Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by KEEN & LEE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN, PHILADELPHIA. PRINTED BY SMITH & PETERS, то THE YOUNG MEN OF IOWA, INTO WHOSE HANDS WILL, ERE LONG, BE ENTRUSTED THE DESTINY 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 AND HOPE OF THE AUTHOR. |