Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-22

no,less worthy but less fortunate comrades
, 1t would, fthink, be a Just recognition b
: us, Of our appreciation of the patriotism an
. scll-sacrilice of the latter il we were to n
lease them, during their service, from all tas
es levied under State laws, md it woul
; doubtless be news OF comfort and cheer I
" them amid the dangers and trials by whic
they are surrounded for our sakes, that W
had been careful that the houses that shc
tered their wives and little ones had been SC
cured from danger OF sale for taxes by on
voluntary assumption Of their share Of tn
orc .burthcn, while they are bearing on
share Of the other. ] therefore recommeu,
TO you that YOU pass law cxcmpting fron
all taxation under the laws Of the State, tn
real and personal property Of all non com
mssioncd officers and privates in the Regi
nents Of this State in the Army Of the Uni
ted States, during their continuance in IN
service, and that for the current year tier
oe added TO the per ccntum of taxation upo,
the valuation Of tho property CT all other Ia,
payers the sum Of one fourth OF one mill OF
each dollar of such valuation, to cover tn
deficiency in revenue thereby created
/ Mucl, has been done by Sanitary Associ
atoms, in this and other States, for the hcaltl
and comfort Of our troops in the field and II
| the hospital, and for the support Of their fam
| lies at home. " .@ o.
! The business Of the General Sanitary As
! sociations and Of the local Aid Societies, in
furnishing supplies to our soldiers in the field
has now become well arranged and system
affixed, and, consequently, more elective
| This work can be done much better by those
Societies than by tho State, ane recommend
that the State leave the matter in theft hands
There should, however, be a liberal spprs-
priation for contingent fund, under the
control Of the Governor, from which he can,
upon emergency, furnish cid to thcse Socie-
ties and to sick and disabled soldiers, under
special circumstances. and by means of which
he can send to and keep in the field, such
agents oc the State'as may be necessary for
the comfort and well being Of our soldiers.
| very earnestly recommend, that some
systematic mode Of furnishing aid to the
needy families of our soldiers be adopted -
Whether this can be best done by moneys
furnished by the State, and distributed by
persons appointed by the State. or, through
the instrunentaiity Of local Aid Societies, is
question of doubt. 1t is very certain the
werk should be done in some way, and
have no doubt your wisdom will ascertain
and adopt the proper mode.
The office Of the Adiutant General has,
since the commencement Of the war, been,
and still is, very important enc. The labor
and responsibility of the Arijutant General
have been veryi great. The labor has al
ways been well and promptly performed, and
the responsibility cbecrfuily borne. The
books of the office are vel! systcmatized and
kept in most excellent condition. They en-
body q mass of information, in neat and
accessible form, that will, in the future, be
highly useful to our soldiers and their friends
and to the State. 1t affords me great pleas
ure to say, that much, of whatever success
has attended the raising ard organization Of
troops in this State, is due to the services Of
the present incumbent of that Office. The
compensation, now allowed by law, is in my
Judgment, wholly inadcguatr, and | recon-.
mend the increase Of the salary to the sum
Of two thousand dollars per annum, with an
allowance for travelling and other oxUaordi,
nary expenses.
NATIONAL AysAIRs.
! can not close this communication and
with It, my official connection with the peo-
pie Of our State, without adyerting to the
condition Of national affairs in which we ara
so deeply and so vitality interested.
The war for the destruction of the Union
on the one hand, and for its preservation on
the other, still goes on. During the present
year the Successes Of the Union armies have
been so numerous and so important that
the public mind appears to have settled down
into the belief that our ultimate success is
certain and not far distant; and is now, 10
some extent, occupied with the question of
reconstruction, so-callad-the question as to
the manner in which, and the terms and CEN
ditions upon which, the people within the
territory composing the rebel States can
again take part with the people of the loyal
States, in administering the affairs Of the
General Government.
The President has recently issued Proc.
lanation to the people of the rebel States, in
which he proposes to them such terms and
conditions as, in his judgment, are right and
proper. He proposes, in substance, that as
soon as a number of the voting population
OF any Of those States, equal to one tenth Of
the entire voting population of the State, as
shown at the last Presidential election, shall
take an oath, the form (which is prescribed,
and shall establish new Government, Re-
publican in form, and consistent with the
terms Of the prescribed oath, such Govern.
ment shall be recognized as the true Govern.
ment Of the State, and be protected as such.
The terms Of the prescribed oath are, that
the party taking it twill henceforth faithfully
support, protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States and the union of the
States Hereunder; and will, in like manner,
abide by and faithfully support, all acts Of
Congress passed during the existing rebel
lion having reference to slaves, so long and
50 far as not modified or declared void by
decision Of the Supreme Court"
Certain persons, that is to say "all who
are or shall have been civil or diplomatic Off
GERS or agents of the so-called Confederate
oil who have left judicial sta,
tons under the United States to aid the re-
bellion; oil who are or shall have been mill.
tarv or naval officers of said so-calied Con
fe}erate Government, above the rank Of
Colonel in the army, or OF Lieutenant in the
navy; all who have left seats in the United
States Congress to aid the rebellion all who
resigned commissions in the army or navy
Of the United States, and afterwards aided
in the rebellion; and all who have engaged
in any way, in treating eolored persons, or
white persons in charge of such, otherwise
than lawfully as prisoners Of war, and which
persons may have been found in the United
States service rs soldiers, seamen, or in any
other capacity" are excepted from the bene-
fits Of the Proclamation; all others comply
ing with the terms and conditions. have ex-
tended to them full pardon with restora-
ton Of all rights Of property except as to
slaves and in property cases where rights Of
third parties shall have interviewed"
The President, in his Proclamation, fur
Their declares .'that any provision which may
be adopted by such Government in relation to
the freed people Of such State, which shall
recognize and declare their permanent fec
dom, provide for their education, and which
may yet be consistent, RS a temporary ar
rangement, with their present condition as