The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-07-27
An ELeQTExr EXPLANATION or Ar
FAIRS IN OURIOI NTRY.

An exchange eays, TO VIM. L. Myers, o
TisFn. Ohio. re are indebted for phnno
| graphic report Of that celebrated speech OF
!. the Crisis, the text Of which by universe
consent, is allowed 10 be-
aoR ANY OTHER MAN."
The speaker said:
aAhum MN! Feller- Cisisens:-I havi
been called upan this evenin' 20 appear be
! fore vau for-for, thai is, have been re-
quested to appear upon the-the scaEal.
/ tins evenln' for the parposs OF eiacidatin
/ TO YOU the all-absorbin' suhiec' which an
now agita,in' the-she, certainly J haye.'
/ (Cheers.) .Ahum-m-m! but to retarr
TO eur suhiec'; as was about to remark
previously, beforehand, what's our com
try comm to? That's what I'D like e
know myself. Lock at eur csngregated
circamHex Of this glorioas Union, just loot
att! Does anybody see il? Certainly
that's just what's the matter. Album m m
but to return 30 our sahjec'. Look az TIN
great American eagle, the glorious emblem
af our liberty just look at me-" Here
| the speakers voice was drowned by con-
! tinued shouting and aRpiau.e.) Htal
| are you going to do with that 'ere bird
| Look ut 'im as he flies s-from the cloud cap
ped sum,aik Of the Licherdee mountains to
the terrific abyss Of the Goshwaliiean.ave-
nue.. an hu,ters bis tail feathers, an sez. IN
the sweet language of the Apostal Pasi, IN
his epstle to the Egyptians. when he SAID,
s.root he. or die" That's what's the mat.
ter. Enthusiastic cheering-) Anum' m
m but to return to our subjec'; look at
our-iook at our-that's what I'd like ta
know. Look at our newspapers, just loos
at ZEN; can't pick up one without read'n'
something in it--that's what's the matter.
What did see in p,per this morning
What did see there" With emprcsse-
paent1 s.proyisions has riz. What's the
consequence? Coffee am molasscs had a
fight. What's the consequence again. I
Molasses got licked, and caiFee had TO set
,le on its own grounds" Arplause.) That's
Just what's the mat,er--or any other man."
.{Cheers.) "Ahum. IN IN but to return TO
our suhiec'. Look at our soldiers! just
look at 'em. Does anybody see 'em! DO
they not march forth to battle in time Of
peace, an'-an'- an get shot in the neck ?
Certainly they do: that's just what's the
matter" (Cries of ''good.'' "Ahnm- m
IN bu, to return to our subiec'. Look at
eur sailors. look nv eHs Du wy b''
do they no,2 Certainly they do. DO they
not sail out in the briny ocean, where the
roar,n' bilows fumigate. an where the de-
vourin' elephants open their jaws for 'em,
an'-an' lay down in their warm hammocss,
an sleep? Certainly they do-or any 9th
er man." 4 voice, certainty, "A.
hum m m! Look at our fremen! All!
those boys, just look at 'em do they not at
the dead hour of night, when the clock
proc aims the hour Of midnight, an when
The barometer is A. degrees below Cicero,
do they not rush forth to the scene OF con-
lagrution. an'-an', get drunk Certain
" they do, an that's Just what's the matter
of NE or any other man. Now what does
the grea, an glorious Conssitooshun OF this
United Confederation Of Pennsy lucky say!
What does it say? That's what I'd Ike TO
know. Does it say-does not our Consti-
tooshun say !? Certainly it does; that
jes, what it sez." (Sensat,on. "Whas did
Patrick Henry jackson say? did he not say
that each and every one should stand upon
its own ground, an did he not lay his hand
upon his heart, an say with clear con-
science that he was u paper-dosl, with u
glass eye? Certainly he dld-or any other
man." .....
The speaker retirel amid thunders Of
applause. ....- ..