The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-22
KEOK u X:
sre.cn Of Secretary Chase NJ 1nAi'
annapolis.

Secretary Chase arrived at Indianapo-
lis on the 18th, accompanied by Govern
or Morton. Upon his arrival he was
waited upon by committee and well
coined to the city.
Gov. Chase arose, and after hearty |
round Of cheers, proceeded as follows:
On Friday last, in conversation with
our excellent President, | told him | had
great notion TO 90 to Ohio and vote the
Union ticket, Cries of "Good for you,'
'and if you have nothing for me to do,
and as the wheels Of my department are
running along smoothly, l shall CO.
"Well,' said the President, 81 wish you
would > SO went, and yesterday | had
the pleasure of contributing my single
vote to the immense majority given In
Ohio for the Union; and | want these
5 bows who stand before me to remember
that when q great crisis comes, and all
elections are q great crisis in our country
the first duty of citizen is TO know that
he is right. and then vote the ticket. l
would not mss the pleasure of having
given my vote yesterday for all the com
plimenls just passed upon my admins
tration of the finances.
Mr.. Chase then referred to the various
and good results that will occur to the
patton from tn, triumphs of the election.
and most prominent of which would he
the more speedy termination OF the war.
He discussed the character # the contest
in which the country was engaged, show
ing il to be an effort to establish an nris-
tocraty 10 place of the republic inharited
from orr fathers. In the mansg cement
Of the war We. at Washington. have only
endesvored to represent your she's
The President, in his sphere and the
several Cabinet officers, havc on lahor
ed To give expression to your will. Mis-
takes may have occurred, but al have
done tie best they could to give eject to
the peoples will in the restoration If the
republic.
Your excellent Governor has been
pleased to refer to my own services. l
wish could feel that Was entitled to
any portion OF the euhgium pronounced
upon me. | must confess to having en-
deavorsd to erpret the American heart
nnd do precisely what the American
judgment demanded at the outset If this
struggle The great leader OF opinion
or fol over Of opinion. | AN not certais
which, the London Times, said, "Mr
Chase will son come to Eur. pc o borrow
money and We will not let him have any
and then we will see what will b come o.
their attempt to restore their ssuulel Re
pubic" VIVA. would yon have me do
asked the speaker. You wonli neve
have hidden me to 20 to England TO ge
money [Cheers What was to b.
done | borrowed all tie geld Their,
was in the country-sl75. 000, 0Oo-anc
pa,i it out but it failed to come back
and tie bankers and capitalists i'd, W
can't furnish gold any longer, unless yo'
pay such prices ss will enable Us to bu
it IN England. That did pot suit M
ideas 1t was very clear that If they dii
not furnish it We could not get tan,
we had no tims to make it. The mex
thing was, will you take the paper of GU
banks and pay US six per cent. in gold
What would you have me do Yol
would have said, here is Jones, a farmer
Smith, . manufacturer, Robinson, sol
der, and so on-aIl reliable aud wor
thy men, whose paper is good a. that c
any bank s-why not give such peopl
the preference, and make creeab9ess rel
resenting the wishes of the people?
did SO. | have issued d gtest man
gree nbacks. AT first many people thpugl
tins was very great exploit an man
bankers predicted q failure, While other
said. You are right; 20 ahead -
Many dlsioJ alists said, I'll will break u
down" and several refused to receive III
money. But We told them they coul
take 1t or none, and we made it a leg;
tender Ii was necessary to 90 one sle
further and establish means by whic
the na'ional currency should be perms
nent, and the national baking s,ste,
WIS inarguret,d Thus hnve gwen yo
about as much of report on frances as
eau expect to give to Cong es~.
Mr.. Chase then spoke oi tie issues ,
the war. lie saw in its iuc ption An
Progress the hand Of Pro in rel
tion to the institution Of slavery. aud III
m RI sure establishment of iree cover,
ine',t. lie alluded TO the sac9 e.sss IT.,
have attended our armies siuTa lie pfo,
iamstiou OF emancipation had been i
sued, aud to the rapidly grewiez mane
OF leading men III the border Save stat,
Tor carrying out the M sufcs If Il
Proclamation. These and various 9TH,
considerations, indicated tie ,-xiession
free institutions at no very disiast day.
The speaker drew from these facts ii
conclusion that it had becone necessar
for the nation to be born again. Il ha
become evident that we were not rnovir
IN the pathway OF Gods proyiaeuce, an
this war had come upon US in order tn,
tie Fsolle might be born again. and th
great nstion established upon the basis
lahur. 1t WAS very evident that the d
ton had great work to fulfill as slav
holding nation. As the POPULATION
the world increased and the neceSsiti
of The people multiplied, steamb sts, raj
roads and telegraphs become pcces sar
and in the dlsrensstion Of Psoviaen