The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-06-29
SPE ECH OF TN z NOV. JOHN c. FIR EMONT
Al the MEETING OF AMERICAN IN
PARIS

NJ. President, Ladies and Genilen,sn,-
an deeply sensible to the warm and fat
Ssrinx expressions Of confidence and regard
With which have just been honored, and
atill more deeply sensible to your kind APP
prevail Of them. They are very grateful to
me, and thank you very sincerely. But
you will be very sure that do not receive
them as due to myself; am conscious that
owe them to the partiality OF friendship
and to that sort Of attachment which SOL
der always feels for the banner under which
he has fought. Hear, hear.] To him Mr..
Burlingame) and the other friends around
me who have spoken day, represent the
standard on which old watchwords were in.
scribed. II is themselves who were the
leaders, themselves who bore with you the
heat OF the dav, and who have won their
battle gloriously! And they have como
among US here, with their ha5itual elo-
qusucs, to convey to our true hearted coun-
trymsn at homo tho assurance Of our unal-
serable devotedness to the country, and our
uobouudsd admiration OF the generous 10y.
atty with which they rallied to its calls.
tCheers.1 A few days back our honered Gag
was trailing in dust at tho foot Of az inso-
isut foe; at present its stars are refulgent
from = thousand nights, swarmiog with
brave hearts aud strong arms 10 its defense.
tApplaass.1 We drink to them to- daw, our
brave and loyal coun,rymeu. Renewed
cheers Faithfully, to too, have our scat
tered people responded to them, from Italy,
from England, and from France. Well have
they shown they, too, can cross the seas
aad change their skies, and never change
their harts. L oud chserin-.l am glad that
. happy change has brought me to particle
pate with you here on this occasion. Here
i this splendid capital Of : great nation,
where near by Us the same tombstone re-
cords the blended names Of washiugteu
aud Lafayette. l feel that l breathe sym.
pathetic air. tllear, hear.
France is progress, and AN happy to be.
lieve that here We shall not see q people
false to their traiitionary policy. loud
hand stretched cut to arrest to arrest the
march Of civilisatisn, aud aid 10 throwing
back consinsn into basbarism. We er-
rect nowhere active desperation. bu. ws
look for the synpashy which the weird Sives
10 good cause. We are willing to work
cus Ger ovu destiny, and make our own bis
tory. Before this struggle closes, ths world
will recognize that enlightened liberty 10
0eft sus1al0tok. 100 t12t pS0pio WV uSvO
enee fully enjoyed ito blessings viii never
consent 10 part With them. We have dep
recased this war, fra,ricids! and abomina-
bic; noss gladly would ws welcome back our
people il shsy Wsald re,arn to their allsgi-
aose. We would bury. deep - the ocean
The hassy anger which their parrieidsl coz.
dsss provoked. But thsy must return at
ssss to their allegiance. We shall not per-
mis- them to disaoaos eur Gag, aod dssecrass
eur sasrsd graves. Hear, hsar.] They
saaset bepsrnittsd 70 disueuber our ccun-
tyy anA destroy ear nssionality. Hesr,
heas1 We shall naiossia these 10 their fall
lea iasssrisy, 10 The facs Of every evil and
q every hazard. Absvs every ceusidera-
tisn 10 our eouasry-as us hare learned to
lore is--ooe and indivisahle-l ssud acsla-
nAsionsl -asv and forever, asd 20 ~ will
10 our dasy Loyalty, and re viii 1aks No
ssarscn;ss With treason, and no Surrender
- rebellion. lLous sad esn:iasel cheer
ins.1