Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-23
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A Picture for the Future.

The following is an extract from q
speech of that eloquent son of the
Emerald ISLE" James T. Brady, at
Brooklyn, N. Y. Do the Copperheads
wish to see the idea it presents real
lied. Are they really determined not
to be satisfied with anything short Of
eternal infamy9 If they are, let them
GO on in their insane career. They
will probably achieve success as in
dividuals. But they will fail in their
attempt to plunge the Nation into the
same abyss Of ruin. The true men Of
the land will save the country, despite
the efforts of traitors to- destroy it.
But can it be possible that the picture
Mr.. Brady draws cansbc attractive to
any one2 Look at it:
If the Northern man who contem.
plates the possibility of the time ever
arriving when, being on the soil of
Europe, an intelligent European shall
say to him, Sir, you have no coun-
try You, being twenty-five millions,
were conquered by eight millions v
for that man ! wish no other punish
ment than that, even in the ashes of
his destruction, he may feel the Bit
ter pang of that insult; but for the
Northern man, whatever his political
creed or party, who entertains q hope
and conviction that our country will
still retain it's power and its name on
earth, open my arms to receive him.
l ask him, like myself, since we are
not on the battlefield, to do all he can
in the ways Of peace to encourage our
brethren in the field /; and | say to
you land all Of you, / trust, are gath
ering your sympathies around me
while l say it, that we are brethren
now, we may be brethren forever.
loud applause We will take one
of these men and paint a picture for
him. open to his view, as in this
grand edifice, the whole of the nation,
and however proud any other power
may sit upon kingly couch, with
tiara or diadem, clothed with majesty
or beauty to whatever degree, ask
him to look at the figure of America,
her staff surmounted with the cap Of
liberty-her skirt having in it the
blazonry of the sky-her head cover
ed with the decoration of the stars,
Tat this point of the speakers re-
marks, q large national flag was sud
denly unfolded on the stage amid
loud cheers, and ask him to behold
the spectacle presented. | mean you
caviller-you croaker-coward-rene-
gade-traitor-behold, at the bid Of
revolt. that America leaves her proud
position as the equal of any power on
earth, and as she approaches in shame
and degradation the door OF this
chamber, ont of which she is to depart,
the stars falling from her brow at
every step, and her dress paling into
an ashcn hue, as she goes out of that
magnificent temple, with her head
prone to the dust. Listen to her
voice, you traitors, as she speaks !:
This was not done by foreign foes,
but by the debasement and treachcry
of those whom / warmed upon my
heart, and who stung me like SER
penis" Applause. Do you think
such scene as this remains for tho
American people? voices-No, no.
Even as the first Chaldean shepherd
looked from the sterile rocks upon the
consultations, which, il nature out
side remain as it was when we enter
ed this building, will greet you de-
lighted and wondering, as its own
children do, the last American will
behold the stars of that banner point
ing to the national flag shining with
matchess lustre forever and ever,
through the long lapse OF ages.