The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-19

erica hAe tOaulsu EngiAHd long enough
our people, thank God, are at last eman
cipated. England can no longer irritat,
us. Hail to our gallant navy! Oul
people must pass law compelling ever,
merchant ship 10 take from five to ten up
prentices Let them wear the navy but
thn+-tle Captain must be responsible
I'D the shipewher must pay the bills
We want militia Of the seas. TCheers.
Our sailors must be on the ocean whal
our volunteers are on thelani. We mus
hase navy. Our inprovised gubboais
have earned, in cooperation with the Ar.
my OF the Constitution, immortal fame.
Who won laurcls at Fort Henry?-the
gunboats. Who at Fort Donelson?-ths
gunboats. Who captured the Llands on
the Great Nver?-our gunboats. WI,
give victory to our arms a, pis,>tlr4
Landin s. our gtllsnt gunboats. Cheers.
Who captured Macull- Koa Pulas+
Il our Aunboats. And who, prsy
fook New OrIeans?-I answer, our un.
conqiierable gunboats. Vicksburg fell,
.SateAez capitulated, and Memphis sur.
rendered 70 cur navy! Our sailorsarc .,
brave ~ our soldiers are bold. Our gun
boats are manned by regiments of Casa
biancds! Long ere this cur gunboats
have battered down treason in Mobile
Savannah and Charleston. (Cheers.
America is emaneipated. England is no.
our mother. America has passed out oi
leading strings. Cut The connecting links
Of the guDboat canal through from the
Atlantic TO the Mississippi. Make a
passage along the Lakes, and do it a.
At once, The people pay Tie bills. Cat
another canal to connect the rivers with,
New Orleans via Carolina, and let our
eunbuats have race course inside our
empire. (cheerS The people Of Am
erica never call each other the mob.
Cheers. II is not allowed. Some day
the people here will net permit the Lon :
don Times 10 call them the mob. (Shame,
and hsar.)
We want two hundred moro Galenas,
Naugatacks, Ironsides and Monitors. We
have now fifty, and must have 100, 600
sailors,t 10 compose our militia of the seas
EDylish.nen, you have lost . great oppor-
tunity. We profIered friendship. Iou
declined. You thought we were ON our
deathted, and you crcpt into our room in
Me dark but the dagger was withheld
when the rebels were given mp. Iago
Was contemplate character. We ARE
we'll now--wc look you in the face--and
ypu are ashamed. Your abolition sen;i.
men,s were too base to be called by li,e
more Christian name OF hypocfiey. You
preached abolition because you thought
that was the bone vi contention that
would ruin our Republic. Oh, and hiss
"a. We have discovered how dishonest
has been your action. You played
dsep game, but We have caught you pack
ins the cards. rob. You know tho
dice were loaded. You put tie poison
into the cup, and administered with your
own hands the dose. No. We saw
you in the glass when your back was turn
I'd. Applause. But our Constitution
MAS nors than equal to the shock. Am.
ariea must have navy. We have SCORES
of adinirals--and fishermen are grand
material TOR sailors. Hesr] Already
,ur navy-our little six months impro-
sised navy---has accomplished wonders.
The cotton lords will now admit that our
blockade has been edectual. The British
Ainiaters do not call it now q paper
blockade. Ask the Joint-stock Buc-
,anesr 6rm Of Prieleau, Treason snd
4ngAnd il the biockade was effscsual.
Dur action has bssn short, sharp, and
Our gallant navy has lately
AIKEN one hundred and sixty seven pirates.
Oh. and doabted.1 The gentleman
toubts it.. / have the statement :--l2 |
teamers, Q ships. propeilers. l3 bsrks,
Il sloops, and ll2 schooners-rcheer
valued at some fifteen millions of dol |
As. The pirate frm must be bankrupt
'inee the capture Of TIE stsamships Pa
ras, CaucassiAn, Bermuda Nassau, Cam. |
'ria, and Stettin. Applause Those
teamers have changed hands. The Bat |
e Of the Seas must bo fought over-we
ave already had too many words-we
must come to blows. THear1 We have
osdied yon long enough You must now
oliow our example. @
Earl Russell said we we're fighting for
empire He u right-the Empire ofsthe
'casl Once you kept rs always 10 few
r-row We intend to make your sleep |
estless, Once you were our Supporters
-now We are yours. ["0h," and
heers. Once We thought you wcref
,feat, fair, honest-now We see through
our disguise. Providence smiles loviug-.
y upon its chosen people-but frowns
lpon other lands. / see no sunshine to-
lay IN this hemisphere. England IL short
# corn, short Of cotton, and there il !
hmins of liberty in the land. THear.l
All looks dark and gloomy IN Europeali
ooks hsppy ana joyful in America. Hos
Russia shakes with the upheaving masses
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