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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30
From the Richmond Enquircr.l
The Sustaining Hope Of the He be I.
liOns

The following rebel extract APP.
pcared during the war. We give
them Simply as a specimen Of the
ideas and opinions Of that dark period
among the rebels.
.The success Of the Democratic
party would be 10 longer doubtful,
should Gen. Lee once moro advance
OH Meade. Let him drive Meade in
TO Washington and he win again
raise the spirits Of the Democrats.
confirm their timil and give conf
dcnee to their wa,eling."
From the s5chmeni Enquirer, Sept a2d-l
"Rosccrans defeated Sc Chaitanoo-
ga and driven back on Nashville, the
Nallandigham men would carry the
election IN Ohio next month with lii
lie difficulty"
From the Reeel Msary's Letter to the London
Times
"vallandigham waits and watches
over the border, pledgea-if elected
Governor of Ollio--to array il against
Lincoln, aud the war, and go for
peace -
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30
Another Letter from General John
a. DIX.

The following is an extract from a
private letter written by General Dix,
in reference to the Presidency. Il,
was written several d.ys subsequent
to The letter recently published:
"PAEis, September 9.
| have taken pains TO
contradict the statement IN some Of
the newspapers that am in favor of
Seymour's election to the Chief Mag
istracy ofthc Union. If / were at
home should oppose him by all fair
and honorable means. l know him
well and it is my sincere belief that
his want of frmness would renew the
discussions which have brought 50
much evil OH our country. Indeed, l
do no; think he has any of the quail
itications which are Indispensable TO
maintain the public tranquility at
this juncture. l have great confidence
in General Grants honesty. good
sense, sound judgment, moderation,
! stcadiness ofpurpose and disinterested
patriotism :and believe the speedy
restoration of the Union to its consti-
iuiional and harmonious action depends
very largely on his success.
''Itis hardly necessary to add that
| am in favor Of paying in specie the
debt contracted 10 save the Union,
and that the resolution of the Fourth
of July Convention to pay the larger
portion Of it in paper constitutes in
my mind an insurerablc objection to
the candidates nominated to carry ont
what | regard as palpable violation
of the public faith.
II am, dear sir, truly yours,
.'JoHN a. DIX"
1t is also worthy of remark that in
January last, when his own name was
prominently mentioned in connection
with .hc Democratic nomination, and
when the ground that the Democratic
Convention would take was still un-
certain, Gene Dix wrote to another
friend in the United States, SIS fol-
lows:
"Pa.Is, Jsnuary l6, 1s6S.
II have thought for year that
Grant should be President. The pres
tige of his name will enable him 10 do
more than any other man 10 heal the
national d.sscntions, which seem to
me, at this distance, to be as far from
any satisfactory solution as ever.
Then he is II ,nest both from instinct
and habit, and he has good sense, per-
severance, and a modest estimate of
his own capabilities. have no donbt
that he wo..ld call able men to his
councils, and listen 10 their advice,
and believe that he would be firm.
conservative and successful Chief
Magistrate"
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

All who are opposed to placing me-
groes on an equality with them and
their children, will vote against stri-
king oft the word rhite from our
constitution. - Courier.
Here is confession by our neigh
Dor that the only difference between
Democrats and negroes is that the
former enjoy the right to vote and
the latter do not. Our neighbor has
accused us OF saving that a negro is
better than an Irishman. He cannot
put his finger upon sentancc in our
paper which can be construed as ma
king any ihyidious comparison be-
tween the two races. Here is a yir-
tual acknowledgements, however, on
his l.art. that all Democrats opposed
TO manhood suffrage 1--WE are glad to
know there are some who arc mott are
no better than negroes. Let him ex-
plain that. il he can, before he at
tcmpts TO get votes by stirring mp the
prcjudices of one race against the 9TH
er.-Muscatiae Journal.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

ing those gifts, may influence no vote
but his own. That vote, however, is
as sacrcdly his own, and it is right
il he be law abiding citizcn--lo cast
it in the direction dictated by his
Judgment, precisely as though he were
equal in capacity and in fortune to A.
We trust that this short and easy
lesson in the rudimcnts OF Democracy
will not he wholly lost on our alisto-
cratic and mdoc,le, slow-wit,cd con-
temporary. We have set forth these
elementary truths so frequently aud
so plainly that We had fondly sup
posed them ere this familiar to ana
comprehended by this entire communi-
ty-ana VIC must still hope that the
World stands singular and solitary
exception. " Y Tribune.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

AWOas u To IRISIs MEN.

You want Ireland free. IL never
will be until You love liberty Tor liber-
tvs sake. and believe in 1t enough
that You desire men of all castles. re-
ligion. aud coiors sllall caioy il. Then
the delNcrence OF your iatherland
will be nigh. lon are only used MS
tail to A. the Democratic kiis--uot
y much to be ccnsurel as men like
X and Seymour, who seek to
iii liberty because they are cp.
posed to its extension whether 10 he
children of African, Erin, or Crete.
Strange that The Democratic party
has Infused its hatred into the IRISH
mind, for the Catholic Church is the
most libc~al to the African of all rcli-
gious denominations. The great O.
Council, whose heart was the homo of
Irish Joys and Irish sorrows, the
ocean OF whose philanthropy knew
no ehare in dcspised slavery, and
would not receive as a gift money
from unreq',iltcd toll, with prophetic
vision said: al pray God tina. Won
may DO away With this dreadful sys-
tenn, ana then Your nation viii be fair
as the sun, clear as the moon, and
more terrible 10 the gray-headcd aris-
tocracy of Europe than an army with
banners
The Republican party blicves ,ha.
MI nations shcald enjoy liberty, and !
here protest that any feeling of an
tagnoism should exist against Ireland,
even though large proportion of our
lris.,- born citizens should attempt to
restrict it To the condition Of color in
this country. We believe that the
Crctan, the Hungarian, the lrishman,
the African, all should be free, all
shades of color, all grades of religious
faith, all races OF mon, not by reason
Of physical development or me: tai en-.
dowment, bnt alone by the title Of
manhood which the Almighty stamped
q. the day ofihe creation Of man in
his image, when he placed a heart in
his breast and brain in his head
We intend to struggle for that full
fruition and complete Development.
Yet Irishmen in this country, by OPP
position to liberty. may delay the cont
ing of that glorious time. Had the
bulk Of the hish population here
warmly sympathized with us in our
late struggle, had they stea lily re-
fused 10 lie made the tools of Seymour
and the Cepp rheadS, do they not
know that the regard they manifested
for ms and universal liberty would
have been dcubiy repaid. and that
when the time came for them to strike
the shakes from lreland's nationality.
apowcr from his country would have
gone up with them which would have
opened every prison door, and, If En-
gland s;aked the chances ofcpposi-
ton, would have irampled her throne
in the dust and thrown il in the sea-
Hon. H. G. Iaa Wyck.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30
EInsaan E4uality.

The World Unexpectedly asks:
when, or where, or how. are all
men equal can the Tribune inter
init its shrieks hong enough 10 give
m even qaa,i-seslsiblc reply =
1as,cer.-l. They are equal in
origin:
..iIavc VIC nj all one Father
Haiti not one God created us - Nal-
dchi, H.. 10.
''sIol bath male of ono blood Mi
nations Of mea for 10 dwell ON all the
face of the earth. '-ST. PAuL-1cts
Of tie 1l,osties, xii, q.
They are equal in natural rights
Wc hold these tiuihs 10 be selt-ev-
ilent, thai ill men arc created egual
that they are embossed by their Crca-
tor with certain inalienal,le rights
that among these are life, liberty, aud
the pursuit Of happiness. "-THoMAs
JEFfEsoN Decttratioa IF Aasericm,
Lsde7seafeacc, July 4, ZIG.
We do moi know that ihc World
will consider the testimony thus ad-
.laced even .qaa>ible,' Lut it can
hardly leay lis relevancy nor its
sutfieieacy, provided il does not chal-
lengc the competency or the CREDIBLE
ty of our witnesses.
Let us preclude possible casil by
still further specification
1. All men are equal rhea their nat
ural rights are affirmed and conced ed.
E. They are thus equal ia the eye oil
Eternal Justice, Which should be the
basis Of AL human governments.
5. They are equal not in stature, ii
beauty, in strength, in vii, in knowl
edge. il toriane, in virtue, in sffi-icn
cy, but IN their rights as men.
A. may be White, learned, rich
powerful, wise, vituoas, and eminent
while b. is Black, Ignorant, weak
simple, vicious aud insignificant; ye
the law rightfuily regards them sswitl
equal eye" and will bring A. into
Court and make him respond 10 b.,
action for goods. money or labor, al
legged 10 have been furnished by hin
to A., and require the latter 10 meet
the affidavit aud the testimony Of b
by q counter affidavit and by counter.
testimony, or submit 10 Judgment,
which the law will therenp0n enforce,
precisely as though 3. were rs
White, learned, rich. poseriul. wise.
yirtuons and eminent, rs A. This is
s.when, w:lcre aud how" all men are
equal.
III the department ri politics or
A. because Of his gifts OF
nature or fortune, may influence
twenty o. thirty votes III ias"r OF the
Part, he deems tight; while B.. lack
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

ARr. l.. The namc Of this rpgra,ion shall
be the Jesup cemetery Association. and ioca
ted at Je.up, buchanan County. Iowa.
Anr. :. The object Of this Incorporation i.
10 cnahis the citizens Of Jesup 10 establi.h 4
cemetery, aud transact legally all business lc-
Ultimately CONNECTED therewsth.
Anr. 3 Tue capital stock shall lie two
thousand dollars. to he dis idpd into eighty
shares of twenty Eve dollars each, AMI the as
ISOLATION shall be organized ter the transsc
ton &c business whenever five hnHsircd dollars
Of stock is subscribed.
Arr. 1. All persons signing these articles
Of incorporation. shall be members Of this as
ISOLATION, and shall be stockholders 10 tho
amount Of one share, and 10 person not stock
holder shall be a member Of this ~ istirn
Arr. s. The liabilities of this assoeiaton
thall not exceed at any Time. two thirds Of
the amount Of stock subscribed.
Anr. Il. The stock Of this company shall lie
transferable, aud private property ol members
shall not be liable for eerporaie debts, except
for on amount Of uaraid stock,
ARr. = The officers of this association sha II
be president, secretary, treasurer. and two a.
rectors. who shall lie the board Or trustees ana
be elected at the annual meeting to be holden
On the first Monday Of October, A. d.. 1863
aud annually thereafter and hold their Offices
Tor one year, aud until their successors are
elected.
Anr. S. The following named serson. shall
be the board OF trustees until The first annual
meeting. and until their succcssorS ard elected
Isaac Muneey. President I; o. Dunton, Secretary;
j. NJ. llovey, Treasurer: Il. 5. Scarls and
Georgc Grafton. Directors.
Anr. Q. The board Of Trustees shall trans.
all business Of The associaten subject TO
general or specific orders Of the corporatian
AEr. 10. All vacancies in Tie officers Of The
board of trustees shall be filed and all business
Of the association con dueed in strict conformi
~ to the by laws. If net inconsistent with the
laws Of the State.
Arr. IL. This Incorporation assumes TO it.
self all rights and immuniti which now arc
or may hereafter be conferred by law upon in.
corporations Of similar character.
Signed.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

A BROTH or A The dotard
Of the Council Bluffs Bugle, whose
driveling gibbefings are truly conf
cal, repnhlishes Cromwell's speech
with which he dissolved the Long
Parliament, and says it is "a fair spec
linen Of the rude, vigorous, and hardy
style Of character" which il found in
Johnson, s'would have long since rid
the country Of the Rump House at
Washington" Do you see the silver
streak of Democratic "conciliation'
of which they pirate 70 much-run-
ming through the above sentiment
State Register.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

The Council Bluffs Qowa) Noapa-
riei gives this campaign item:
"s 7 sco,tM rather die Il. my tracks
ntan rofe against Grant. The above
scntancc was uttered in our hearing
recently by Moses Nixon, a gallan,
soldier u Company 4, Twenty-niuth
Iowa Volunteers. who lost his right
arm at Helena. on the 4,h day Of Ju-
~, 1868, and whose beloved brother
fell victim to rebel malice in the
late war. Brave words are those: IL
would rather die in my tracks than
vote against Grant" Truly the
affection Of the brave, honest soldier
for his General il only measured by
his own life"
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30
HALLS
Vegetable SicAian Hair Remover

HALLS
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E'rcrv year Increases the D0pw-
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cO!.lfdeMffU say. that 10 IL the 0mgv
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ton 70 restore GRAY OFT FADED
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the sc0fp. by ttS MSe, becomes
Whifc and clean: 10 reMOres all
erHllfiolis aud d0Mfruff, and by
ifs tonic properties pseveMfs the
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applications, aud 0lUes the hair
AHf splcMdid qtossN appearance
70 mack admired bu al. 4, n.
Hayes, N. d.. State Assawer ar
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Il shs BB1e PREPARATION far
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

LEGAL TENDERs.-We are given to IN
derstand by the New York Tribune that
the Supreme Court will probably declde
with but one dissenting voice that the
legal-tender act is unconstitutional. This
decision, it is added, will soon be rendered.
Such decision would be altogether IN &C
cordance with the Constitution. But the
Constitution, as used now, only protects the
party in power, and may be respected or
not, as it suits their interests and policy.
So feeble has it been in opposing resistance
to the greatest infractions of its provisions
that it seems almost farcical to consider
laws with reference to it. If, however, the
Supreme Court, in its tardy proceedings
can inspire some degree of respect for it
they will do some good. Yet that court has
go seemed to time its action with the view
of accommodating Congress that we fear It's
support of the Constitution will not be very
effective. The moral force of its decisions
has been much weakened.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

morally and physically, by the horrid adui-
teratiops under an inordinate tax cannot
be exaggerated; and Congress commits o
great crime against the nation by ievyins
such tax upon the common beverage OF
the land.
The man who proposes to tax whiskey out
NJ nae il fool. 1t is impossible. Then
the true policy in levying tax is to I'M
no.o mat. suoh a tax IS will afford the least
temptation to frauds and adultera'ion, and
that will yield revenue easily collected
and reliable. But the whiskey rings are
powerful. Weshall see their army besieg-
ing Congress for high tax; and what bet
ter argument could there be against it?
When they advocate it, does not every one
know they do 80 in order to multiply the
avenues to fraud and increase the influx OF
money into their own pockets? What they
want is for their especial good and every
body else's injury. The true interest
Of the nation lies in the contrary direction
from the line of their policy.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

FALSE RESOLUTIONS. - The House OF
Representatives on Monday passed the 1ol-
lowing resolution:
"Resolved, That all forms and degrees OF
repudiation of national Indebtedness are
odious to the American people, and that
under no circumstances will their repre-
sentstives consent to offer the public ere.
ditor as full compensation less amount OF
money than that which the Government
contracted to pay"
A few years ago Congress passed solemn
resolution declaring that the war was not
carried on with any intention of abolishlng
slavery or depriving the southern States OF
any of their rights. .s ..
One of these resolutions is as true as the
other. Congress will be as ready to violate
the latter as it was to give the lie to the
former. Even on the day when this reso-
luton was adopted in the House Radical
who had offered a similar one in tie Senate
could not be induced to say that the public
debt was to be paid in gold.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

CONGRESSMAN AND MUs1C.-Some half
dozen members of Congress, including u.
w. JULIAN, sign badly-written eulogy OF
a pianist named SHEPHERD who perform
ed for their delectation. This person pro-
fesses to play under the inspiration OF the
departed stars of the musical world. The
light was altered to assist the effect OF
the music-now bright, now dim. The
player is described as being quite pecu-
liar in appearance, and having weird-like
fingers. He plays, of course, without notes.
as he is inspired by the departed When
spiritualism and abolitionism combine, as
in this case, there must be COMPUTATIONS
from some other world-probably one
little hotter than that we dwell in AS
to the music produced by this player
prompted by the dead, it will not be much
helped by certificate from these congress
men; for it may be justly assumed that
they know no more about music than UN-
DERwOOD does about law.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16
Action Of the State Central COMMITTEES.

Action Of the State Central COMMITTEES.
At meeting of the Conservative State
Central Committee, composed of the resi-
dent and consulting members, held at the
Exchange Hotel in this city on yesterday,
the following resolution was adopted:
tsResoloed, That the chairman OF this COM
r1ittee be instructed, rs soon as the day is
fixed for The election in Virginia, TO issue
cali Immediately inviting the consulting
members of the committee and the county
and city superintendents 20 assemble IN Rich
mond for the purpose OF perfecting the or
ganixation Of the Conservative party IN the
State, and adopting such measures as thep pup
lie exlsences may seem 10 require"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

Mr.. MoRroS's bill providing for return
to specie payments would be important if
it were likely to pass in its present shape.
As, however, the chances are a hundred to
one against such result, we do not give
tho hill
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16
The WhiskeV Tax.

The New York Times sounds the alarm
relative to a scheme on foot, the details OF
which are being matured in New York and
Washington city, to raise the tax on whis-
key. 1t is intimsted that the support Of
Congress has been quietly secured, and the
probability Of the success of the scheme is
very strong. The main point to be gained
by the schemers just now is the purchase
of all the whiskey in the country before the
tax is increased, by which, in the sale of
what is thus bought, the increased tax will
60 into the pockets Of the purchasers.
This is a very rascally scheme, and no
doubt includes within its ring not a few
members Of Congress. Mr.. SCHENCK, the
chairman of the Committee of Finance, was
much opposed to the reduction of the tax
at the last session. He will now be for in
creasing it. His brother-in-law is a whis-
key millionaire, and Mr.. SCHENCK, in his
relations to the question, is sufficiently al
lied to the brother-ia-law's welfare to smell
little of whiskey himself. The effort to
increase the tax will be vigorous and per-
sistent.
The higher the tax on whiskey the greater
the frauds, and the less the Government
ID likely to derive from it. The increase of
tax but increases the temptations to fraud
and bribery. The richer manufacturers
will be able to bride the officers of the Gov
ernmeEs, while the poor distillers, for the
want of means, cannot do 50. Yet, the rich
rogues and their paid agents in rascality
will concur with the pious and the tempe
rance societies in urging that whiskey is a
curse and should be taxed as long as people
will drink 1t. This is great error. This
liquor is the national drink of this country.
1t is the poor mans wine, and ought not to
be subjected TO that degree of taxation that
is oppressive. Good policy and justice are
both opposed to it.
But great objection to this idea of un-
limited taxation on the popular drink of a
nation is t.at the adulteration of liquor
increases as the tax rises. Good whiskey
was hardly to be had at all before the
reduction Of the tax !; and though not very
good now, it is much better than it formerly
wac. The amount Of damage to the country,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

Mr.. SHERMAN proposes to build railroads
for Washington city by wholesale, but
seems to have forgotten that money is
needed. The naked charters he proposes
to give would not fetch much money in
Wall street. He is humbugging the Wash
ington people.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16

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OF a season. Ge.
The styles are new, the fabrics excellent, and
the prices win be made satisfactory to all who are
disposed to have garments made to order
Call AMI examine the stock. sc Tim
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-16
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