The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-03-05

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sand. l venture to say that during ths,
4 time, FIVE times that number of horses
broke from your stables and ~ sway. !, Il
it unreasonable to suppose out Of so large
a slave population, all desiring their free
Il dom, that twenty-nine should run away
from their masters without any outside
aasistance3 How many have you lost
within the last three years? The ques-
ton now arises whether you desire an
end Of this reign of anarchy; or will you
remain in your present condition until
you become bsggsrs and paupsrs? Dur.
ing the absence Of civil authority you
have suffered greatly, both in person and
property. Many Of you, at the hands of
the thief and robber. have been strung
up by the neck and compelled to tell
where your money was. Your daughters
have been violated. In every community
you have men who will violate law and
order, but let it not be said this has been
done by the Northern soldier alone, for
have here in jail and in chains twenty
citizens Of Loudendale county, Alabama,
and Giles county, Tenn.. Who have COM
mitted these offensss in your midst.
Twas once travelling over the plains to
California. 1t was beautiful day. was
perfectly delighted with the scenery that
surrounded me on every side. This was
in valley that lay at the foot of the
Rocky Mountain. The day passed by
before was hardly aware that it was
gone. l saw the sun 90 down behind
Larimie's Peak, which lifted iss hoary
head 10 the skies. As night closed around
me, there came stealing over me an utter
feeling Of loneliness and hclplessness,
and was won't to say. "Oh God what is
man that thou art mindful of him." /
was alone in a savage and inhospitable
land, but when / reflected that it would
not be many hours before the sun would
rise again. l felt my hopes return. You,
fellow citizens, have seen the sun Of your
prosperity set. You have been surroun-
ded by the savage cruelties of war. but
the light is beginning TO dawn. There is
one thing Of which you may be sure, that
you had as we'll return to your allegiance
nop as at any future time. You may just
as we'll set this down as . fact, you win
never get rid of the Union soldiers 90 long
as the rebellion is not put down. II the
present army is not sufficient to put down
the rebellion, there are three millions
more in the North who will be brought
down here with supplies enough to las.
twenty 1--we years. was at home last
Spring-ths people there regard it as the
business of their lives to put down this
rebellion. There is no Southern Coufed-
eracy now; it should be called the "Dis-
trict Of jeff Davis for it's only COM
posed Of part of Virginia, part OF North
Carolina, part of Georgia, and strip Of
Alabama.
/ Three years ago the people of the South
grew mad, for the human mind is sub
ject to panic, like the money market, and
you went out Of the Union to protect your
Slave property. Have you got your
protection ? Let your deserted planta
tions answer hold up. my hearers, your
blistered hands, unaccustomed to toll, and
let them answer. The politicians of the
country got you into this difficulty, for
they had reduced demsgoguery to such a
science that they could play upon the
public pulse like lady upon piano.
Where are these gentlemen now? They
have what the boys call "soft places. !"
they are not where the bullets can reach
them. Like Artemus Ward, they are
willing to sacrifice all their "relations"
rather than to see the Confederacy fail.
You and your sons, who have neither
heart nor interest in this affair, are left
i 10 fght it out. These gentlemen were
going to pour oat their hearts blood. but
they never did it, for the reason that they
had no hearts, and consequently no hearts
blood TO pour out.
4 The Col here defined the President q
Amnesty Proclamation, and challenged
history to produce such an instance oi
magnanimity on the part of any Sover-
eign. Whole communities had by this
Amnesty been forgiven Of the highest
orime known to the law. The creates,
crime man could commit was treason,
and so severe had been the feelings oi
mankind in all ages respecting it, tha,
; death alone had been considered an ade-
quate punishment for the crime.
In conclusion the Colonel said once
: more it makes my heart glad to see the
people of Tennessee return to their al
legiance under the old flag, where they
can beat their 'swords into plough
shares, and their spears into pruning
hooks"
SPEECH OF CAPTAIN WARNER.
Fellow citizens of the State Of Tennes
see, Notwithstanding portion of the citi
Gems of the United States and portion o
the citizens Of Tennessee have been ar
! rayed = linst each other in deadly con
flict, yet | hail you as citizens Of
common country. Think not, fellow-citi
{ Gems. that | appear among you as an enc
, my. although upon my person bear th'
:. inginia Of mission which ia not peace
full one. Convince me for one momen
that my purpose is not your real good ant
permanent prosperity, and would throw
: down my arms and disrobe myself of th
1 habiliments of war, and return to th
peaceful avooations Of life.
Il Upon no other day could We aseembl
!. 90 appropriately as this-the birthday %
: Waehinrton. tho choaen instrnment in III