The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-10-26

Extract from recent speech of Hon. e.
d. Baker in California:
do not care where man comes from, If
he is worker and lover of his country; If
be will not sit under the shadow OF tree,
and whine about niger, when he ought to
rise up like man and do a mans work.
care not whether be comes from the North
or from the South, from the East or from
the West. ! desire to preserve free soil for
free labor. Do you not believe that free la
Dor is betrer than slave labor Do you not
believe that free State is more powerful,
richer, more prosperous, than a slave State
DO you not believe that the free States would
be better opponents in time of war, not be-.
cause her citizens are Drawer, but because
they could turn out every man for the ranks?
Cannot the free States pay more taxes? Do
you not believe In using your influence to
prevent the dedication Of free soil to slave
labori Are you not attached to the great
principles Of personal liberty, and in striving
TO propagate them in preference to the dog
mas of slavery, are you not acting in con.
cert and harmony with oil the wisest and
best men of the age in which you live? How
sit2 Are you German? Is not the idea
of universal independence favorite of
yours? Whether you was ruled by duke
or a monarch, still the idea of personal lib
erty is dear to the German heart. SO with
the Frenchman; whether he is fighting under
despot in Italy, or barricading the streets
OF Paris during revolution, he loves the
idea Of personal liberty, and it is equally
present in his heart.
So with the Englishman. Dear to him
are the recollections Of the great English
Revolution Of 1858. Proudly and affection
ately he looks back to the time when Crom-
well and his Psalm singing Iron Sides were
arrayed against the hosts of a treacherous
sovereign; when they dragged monarch
ANONYMOUSLY to the block because he at
| tackled the great principles of popular rights
| and persona, liberty. [Great applause And
as have asked, who ever heard of any man
| reciting poem to slavery? But if you want
the noblest and most inspiring poems, save
those from Heaven, read Milton, read Shell
ley, read Homer, read Halleck, read Bryant,
above all read Shakespeare. There are
poets who sell themselves, with venal spirits
TO tiutter iii the atmosphere Of courts but
even they, seduced by the pomp and brillian-
cy Of fashion, cannot break into praise OF
Slavery. They may praise the despot him.
self, but the iniquity of slavish servitude
they dare not crown with song. The hau-
teur OF the poet will not allow it, and his
hand trembles, falters and is palsied ere he
attempt to sweep it in such praise across the
Tyre Of song. lCheers.l But when you talk
to him OF freedom, the lip Of the poet quiv-
ers with inspiration, his heart CLOVIS, and the
numbers break out AS the stream dsshes
from the mountain top to seek the valley
below-bright, clear, sparkling, and FREE.
[Cheers.
Are you ashamed to march 10 that process.
sion? Shall reproach, shall malignant slam
der, shall base Misrepresentation make You
hesitate2 For me, ut least, no thousand
times no Where my youth has tired, my
manhood and my age shall march. Il am not
ashamed to wheel into that great procession.
| love freedom better than slavery. l will
speak her words will listen to her music !;
| will acknowledge her impulses; will stand
beneath her flag (; will fight in her ranks !;
and, when do SO, shall fnd myself eur
rounded oy tne great, the wise, the good, the
brave, the noble of every land. [Chser upon
cheer, the audience rising en- masss.l Ii |
could stand Tor moment upon one OF your
high mountain tops, fur above all the king
doms OF the civilized world, and there might
see coming up, one after another, the bravest
anu ~ssest OF the ancient warriors and
statesmen, and Kings, and Monarchs, and
Priests and II, as they came up, might
be permitted to ask of them an expressien
OF opinion upon such a case as this,
common voice, and in thunder tones. re-
yerberating through q thousand valleys.
and echoing down the ages, they would cry.
LiBERTr, FRuEDoa, TnE UsivRasAL BIO.
THtRHoop or MAN" lCheers upon cheers. |
JOIN that shout; | swell that anthem
echo that praise forever and forever more.
CHEERS.
IN preacher lately said in his sermon.
"et women remember while putting on thei,
profuse and expensive attire, how narrow
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