The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-12
To the People Of the United states

To the People Of the United states.
By an act Of Congress, approved
june SO, 1864, the Secretary of The
Treasury is authorized TO issue an
amount not exceeding two hundred
millions Of dollars in Treasury notes,
bearing interest at n rate noi exceed.
ing seven and rliree tenth, per cent
um, rcdccmablc alter three years from
tdate, and to exchange the same for
lawful money. The Secretary is fur
Ithcr authorized 10 convert the same
into bonds, bearing interest at u rate
mot exceeding six per celItun, paya.
bic in coin. IN pursuance of the an
thUIiy thus conferred, ! now oilerto
the people of the United States Treas.
ury notes as described in my adyer-
tisement dated July %, 1864.
The circumstance un,ler which this
loan is asked for, and yonr aid invo.
Ikcd, though differing widely from the
existing state of affairs three years
ago, are such as to afford equal enconr
agcmcnt and security. Time, while
proving that the struggle for national
unity was to exceed in duration and
severity our worst anticipations, has
tested the national strength, and dc.
,ycloped the national resources, to an
extent alike unexpected and rcmarka.
ble, exciting equal astonishncnt ut
home and abroad. Three years OF
war have hurdcncd yor with II debt
which, but three years since, would
have seemed beyond Your ability to
meet. Ict the accumulated wealth
and productive energies OF the nation
have proved To be so vast that IL has
hccn borne with comparative ease.
land a peaceful inture would hardly
feel its weight. Asa price paid for
'lnational existence, and the prescrva.
, tion of free Institutions, it does not
deserve moments consideration.
, Thus far the war has been support.
q. ed and carried on, az it only could
! have been, hy n people resolved, mt
Whatever cost Of blood and treasure,
To transmit rnimpairel posterity, the
system Of tree government Irqneath.
cd tn them by the great men who
framed IT, This deliberate and pa
, trioiic resolve has developed II power
p surprising ncn u themselves. b,
| has shown that ia less than 4 century
, q nation has arisen, unsurpassed ia
vigof. aud cxhanstlcss iii resources,
able 10 conduct, through series OF
years, war on It's lnosl gigantic scale,
and fnding itself, when near It's close,
! almost ml impaired in all the material
elements or power, II has, ut the
i, present RIomcni, great armies in the
/ field, facing an enemy apparently ap-
/, ,,iproaching q period of utter cxhaus-
ton, but still struggling, with force
the greater and more desperate as it
= sees, and because it secs, tho near
:, app zach. of n final and fatal consum-
:. nation Such, inny deliberate iIldg.
ment, is the present condition Of the
great contest for civil liberty in which
:, you arc now engaged
- Up 10 the present moment Noa
:. have readily and ohecrilly afforded
, the means necesSar, 10 support youf
!, government ia this protracisd atrus
gle IL is your Wal, loa proelaiM,
lcdit, andyou have sustained it sgainsv
traitors everywhere, with patriQIia
= devotion ansurpasie ia tao world 4
. history. s-av.f.. 5l- e, ror r g
The securities offered nrs saeh ~
! should command yoar ready eonu.
:, Idence Much effort has been made
d to shake public faith ia our natioual
D credit, both at home and abroad, ~
3 yet we have asked no foreign aid =.
alCalm and sclireliant. our own means
II have thus far proved adequate Ia OH
J. wants. They are Vet aaiple 10 lncSl