Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-17
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| Dfs ,MoiSEs, Iowa, sept. ia, 1854. 7
Il oceurs to me The citIscns of our national
capital have discovered g whero Iowa is" BY
this time, The rebels, who have been SO beau
tifully whaled In most Of the battles Of thu
West, have n wholesome knowledge Of our
sixty thousand troops, whose sturdy gallantr,
has been exhibited Tall along the lines" O.
terrible conflict, from Wilson's Creek to At
lanta. But, after all, reckon the majority Of
your citizens know more about Ne through oui
feprcsentatiyemsn In both Houses Of Congress
than by reason Of the sacrifices our people have
checrfully made to sustain the country, and
the Gghtlng our soldiers have done on th,
battlC.uelds Of the Southwest. But, from on,
cause or the other, or, may he, mixture OF
both, the Hawkeye State Is not so much OF .
ferfG ineog'tita az It used 10 be.
suppose there is no part Of our country
which Is at this time being more rapidly i'm
proved than Iowa. Your intelligent reader
know that, maugre such short periods as west
ern "wild.cats' were In course of explosion
this State has steadily advanced In all the Gle
ments OF material prosperity for nigh twenty
years. Indeed, so generally q circulated worl
as Mr.. Kennedy's Compendium Of the Eighth
Census cannot but have Informed the docu.
ment-reading public In this regard, as to the
last decade, at any rate. During that decade
the wealth Of the State increased from S23, ,7l4,-
B3S to S223, ,623 ,627, or about 943 per cent-a
rate Of Increase nearly 100 per cent. higher
than that of any other State In the Union, and
about 400 per cent. higher than that OF the
most prosperous slave State. The absolute In
crease, during the ten years, In the wealth o.
our State, was greater than the entire wealth OF
eleven different States. AS for Florida, which
KtriF ltr nf la.
Iowa in Congress, you will remember, we dis.
tanced her. In 1850, Iowa could have boughr
out Florida-bag, baggage, aud niggers-and
still have had LEFT about Sl75, 900, 600 to com.
mence to break up now farms with.
Aud we did about as we'll In the increase Of
population. The absolrte truth is, upon my
honor, all married women In Iowa, unless T.
be Governors wives, are rather good looking
! and very productive, especially productive.
And, of course, We all the while have more OF
less immigration. In 1850, our population
was 192, ,2l4; In 1850 874, ,94s, being an increase
of 25l per cent, much higher rate than tha,
of any state which was a member of the Union
when the census of 1850 was taken. In 1850
Iowa was the twenty seventh State In point OF
population, In 1850, the twentieth, overtakIng
meantime, Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut
Now Hampshire, Arkansas, and Texas, and
coming within few thousand of reaching
your nelghbor, Maryland, and beating hei
The rapid growth of Iowa Is due to natural
causes alUne-position, rich soil, and health
fulness OF climate. The largest city In the
T State, Dubuque, ouly has about 5000 inhabi
taDts. Washed on one side by the Mississippi
and the other by the Missouri, the State has
natural outlets for Its productions which will
, do more good than commercial centres In th,
long run. Manufactures are prospecting, rail
ways arc being pushed across the State b,
thr or four different routes, farmers are get
ting rich and growing plenty of woul, our edu
cational system is not jot less efiicacioui
than that of Connecticut, and, In short, W,
are getting along splendidly all around.
POLITICS GENERALLY.
| Politics generally, in Iowa, arc Sm 0eneris
We do not fight particularly for spolls, nor fo
any set of men, but Tor principles. We ar,
radicals. We announce our principles auS
invite men to adopt them, using such persua
sives and arguments as are just and honorable
If they do not, that is the end of 1t. We neye
patch up any miserable JtIsiors. In short, w
go on the scriptural plan of keeping the sheeI
and the goats separate. II has worked admir-
ably. In 1854 Grimes was elected Governor b,
! about 1000; in 1868 Stone had 80, 900; aud
have 10 doubtthat Mr.. Lincoln will carry tn,
state by majority of so 900, especially II Their
be no more tenderness shown to rebels, and NJ
e more of that policy which was conceived In sir
. and born In Kentucky.
Our public men are not behind the people
4 and, what is more, are not In the habit Of get
r ting i" crotchetty," and playing smash gener
, ally. No Harris here, no Cowrn, to bottle
and divide the friends of the Union with thel
hair-splitting craftsmanship. Every year TO
the past ten years we have made bold, radi
cal fight, and every year we have increased
our strength, till now Iowa is as sure to gC
right as Vermont.
TEE CAMPAIGN.
Tic political campaign now In progress |.
very all Ited. The chairman Of the Stat,
, EEecutiy1 Committee is now working abou
fourteen hours day, and has fairly under wa,
, the most vigorous political canvass We hav,
ever had. Some Of rhe candidates for Stat,
offices, the candidates for electors, and candi
dates for Congress, are speaking daily. Til,
meetings are large everywhere, what we cal
y "rp-rousing" mass meetings.
0 Our entire delegation In Congress has beer
n renominated, all by acclamation. We lool
Q upon them as able, 1rm men, and as worth,
Q to return. Not one Of them had any opposi
tion In convention whatever. 1t Is q grea
political blessing to our people that we hav,
no Albany RegencieS," or "Essex Juntos, ,
to thrust their pets upon us whether We b,
}. willing or not.
e Our friends who are lucky enough to holt
? Office contribute liberaly of their means to bu,
documents for general circulation; orators ar
forthcoming without pay; the people ar,
feariully In earnest" In short, tnis cam
c paign will eclipse In ardor, and In results, an,
= which has preceded 1t.
Some Eastern journals have spoken of al
October election In Iowa. We have no cleo
ton In October on the years of Prcsidentia
lection. HAwK-EYE.