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JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1SG5.
VOL. X. NO. 1
Good News for Ladies!
HLLER& BRENTANO,
Agents for Grnver .t linker' eel
rhrntcil jntlc S.ltclt ScwIiib Muoli'e,
Have on liaml n variety or these inn
chlnevfor Irlnl nnd In
: ppccllnu.
TO llico machines was nwnrded the first
Premium nl llio Smtc Fairs or Now
York. Indiana, Vermont, Ohio, Inwn, XIII
noli, Kentucky. .Mlcblgnn, Pennsylvania nml
Orrnn, over nil opposition.
Call around, Indies, before purchasing
elsewhere, nml exnmlnc Ihw machines.
MULLER & BRENTANO.
June .til. IHiift. JiiKIII"
Veterans &, Recruits.
rplli: In'l I.cglslnlureplvcs n bounty or
J SlfiO lo ench recruit In lliu refiliiicut
uo'w being raised. It nl'o voted
Five Dollnrs
per month cxtrn pay to cneh person belong
n I" tlie envnlry regiment enlisted three
vearsngo. These itiniuilitH nre to lw puis,
In State Hoods. Tlioo wishing Ihcao Loudd
would do well to cull on
jAcoiia.tnussKi.r..
Jacksonville, .Inn. 12. Ml. Jnnl Itf
PHOTOGRAPHS."
Oil VII. DODOI. would nnnnnnco lo tin
Lmllw nml Ofiitlemcn of Jnck'onvlllc
Mill vicinity. Hint lio lm received nil Invoice
cfntwrflijcl;, rc-nrrnnged his unlh-ry anil
Is now iicrnmnenlly Incutnl in Jnekson
.111, for the purpom of taking pictures In
niltticiirpfuvtil nrl of riiutorn'ilty, uml
wuuM tiipictfttlly solicit u suuru uf the
aiiille mlreiuige.
llOOilSoniio.ltc r. J. llynn's Now Urlek,
J(Umltle..liinc Sllli, IPCS. tf.
"" "0SB0RN& SESSIONS,"
ITIIflUSlMii AMI n))IJllS.SIII AlillMS,
CI!) Jlcrrliiuit XI., Snu rnniclsco, lit!.
llIti(j liml cxtcnidve vxpcrlrnee In IkiIIi
Wliolmilu and relnll tniiK'. we fuel con
tklctit that lo COUNTUV MKUOIlANTis
dclrlntr n rerldeut ni;eut, or to nn occnaluu
el purchurer, wn can oiler cuperlor induct.-
UH'lll".
r.trllcutiir-ullcnlloii rIvpii to collctlon,
llio purchafo and mlo ol Leil Tender iiolui",
DraltH, tituiiip, ScwIiik .Maehlnci, etc., or
ullicr Irnimicllnus i .-ittl i In thu tcrvlces of
ierlencid nml reliulile ngeuli.
i'urch.Kei will Imi in.idv lor culi only, c.v
cpt In cntvii of tpcvinl ugrvemeilt lo tliv
contrary. .
(Seo 111. (Dsbovn,
rormvrly with Oanhi:i.ii, I'ikikon ,V Co.,
Wholaalv deulers in Hue clutliln, fa'.m Finn
CliCO.
. C. Sessions,
Formerly wllh 0. 11. Goohwin, it Co.,
UliuI'Mlc Grocers, San 1 r.iiicl'eo; uo,
ll'muii'itv it Wude, Juckonvlllo, Oregon.
REFER BY PERMISSION TO
A VtOOII l)t uii.l iIiid' ili-nlrr, San KrunfUcii
I. II UIMIII.Y i. CO., llHrUnuiw Ui-ihtt, fin
t'lllfl. o,
" W .'l..l.l.,."Mrr, Fin Kruhcl.fo.
CMIIKA I'lillKlSf, Vt t)f.lri, Sjii Kmnr l.m.
Jl.riU .s luiu, iiwli'jitf
Sewing Machine.
JOHN Nnrnr.lt would nnnouncto tho
Irnuplu of JucKron County, that ho li.v
i"vuivn nn nucocy lor inn iiiTnCT
t!i!ne. and will In iv i-liorl time
lino Iuivl n i?Oud
fupply on band.
This machine unlhcrr.
"un. iinbrolilvra
niid makes -1 dinercut
naqjoi illicit v
J-ck.omlllc, January 2Ut,
tf
i J Kxowiro.v.
II. W. CIIKHRT.
J.. I KKOWLTON & CO.,
ADVERTISING AG'TS,
MlKTHLAsr 1-UII.NMtur
'IuiiIiiiiuij. & Ctillluintii hlrti-U,
((llcitc ll'tlli, t'urgo ff Co'm)
OA.3T 1-HAKTOISOO.
'II. Uljm.R, V". 0. UMirORI),
LASATER & LANGFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Wjtlia AVnllu City, V. T.,
One door west of Kygcr Si lwto' Ililck
iiore. jiielltf
ISIUKL COMSTOCK. J01IX MAltTIS
COMSTOgg & MARTIN,
Slcccon'i? VittOt, Ciimcn 4 Co,
VOUWAllUIXC COMMISSIOX
MEKCITANTS,
HM:rr.ooF unici; waiiuhocsk.
AK Sr. NEAU STEAMI10AT LANDING,
RED 11LUFFS
NOTICE.
M'
Vwife, JIargnret Hlnck, having left
Illl 111 ll llll.l lll..l-il II fllljtlt t 11 til lllwt
C.U.- I'nMir. -R " "" ."', 17. 'i":
"i,0! Meoiiut, as I will not pay nny debt
.-"cunirncllng. UtlAlSLlii UUAUIv
. ""'7 W Iblifl.
may
Gwl
PIjEoniy lamrpnco Company that can
iirin 6 y Uu bmlncta In Oregon la the
cf ii. 11"-'y ''ave complicil wills llio laws
v''on.by depositing $30,000 In the
CaU capital $75(1,000.
'ekfpnvlllc, FcbsiiJiygatli. HiCt. Ieb2.1tl
1 i',i1JLi?T REMKDtf FOR RHEU
atdiii. ' llull'B Saibpurilla Yellow U oo
a" Iodide or Potass. jullm
THE OKEGOIV SENTINEL,.
issui.d Kvntv SATfiitur moiim.vo.
B. F. DOWEL1., Proprietor.
Sroscnimov For Oncyrnr, In ndvnnce,
Four Dollnrs ; If paid within the first six
month, of tho jcar, live dollars j If not paid
until the expiration of the yi'nr. sit dollars.
AiivKUTisiN-n une cnunrc (in lines or
Icis). Ilrst Insertion. Three Dollars : ench
subsequent Insertion, One Dollar. A dis
count of llfty per cent will bo innde to those
wno nnvcrii'u ny tnoyenr. I
r- i-opo i cnuT rcciru m curreix i-mm.
I. O. 0. 1 ilnrltHnnvilli J.odcc
'vrO'i''"' 11), holds Its reg-
Kr JjSntnrdiry nci.tng nt the
S Masonic Hull.
Ilrnthcrs ltfgoud standing nru Invited to
nltend. G COUGH 1'. FUNK, N. G.
Hr.iiMAN' IIi:i.ms, ll.Scc'y.
Tru-lcci. J. M. Sutton., Win, liny and
S. .1. Dny.
Warron LoiUo No, 10, A. F. h A. M.
a. HOLD their regular eoniniunl
furcations tho Wednesday Kvcnlngson
rnr preceding the full moon, In jack
monvilli:, onr.uox.
JOHN 1.. K05S, W. M.
0. W. Savaiik, Seo'y.
o. JArons. v.. r. ivrssKi.t..
JACOBS, &. RUSSELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS
AND SOLICITOUS IN CllANCKRY,
JACKSONVILLE, OllKflO.V,
Olllto IIMIC till- finill Hun. f.
AUlmrhiPM cotnmltted to their care will
be imimptlv nttciub'il lo. July 'JH, 'i.i
B. F. DOWELL,
jm
JACKMIKVII.I.K, OltKOON.
V1II prnctlce In nil the Courts of the Third
Jitdlclnt District, the Supreme Court of Ore
gon, nna in irci;n,iui. uurcn;riiiiiuiun
ly colKclnl. . Oct. 1H.
T. T. OABAN1SS, li. 3D.
Lute or Yi'fkit, Cal.,
-WIU. 1'ltACTICJV-
Medicine and Surgery
-IK-
JArKSOX. AM) AMArcCT rOQTILS.
JnclisnnvHIe, June 10th. j'i-lml
TAKK NOTICE:
mTro CTPATiTRHTP TlF.T, NORTE
i "".. ut."""..i.-.T.-..7.:i':
X will "ill iroui cuu riuiiKiiw i" vir-
centUlly on I ho
t3tH. SS aOtlX OI'KACII .MONTH.
,.-.- r...l..l., .h iti.Kiim tii.tnlrr. nfj.nhi.
llollnday, Agent, corner of Front uud Juck-
on mri'iis. .miii iruiicifcu.
DLGAN i WALL. Agent.
Cictceut City, Cnl.
Cre-ornt City May 2M, 'te. Jri'mC
j7 8"howardi
SURVETOR & CIVIL ENGINEER,
Jack.o.nvii.u: Oiieuok,
K.l4itoc nr ll South end of Oregon
street. Jnuuary, '', 18UI
Office ntjils resilience on Oregon street
DR.L.e.THOMP80N
orricK
CITY DRUG STORE,
ItKdlllKNCK
nii)iuala llio Cmilit,' Jnll.
Jncionvllle, Ogn. dci4lf
" PETERBRITT.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
is ihi:i'aiii:i
TO TAKK PtCTi'Itnfl
IX KVUltV STt'I.lJ
OFTHKART,
WITH ALL TJUS
LATE IMl'ROVEMENTS.
If lt.-lnrp An not cho tatlifuctlon. no
charges w III be mad.'. Cull at his new Gal-
lory, on tlie Mil, wamiuo uis jnciuivs, uu
tiiior jour iiheuvH.
DR. A. B. OVERBECK.
Dr. OverUck would anuouncu to the clt
Uena of Juck'ou county and vicinity, that
ho has retuinid to Jacksonville and rnuwed
the practice of intdlclue. Jlo win niwy
bo tumid ut his old stand, tho Omucck
llo.pltal, iiiiUm absent m Xfm
al butlue-i'. He would repcclfully tolicit
a renewal of former patronage
JAS. V, MIX 6. V. fMiOJ,
MIX &. FARGO,
A1TORNKVS AND COUNSELLORS
Walla Walla, Wasiiinuton Teiimtorv,
OFFICE over Hank Exchange, Main
.Strict, will practice iu all the Courts
of thu I'iret Judicial District, ulo the Su
premo Court. Collections promptly at
tended to. All business entrusud to our
caro will receive prompt atteution. ju3tf.
F. B. FARGO.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Walla Walla, W. T.,
il, ti . .!. i l...1...A.il. r.lirl. lrn.
n ill iwiu ui;niiuwitutiuiT. w. hv.h. . .
test Notes uud de-id made out nt woit no
tice ul acknowledged. Juc3tr
Dissolution Notice.
rpiIE undersigned has this day with
J. drawn from the firm of Thompson &
Davis, nud will continuo the practice of
Medicine, Surgery nnd Obstetrics, in
Jiicktonville und vicinity, mid solicits n
share of the patronage. Office at his resi
dence at the old flurry Iloujnstcad.
T. L. DAVIS.
Dec. 13th. .1SG4 declTtf
SUPERB Photograph Albums can bo
had cheap, for cash, at J. Row's, next
door above Hrndbury & Wade.
WELCOME HOME.
0, the men who fought nnd hied,
O, the glad hnd gallant trend,
And tho bright skies overhead;
Welcome home I
0, tho brave returning boys,
0, the overflowing joys,
And the guns nnd drums nud noise,
Welcome homo I
Let the dctp-Yolccd cannon roar,
Open every gntc and door,
l'our out. happy people, pour,
Welcome home I
llloom, 0 banners, over ull,
Over every roof nnd wall,
Float and How and rhc and fall.
Welcome homo!
Splendid column moving down,
Iron vel'raui, toiled and brown,
Grim bends, lit to wear a crown,
Welcome home I
Grim heads, which a wall have been,
Keeping sacred thing within,
Keeping out the hosts of tin.
Welcome home I
There tlie 'vomen stand for hours.
With their white hands full of (lowers,
Paining down the perfumed showers.
On tho dear men inarching home I
Do you fee him In the line!
.VumctMng makes him look dlvlue,
And a glory makes liha thine,
Coming home I
Look out where the flag unfurls,
Look out through your liars nud curls,
Give them welcome, happy glrlil
Welcome hornet
Welcome home, from war's nlarmi,
Welcome to a thousand elinrm,
Walling lips and loving arms,
Welcome homo I
Strong man, with a serious face,
If you saw him In bis place,
Marching swift to your embrace,
Coming home I
Ynu would weep with glud "urprlio
At tho dear dead boy that lies
Underneath the Southern ikies,
Far from home!
Woman, Tilth tho tender oyo,
Weeping wl lie tho boys go by,
Well we know what uakus you cry,
Weary home I
God be with you In your pain,
You will look nud look In vain,
lie will never come again
To hit Lome I
Ko amid our Joys wo 'vcep
Fur tho noble dead who Mtcp
lu the vale and ou the steep,
Tnr from home
Fur the chief Mho fought to well,
For tho Chrt't-llke man who fell
Ily the chown son of Hell,
And went home!
And we thank you. Slavery ' dead,
And the boats of wrong are lkdf
And the i?lgbt prevail. Instead.
Welcome home I
Limb, and tongue and prers arc free,
And tho nation shouts to tee
All tho glory yet to be.
Welcome home I
J'.ASTEHN KEWS.
Nr.w VonK,July 15tb.
The l'rcsldent baa appointed George W.
Dennison, of Arkansas, Register of the
Land Office at Little Rock, In that State,
nod John Kirkwood, of Kantas, Is ap
pointed Receiver, at the same place-
John Fletcher, of Ohio, is mentioned ns
the probable successor of Hathaway at
Commissioner of I'utentt,
The Timet' special dispatch rays ; Ev
idence Is dally being received of the rejcn
tauce o( many of tho rebels who resided
abroad during the war. Among the oaths
thus admlnisterd nud recently received for
registration, arc thereof Mrs. aud Mbs
Hurtslave, formerly weullby retldents of
Iteuufort district (S. 0. ). They do not
come within the t?20,000 cluuse.
Assistant Secretary JIuuter nnd wife
will leave for Cupo May in the course of the
wcek to spend a few weeks, ut tho close of
which Secretary Seisard expects to beier irHe nc-Iect to imjtose the second
able to niunw his official duliu. eonj,01, on oligarchy, ou an extended
The following appointments have been , ... , , ,, ,
made bv the FresldJnt within thu past few eeale, will grow op in one large tcetlou of
days, ni'd ore officlaly mentioned : I the country, working gruve injustice to-
John F. llartly, Assistant Sierelary of arjs iue volcri of nnotkr section. 'J'he
tho Treasury, vice Field, resigned ; D. .M. , (irce.flnu, nbusc wm reappear io n giant
Fleming, Assessor of Internal Revenue ror ,
the Fourth District. Ohio j Jomes Webster llorni.
for the Second District of Georgia ; James) Hut if we suffer this it cannot fail to
Tclfridgu for the Eleventh District of 1'enn p-oduce, as sluvery jiroduced, olieuations
sylvaniai Julius E. McUun", fof Z11,0 land heart burnings. Uuder any plan of
T'!1! ?ffil-,,0i, ffhSTJ ff1C n as : ! reconstruction Involving .. flagrant an In-
,Wm. Crounel, Collector of Customs at
I Oswego, New York ; T. Wilkius, Colleo I
. tor at Erie, Pennsylvania ; W. S. Haven, j
Collector at Saginaw uruor ; -oi. m.u,
Jr., Collector ot Full River, Piew lorn;
Trumau Horman, Collector ot iieiiass,
Maine ; P. W. Morkeu. Collector at New-
nrk, New Jersey ; It. It- Smith, Tax Com
1 inissionor of the District of the State of
Texas; Wm. Miller, receiver oi ruonc
Moneya for the lands subject to late nl
Montgomeiy, Alabama; James Rone, of
Ohio Receiver ol Public Moneys for the
lands subject to sale at Chill collie. Ohio :
John Edwards, Agect for the Indians of
tho Upper Arkansas Agency ; John A.
Olark, of Illinois. Surscyor Cicneraiof the
United Slates for the 'Jerritorv of New
Mexico : Wm.U. Franklin, of Ohio, Reg
ister of the Laud Office nt CMIIicotbe,
Ohio.
LETTER FROM ROB. DALE OWEN. J
.NEaaosurrnOK and RcrncsKNTATivK
rori'LATiox.
Continual fromlS Smlmd o" Ae 12rt.
I have often cnconulercd this clasi. I
saw many orthem last year white vlilllnr,
a, member or. OoverLcnt comai,,lon,
some of the Soolhcrn Slates. Labor do -
gradcl beroro their eyes h.s.lnSnl,h
...-.i.v... .i. ii ..'.. i.i...... -ii
....(.,n- ... . m iM; ,.!.. !.,, B nu.hnrliv. win l.v .l.nv. I
nrovo their condition. When last I bad
at.. l Ar ..L. wtKtt . T..l...tMi. 1 !
met there, In the cilice or n gentleman
cuargru wim ineiiaiy oi issuing iranrpnrin. i ivjim-i., iu, ..-. vm., .. vn;n,i
tlonond rntlon to lha Indigent persons, not emanating from tho whole; to, in my
black and whlio, n notable example or thlt judgment, ought not North Carolina, hnv.
strango class. Ho was n rebel cWrter ling forfeited her Stale rights and bogin
n rough, dirty, uncouth specimen ol human lug nncw as a Territory docs, lo be permit
lljtnllt stout and wlry-looklng, rude nnd ' ted, in advance, to rrjeel more than n third
abrnpt In tpeech nnd bearing, and clothed of her free population 361,622 out of
. 1 ,.l ., - . ..- - ,.. .- I
111 lUllkl W.l ,lltIU.I'lll. 1.1 liu IMI IUIH lik
.1 ...11 ,.,tnn. Wl,... l.,r,..l ll,.l
in tattered homespun. In no civil tone he '
.. ' . . . i
all rations applicable lo such n purpose
were cxhausled, be broke forth t "W hat
am 1 to do, then? How nm I to get
homcT"
"Yon can have no difficulty," was tlie
reply. "It U but fifteen or eighteen honrs
dowu the river" (the Cumberland) "by
steamboat to where you live. 1 furnished
you traniportatlon j you oan work your
way."
"Woik my noy !" (with n teowl of an
gry contempt), "1 never did n ttrokc of
work since I wai born, aud never expect
to do till my dying day."
The ngeiiLjcplicd quietly : "They will
give yon all iou wact to eat on board If
you bolp tlum to wood."
"Carry wood !" he rctorlf J with an oath,
"Whenever they atk me lo carry wood, I'll
tell them they may set tnc on thoic ; I'd
rnthcr starve for a vrrtk than work fur on
hoar ; 1 dont want to live in n world that
I can't make n living out of without work."
Is It for men like that, (gcorant, Illiter
ate, vicious (It for no decent employment
on earth except manual labor, and punt
ing all labor as degradation It It la favor
oftuch insolent swaggerers that we are to
disfranchise the humble, quiet, hard work
ing negro ? Are the votes of three such
men ni staninn or ncnaru, sumner or
Garrison, Grant or Sherman, to he neu
tralised by tho ballot of one tucli worth
Ices barbarian T
Are there not breakers ahead? To
such an issue ns thut may not the late ten
tatlvts at reconstruction, how faithfully to-
ever concclvwi.aud Intended for gotd,prac
tlcally tend!
The duly of the Untied Stales to guar
antee to every State In tho Union a rcpub
llcan form of government Is us tacrcd as
the duty to protect cuch of them from In
vasion, Is that duty duly fulfilled when,
wllh (he power of prevention In our handt,
we sulfur tho while voter In the least loyal,
the least intelllgeut and tho leu.t Indus
trious section of our country to usurp a
meaturo of political power three-told gerat
v r than in the rest of thu nation a voter en-
Joys?
Will it be denied that wo have the legal
power iu our owu bands T
Unsuccessful rebels cannot, by blta of
paper called secession ordinances, luko a
Stute out of the Uuioa, but by levying
civil war they can convert ull the Inhabi
tants of a State into public enemies, de
prived, us sach, by law, of their political
rights. The L'ulltd Slutes can restore
these rights can pardon these public no
cinlca. Aud we have the right to paidwi
on condition; us, for tjuinple, on condi
tion that slavery shall cease lo exist; or
on the condition that none of those persons
who form the buU of reprtteulutiou thull,
because of color, be deprived of the right
or 8ullrogc.
If nc neglect to Impose the first condi
tion the caute ol the late rebellion will con
,,,ue( aj ,,i tt( gome day produce uuolh
Justice, it ia iu vuln to expect hurmonyor
jrmaneut peace between the Northern and
SoDlLern bicoat 0f tilC Union.
. ... , , . , M
trfat, under ordinary circumstances, a
State may, by a general law applicable to
all, restrict tho right of suffrage; as, for
example, to those who pay taxes, or to
those who can read uud write. And it is
quite true that tho effect of cucb a law
would be to give additional political pow
er to those who still enjoyed tho elective
fracchtsc. But a State can only do this
after she has a, State Government I o oper
ation, not wheo she is ubout to frame one.
North Carolina .is in the Unjoo, as she has
always been; but bcr people baying lost,
by war against too government, their po-
r?:zz7z:zx :r w; ;
TIIIaoT t.nl.la a i-A nt alMa Ail It. !. Atl lltl.
, . , . , , TT. , . ,' The government having emerged trl
Imvo to begin again. As Malm, II dcslr- . . ,. ., .,i, ,,.
log lo be a SUIe, wonlJ liave to do. tl.e pec
p'o of North Carolina have to elect mem-
bcrs or a Convention, which Convention
l - as to frame n State Constitution, ., I
' prcscntcil, Tor acceptance or rejection to )v " ' """' "' "" ""' ""' '..."
ICcnBrcM. Now, just ns Idaho, taking her'" ""'; '71' R ' Y, ' n '
. n .....,i .. .n.,r..it... r.,u cootnttng to transact our bmliicM on a
lug n vote lu the election of members rf
Itnr r1Atifoiitlrtti. in tin If lifr frnn tntiutdllnti
or If she lid, would find ler lonstllulloi.
taMlA.1 .A. III. I M...PA 1..- .f....A H. "
...i - '!' !. ti ! i.vvuiir...iv., .
ll.r rli.1,1. n. tn rnlnrnn.i.irl. rot,llnn I ''nR ClrCllmSInlieCS.
OHJ.G'JO. I hope llio will not so construe
.. . . ...... '
constitution as authorized by a part of her '
people only.
t - I
I IS io i oe. Lonnrrs s one it to reecll.er,
Hut, beyond all this, we nonol safely
.'low the negro-exemption clause 'lo lake
Its chance along with other possible) re
strictions lo suffrage which n Slate, fully
organized, may sec fit to enact, lrtt, lie
raii.'C or Its magnitude. It it nn net of os
...!..- t. ... I..I- il.. r... i.l i.i.. .... r
iiuvinu uj ifiiv-imu iuu iivu Hiiiuuimiiis ui
., ., , . , . ,
nn entire section of country ngnlnd thu
., i ,, . H . o ,r .
other half, equally free. Secondly, becnu'o
I,, i , i ,. .. , .
of Its character nnd results. It Is an net
nrint,..nn. l.v il.. ,... i,.v ...,....,
--- - ' - ----
the life uf tho nation ngntnst thotcwho
have defendtd ll.o national life; an net by
which nc abandon lo the tender mercies or
I he doubtfully loyal and tho disguised
traitor those whose loyalty has stood every
trit, unstained, unshaken; nun Ignorant
ami simple Indeed, but whn.o rude fidelity
never falhd cither thu Union fugitive be
set In the forett, or tlie Union cause impcr
lied on the battle-field.
The decision of a nutter so grave ai thU
chnnld be taken out of thu category of
llioic rights which a State, at her option,
may grunt or may withhold; because be
ing national in Its consequences, it is na
tional In Its character, 'litis is a matter
of Federal interference, because, like rman
elpatlon, il is n mutter involving the Fed
eral safely.
It is becauso 1 hiimv the frankness of
your own character, .Mr. President, that,
nt possible risk of conflicting opinions, I
write to you thus frankly. It It because I
um deeply linpritstd with tho vast Import
ance of the It-mas ut italic that I write to
you at all.
1 think of our Union soldier, the sur
vivors of a thousand fields. I recall thu
last days, iiot of conflict but of triumph,
when Confederate arms were stacked and
Confederate paroles were given, and the
itors and bum fell before the old- flag. I
remember wllh what fierce fury those who
surrendered at last, fought, throughout a
four years' desperate ((Tort, lo shatter Into
fragments that benignant gotcroment un
der which, for I luce quarters of u century,
they had enjoyed proierIty and protection.
I remember all that was done and riilf.red
and sacrificed before, through countless ills
couragcrnenls and revert, (reason's plot
trampled down nnd (he glorious ending
i was reached. And as, In spirit, I follow
victors and vanquished from tho scene of
conflict, I think that never was nation
more gratuitously or more foully assailed,
and that never did imtion owe to l.cr de
livers from nnuichy and dltirtcrnherincrit a
dccir debt of gratitude uud good will,
'I ben 1 uk myself u gri-ut question.
Shall these soldiers of liberty, returning
from fields'of death to Norllurn lild of
labor uud of )eaceful contest of coutiit
lit which the ballot Is tho only weapon,
and the bulletin of defeat or victory Is con
tained In tho election returns thull these
veterans, who never flinched before milita
ry force, bo overcome, with llnrir laurels
still green, by political strutagems ? Their
weapons of war laid aside, Is lists reward of
these conquerers to be this, thut man to man,
they shall bo (.milled to one -third as much
iiifliieueo In administering their country's
Government us the opponents they con
quered T Aro the victors on fields of death
to bo tho vanquished In halls of Itgislatlont
It Is a question which tho nation cauuol
fail, ere long, to ask itself; and who can
doubt what the ultimate answer will bet
May God who, throughout the great cri
sis of our nation's history, overruling evil
for good, has caused tho wratlt of man to
work out his own gracious ends directing
us without our will or rjency, in paths of
justlco and of victory which our human
wisdom was too feeble to discover direct
you also, throughout tho arduous task be
fore you, to the Just and the right.
Kobkut Dale Owen.
New York, Juno 21, 18Co.
"Ah, Sambo, I am going a long, Ion;
journey ." "Neter mind, Mussa," said the
negro, consolingly, "It am all the way down
hill."
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Urccnback baits, wo shall not now Inquire;
b.ut """'"'y'
In tho prrsent situation,
. Ihcro fs no need of con'nllinjt nnythlng but
dltennl our melftlllo iiWunn. The
Southern Slate, hiving no other money,
except n small amount of hniril'd gold nnd
silver, wilt nbsorb the surplus gircnbnrkn
ol tho loyal Slates, nnd It Is generally tin
dcrttood that tlio Secrctnry of tho Ticitiu
ry favors n ccnttncllon, rather than nn ex
pansion, ol tho piper circulation, under ex-
Willi tho nppeult
'in i'liiniinrl llm flovrrnment." Iiva eonven-
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condition of things on the other side of tho
continent. The Kastcrn .Stnten, with their
greatly diversified IndnMry, had somo ex
cellent reasons for ncceptlng large Istuca
of Government paper without serious com-
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'exees vo iMiiesof hlato lianka. nhlcli were
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not nil ns n id I secured ns Iho'c of New
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ok, nnd tho national paper currency,
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for nrter the lutpcnalot. of specie payments
nnd tho fevrrlsh stimulation of vnrloua
branches ofbuitncss by tho necessities of
tho war, n vast nmonnt of paper money
was required as n circulating medium. Tim
Willi ru Stales having iniTernl, for yenrs,
the evil of n wild-cat currency, nnd trans
uded their hnttncM with the Atlantlo
Stales nt n great tllfnilrantagc In conse
quence, welcomed (ho uniform greenback
currency, not only because they could com
mand neither speclo nor Qrst-elass i-siics
but bccaitso tha new system cqirilltttd ex
change. All those States reveled In pros,
perlty, real or Imaginary (MeUullough, in
otto of his reports, says It was mostly Ima;-
Unry), uutil s-xcesslvu Issues depreciated
thu currency nml thu consequent rise In thu
price of the necesisrlcs of life caused luueli
complaint nuiong tho opcrntlvo clawj of
souicty. Now, upon this coast, tho clr
euiiistuncui aro entirely difli-rcnt. We
liuio n ccle medium proportionate to this
imputation and adequate to the wants of
trade. Kxohange Is In our favor. Labor
commands high wnges, nud when the crops
nro good, ns they aro this teaion, tho prices
of tho iiieeasnrlrs of life nre cheap, tn pro
portion to thu stntidunl of wages, as they
aro In the East, The reasons whiih ex
plain tho ready acceptance of tho national
pjper money In tho Eastern nud Western
Slates nre not to be discovered lu our ltu
ulon. Here the proposition to Introduce
tho greenback currency us tho basis of
business Is n proposition to reiigu advant
ages reeogrihced by political reoiiomittit
everywhere nnd deliberately supcrscda u
currency Intriuslcly vuluuldu by inconver
tible paper. Countries have l-cn driven
lo do this under tho rpar of necessity, but
it would bo difficult to find u pnci-deut for
the deliberate preferencu of such paper
money whtn no necessity compels. The
uuxlety expressed in thu l.att by ull thu
organs of commerce for n return to thu
tK-ele basis proves that thu communities
which ure supposed to hare derived the
greatest benefit from paper money ure con.
scions of tho evils resulting from the pres
ent uncertain, speculative system, und yearn
for the firm basis which California has for
lunatvly been enabled to maintain. It Is
safe to tiffirni (hut (hero is not it Slate In
Ihe Union that would not rejoice If It wcru
able to follow our example.
As to Ihe i fleets of preferring tho Incon
vertible urn) depreciated paper of tho gov
ernment lo the gold aud silver It col us at
tho Mint, its u circulating medium, the ad
vocates of thu change exhibit only tho hec
tic Hush of o speculative prosperity, The
ory ami experience are arrayed against
litem. Curiously enough, toino of tho us
tutu financiers who uisert lu one paragraph
that wu have not gold enough In circula
tiun and lament that so much treasure is
leaving our shores, propose, In the next, to
adopt a ineuture thut will inevitably quick
en Ihe exportation of coin. Gold and sil
ver belug valuable everywhere, the first
(.fleet of the Issue of inconvertible paper In u
country having furelgu commerce, Is tq
ciuse tho withdrawal of llio precious metals
from circulation and tho shipment to (jr.
eign lands. Simultaneously, there is an
inflation of prices, uud the experience of
the lolling million In tho East during tho
war confirms tho teachings of experience In
other countries, to the e feet thut, uuder
tucli oircumstauccs, wages do not rite lu
proportion, nor without combination and
oQ'jrt to bring them to u living standard.
Io the mlnlug districts of this Statu where
(here Is an Invetcrato prejudice against any
kind of paper moucy, thu Introduction of
greenbacks would not cnlirley change the
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