The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-13
Churlest00..lts Peese ne and
PvobaO1e Eoturo.

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Under date Of March 30,h, the Char
lesion correspondent Of the N. Y.
"rribune" writes:
ia Willingness to take the oa,l, Of
allegiance be true test Of loyslty.
Charleston is very far from being the
no. bed of treason" Thirty two
hundred persons have airc"dy held M
their right hands, kissed the Bible sna
solemn'y declared ,hM they would
'.,ue allegiance bear" to the Govern.
men' "f 'he Uni'ed States. There are
more Union faga sa'pen1e'i from re
eiAences and shop windows, here in the
bir,hp'acas Il tho Confeleracy, than
can be seen in loyal Boston or New
York City. During the las; three
week. more and more radical, anti.
slavery speeches have been delivered in
,he city Of Hayne and Calhoun than in
the home Of Phillips and Garrison. The
authorities hav. been obliged TO in
crease the nunber of officers who are
i detailed to administer the oath. The
schools have been opened to white and
black children alike and are largely at
, tended BY both classes. Colortd con
gregationa have been Addressed by a
! Major General, Br;gadier General,
the Colonel commanding, and represen.
,atives of the most decided Aholtionists
Of the North 4 brother Of Henry Ward
lscecher has preached here a sister III
law nt Mrs. Stowe has acted ~ the
principal Of the largest s,.hol; tie
home Of Barnwcll lshc,t is a negro
hospital; the workhou.e, where our
officers scre imprisoned, i, Fed.rsi
garrison; the old mansions of tue
aristocracy are tenanted by onr soldiers
and by freedmen the lingering repre-.
scn,a,ives Of the chivAlry have failed
in their efforts to tErs their recent
bondmen out Of the public educational
buildings no reasonable u.,erance i.
tolersscd, s. no violence as done To per
sonal rights, trade is rap dly revivin...
and permission to chip 81, lOO.lGa
worth of goods here has already been
approved or inlorsed. There has been
little clouds, nut larger than saap's
hani, visible at times, but they have
passed agay. and every one hopes thai
:s,e best features OF Gen Buffers admi
nistratian in New Orleans will he re
produced in this State. We will see
s.wHAr SHALL WE 30 WITH TIP"
"What 10 to ke done wnh Char
leston:' 10 problem that exci,es \
good deal of public interest here Hal
Sherm,n's snldiers taken it ~ a storm.
it would, Of course, nave been leveled
to The es,il,, and there would have been
fev q HaI.icrn .men to lament .i,s down
faM E,E i, surrendered, xhd has x
large loyal popnlation-,he negroes
and considerable proportion # per
sons ~he arr peacesble au,l IS loyal as
:hri- ignorance permits the.x ia be.
= understanding the ruin wrought by
,.e IGa,s':irs ah,. the shells. Charleston
i. still large snd heautridl city. Nor
them enterprise could rebu;lt:and repair
the ruins in less than ten years. SO that
no trace .at ,hcM ,woald exist; aud il
would increase mnre rapidly every de
9 de than !, would have grown each
century. had the Union ~ i, was not
been blown r,way by the breath e an
offended Heaven. Charleston nov is
almost in the condition Of Mary Maggie
lene SITTER The seven devils had been
driven ont of her; and il Will be our
own blame if fheysett.~n and make her
tenfold more a.child Of hell .han before.
We have it in our po xer t. keep hem
outtby throwing the pert and State
vide open to the Northern enterprise,
intelligence and virtues which will flock
herel If the needed encouragement, were
given. Let it be understood ,ha, The
State cannot return ,.1 the Ucion until
her loyalty is not only undonb,ed, bu,
beyond a,.spicicn hettsnr ruins he sold
for taxes, and the abandoned residences
be con6scated let thoroughly nn,i.
Slavery men .Alans be ,p.,t or retained
in command here, ana South Carolina,
IN avery few years, wiz be as ,ru, an,i
a. na,ianal in her opinions and deeds as
Kansas or Massachusetts. BIT il the
opposite policy pressN, the coffin Of the
Republican party xiI haze one mo, g
plank made .ut Of the Palmetto. I.,S.
peat (and viii prove my assertion i,
any length when ihessight time comcs)
that, ,.ss class. the best Of the white
Unionis,alhere .ronll be regarded as
shc worst Of CoIperheai, iu the Nor.