The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-07-12


South, if emancipation proves successful
Freedom to the slaves is freedom to the mas.
ter, provided you can supply motive for in.
dustry. The people of South Carolina from
their fidelity to honor have submitted to great
sacrifices.
We are defeated aud conquered by tho
North, who are too strong for us. The same
faith which animated them in their contest will
not be found wanting in their pledge of loyal
germs Of this blessing which you have not
foreseen, and some pleasing rays now il,r.
mine the horizon. l suppose the oath of ales
glance will be taken with as much unanmitv
in South Carolina as anywhere else, and we
will submit to the condition of things which
Providence has assigned and endeavor TO be-.
licve
"An dscord harmony not understood
All partial evil universal goods
We cheerfully accept the measures recon-
ended and would thank YOU to nominate. at
your convenience, Governor to carry out the
wishes you have expressed
President Johnson asked the delegates to
submit whom they would prefer as Provisional
Governor. To this they replied they had a,
list OF five men, viz: Aiken, McOlahany,
Boyce, Col. Manning, late Governor, and b f.
Perry. All Of them were spoken of as good
men, but who had been more or less involved
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judge in the confederacy till few weeks be.
fore it collapsed, and is said to have always
been good Union man, and a gentleman Of
strict integrity. The people certainly would
respect him, and he could not fail to be accep.
ted
The President said he knew Benjamin Perry
we'll, having served with him in Congress -
There was no spirit of vengeance or vindictivc.
ness on the part Of the government, whose
only duty was to restore the relation which
formerly existed. He was not now prepared
TO give them an answer as to whom he shoulds
appoint, but at the Cabinet meeting next
Thursday, he would repeat the substance Of
this Interview, with hope to bring about the
restoration which the gentlemen present seem
ed to desire.
Whisky OH the Brain.
Is there country in the world where drink-
ing is carried on to the extent it is in this en-.
lightened and free republic of the United
States of America? Can nothing be done to
stop it? Are there 10 laws that touch it? Is
our country, with all its wealth of resources.
in all its vide extent from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, to become one large bar room! |
question il single transaction is ever conclud-
ed without the parties interested adlourning to-
some adjacent saloon and sealing it with a
drink. Will the women Of America try and
find out how much Of this terrible curse and
its consequences lie at their door? Will thcy
exert their influence to guard their husbands,
brothers, and sons from this fatal snarcl VIE
they exert their talents in the endeavor to make
home what it should be, banshing in the even.
ing all that is unpleasant and ultra practical,
and trying the experiment Of pleasant, harmless
amusements in their own parlorS instead os
locking them up for state occasions? Why
not set up an opposition attraction-a lively
dance, merry round game at cards, a sin sing
club, OF reading club, and give our men
chance to exhibit their talents in the homo
circle? If the mothers would drop all illusions
to housekeeping utensils, and what the prices
OF them have gone up 10, bad servants, house.
cleaning. and SO forth-things that men hate
to hear of in detail, ard certainly when they
supply the money that keeps the house they
deserve to be excused from them; and if the.
young ladies' would leave off discussions on
their own and their neishbors' waterfalls,
Grecian curls, hats, nets, wells, engagement
rings, and all the other pomps and vanities with,
which they adorn their pretty persons, and if
they would talk moro on art, literature, music,.
and SO forth, and take a little intercst-just
enough to show that they are not fools-n the
history of their country and the world gener.
ally now in progress, is it not just possible that
the gentlemen would find amusement at home
some nights in the week, and spend their
evenings out in like honest, private houses?
Some men-and they are not generally models
Of their sex-cry down young woman who.
expresses an opinion outside domestic details.
A woman, they say, should be a pretty. we'll
crossed nonentity, capable of sitting gracefully
at the head Of the table, and answering silly, ;.
vapid speeches that men provide themselves
with for these occasions. with smiling plati
tudes. They forget that the generation in the
nursery would be none the worse off if they
found in the mother a companion for their later
years. How many good-m!nded, good -prnci-
pied women drive husband and sous out of
doors with their eternal house cleaning on the
brain! How many parents, having out grown.
such follies themselves, attempt putting "ol,1
heads on young shoulders" and, by refusing to
allow pack of cards inside the door, by tor
bidding dancing, charadcs, theatres, and con,
certrooms, drive the children into habits Of
decepton-for amusement they will have-~
The consequence is that, driven out of their.
own homes, they get among bad companions,
and into vices which they would probably never
have heard Of until old enough to resist them,
had their parents gone with them in their
natural desire for recreation, and opened to
them such amusements as are perfectly harm
less when used in moderation. Perhaps some
one will ask what has this to do with drinking?
We answer, everything. Strike the mischief
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No wonder our city is filed with taverrs and
ale.houses for the poor, and bar-rooms and
club-houses for the middlng classes and tho.
rich. "Satan finds the mischief STILL" and
when men get together with nothing particular
to do. drinking is one Of the consequence.
This man treats, and then the next won t be.
bchindhand, and SO on through the group The
poor man swallows worse than poison, and
staggers home to vent his fury on his ragged
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luxurious clubhouse. drinks costly, if not good
wines, snecrs at women generally for their
brainlessness and extravaganza, throws away
in night what one woman, working FROM.
morning till evening six long days out of seven,
could not earn in month, anl either drops into
gout Or drops of OF con- scstion of the Brain
When everything else fails, a man resorts to
the liquor trade. He manufactures foreign
liquors and adulteratcs all the domestic. He
generally thrives, and his unlucky patrons
gradually fail in health, in looks, aud in bust
ness, become terrors to friends, burdens On
their relatives, and sink into unhallowed graves,
unhonored and uiircgretted What will be.
come Of the liquor dealers? How many curses
fall On their heads, Wrung from the hearts Of
starving mothers, wives, and sisters! What
will become of our young men, growing up in
the midst Of all this sin? What will become
Of our country, committed to the care Of these
whsky-loving patriotsl What will become of
the souls of these the men Of America7 Will
the women Of America, old and young, try
what they can effect against this allpowcriul.
all.subduing terror which is coming into our
hearts and homes with giant strides? Shall it
be said that they. with their beauty, their,
talents, their numberless fascinations, and their
never-failing love, "tbe last best gift," shall bc
overcome by this fatal demon, this moral mur p
derer, Whisky? . ..
We went inso secession at the formations,
Of the Confederacy, from an honest conyic.
tion Of duty Wa Stnnd hr the EnnErde1-