The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-09-16
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| help furnish means to refHnd this none,
| by subscribing for State bonds. Nov
| there IL scarcely man of you who, i
| life, limb or property were at stake, coul,
not take 500 at least Of Iowa State Bonds
and thus furnish the means to carry OF
this work, and have it done right. Anc
let me say to you plainly-though ms .
candidate ] ought not to talk SO to YOU
that in 20 doing you would be performing
Your duty as well as in carping and fault
finding. Now | am probably making o
mistake. | don't know. | ought per
haps to make handsome vows, speak foft
and honied words, things / cannot do ;
but | will tell you the trlth as | under.
stand and believe it, and if you don't like
1t, you have the remedy in your own hands,
you know. But it is due to you for me
mention what Iowa has already done for
this war. She has sent into the field, and
now has In active service in Missouri,
counting the Iowa First-and every man
in Iowa will always love to count the To-
wa First loud and long continued APP
plause seven thousand men She has
in camp at keokuk, 1000 men under Col.
Bussey She has in Iowa City a regi-
ment of infantry. She has in Burlington
another full regiment of cavalry under
Col. Warren. She has in Iowa City a
regiment of infantry consisting of 900
men, waiting the arrival Of another COM
pany OF 100 men to complete the regi-
ment which was to have been under the
command of Col Bennett. And here let
me say of Col. Bennett, he has proved
himself to be patriot as well as the SOL
der. Tie has acted the man. When he
found that his appointment as Colonel
would cause heart-burnings and dissen-
slons in the regiment, he said to me-
"Place me where you please, but have the
regiment formed" Applause This
was what Col Bennett did. At Daven-
port there is full regiment of infantry.
commanded by Col. Hoffman, and full
regiment Of cavalry, whose reemental
officers have not yet been appointed We
have, ] hope to-day, at Dubuque full
regiment of infantry, under Col. Nando-
eer' That is what Iowa has done 1t is
what your State authorities have done
without money to do il with; but ] will
not speak of that again for | am satisfied
you would rather hear of something else
PROUD DAY FOR THE GOVERNOR or
IOWA.
My friends, the proudcst day of my
life was during my recent trip to Wash
ington City. | had called to see the Adj
jutant General, Mr.. Thomas, to ask fla.
vor of him for the benefit of the Iowa
volunteers He had been in military SER
vice nearly all his life, and of course had
all the regard for volunteers which officers
of the regular army usually entertain
This was before the battle of Springfield,
or at least before We had received news Of
the result. | asked of him an order 10
have the companies composing the First
Regiment of Iowa Volunteers paid off in
IN the several counties of their residences.
They had not received any money since
they left Iowa | knew the BOYS had had
"A hard campaign and | was anxious they
should have the full comfort of their earn
ings at home. He told me the first thing
| would know would be that our Iowa vol.
unteers In Missouri would leave Gen. LYON
in the lurch as certain PENNSYLVANIA and
New York volunteers left Mcdowell at
Manassas. | told him the Iowa bows
would not do it that they would do their
duty; If not, that not lady in Iowa would
Hay - hnfr ~ al \
Laughter. The Adiutant General de-,
cllned to issue the order as | requested.
and referred me to his assistant. The
latter issued ii Just as wanted it. In the
meantime, the news of the battle Of Spring
field, and Of the gallant manner in which
the LIST Iowa regiment conducted them
selves after their term of enlistment had
expired reached Washington. | then
took occasion to walk again into the War
Department and every man who saw me
had to shake hands with me, and placing
my hat at an angle of forty-fve degrees,
stalked through the building as though /
owned it--and they let me [Tremen-
lous cheers. | tell you, my friends, that
was proud day for Iowa in Washington !,
IL was glory enough for any man there to
hail from this State. And all this was
because our brave Iowa boys down at VIII
sons Creek did their duty. [Applause. !
They gave US a name such as we never had
before. Go where you will through the
length and breadth of the land and you
hear nothing but praises of their noble
pn l Ia II.
Washington, and by mistake got into the
Continental Hotel-the largest one there.
At first nobody knew me, nobody paid any
attention to me; but when they heard that
| was from Iowa, | could have had the
whole house to myself if had wanted it.
[ Laughter and cheers.
Now, my friends, have but little more
to say. The eastern counties of this State
had an advantage In raising men under