The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-11-17

appointed Gardner postmaster a, Lawrence,
and Clark purser IN the Navy. That is q copy
OF his commission. gentlemen. Carrying out
the scriptures. you see those faithful in a
few things. are appointed over many things.
That. gentlemen, is the canon tax en- from
the government arsenal a. Liberty. Mo-. with
which Jones and the Mssourians bombarded
Lawrence. and battered down the hotel and
several dwellings. after they had pillsged sv
erything they could lay their hands on. Here
is copy OF Jones commission as collector
of customs True patriotism viii never die,
gentlemen. SO long as the country rewards
her heroes.
This. reverend gentlemen, is the knife
with which Murphy scalped Hops. Hopps
was free State man, OF very dangerous
class; you cannot too much warn your con-
grega'ions against this agitating element
This is Murphy's appointment as agent for
the Pottawotamie Indians where he can teach
them the civilized mode of scalping. Virtue
is sure 10 be rewarded Remind Your con.
gregations of that
Here you see some of the muskets and
pistols taken from the United States Arsenal
Ia Missouri. for butchering the Kansas emf
grants. The CaLaantes are to be driven
out. gentlemen. The Scriptures are clear on
that head. All means a,e lawful, even the
seizure of the United States Arsenals, to put
down agitation.
Here, reverend Bishops, is a precious
relic, and great comfort TO true patriot. es-
pecislly in view of the recent wicked attempt
TO disturb the family relation. established by
the Patriarchs in the sale of their Abrother
Joseph, by which we have the comforting as
surance that the traffic in our blood relations
is peculiarly blessed. This is the hatchet
with which Gibson killed Frederick Brown.
son of that mighty man OF valor. before
whom the hearts of chivalry became water.
With this weapon he was slain unarmed and
prisoner. His wife and one child were
spsred-an IN udicious piece Of humanity to-
ward such race. Many good men strove
for the privilege of killing him. but i: was
given to Gibson to hack HIM to pieces with
this hatchet, even as SAINT ell hewed Agag
10 pieces before the Lord You see. gem
,lemen. how the devout mind is sauctified by
the Scriptural association of these national
trophies. This lot, gentlemen. will not be
comP!ste until we get the rope with which
the father of this sinful agitator, who has
been in an unreconcled condition since this
dispensation, is hung Then the mind that
is highly disciplined will be highly edited by
trophies SO full Of incident and allusion,-
ernment Office, he shows to a wicked and
perverse generation that republics are not
ungrateful.
Il now come, gentlemen. to the choicest
relic in this whole collection. and one best
calculated to inspire patriotic and national
emotions. Here in this glass case are the
pieces Of the cane with which true South
ron, ardent the Southern sun, with irwin
chile courage and pockets full Of revolvers,
walked up to a sitting Senator. who had in
duiged IN the profanity OF free speech. smote
him to the floor, and continued beating him
until there is hope tina. ne has silenced his
profanity forever These the revolvers
and bowie knives with which two Of the
bravest sons of the South guarded the patri
otlc deed, to prevent interference; and here
is An engraving of the monument which the
a admirers of true heroism in South Carolina
are erecting to her most heroic son. Future
generations, gentlemen. will judge us by the
monuments we build l will send you cop
les OF this engraving for your Sabbath
Schools, that the youthful mind may be stim-
uiated by the reward of true virtue"