Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-02
Our Sanitary Fair.


oughly organized as they should be fol-
the purpose of sending aid to the SAM
tary Fair to be held in this city next
month? Money is very desirable, but
there are many who do not feel able to
give money and so they contribute some
thing that will bring the needful.-
These things will be put together and
add to the attractions of Fair.
Now, good friends, what have you
ready to box? What have you ready to
ship? What have you set aside as your
gift offering toward relieving our
wounded and sick soldiers. You, farm
ers, haven't you nice colt, a COW, an
OK, some wheat, oats, or corn, that you
can give, and next year at this time feel
that you did yourself no wrong but your
sick and suffering friend and neighbor a
noble deed?
We wish we could go through this
county and pick out the men who could
each furnish good marketable OK or
COW and not miss it. This cattle item is
to form an important feature in the
Fair. What are you doing, farmers, to-
ward filling the stock pen? Perhaps
you haven't any spare cattle, but few
head of sheep or some pork. You can't
give anything from your farm that will
not sell and the proceeds relieve the
brave defenders of our flag.
Women, what are you doing? Isn't
it time those churns were commencing?
Is the cheese in press? Have you made
all the yarn the soldiers will need >
How about the pickles, jellies and wines?
Daughters, are you preparing the fan
cy articles that always make a Fair in
teresting and succeed in captivating the
eyes of bewildcred gentleman and
capturing the contents of his purse:
Every man, woman and child in MUS
catine county can and should do sOme-
thing for this great work of humanity.
Will you do your share: Don't post
pone your duty another day, but COM
mence work at once.
make an appeal. Are you doing to the
extent of your ability: This is as much
your Fair as ours. Your friends are to
be benefited by its fruits. Have your
communities been thoroughly canvassed
and are your ladies prepared to come
down and take charge of the Scott Co.
Department: Will your people be be-
hind those of any other county? The
time is short. Work, therefore.
A National Convention.
The New York Democratic Peace Con-
vention at Syracuse, among other things,
resolved that
Speaking for the many thousands here
assembled from every county of the
State of New York, we believe that it is
the duty of the coming Convention to
meet at Chicago on the Goth of August,
to give expression to this beneficent
spirit Of peace, and to declare az the pur-
pose of the Democratic party, II It SHAFT
recorei 33OWer, to cause this desolating
war to cease by the calling of Nation
81 Convention in which .all the States
shall be represented in their sovereign
capacity.
On this resolution, the New York Iri-
buae thus comments:
",ShoN be represented ~ suppose
they don't choose to be-what then >
How do you propose to secure delegates
toa National Convention from States
which deny that they are constituents
of the Nation? We see the horse and
the water--now tellus how the former is
to be made to drink.
"But you want National Conven-
ton, you say, to stopthe war? Why did
you not favor one to IreUent the war =
You had the whole Republican party,
such a Convention in February, 1851, be-
fore one drop of blood had been shed /:
where did you stand then? Not once
only, but repeatedly, did the Republi-
cans propose, in the Peace Conference
then held at Washington, to call and
hold National Convention but not
one Democrat, not one Slave State, sus-
tanned the proposition. Even Ken
lucky, with whom it originated, united
with Virginia and the rest to vote it
down, without a whisper Of remon-
STRANGE from Wood, Eallandigham Il
Co. Why didn't you second the call for
a National Convention then? Gentle
men, we were for Convention in 1861 l.;
but .yOu dcfcate2H. If you are for one
now, very well but don't pretend that
you originated the suggestion. Come
over to this side in welcome, but do not
forget where you stood when Democrat
ic assent to National Convention
might have prevented the war;"
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A man named Harris, residing in
Franklin township, was arrested last
Monday on the charge ofhaving seduced
a girl residing in his family, and brought
to this city; but his discharge was
ordered, as we are informed on the
ground that he was a married man, and
no such crime isknown to or recognized
by the laws of Iowa as seduction by a
"married man,"if the injured party is
aware of that fact before the commission
of the crime. On this ground Harris es-
capped. This is as the matter has been
stated to us.-Bwlington Haackeye.
YOUNG LADIEs.-It is not your dress,
your shawl, or your pretty fingers, that
attract men of sense. 1t is the true
loveliness of your nature that wins and
continues to retain the affection of the
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