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Year: 1865

The ready charge of the Democratic oppo-
sition to every measure for the national de-
tense, or for such a settlement of the war as
will secure permanent peace, is that it is un-
constitutional. l. means simply that tie
Democratic party is opposed to it. But many
of our people have been led by this continual
accusation to believe that our Constitution is
a clog upon the public defense, and that there
fore it is necessary to resort to the supreme
law of the public safety, or military necessity,
to meet the exigencies Of civil war.


The public safety is the supreme law but
the written law was made in conformity
Herewith, and we will do well not to pro-
nounce it imperfectly made until we are Ger
tain that it will not warrant the things that
are necessary to be done. 1t was hasty
conclusion in this matter that led General
BANKS to make that unfortunate declaration
in Louisiana, that Martial law is the funda-
mental law of the State" The fundamental
law in all the jurisdiction of this Government
is the Constitution and laws of the United
States. The existence of local governments
is not essential to their virtue. Where State
governments do not exist, the Constitution
and laws of the United States are adequate
to supply their place. In their jurisdiction
martial law can only be a temporary resource :
it can never be the fundamental law.


OF the same character is the idea that the
Government of the United States exists only
BY the existence OF the State Governments,
and that these must be kept up, either in fact
or in legal fiction, or the General Govern
ment will fall to the ground. Yet we do not
see in the Constitution that the General Gov
ernment makes any requiremets Of the
States, or ask any permission OF the States
Their constitutional existence is simply as so
many unequal election districts, entitled to
unequal representation, according to popula-
ton, in one House of Congress, and to equal
representation, according to population, in
the other. As Mr.. Madison said in the Con-
stitutional Convention, they are merely polit-
ical corporations, subject to the national
sovereignty.


They may exercise local government, sub
ject to the supervision Of Congress, which Is
required to guaractee to each State a repub-
lican form Of government; and subject to the
general provisions which guarantee freedom
ofspeech and Of the press habea' corpus trial
by jury, and that no person shall be deprived
offfe liberty or property without due pro
cess of law; alI Of which Congress has the
sneciic right to see executed, and which, IN
the lapse of the local governments, oompre-
bend all that is requisite to protect persons
property and all the civil relations Of society,"


There is an idea of a similar character, that
unless we keep up the State Governments,
either in fact or fiction, we shall recognize
the secession Of the States From this we
have on one side Of the claim that the rebel
population should be allowed a free election
Year: 1865




THE reader will carefully note the po-
sition taken in the following article,
which is copied from the Cincinnati Ca
zette, of March Sd, 1865. That paper
has always been leading organ in the
Revolution now in progress for the final
suppression of the States, except as amere
election districts" John Marshall was
wont to say, and all the Supreme Court
with him, that the Union and the States
had their separate power, each defined
by grant-and that neither could exer-
else the powers which had been separ-
ately given to the other. But here it is
avowed that /" the States may exercise 10
cal government subject to the supervision Of
Congress 9"-aud that if they do not
maintain local government, it is the duty
Of Congress to do it! That the Congress
may declare what shall constitute quo
rum and that State need not be count
ed, if the majority see fit. These are the
coming issues, and this remarkable pa
per is here put on file for future use.


Shall the States continue to exist as
the true Representatives of the peoples
rights? Seventeen-hundred and seventy
five thousand have already spoken in No
vember, 1864, on this subject-the main
tenance of Law and of the Constitution.
They stand firm to day as they did then,
and they bide their time.
Year: 1865

An infant on its mothers breast
A bouncing boy at play,
A youth by maiden fair caressed,
A stalwart man with care oppressed,
An old mans silver gray


Is all of life we know;


A smile, a tear, e
r. A Joy, fear,


And all is DER below.
Year: 1865

Having had domestic engagement Of an
absorbing character on hand the latter part
of last week, we had no time to devote to
the proceedings of our State Convention,
and hitherto the public have not had our
views on the matter. On inspection Of the
resolutions adopted on the occasion we find
them in the main most admirable enuncia-
tions ofthe policy and principles of the Re
publican party and accord them our hearty
concurrence. But while concurring most
heartily in the general action of the Con-
vention, we fail to appreciate the propriety
or the policy of the amendment in favor of
negro suffrage. 1t is new issue upon
which the Union Republican party is not
entirely harmonious, and it's presentation
is calculated to distract the party to some
extent during the present political cam
! paign, while the election, however it may
| go, will leave the issue undecided. The
stood by the real practical and important
issue involved in the amendment of the
Constitution prohibiting slavery in the
United States. On that issue, however
widely the members of the Union party
may have differed two years ago, they are
agreed now, and the State could have been
carried by majority of fifty thousand
votes. And Notwithstanding the attempt
Of the Convention to foist a ryder on this
issue by the amendment in regard to negro
suffrage, we trust that the loyal Union par
ty will stand by the main issue in the COM
ing canvass, regardless of the dust that
that may be kicked up by members of
either party over the minorquestion, which
inust pcrforce await a final decision by a
direct vote Of the people. And it may be
that after the Union party, which has
stood together during the war, and achiey-
ed victories at the polls over the Copper
heads in the North, and subjugated the
rebels on the battle-fields Of the South,
shall have anniIiiated the Copperhead par
,ty at the approaching election. we may
come to a better understanding on the
question of negro suffrage, also by the
time il shall be submitted to a vote of the
people.


AT all events. whatever hiundcr the Com
vention may have made in the premises,
we hold it is utterly out of the question for
any true loyal Union man 10 unite with
the Copporhead party under the lead of the
peace sneaks who pronounced the war a
failurein their National platform, and who
by their party principles and conduct, gave
aid and comfort 20 the enemy throughout
the war. The true plan is for Union men
10 stand by each other now, rs thev did
during fh0 war. on the broad basis of gem
eral principles, and not permit our rebel
and Copperhcaa enemies to triumph be-
cauS" of difference Of0piniOn in our ranks,
on matters of minor consequence. We
take it, that il is rather too late in the dav
for loyal men to venture the odium attach
ing to party led by such men as CLAW
----------. -.--r. 10y
and Chicago cOnspirators of the Golden
Circle" stripe. And. therefore. we hold
that all sensible men will stand by the
old flag and the comrades with whom they
have been bound in the bonds of patriot
ism during the war, and leave minor issues
till the opportunity is presented for their
final settlement at the polls.--Daiiy cate
Cfy.
Year: 1865

BODY FoUND.-The body of the man
drowned in the river few days ago, was
found to-day near the farm of Jos. Hayne,
and not far from the spot where the boy
was found yesterday. Decomposition had
commenced and it was found necessary to
put the remains at once in coffin, which
had been provided.
Year: 1865

We give below list Of incomes, for the
year 1864. as reported to the Assistant AS
SCISSOR for this District, H. H. Smith, Esq
The list ncludes only Davenport City. The
returns for the balance Of the county will be
published as soon as We can copy the list
and prepare for publication. Having cop
ied the following list with care We think
few errors or omissions will he found
Year: 1865

The following is fair sample of the
way in which what is called justice is dis
pensed in Richmond as reconstructed; II
is the law there that colored men who
have any concealed weapons shall be pun
ished with thirty days in Castle Thunder
and confscation of the weapons. For a
white mans committing an assault upon,
with intent to kill, a colored man, the pun
ishment is fine of ten dollars and uncon-
ditional release and no one objects
Year: 1865

Business EdueR1iOn.-Some people are so
foolish as to suppose that Business Fdacation can
be better acquired in a College building located in
a large city, that in the College building if re
moved of the city, to pleasant quiet village,
comparatively free from temptations, vices and
those almost numberless things that withdraw
the attention of the student from his Studies Sen
sible people, there are, however, who believe that
the freer from city attractions, temptations and
Inducements to squander money the better for those
who are perhaps for the first time, separated from
friends and home influences.


We call the attention of our readers to Calkins,
Grimm q Co s Union Business Institute at Ober-
lin, Ohio, located in such village, and for


thorough training in theory aud practice second to no
Commercial and Telegraph College in the whole
country.


For particuIars address them nov20
Year: 1865

A Washington correspondent says that
the Treasury Department is greatly
plagued with the cotton question. Every
agent sent down is straightway washed out
of sight at the Department under the food
of charges against his honesty. 81 know
sent some honest men down there" said
The Secretary in despair the other day,
"but it looks very much as if none of
them could stay so long"
Year: 1865

THE MUSICIANS
vevs under the direction of Mesr Bernstein and Dietz
and occupied portions Of the third tier at each side
the stage. Anticipating, will say that the music
admirable though from its high location the effect
necessarily not so perfect would have been under
other circumstances The committee obliged TO
thus elevate the musicians account OF the Of
room elsewhere.


ON WITH THE DANCE


The saltatory part Of the performance did not COM
mencc till long after nine O'Clock when the orchcstras
struck mp grand march, 10 the music OF which the
queraders promenaded around the stage The about
this time highly exciting The floor was covered
with q yast aasenhlage d Vie wost richly W
Year: 1865

How TO FALL ASLEEP. The great
point to be gained in order to secure
sleep is safety from thought-espe-
cislly from that clinging, tenacious,
imperious thought which, in most
cases Of wakefulness, has possession
Of the mind. l always effect this
BY the following simple process: l
turn my eyeballs as far 70 the right
or left, or upwards, or downwards, as
! can without pain. and then com
mence rolling them slowly, with that
divergence from q direct line of vis-
ion. around in their sockets, and
continue doing thus until | fall
asleep, which occurs generally with.
in three minutes, and always within
five at the most. The immediate ef.
feet Of this procedure differs from
that Of any other Of which l have
ever heard. 1t does not merely d.
vert thought into a new channel, but
actually suspends it. Since I be.
came aware Of this, have endeav-
ored, innumerable times, while thus
rolling my eyes,t think upon a par
ticular subject, and even upon that
which before kept me awake, hut |
could not. AS long as they were
moving around, my mind was blank.
II any one doubt this, let him try
the experiment for himself. Iwish
be would ; let him pause Just here
And make it. venture to assure
him that If he makes it in good faith,
In the manner described, the prom.
ice Of "a penny for his thoughts" +" or
for each Of them, while the opera.
ton is in progress, will add very lit.
tie to his wealth. Such being it's
effect, we cannot wohder, that it
should bring sleep to nervous and
wakeful man at night. Therphilos-
ophy Of the matter is very simple.
A suspension of thought is to the
mind what q suspension Of travel or
labor is to q weary body. 1t enjoys
the luxury Of rest the strain upon
its faculties removed, it falls asleep
as naturally as the farmer in his
chair after tOiling all day in the field.
Year: 1865

Or those who contemplate marriage. who are suffer
ing under any Of these fearful maladcs, Shoulf
forget the sacred responsibility resting upon them,
nor delay to obtain imme diate relief
Year: 1865




some excellent remarks in connection
with an extract from the Springfield
{ Mass. Rspu6lican.every word of which
we endorse. The Republican lays down
the true mission of newspaper. "tO
tell the truth" If the truth is unplea-
SAINT it must be told.


"To suppress the TRUTH" says that
journal, "may often be as hurtiul as to
utter a falsehood, aud the newspaper
tina, intentionally does either. with the
idea that it is thus serving the interests
Of any party. makes gross mistake.
Il is merely destroying its own influence
in community and making itself a
nonentity."


A mere party paper. that defends all
the acts of its own side and condemns
all the measures of the opposition. is a
nuisance. 1t is worse than nuisance,
it is an enemy to the public welfare.
How can reforms be carried out or
abuses be reformed except BY advocacy
and exposure !? He who will cover up
crime because it was perpetra;ed BY
one of "our party" is no better than q
thief, and is exactly on par with the
receiver of stolen goods. Ii our party
is good-and every man ought TO take
care that he is of good pArty-then
good men should administer Its offices;
and bad man in a good party is worse
than a bad man in bad party. Keep
"our party" pure, and then it will be a
power. 1t was the fealty to party above
principle that brought on the rebellion.
1t was the refusal to expose crime in
party officials and the persistent efforts
to cover it up when likely to be exposed.
that has filed the land with corruption
and fraud for quarter Of century.
1t is the mission of the newspaper to
correct this evil, and until the press be-
comes honest it is unworthy of the sup
port Of the public. 1t is the protector
Of virtue -or should be and il il
proves recreant TO its high trust. it
should be reformed or abolished.


A newspaper is power. Il either
does good or evil. and that continually.
It is fountain sending forth streams Of
purity or impunity constantly. from
which the great public drink. II i'm.
pure. that public is poisoned; if pure it
is benefited, made better.


Unfortunately there are always few
narrow, selfish souls, who wish an cdi-
tor to measure all his ideas in their
bushel; and If he fails to do just as they
desire. he is no true friend of the party.
Such men are curse to the country.
AS if party should be above truth and
patriotism. above country and freedom
of thought! Away with such . no.
lion! It is unworthy of an American
citizen.


We have always made it rule to
condemn what we conceived to be
wrong in either friend or foe, and 10
commend what we believed 10 be right
in either. If our party friends expect
us to cover up any Of their pecsdillos
because they are Of "our party they
will find themselves mistake. We can
excuse corruption better in sn opponent
than in friend. because the other party
is no, SO good as ours, and cannot be
expected to have as good men in it.
Men Of our party must walk the straight
line Of duty. or they are false to the
party. to principle and profession. and
must be exposed.


We are heartily glad the Conservative
has spoken out SO plainly on this SUBJ
ject. 1t is right. and the people will
sustain it.
Year: 1865

ing to adopt the amendment of the con-
stitusion prohibiting Slavery. and to
quit voting prominent rebels into Office.
When they truly repent. forgive and re-
store them. but not until they do. An
outside enemy is better than fireside
foe
Year: 1865




The attendance at Paterson yesterday was tremendous
witness the seepe chase that the working power Of the
Erie Railroad, with its wide gauge, large engines and
hundreds of commodous passenger cars was almost in.
sufficient TO carry them to the course At the same
time the fine turnpike and plank roads lined with
long Of vehicles all huryng towards the scene OF
the fence and timber jumping II is difficult 10 form
estimate Of the numbers the ground when all had
assembled Every inch OF space the various stands
was fully occupied and there great deal OF trouble
In finding seats for the ladies' Never since great races
between Eclipse and Henry and Fashion and Boston have
such multitude OF people come together ION O race
course In this country and The great respectabiy and
courteous behavior Of all subjects Of general re-
mark


The great attraction was, unquestionably the seeple
chase in which four good horses had been entered and
four bold game and capable 10 ride The course
laid out for them admitted of babypay There werc
several stiff hurdles post and rail fences stone wals
q jump down bank, q leap over nm earth mound
double post and nil fence and hurdle with fourteen
foot water jump, close to the stand These were all To
be taken three times A we walked over the course
prior 10 the start, We found much speculation going
on a. 10 how many falls there would be- Offers were
made 70 lay money that each horse would fall before the
race was over and taksnthe BETS Of course being on
each Of the horses separately Meantime the Jockeys
weighed, one after the other and still the people came
by thousands The time for the start arrived but the
cry was "still they come" and some delay was abso
lusey necessary 10 enable them to get inside the
The railroad people having filed and despatched all their
passenger cars had a last TO the freight rolling
STOCK, and vast number reached the course by this
means at the last moment We think when the horses
were saddled and monnfad and came 70 the post there
Year: 1865

Brooklyn Yacht Club Regatta-A Fine


Yachts, &c.


The eighth annual regatta Of the Brooklyn Yacht Club
took place yesterday from the club house. Gowanus Bay
The weather most proptous for the yachtsmen and
the result excellent days sport, unattended by
any Of those accidents which frequently tend to mar the
pleasure Of excursions upon the water The new and
commodious steamer Magenta chartered for the ex
elusive club and invited guests while these less
favored had TO pay for the privilege upon an ante
dluvlan craft formerly running between New York and
Staten Island a ferryboat, commonly known as the
Huguen0t About one thousand persons in all, perhaps
comprising the elite and beauty Of the City Of
Churches congegaed board Of these steamboats,
as they swung from their moorngs at Fulton ferry and
started for the club house in Gowanus bay The boats
commenced their preparations for starting early as
twelve O'Clock, but II near one oclock-the ap
line The second class sloops ranged first in line
behind nom the schooners and behind these the first
class soops bs down and all supposed to be at anchor
The course as laid down by the committee, from
stake boat in Gowanus bay, to stake boat of Coney
Island Point thence to buoy No at the tail Of the west
bank turning the to the westward and then back
to the point Of starting; distance twenty miles.


THE START
took place at O'Clock precisely the small sloops
leading followed by the schooners and the first class
sloops bringing up the fine style. Annexed is


list Of the boats which started in the race together with
q table showing the allowances Of time
Year: 1865

THE TELEGRAPH BENEFITS
Admiral F'itzroy and his connection
with the telegraph is now one of the
wonders of Great Britain. He sits
in his Office near London, and every
morning receives detailed telegraphic
reports from all prominent points, re-
garding all the meteorological phe-
nomena of the day, and combining
them he is enabled to predict with
great accuracy the weather for the
next day, and the next fey days.
This he does and telegraphs his pre-
dictions back for the guidance of
mariners. Two days before a gale
the Admiral predicted its appearance
from the north; the storm flag was
hoisted, and every precaution taken.
Sometimes, of course, he is mistaken,
but as general thing he is surpris-
ingly correct. But that he can do
this is certainly one of the great
triumphs of modern meteorological
science.
Year: 1865

Coal OIL FOR CoRNS.-A San
Franciscan has made the discovery
that coal oil is sovereign remedy
for corns. He gives these directions
for its application: "Cut the corn
down as thin as possible with a knife,
saturate bit of cotton with the oil,
and bind it upou the corn on retiring
for the night. Two or three appli-
cations will effectually relieve the
pain of the worst old acher in the
world.
Year: 1865

CAUTION.-The public are hereby
cautioned not to buy or negotiate for the follow.
ing certificates of stock in the Overman Gold and
Silver Mining Company, as the save been sold ac-
cord;ng to law and will not be transferred on the
books of the company, excepting the balance re-
naming unsold:
Year: 1865

PERFUMEs.-A lady correspondent of the
Sacramento Union, writing from one of the
Eastern cities, says:


The elite have discarded perfumes this
year. When you are overpowered by musk
or night blooming cercus on woman's hand
kerchief, you may guess that she is either
behind the times in taste or fashion, or is
not Of the best possible character.
Year: 1865

SOME young ladies insisted on naming a
gentleman's kitten Julia, " it was so pretty"
He gallantly replied that he should be most
happy to crafty them, but 1t was not that
kind of cat!
Year: 1865

STRAYED.-An Eastern exchange con-
tains the following notice:


"Broke into the pocket of the editor Of
this paper sometime during the week, sill
yer dime. Who it belongs to or where it
came from is a mystery to us, and we earn
estly request the owner to come and take it
away; we have been 50 long without silver
that its use is entirely forgotten Upon
one side is beautiful young lady with a
handkerchief to her eyes-weeping to think
she has no mate, and a nightoap on a pole
as signal Of distress"
Year: 1865

never expressing word Of sympa.
thy for their suferings, or offering Il
word Of rctnonstrance against the
shocking inhumanity of their mur-
derous rebel captors; declared 1.-The
war a failure" while the Nation
fairly sweated blood in its heroic
efforts to MAINTAIN the Union, which
our fathers leftto us, as precious
heritage these, and many more are
the crimes which go to make up the
record of immortal infamy which
the Copperhead party would now
persuade the people, entities them to
the administration of the Govern
ment they so earnestly endeavored
to destroy.


But they do not stop here. The
rebellion crushed by the patriotic
efforts of the Union party on the
country, the Copperhead declaration
that ''the war Is afaiinre," proved q
hideous, monstrous lie, they set
themselves to work to rob the nation
of the hard earned fruits of its toll,
its treasure, and its precious blood.
They pursue, with relentless feroci-
ty, their course of misrepresentation
against the public authorities; they
invent schemes to destroy popular
confidence in public servants, who
proved faithful in times that tried
the souls of heroic men, they strive
to embarrRss them in their efforts to
pacify and restore the South to its
position in the Union; they encour-
age embittered rebels in the South to
persist in their acrimonious REBEL
ious temper towards the government;
they stimulate them to resist recon
struction, excepting upon their own
rebellious principles, and last, but
not least, they are striving to plunge
the country into hopeless, disastrous
ruin, by advocating and urging the
violation of public faith toward the
people. E


These, fellow citizens, are but o
fraction of the counts in the indict-
ment that history will bring against
modern Democracy, aud the page on
which the record is inscribed, will be
so black, that the record Of the tories
of 1776 will be bright in comparison.