The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-05

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Secretary Chase and esaAtoF 6pragus
visited the Nas5hnd Fsif ~ 6lfurday
tast. In The course Of TIE evening Mr..
chsss W. eosdustsd % tie rtisSapua,
able at the soath end u ~ ali, and
agreeably surprised 81 prsseotasiap'
scene. Being introduced to many ladies
# the socisty y mama, Mr.. ri aksekdts
Matthew, one Of the nsnsgessof the
Deir, stepped forward. armed with :
=sPasndidiy worked cushion. vaiued= 1t one
hundred lsad cay dollars, and presented
II to df. Chase, after handsome presen.
= tation speech. Mr.. Chase vas loudly
called upon for : response and aid;
Accept my thanks, ladiss-for Jon will
allow me 70 address directly 70 you my
reply to what my honored friend has just
said in your bshalf--for this mark Of your
kind consideration. The words borne 4
on your gift bid mo and al Who labor 70
70 uphold the national credit and main
tain the national unity. s'repose well."-
Present rsst, however. cannot be our lot.
Work hard, strenuous, persistent work
must be done before rest csp 1pne.
~ OF my part in what has been already
done my eloquent friend hes spoken in
terms altogether too complimentary.
have done what could, and the best l
could, but the work cannot yet be judged.
Rssuls alone ON tx its value. Happy
and grateful shall be if experience shall
prove its permanent usefulness to labor.
to commerce, to National strength and to
National Union. "a :
- Present rest a. Ihave just sid, il not
allowed us. But trust the motto Of your
gift may be interpreted % : pssdiction
We have brave and mighty armies in the
field they have . gallant and skiiIful
leader our cause, We undoubtedly be-
lieve, is just. Through the faithful cour-
age Of our soldiers, then, with Gods bless
ing, let US hope confidently for rest Not
many moons will wax and wans before
the armies Of the Union and the xrmies OF
the rebellion will confront each other
May God give victory TO che dehs! Nay
God break the power OF the rebellionasd
restore peace, with Union and Freedom !.
Even var, ladies, Il not an namixed
evil. Its exigencies and trials. call into
activity the noblest qualities Of the soul.
OF no country. and NO war can this be
more truly said thsn of our own and this.
Where, except in America, has the war
been attended by two such angels of mer-
cy as the Sanitary Commission and the
Christian Commission England gave
one Florence Nightingale to the Crimes;
We count our American Florence Night
ingales, who dedicate themselves to the
relief, the comfort, the condition Of The
soldiers Of the Republic on the battle
fields, in camps and hospitals, BY thou.
sands. In aid of these minis,rations Of
mercy you are working now. How glad
/ am that Baltimore yields no nixRard OF
reluctant contzibution. This hall, crowded
With PATRIOTS men and women, and with
their offering to the common cause, proves
how successful have been your labors. II
il impossible to express the feelings which
these scenes excite. II Is only possible
to say God bless yos. ladies, and God bless
yonr W0rk. s
This short but eloquest speech, so ap-
propriate and % earnest, MS delivered in
% subdoed atone thas the general audience
only caught it, spirit, while missing the
letter. The cushion IL worked with q
Latin motto. whose meaning Is Great