Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-01-18

all hazards, and | trust the General
Assembly will not hesitate TO make
an appropriation adequate to accom-.
plish the work within the time limited
by the grant. When completed upon
the present plan, next to the Insane
Asylum at Mount Pleasant, it will be
the finest edifice in the State !; and
will have been erected for much
smaller sum than the other States have
expended upon their colleges under
the same grant.
The Charitable Institutions Of the
State demand your careful attention
and they should receive all needful
aud appropriate aid. The reports of
the proper officers of the Insane, Blind
aud Deaf and Dumb Asylums, here
with submitted, will furnish you with
all necessary information in regard to
their financial affairs and general con.
dition. They appear to have been
both ably aud economically managed.
In my opinion the public interests
would be clearly subserved by paying
our District Judges So, 600 a year, and
those of the appellate tribunal 81, 500.
A law increasing the salaries OF Dis
trict Judges would take effect in jan
nary, 1867, at which time the terms Of
the present incumbents will expire !;
but those OF the Supreme Bench can
not be increased, until after all of the
present terms shall have expired.
The successful development OF the
vast resources of this State, and it's
consequent prosperity and wealth, are
largely dependent upon the facilities
offered by railway communication. To
encourage and foster our railroad en-
terprises by every feasible means. is
manifestly the part of wisdom: Inc
financial disorders through which the
country has passed, have crippled the
means and retarded the progress OF
these enterprises in Iowa. Largely
dependent for aid upon foreign CAPT
tai, which is proverbially timid in re-
gard to mode Of investment. the diff
cul,ies incident to the construction of
railroads through this State will be
readily appreciated. All the railroads
leading from the Mississippi river
with but one exception, have made an
extension of their lines since our last
session. New lines running from
Missouri northerly through this State
are now projected, and at least one Of
them is already in process Of construc-
ton. The Importance of railway
connection with st. Louis by which
the products of the Des Moincs, Iowa
and Cedar Valleys will find a cheaper
and reader exit to market, than east.
ern lines are able to afford is being
duly comprehcnded in enterprising and
intelligent commercial circles. Expc.
rience has already sufficiently demon.
strated the incapacity of existing lines
of railroads for conveying our i'm
mensc agricultural productions to the
Eastern markets. And it is also equal.
~ clear that, whatever may be the ca
pacity of these Eastern lines, their i'm
moderate thirst for monopolizing the
avenues of transportation, and their
exorbitant charges for carrying stock
and grain, render them formidable en-
emies to our agricultural prosperity.
Having thus presented you with
| such matters as deem most impor-
tant for legislative consideration. |
| cannot close this communication with.
out congratulating you upon the &C
|, tivity everywhere displayed in recov
ering from all effects of the recent
struggle for the preservation of the
Union. Where in all history has any
nation developed such wonderful ener'
gy and power? The foreigner who
now visits our shores will hardly dis
cover in the general thrift and quiet
ude of the country the traces of that
gigantic contest which so amazed the
civilized world. With no intermission
in the exercise Of its sovereign authori.
ty either on land or sea, except the
brief usurpations Of the insurrection-
airy States, or any material diminntioD
in the vast measure of its foreign
commerce, our country has continued
to advance, in all the essential Gle.
ments of national greatness, with a
steadiness and rapidity unsurpassed
even during the period OF profound
tranquility. Terrible and bloody be
yond all prccedents, as the conflict
was, it may not, under Gods disposing
Providence, have been unproductive
of wholesome results. For notwith.
standing the unparalleled expenditure
of life and treasure incurred in its
prosecution, and the thousands OF
hearthstones made desolate, the sacri'
fees Of the war have intensified the
attachment of the American people Il
the Government of their fathers, anc
secured the involuntary respect of 9th
er nations for the exalted qualities il
has developed in our national charac
| ter.
Although unable at this juncture to
adequately comprehend the influence
Of this gigantic struggle upon the ul.
innate destiny Of the Republic, yet
we may Clearly discern that our graft
tudc is eminenily due to the Divine
Ruler Of Nations for graciously sus.
tanning our Government through its
perils, in guiding our armies TO victo.
~, in preserving the nationality OF
our people, and in His own good time
delivering our land from the horrors
of continued war. Deriving wisdom
from the instructive lessons of the
past, let US calmly devote ourselves
to the future, remembering that pos.
terity has claim upon our efforts,
and that the great work of this gene
ration remains to be completed
WILLIAM NJ STONE.