The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-20

re IA you cannot make . party qose-.
tios ont of that. Laughterl
THE PRssIDrSts
/ believs tina. you have an hsncst nsA
stthgAss4pf the Governmssssl tisy4
thaE 8e ylA1erely desires to save thGcoun-
try. have thought if had the naking
of him / would put little more back
bona in him. Intense applause ]
wish he had little more Of the iron will
Of Old Hickory, or Of the determination
ofS. A. Dcugias. fThasySo. Hut hsSs'
you noticed one thing? Every proslans-
tipn he has iasued is - the head Of the
army Of the United States. You say he
has right to weaken his enemy. Hei
your President for eighteen month. 49,
What have youto make by throwing o.
stAeles in bis wsy1 lido not know whsth-
or he, has done al for the best. or not
but if 1 had anything to say, ! should
have said to the Generals Of our army,
''rake the nigger as you 60, and don't
leave disioyal man behind you. Every
man ypp lgo 70, give him gun; and. if
he Won't take il. tell him you want his
negroes. his properly, his cattle, hisgraiu.
or whatever you msy need for your army.
And, II he WON'T give that, hand him 70
the sheriff, and tbs sheriff to the judge,
and have him hung upon the FIRST gate
post, A. traitor to the Government" p
Immense spf lause. We are liable to
despond. In this respect We are remafk-
able people. If We whip the rebels in
nineteep battles, and lose one. Ne talk
about that one They have never fought
as man to man, but We have whipped
them. and we can do it again. / don't
believe q mnn that lives 10 the SousA,
and 1ises son in idlensss, that his boy
can whip mine, who has been raised to
industrious habits, Rather than TO let
eighteen milliona Of men snccumb to eight
millions, pray that there may not be .
man left in the North to be Knocked At BY
rebel traitors. Immense applause. +
And when the time comes, the people Of
this eouutry will be oil right-whss you
are IDEAS with your party men, ADD p6Fty
names, and come out as American free
men.
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
] said We have pot performed our mis-
sion. When ! saw that flag, to-day 7
called to mind another incident. T had
the hmppiness, sixteen months ego. 70
make trip to Rome. the seven billed
city of the Fiber, and a. walked up to
St. Petsr'A that most wonderful Of all
churches, looked up 70 the i0age of q
man upon the cupola, With . psn 10 has
hsnd, .that looked from the ground 70 be
just common pan bat which ] found
when went mp to the cupola vas Eve
feet long. went through the fatigue Of
going through oil that church, and into
the Vsticso, thss wosdsrfsl pslaes Of the
Popes. Well, there swss one room there
I hat bad special charm for ma. In that
room was 10 be found the flags Of all
There were Gags { fhousar.3
years Older than our country. There you
viii 6ad the faesof the GsrDan States,
Of Austria. Of France, Of England, of all
nations. Here is . flag Thousand years
old, and here i one six hundred yean old.
and here ID another of two hundred years
old. But there il one that your eye will
light upon on which you viii zee the
stripes and stars. Cheen and applause. !
And you will sak Why Il was reserved to
your fathers and mine to put the starr on
their fiagS There are none 70 be found on
the Others. You will not see star upon
! single ting Til you come to ours. Wss
: not because they looked up to the God
Of nations for protection, caught the idea
of the stars and put them on their flag ?
Immense applause.
SLAVERY.
Slavery has been 4 troublesome cub.
ect anyhow; but 10 Code tins il viii
be wiped out. But if slavery falls in this
var. II will not be your act nor mine. At
he commencement of this war every
Southern mans property was protected.
No country ever projected its people like
,urs. But, 10 an evil hour when they
truck Fort Sumter, the doom Of slavery
vas settied for ever and at the slose OF
his war, when slavery u rooted oat spon
his continent for ever, you, viii be able
Q say: on. 6hvsholdsr, you did il, no.
Me-" lGveat applause. nYop under.
ooh 70 wipe. out the Gosernment. bot,
nstsad Of doing that. yon wiped out yeur
'wn institation. Prolonged cheors.l
wonAx. s43-
There are some ladies' I must speak Of.
would rather have one good woman
han . dozen men. Had dossn loyal
Yemen ere worth more than 8 whole Geld
T disloyal men. ELAughter.1 The loyai
voiaen Of the North are working day and
light, all over the country, making nit
ems and clothes for the soldiers. Do You
blink ell that il to be biotted out! The
en- thousand prayers that 80 up FOR this
Government; do you think they will b
Orgottsn 7 All these hands that are 1t
FORK are doing as much 10 their appro-
rate sphere to maintain the Govern
aent - are the soldiers in the field.