Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-05-22
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On the 18th day of August 1866,
Andrew johnson sent to Governor
Sharkey, of Mississippi, the follow
ing advice: ''If you could extend
the elective franchise to all persons
of color who can read the C0nstitu-
ton Of the United States in English,
and writes their names and to all
persons of color who own real estate
vaiued at not less than $50 dollars
and pny taxes thereon, you would
completely disarm the adversary and
set an example the other States will
follow" This advice was UNDECIDED.
The conquered traitors saw i'm the
half way policy of the President an
opcniug fortheiro complete triumph
notwithstanding, they had been
beaten In the Held 1t makes little
difference whether man be free or
In bontage ii his right to participate
in the government is denied him.
He Is at the mercy of his Boosting
superior. 1NH,l a t..la al"f t7A
Glass legislation has followed In
the wake Of all sorts of government
and no one was aware Of this more
than Andrew johnson. He had seen
its workings in our own country
and his. limited knowledge of
antiquity could not fail to teach
him its evil consequences. He yield
ell to the Establishments of men who
had despised and revilcd him from
the moment he declared to east his
fortunes i'm rebellion. 1t matters
little to the people what one man in
thirty millions may think but when
one man has the power Of turning
back the tide of victory and arrest
ing the progress of the nation, II be-
comes important, that the people
like cognizance OF, his actions. De-
spised and loathed rs he is by the
Democratic party. he has done their
work. He cannot become their Pres
idential candidate but he has 50 act
oil MS To unite the enemies of the gov
eminent in a determination to repeat
the history of the rebellion, and
though vanquished in the field, to
reap the substantial fruits Of the con-
test. He has yielded, but we must
not. There is no middle ground.
Reputation, reinstatement, pay
ment of the Confederate debt. Com.
pensation for property destroyed and
all the Federal offices i'm the hands Of
the Democracy are the prizes Of the
coming campaign. eag ga1aH
WEIGHING ON THE FARM.-A
half bushal measure is considered in
dispensable by any farmer, He does
not sell his potatoes or grain, guess
ing ut the contents of the bin or the
pile or the fioor-it must be measured.
With this instrument ut hand, he
may know just how much corn Is
fed to the hogs and poultry; how
many oats to the horses; how much
seed Is sown upon the land, and
many other points equally valuable
to know. But good weighing scale
IL possessed by comparatively few,
although its use would i'm many ways
be even more valuable than that of
the half-busllel. For instance, In
selling live stock, the weight Is
usually estimated by the drover or
butcher buying at the farmers door.
Long practice enables the buyer to
Weigh them very correctly with the
eye, and thus he has the unexpe-
rienced seller ut an advantage, which
he il not slow to use. A good Fair
banks standard platform scale would
save its cost in few such transact
ions. - te8A .e.A
The weight Of wool. butter, and
other farm products, should be u.s.
certained at home, to prevent mis-
takes and dishonesty in weighing af-
ter the goods have been sent to mar
ket. The weight of grain per bush
ell, the gain of cattle under different
systems of feeding, exactly when an
animal ceases TO increase by feeding,
and many other important facts, can
readily be determined by having a
good scale. It should be part of the
furniture of every farm, Fairbanks
scales have been named in this con-
lection, as being entirely reliable,
having been adopted as the standard
in this and other countries. - (ttttiua-
tor & Country Gentleman.