words.
"In presenting the abandonment of
armed resistance to tho National "a
,hority, on the part Of the insurgent.,
~ the only indispensable condition to
ending the war on the part OF the Gov.
eminent retract nothing heretofore
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