The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-07-18


their ranks. For l94 years, their history
IL 4 golden page in that Of the world.
In 1912, the order was suppressed BY the
joint efforts Of Pope Clement v and Philip
Debonnair, King Of France; and the great
er part Of their revenues were made over
to the knights of St. John Of Jerusalem,
with whom many Of them adiliated, and
ever since that period they have only ap-
peared in union with that order.
At the present time, the the knight Tenn
plar, in connection with that Of Malta, 10 in
: high condition Of prosperity. In the Uni
ted States they are under one general gov
ernment, styled ssthe Grand Encampment
of the United States," of which the Hon.
VIM. Blackstone Hubbard; Of Columbus,
Ohio, is Grand Master. Subordinate to
this supreme body, which assemblies trien-
nially, there are eleven Grand Commenda-
ries or State Governments, that assemble
annually. That of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island is governed By DR.. Daniel
HAYWOOD of this oity, and has nine subor-
dinate Commentaries, two Of them being
located in Boston. In all, there are l37
subordinate Commentaries in the United
States, embracing an aggregate member
ship of nearly 500 Knights.
The costume of the knights Templar 10
very rich and beautiful; it is ss nearly -
possible that Of the chivalrous warriors Of
the Middle Ages. 1t calls vividly to mind
those famous passages in their career,
when side by side, they stood on the battle
field, scorning to yield until the last man
had kissed his cross shaped hilt, confessed
his sins to God, and fallen face to foe.
The standing of the order in Boston will
be appreciated, when it is known that it EN-
braces nearly FIVE hundred of the 6rst gen.
tlemen in the city, amongst whom will be
found such men as DIR. Winsl0w Lewis,
Dr's Harwood, Wilson and Tucker, Gov.
Gardiner, and men of that class. In all
Masonic professions, it is given particular
ly to the knights Templar to perform escort
duty, serving in hours Of peril as vanguard,
and upon occasions of public rejoicings like
this, as a guard Of honor. May there new
er be a call for these valiant and msgnan-
imous gentlemen to draw their swords save
for purposes of peace and grace!"
TOM MARSHAL'S LAST.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Bull
letin gives the following report Of a speech
delivered by this once gifted genius, at the
recent great railroad celebration in Cincin-
natl. His course is nearly run, poor fellow.
The incident is thus reported:
When Gov. Chase sat down, loud cries
were heard for "larshall," !" "Tom Mar
shall," who was around in the most gro
tesque looking hat you ever saw. lie was
also slightly "corned," but his popularity
seems to be tough enough to stand any
thing. Finally he got up, and swung to and
fro as the applause went on, and when it
ceased he laid himself out for a good speech.
And truly it was u queer, odd mixture of
genius and nonsense, and about little of
everything. Something like this he said:
He began by the remark that Col. Benton
is going about saying that the Union is IN
danger, and the statement that when fel-
low is broken down politicisn, he thinks
the Union is gone. loud laughter.] 'If,'
said Marshall, ''he had gone to Congress,
the Union would be all right now. was
defeated, and didu't 60 to Congress, but the
Union is still safe. | think the people made
a devil of mistake, but the Union amt in
danger. AS for you Ohio people, have no
right to speak, as l come from Kentucky,
where they keep niggers. Now, Ohio is a
great State. On one side is the lake and
on the other the river, and you fellows are
SO industrious that you are uniting them by
streams across the country. You have, too,
a great many railroads, and if these were
all put together, they would reach to the
Pacific. have, in the last Eve weeks, trav-
eled extensively in Ohio, and must confess
| consider it a great State, great in physi-
cal and intellectual progress. You fellows
are getting along in both. You have great
railroads and plenty of schools. Out of
two millions of your people, FIVE hundred
60 to school; and lately visited
one of your colleges, the finest | ever saw,
where three hundred men are taught every
branch of knowledge by the best professors
and really Cincinnati is great place. | can
remember-and lam not an old man-when
it was village, and in the records of mod
ern history, not century ago, it was
wilderness. Our orators talk about the
West! Lord, what place that is to talk
about! am fond of a geographical discus
sion; and this triangle, bounded by the Mis-
sissippi, the Ohio river and the lake, think
Virginia ceded to Congress. Congress pass
ed the ordinance of 1887, and see the result.
have sometimes thought that God AL
mighty tried his best when making the Mis-
sissippe Valley, and when Virginia cededit,
it was wilderness. Now look at the-the
the Ordinance of 1887. A voice-'Tom
you're tight.'] Marshall-lf you were as
tight as am (hic) now, nobody would re-
cognize you. Now listen and see if am
tight. That gorgeous Mississippi, whose
picturesque meanderlngs are bordered by
flowers and undulating rank grass, and un-
recognized save by the zephyrs of love,
was never to be stained by the foot Of
slave" [Applause.]
After glancing at the fine and prosper
Gus States that had grown out of the
northwestern territory, Mr.. Marshall de-
yeloped in a rather incoherent manner, but
with occasional happy flashes, the fact that
varied productions beget exchange, and
fasten commercial relations and Unions
He held that Democracy was most success
full when it had ample expansion, and ridi-
culing notification and deprecating fanati-
cal disunion abvlitionists; he recalled some
very vague ideas wished about knife and
cutting rope that both South Carolina and
Massachusetts might 60 down when they
cayorted. He said that some people sup
posed that the spread Of Democracy would
play the devil, but it didn't; but if con-
fined, it would bust anything ON God AL
mighty's earth.
He then dilated upon the different shapes
Of this continent from others. Looking,
said he, from the North, where DR.. Kane
died trying to find road, that don't see
would have been any use if he had found
it, and besides, there amt no way since
God Almighty made it right fast and hitch.
ed it on to the North pole. Look on down
at the corn-bearing region. l hear you can
grow 100 bushels Of corn to the acre in
the Miami Valley, and the only difficulty is,
you distil too much Of it into whiskey, that
ruins a great many talented men. Then
away down South to the sugar plantstions,
see how varied the productions. How gor.
geous this continent and how numberless
its productions. This variety makes trade
and binds the Union.
Marshall here swayed about little and