The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-08

my vOSCV> 01Vo y0s " su0u sA.e1s .S0A
for their So3, md lay down their lives
fofsiAsir A.. BukNhat Of that! What
il Il takes q many moro lives aefitq hS11
alsesdy taken q What is it to 1ay 1ewn
~ many more lives to preserve foes our
sAilarens kAt satsathers fought ~ Mod
to preserve fos rs?
Aye, sir, remember that while you
fight the enemy in front, you have an en-
envy IN tho rssrt fight. Fernando Wood
and such men stand in the rear, and what
are they engaged in! If any man wants
TO move forward, they catch him BY The
coat tail, and cay, "Doa't do this, it is
unconstitutional." Down with them for
ever, say I, and consign them to political
oblivion.
Ny friends, not to detsin you further,
I say here in this assembly, and 1t l
could would say it to the whole loyal
people Of the country, there is no saliva
ton for the eouutry save in the radicalism
Of bayunets and bullets. While the SOL
dies are fighting the radical battle on the
Southern and Northern soil, let the citi-
Gems fight the radicsl battle at the ballot
box. There is nothing to carry the coun-
try over the rocks and quicksands of this
terrible emergency but radicalism.
I Gen. Fisk concluded some remarks in
the following terms
When the iron hail from Charleston
was rafting against Sumter. among the
foremost among those who spnng to arms
in this city was the brave soldier who
has Just preceded me. You oil remember
with what ala ,rity Osterbaus and 5000 Of
his countrymen shut up their shops and
vent to the Arsenal to help to save the
city of ST. Louis. You remember they
we're then classically but profanely dubbed
the damned Dutch; ;" and am told that
ON the ever memorable Sunday after the
capture OF Camp Jackson, while negro
preacher in this city was engaged in the
sanctuary, he gave thanks that Missouri
was saved to the Union, and having hesrd
the Germans called the damned Dutch"
SO often that he thought it was their name,
he is said to have actually prayed to God
to bless the damned Dutch" 1t was
then first wanted TO learn German, and
got book, but rs far as got was Ich
bien Deutch.
understand it is the intention Of our
citizens TO give a welcome to all veterans,
whether Missourians or those from other
States who pass through here on their way
home.
We all remember how they have fought
for US how the river was locked up, and
how Grant, and kosecrans and Osterhaus
went down and said We will pick this
lock how they went At it with their bay
onels and got into this rebel lock. and
turned one ward after another, until at
Vicksburg he met Banks with his New
England men, and they there shoe hands
on the bosom of the broad Mississippi,
which has ever since flowed unvexed to
the sea.
l delight 70 honor these men as SOL
der, as citizen, and l hope the time
will never come when | shall not feel in
this way
/ do not believe this is an iDglorious
war; | beive this is Gods war; Ibelieve
in God and Ibelieve He intends this
Government shall be founded on founda
ton of freedom | believe God is with
us, and whoever leaus on His right hand
will never be deserted.
Gen. Vim. A.. Pyle said
Let every soldier from Missouri, who
has re- enlisted, be given a welcome, q
radical welcome, telling the soldier that
while Ire has been marching on in the
South, driving the rebels before him, Rad
icalism has been marching on in ST Louis,
driving all before it. l agree with what
has been said by both Mr.. Drake and
General Mcneil, that We have d mother
element to contend with, and in the re-
construction of this Union the cowardly
treason of Wood and Vallandigharn may,
perhaps, be the most dangerous of the
two. l never want to see men whose
hands are reeking with the blood of loyal
soldiers come home and vote. Is treason
SO small q crime, does murder possess SO
little venality, that men can for years
raise their hands in parricidal strife
against their country, and then come
back. say be is sorry, 60 to Provost
Aarshsrs Office, take the oath, and 60
with me TO the polls and vote. If SO
want my citizenship changed. But that
will never be. Traitors must not go to
the polls side BY side with our loyal SOL
diers. That treason which has called
you away from your wives, your families,
and your business. which has caused you
to eat "hard tack" and side bacon, which
has caused you to encounter storms and
cold; l say, soldiers, do you want those
men to go With you looked arms 70 the
polls, and yoteY Cries of no, no =
Then, citizens of St. Louis, if you do not,
give the veteran soldier welcome that
will encourage his heart, aud we shall
have. at the end of the war, most en-
phaucally the Gland of the free and the
home of the brave
And in the like strain spoke all who
addressed the meeting, showing the senti.
ments of soldiers and citizens who partic-
ipate in the arrangements to welcome our
veteran defenders on their return home.
! PROBABLE RETURH OF THE CoMEr OF
1910 Mr.. Watson, of the Observatory
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