The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-11-06

his country from the dictate Of M snHght-
ened conscicnce--the best indiea tioa of a
true soldier. Your other officers, and
men, have felt the potency Of human lib
erty, have tasted the sweets of good
Government, and will he with you to the
bitter end.
Colonel, with them you are about to
enter another field, and discover your
prowess on new theatre Of action. You
are about to 20 where the widest passions
of men have the largest liberty, and where
Christians by baptism and profession
shoot each other. You are soon to hear
the blast of the bugle, inviting you TO the
carnage and desolation of war Soon
home, sweet home, viii be in the distance,
and all it's entertainments and felieitits
will be seen only through the vision Of
memory. Soon you must bid farewell to
the friends of the midday of your life, -
You can shed tear then--lt will not be
weakness. The best and most heroic men
that ever lived have wept When we
hear you say farewell; when you bid good
bye to the wife Of your choice, to your-
| prattling child, and to the grave of the
one that died and went to Heaven since
you came in our midst, we will weep with
YOU 1t will not be weakness
Colonel, we must turn aside from the
footprints of tenderness, and look your
| future in the face. You must soon
- encounter mad ambition.
| Let loose amcn us In the form OF frenzy,
4 H.. xa1 az Al. Gr.x L.
And his hands clotted with the blood nf thousands :
See him as he moves over the land, tear
Ing down the institutions of more than
eighty wears, See him as he enters the
temple of Liberty, and deforms its carved
| works See him as he takes hold Of its
pillars and attempts TO overthrow them !.
Sec him as he seeks to destroy the evlden-
the dark ages, from as damnable motives
as ever controlled intellect since the devil
preferred the domain of hell to the felici-
ties Of Heaven See interest goading on
this unholy ambition. At home, thou
sands applaud, and abroad, the heart Of
an English, fiendish aristocracy, is rejoiced
The poet was thinking Of these compeers
of despotism, when he said
| sCnprized are her sons, till they learn to beirsy.
Undistinguished they live, II they shame not
their sires
| And the torch that would light them TO Dignity q
wav,
Must be cangh, from tie pile where their coun-
try expires
Colonel, you and your noble men are
about to meet this evil spirit on the battle
feld | need not admonish you to pre-
pare for the conflict You are not under
arms for vengeance, except against an
army You are not arrayed In the piano.
ply of warrior to promote selfish ends,
but you go as the friend of your country,
Of civilization and of constitutional liberty
You 20 with permission to steady the ark
of the Covenant
| Here, as if upon q mountain-top be-
meath the purest light of Heaven, let us
see how blessed We are with all the ele-
ments of understandable greatness See
what family we are Thirty millions
of people, happy, educated and lately
prosperous Washington at our head
and how serene aud beatifying that Revo-
lutionary face, as it snies upon Us -
Franklin calls down the lightning Of Hea-
ven and drives death from our atmos
phere. We are thirty-four States-Uni
lied States married States, with no law
/ for divorce, either from God or man.
Colonel, from this mountain-top, watch.
inc two oceans having our shores, the enc
for our rising, the other for our setting
sun, will you and your noble regiment
consent to dissolution or division OF thi,
Confedcracy,. No, am sure you will not
4 Disunion is death divided we fall 7
Anarchy is the child Of disupion Gu
death is the doom of Republicanism fo
wears TO come Should we go down, nj
have so many governments OF the popular
will. there will 90 down with us mot tn,
morning but the evening star of tn,
worlds hope, world emancipation
| Colonel, now deiiverto you oar Nation
al Standard. 1t bears the naue of your
excellent Regiment, the proud emblem o
our national prowess, and the illustriou
thirteen born III the perils of the revolu
ton. Give it to patriotic hands, warmed
by a stout heart Never let it be dishon
nored Remember what noble nam,
Iowa has already won Remember til,
Iowa First at Wilson's Creek, the low
Third ut Blue Mills led by the galan
Scott, and the Iowa Second, enduring al
I but death, and even tasting that VIVA
glorious examples are before you Re
member the heroic dead. Remembel
Baker, who magnItcd eloquence. and IN adj
the name Of Broderick immortal Re
member Lyon on the field Of battle, vii
ling his fortune and his life to his country
Remember above all your bleeding AM
J distracted country, and, invoking tn
blessing of that God who will right ever
wrong, 20 forth to battle and to victory !.
/ Col. Bussey, receiving tho standard
responded in an eloquent and feelin