The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-18
she Baltimore Convention,

thus describes the proceedings from the
rerort Of the Cemmittee on resolutions to
the close OF the Conventions:
And now comes the Confession of Faith,
losing nothing by the clear, emphatic ut
tefanee Of Henry j. Raymond. It cuts
bTo4d swath; it leaves Aot weed to wave
is lonely hVa5, .or any Ossian to rave
about. Cheerv break ia all a,ong, like
Tive chefua - song, aud when, to The
closing resolution. 4 warning glance is
Auag eyer the sslt water, th6g are all
c4a3bt M, Like siijah in a6hariot OF lire.
ANA ltoa with one heart and one voice
iae l45 wears ca; the bfiefest vi devs
ia sH aae caisnder. /, was ten. The
closk is cn zoe stroke Oh two. The word
they lave come IS say IS YET unntlered.
Pennsylvania writes, t.For President,
.4bra5aal Lac0lH, of Illinois, Iowa
springs 10 hef cet, and dominates "Abra
Aam Lincoln, OF Illinois, 1t could have
Swept through tic Convention like the
JGne hurricane IN Iowa, few summers
age Cheers, dugter Us, but ealnler coun-
aa-s prevail. eys Mr Rymond, ii las
BEEN escorted that we will attemp t o make
the m,aa.Ian st3e The 8hlrlwlud of ac-
e'auAaon. Lei Us declare a deliberate
pul gse. L. lho roll OF tie States BE
csiist uas :, isg COUNSEL To call The
81. cuc army. whore every one criss
"htfe er aBsweIs for his oomraae,
"daAd oa the heia, Is grand, but TO cal
the l3 OF 3 broad Continent is sublime
ANA . Illinois has the floor at last
e ''we give you Abraham lin
ia II iue summoned, and is an
sr.e ~ oraAam Lincoln" The Gran
ite Mss, die Green Mountains and tile
ado nles echo "Liaee n z The word
comes cot 81 he heast Of old Berssliife
aud up lrHa the valley vt the Connecticut,
aud s04y from lie ovid where rolls the
0egon.2 i. DRIFTS IN letters Of gold FROM
t~AiurHia, gtQess ifoM Colorado, sighs
fiona lac oedls Of Tennessee, IS shouted
- hunters u kentucky" across the
So 81 iae wili-b5y o. the Slashes..-
n lie 9a sounds on from Maine to
Al3u.4aa, t.e musb Impressive scene
ever BE eia IL IS announced AZ last
'al gr Laepia-lg4 huudred AMI
Is .asae. 81 priag % their feet;
basaGach.. IS take wing In the galleries:
ice qsvtf.ag cheers nse Tree and iule
YOU faces afe vslei IN tears, wones
iaasranu weep d0g tbef; strong men
sEt4W t1er hearts Is iaey l4sten.
Aa4uos the splendid band in the gall
lar, bursts ont wlth "The STAR spannled
B1nBer. DeAou ln40k how wouderully
qaeut ii Is. bere Ia B4timofey Why,
ti35 sears ago, "a BRITISH feet of fifty sal
vass4si a .ae gouih II the Patsp Co
0u the night 81 the 1871 OF plember.
opte hse upon Fort Mclienry All
iaat dges3tuL nignt, Ffaacis s Kew,
calls s. Aet1su3, was a prisoner ia
brtish up, alsAln toe sound oil belt.
t.e place .efe shio Cenv, ntion Is now
sl}ng Nl.a Tie dawn, the rtorm Of
s8ot anal s6 u Dies away, and the prison
e, e}esseas through the gray oil TIE
mofaug tos Tee aas that hos,ed above
the iolt at sunset, and be tremblingly
Ks:
"Oh ay o.n sau ~ ne davns early light
M4s, E. ltaa-a3 Nd atAtsl a tn tnl9mfs iest
Was ea8e bright ssr. through slse peei-
1eat
o"t ie4er vaeiel, ~egs % saitsntiystroa'a
ee es sAssasa SO n's3' l.as has sill
81 81. d.. tlst tsr slau.7ssi tssnsrs sim ,.axe
otrts 41t s.s 4sc., si.a sac hslas u ths 5savsss
Ana thea, when tne sun touches it up,
estes out exulaugiy,
te #sars salsisa lassiaars on Iaas may X pare
iht i'v .sss. 4a4 us i9aae q t.,r frase.a
Aud now cea,es Yankee Doodle" ao.
celeEaWd, sAd thousand hearts keen
Tine. Ths pfs dent announces a dis
Iatsh from the Secretary OF War. 1t tells
Of Hunters victory. LIS good omen.
is -Aaa9eFs "a she lett. And now comes
andy johnson, the tailor, tAe Senator. the
Governor; the Patriot E.verv nther
caeses goes Gown 1tis.. lliat, -liksleaves
IN ulatry west6sf.' It's lslGu0l.s; AND
JoHssoS. The word Is said. Tie dsy
is deue. There have been little dishes
OF pleasantly all aloag. out they we're Put
out by the stoady, earnest pl-zs Of sol.
emn purpose.
Gov. Delnison bids the Convention
hail farewell. Men 90 out at this ,hea-
tres door ihat haze clasped hands for the
last time, aad shail never meet again This
side Qt tee DARK river. shakspeare's
graudest eleabions have been produced
within these wails, but nothing erander
in shera all than this one word for Lin
coin.L j have seen tie ircn t'Fron - with
fx,t hearts and fixed bayonets, but I see
10 the little dissy liable this Convention
has uttered, shot aud shell, and an nun.
drsd thousand men. God bless the Pres.
dent-7..iod save the Onion
JrsT s9.-A laiy correspondent, after
writing most pathetic ehitaary on an old
baoheles, who died young, r. draws the
following truthful inierence
ODD bachelors DO net live ps long d.
other ineu. They have nobody 20 mend
their clothes and darn their stockings.
They .cetch cold, aud aherc IS nobody /,
la fs.aat ..n,.narn.t,t II