Show koprin wo print t ow ing winch 10 11 m must iwori on the most cursory perusal eo commend almend itself i to the consideration of alf all persons of means as fiswell well from the security af f the investment nt offered as from the fact that lie he who becomes becom s the creditor of the united states at the present time is I 1 in I 1 reality lending the government his aid gutc as effectually within his sphere as his neighbor who unable to assist the co country in n tills does so w with ith his strong arm i 1 1 1 7 der ed musket to tile the people of the united 1 t I 1 f 11 TREASURY department july 25 1864 5 by an hot act of congress approved dd juna 6 1864 the secretary Sec refal y of the treasury ury is 9 authorized to issue issue an amount riot exceeding tw two hundred millions mii lioni of dollars in treasury notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven and three cen turn redeem redeemable bible ahei atei three years from date and to ck exchange change the same dame for lawful moll money ey ake he secretary is further authorized zed to convert the same into hato bonds bearing interest at a rate not cac exceeding adi ng six per pay payable able in coin 1 tn pursuance of f the authority thus conferred I 1 now 0 O offer to afi the c people of the hc united States Treasury 1 notes as described in my advertisement dated july 25 1864 the circumstances under which this loan is is asked for all and d your aid invoke invoked dd though differing wid widely c ay from the existing saie of affairs three years ago are such as afford crual it encouragement coura gement and security time proving that the struggle for national unity was wa to exceed in duration and severity our worst anticipations has tested thea national strength and developed the national i i resources to an extent alike unexpected and remarkable exciting equal astonishment at lioma homer anji and abroad three years 0 of f war have burde hardened nebyou you wl watha taft debt which but atit three years since would have seemed beyond your ability to meet yet the accumulated wealth and productive product ivo energies of tile the nation havo have proved to bo be so vast that it k ka been borne witla will comparative cas ease e c and a peaceful future would hardly fool ical its weight As AA a price paid for nati national onal existence and the preservation of 0 free it does not deserve a moments ebil thus far the war has boon been supported and carried on as it ony only could have been by a keopf resolved at whatever cost of blood and treas roto transmit tran unimpaired to posterity the system of free government t bequeathed to them by ach great men who framed it thin deliberate and ad paA resolve laa has cevelo developed alq 1 d a power surprising even to themselves it has s shown that abat in less than a century a nation lias ari arisen 1 sen unsurpassed in vigor and exhaustless in resources able to conduct through a series of years war on its most gigantic scale and finding itself when near its close almost unimpaired in all tile the material clenents of power it has at a t the present moment great marinics armies in ill the field facing ah enemy aej apparently ardently ap a pa period iod of utter but abut sull still struggling with a fore eUie the greber gret itier and laore desperate as it sees and ec aTae it sees the near approach of a final and ana fatal consummation such in my deliberate judgment is tey the present resent condition of the great a for civil liberty ina in which you are now VP up to the th e besent moment you have readily and checri cheerfully ulry afforded the means necessary to su support apor t your governa government clit iu in this protracted struggle it ii is your war 0 laim p d it and colt have sustained jt it tra traitors kors every everywhere here I 1 with it a patriots patr patri ioto otio junaur passed in ija them the worlds history f tile the securities 1 offered aret area shoji as should command fourr you ready eady confidence much effort lifts been made 1 f to public bubli c faithia caithin fai thin our burria aa credit both at home and abroad As A jet 10 we kavi a aek ok od cd no foreign i aid self rel reliant fant our own means dinean s have gave thu chufar far proved adequate to our wants they are yet act ample tnt to teet those of the ane present p re so nt and t tg future it still rea tilds for A patriotic people to nr fw dish aish the th needful the brave beave men iten who are f our baalas by land aud and tea en must be fed f c and an I 1 eloth elot hied ed munitions of w av fw ar of all kinds must bo be furnished or the war must end in defeat and disgrace this i is s not the time foe any lover of his country to inquire ag ae to tile the state of the money market or elliet he can so BO in Yest liis surplus capital as to yield him a larger return ap xe return turn and no profit it mn n be des desirable if fowood foilb wed by y 0 or naf tonal disgrace P ro acquired ier hufe but the ppe cursor and speedy afta beso be so surer surely IV profitable as abat bush w wh tends to 4 the national existe existence ice 1 w im anemi thi the recent legislation of congress ow our too way soon oan be 1 placed upon a A sounder u adl e r 0 stable footing the present tion af pf iii ma a great deglio 4 to disturbances bances arising fro from m the with rith al of necessary checks inevitable in time of waw heh expenditures es must exceed any possible supply 0 adin vh tha opportunities thus presented to acquire sudden wealth have led to vicious speculation aaion a consequent increase of prices and violent fluchia tion the remedy is to tobe be found fourki oay ip in ahie th swetty j h ye Q fa fel I 1 t taj dad of off wore va aud and as orous taxi taxation tion se sevare vere coul co ai has teen maffe mat fe lan indue ildie timidity and neG aa theart th part if df congress in m this idee rn it but just asay t Q say abat very has P existed and ad perhaps pe rhana still exis this po legislators lia like all ot fiers hf tv e euph to fo learn lear ina new condi condition conditto tio n of afra affairs irs A an c entirely n new n ew system wax to ta be devised and that system inuss necessarily be the growth of time ind and exper experience IL ace it Is is not strange that at cf forts 1 have pro ofed p afia ahamad lad qullie 4 to ly alry burding orta p atri bli hoople in bubba manner ua M to tee loe equal and as asto to occasion thel ast cast of I 1 L sut suffering Tevin or an annoyance iio yance requires linly inne and callio caution t io bild i aase vast labor j andi anah afi all these eta cx l peri peric nce ence is tit to test the th evalue v illie odthe oi the system and correct rits Ats errors such has been the i work which C contrevas Con grevas called apoi to perform I 1 am happy to t say that daily rel rits q are proving the internal revenue act to exceed in in baffic IC i ncy the most moa sang sanguine dine expectations ions of its anchors an thors in t the lie month 0 of f june 1863 it yielded about four and one half millions of dollars while the corresponding month of this year return returnee eo about afif fifteen ton millions under the same taw law under the new law which wont went into operation on oil the first arst da day of the present month I 1 alft treasury not receives s orle 0 wi in ill a 9 day aej altime ime and experience enable the collecting the reve revenue fill e fo e enforce fl the ic stringent ivi 1 lige tut provisions of 01 the new law 2 I 1 trust that a million per day will be found tile the rule aud and not the exception still much space is undoubtedly left for im in in the law kawam am in in it its s tiou as a greater fl f necessary lessary information is the proper sources 0 of f revenue and the anos effective effect iye modes of obtaining it are best developed in the execution 0 c existing laws and I 1 have caused measures to be initiated which will it is belied Ue enable to improve and enlarge yava ai aa w cheo hea taken in connection with the 1113 toms and other sou sources reps to aff afford ord an ample and secure basis ie 0 tho the national credit Only such a basis 1 and in a steady dna and vigorous restraint upon cu curry aurely can a remedy be found for existing evils lucli xe restraint can only be exercised when the government is furnished with means to provide for its necessities but without the aid of a p patriotic people deop ls any any government is powerless lor this or any other desirable end the denorn denomination lutcs proposed to be 1 ranging frow to five thousand dollars place these securities within the roach of all who are disposed ta 9 aid their country for are cfaith canil and honor R and nd PI property sporty of thai country are sole solemnly anty pl pledged eded A successful issue to this his contest now relieved eved to be near at hand band will wilf largely enhance their value to the holder and once resto restored red ill all burdens burdah can be lightly borne bope lie he who selfishly withholds his aid in the hope of turning gnp 4 wig his av available table means to arc greater ildr immediate profit profits ts is speculating upon arpod hi his count rys mis f fortunes fortu 0 ft in neis an and d mi find wat at what seems to ne reM kain lea leads s only to future alss 10 I 1 af pe with confidence to a lo 10 loyal a I 1 ibid hd pare people lind ind in invoke ahe he 6 efforts of a all it abo lovo loic their country and ad absi desire lre for it 1 a 1 glor glorious future A to aid their teiei government in credit and placing that credit upon h s stable roll foundation n batio n t IT P I 1 se cly of breig Y i |