The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-03-23
KEoKBKy IOWA: MEDaEsDAY, MARCH %, 1864.

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gencc against toe storms Of faction and re
bellion at home and the atrocious jealousis q
and wicked machfnations 81 it's enemie,
ahro3ds that country whose 4stiossl. q
reer has been upon the laftiest path II
which any had don has ever yet trod, withir
whose loyalsli is contained to-day tn,
finest bodysof freemen the world evei
kneN, Hhose bapnas saiA aoats high and
triumphant, and under the ampfiiudes o
whose folda, thanks to = kind Providence,
you have plighted soldiers faith that
yoS 11lfsSce wore rsnke yourselves ~
the deliveranee Of your country from the
stain Of treason and the anarchy and ruin
which traitor hands designed to bring
upon it. This work aceo0plished, sol.
diers, and my life for il, that soolAnasions
louder aud wilder than ever followed the
greatest victories Of Rome or Greece, or
England or France, will reverberate over
the lsagth and breadth Of this laud, 10
the honor and praise of yourselves and
your companions in arms. F
Officers and fellov-soldiers, without de-
tanning you longer, allow me 10 the name
Of the people Of this State TO make you
thanks, warm thanks, for your past servi-
ces and for your future high purposes,
and may the benedictions Of kiad Provi-
dence be with you and about you. till
your great mission is performed.
This was responded to on the part Of
the regiment by Col. Belknsp in happy
manner, in which be made grsteful ac-
knowledgment to the citizens of Keokuk,
and most especially the ladies, for their
kindness, and the welcome given
them. He alluded to the long time that
the regiment was with us after they we're
formed, and Of the friendship which sprang
up between them and our citizens. He
also referred in feeling terms to those
who. went with them to the front and
never returned, but who had laid down
their lives in their country's defense, the
memories of whom we're engraven indel-
IDLY on the hearts Of all. He spoke Of
holding . dress parade on the evening Of
their arrival in the same spot that they
did two years ago, the 18th instant, and
of the many changes that had occurred 10
the regiment since that time, when they
were one thousand strong, and now
numbered but few over four hundred
At the conclusion three times three
cheers were given for the people of Keo-.
kuk. Judge Lowe. the Colonel and the
regiment were also loudly cheered, when
they all adjourned to the great dining
hall in the Es,es House TO partake OF the
more than boun'ifai repast prepared for
them by the ladies.
OF the supper We need not speak. The
tables were spread With ali tie skill, taste
and liberality for which cur ladiss are SO
uuch noted, and that they achieved a
magnificent success ia this particular,
needed no confirmation Genersl Bldg
man presided, and after the regiment was
seated and the blessing asked by Rev. I.
I. Stewart, orders we're given by the
Colonel for the men to fall in, which order
was readily obeyed.
Supper being finished, Surgeon Taylor,
in behalf Of the ladies'. presented Colonel
Belknap With . beautiful boquet of fow-
ers with a short speech, to which the
Colonel replied in few pithy remarks.
He then stated that a large number of
the men had made arrangements to leave
for their homes on the 4 o'clock train, and
as that time had arrived they would be
to forego the pleasure Of re-
and listening to the toasts and
responses, which part Of the programme
was then set aside and the, festivities
closed by the singing of Orally round the
Flag Boys" in which the whole regiment
joined. and with repeated cheering for
the ladies, the Colonel and the regiment.
Every one departed delighted, and the
occasion will long be remembered and
cherished among their most pleasant re-
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