The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-24

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4 General Butler met With cordial 70
ception on arriving at his home in Low.
ell. The meeting vas presided over b.
Mayor Horsford. Ths welcohiog address
was made by the Hon. John A. Good
} win, to which Gen. Butler replied, BY
giving some accounts Of what Lowell regi.
ments had done in the war; be then went
on TO speak of the cause Of the Union,
saying that whoever believes in God must
believe in ultimate victory. He had
changed no principle since be had left
them, but he had learned something. He
adds:
~ have found that this rebellion is a
rebellion against the working classes,
without distinction of color. The rcbel-
lion was begun and is carried on for the
purpose of creating landed aristocracy,
\ which shall give to four hundred thou
sand the government of eight millions
of whites and four millions Of blacks. It
| is for that that JEFF Davis and his confed-
crates have undertaken 1 rebellion which
they claim is to secure the rights OF the
people.
| 1t is to correct this idea that the North
ern man, with red blood, blue eyes, light
hair, and oil that God gives to this i'm
age Of himself, is not equal to the slave
drivers, with their thin lips and paid
brows. It is to correct this idea, I say,
that We are engaged in this momentous
struggle. That is the question before rs;
and he Who does NOT side with NJ on that
question says that be desires to kiss the
feet Of those masters.
went to Louisiana desiring to do eve
rything to restore it rs it was; to see if
by any possibility, ! might bring The prin-
ciples, the laws, and the institutions
which govern that State into harmony
with the Union; but found there no
disposition to have that done. l found
that the aristocrasy looked upon us Is en-
smies and ] found that the working and
niddling GLASSES looked nponns = frian1s.
Within the 6rst month fourtasa thou.
sand Of those who compose the bono md
sinew Of New Orleans had taken the oath
Of allegiance, not BY lip service only. bat
from their hearts and from that day /
found NO man owning slaves who would
take the oath Of allegiance except for the
purpose Of saving his property. That
was the rule; there were some excep-
tions. I found the soorkiny me. true 10
Ms Usion, and I found ths slavekoldcrs
false to the Union. dealt kindly with
the workingmsn, and / dealt harshly
with the shareholders. Loud Applause.
i recognized my friends and my enc.
mics, and ! made % wide difference be-
tween one and the other ~ there was be-
tween Dives and Lazarus. [Applause. ]
/ understand that you have sent forth
your sons and brothers, not for The pur-
pose Of making peace, bat war. wherever
they found enemies. / believe that you
sent out your sons and brothers for the
purpose Of insisting that the flsg Of the
United States should wave everywhere ia
sympathy with the powers Of the Unitsd
States, and upon that thesis have 10
ted.
/ encouraged the hboring men. A
thousand were employed every day BY
the United States $4,000 were fed eve
ry day BY the United States, and over
1900 of these were foreigners, whose
consuls assumed 70 represent them, but
who did not represent them truly, because
the censuls represent commerce and prop
erty, not men.
But those men had no veice in the
newspapers abroad or at home, and the
consequence was, their thanks and ap-
plause were never heard, while the COM
plants of the property men, who felt that
when they we're struck slavery was struck,
flowed all over Europe and the North ;
and every misrepresentation that the NAL
ice Of enemies and traitors could devise
was resortsd to In order 10 embarrass, and
If possible. defeat my plans. But thers
is one thing have right to say-and I
thank you, sir, for adverting to it--And
that is, that from the first week our col
diers entered New Orleans until left
there, it Vas - safe, ~ quiet and = con-
venient to attend to ones business, BY
day or by night, as ever it was in the be-
governed cities OF the North--even our
own. ELoud applause.]
Be not deceived. Be vary Rsmsm-
Der this that while We may feel this war
is hard for as it 10 the effort Of despera-
ton for them. l have seen the oonscript
law of the South taking the boy Of six.
teen and the old man Of sixty---the school
master not excepted-and force them in
to the ranks. While il costs NJ effort, il
costs them desperation. While it costa
rs labor, itosn them life. blood. wish
that they might b won back without
this; but 90 they have not chosen. A.
long a. life lasts. n long ~ any power
remains, We must stand BY the Union,
one and indivisible. IApplauss.l
Every stream, every lake, every river,
every mountain, that ever belonged 70
tho flag Of the United States must still
remain under the flag Of the United States.
eest what it will, COST Whist it may. TEn-
thusiastic applause.1 II, q you Hstter-