STATE CAPITCL, IOWA CITY.

INTO WHOSE HANDS WILL, ERE LONG, BE ENTRUSTED THE DESTINY
OF OUR YOUNG STATE, AND BY WHOM HER FREE SOIL, HER
BOUNDLESS RESOURCES, AND HER REPUBLICAN
INSTITUTIONS, ARE SOON TO BE DEVE-
LOPED, CONTROLLED, IMPROVED,

AND PERPETUATED,

THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY

Dedicated.

THAT THEY PROVE WORTHY OF THE SACRED TRUST, NEVER
SWERVING FROM THE PATH OF DUTY, AND THAT THEY
EXERT THEIR PREROGATIVES AS FREEMEN, TO AD-

VANCE INTO AN EVER-EXPANDING PROSPE

RITY THE NOBLE STATE WHOSE HELM

THEY HOLD, IS THE DESIRE