The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-18

|pr0vided that We can snac y
.comnopxsjpvao@A Of orr old 1U1lu6 i 6s-
dom. I do not share in tho belief eo1sr-
timed By many Of my political fsi1s6 on
this door ssd elsewhere, thateny peacs
il attaiosble upon the basis q
.ss0P,t5patiqa, T sfs aenpg! s ~ $afFl
honesty gsepHki Hsyaa daclases ~ thats|
they cpYld rsetore the pnioaz over thlffyi
tSdf SlzssA Ny mind has rhdsfsons a
entire saAngs upon that subjsos. I be-
-lieve thai there are but two alternatives,
and thsss are, sitAseah aeknowledgsnsat,
Of thAindspandsaes ~ tia Honfh. IA ~ tn.s
dependent naties< p their so1plsts sub
jugasien ard extefnisatien = . people
ana Of these alsernativssE prefer the for.
mer.
eHt. oAarffID' ! RrxAEks.
|, Gen.. G@ss,d, 81 Ohio, ssp,ied % the
spot to Mr.. Long in ) patriotic speech,
Of which the following 10 : synopsis: ~
Mr.. Garfield. (rep.) Of Ohio, sAid be
surrendered, when two armies stood face
70 lace in The West, that under : white
hag he went up to msn 10 the uniform
Of The Confsdenoy. and reached ou} hia
hand and told him he respected him u :
brave and hoAess men; though be wore
the emblem Of disloyalty and treason, nm
der his vcstmente he beheld brave aud
honest soul. He Mr.. Garfield, J would
rsiBtroduce that scene. with only = change
Of persons. Were there Gag Of truce,
be would extend his right hand and ask
The member who had juat addressed the
committee to meet him and let him shake
hands with him, heesuse he hopored his
bravery and honesty. and because he b.
ieved what bad fallen from bis lips we're
the kuncss sentiments 81 his heart, and ID
his uttering them be had made new
epoch in the history of the war. He had
done new thing under the SUM Drawer
thing than most men can perform. He
would now ask shat the white flag be
| taken away, while he returned to the In
ION lines and spoke Of what his colleague
bad done. What the member said might
Be pictured BY Paradise Lost. When
Satan, who had rebelled against the glory
OF God, was hurled down from Heaven, he
suddeHiy lifted up his hasd, exclaiming,
1sWhich way / fee il hell" And. Ike
| Satan, his colleague might have added.
myself am hell" During the Revclu-
tiooarY war, Lord Fairfax, after dslibara-
ton, decided to 60 over 10 the other coun-
try, and went over grandly and solsmnly.
Bat there was another man who had join
cd his fortune TO the struggling coantry,
and remained With It till the war Vas we'll
nigh done; bat, as in the dsrkness which
precedss ths NOR Aisg. that Aas hatebed
treason, to surrender to the enemy al that
had been eaissl. Aud thae han was
Benedict Arnold. When the present war
co1Atased some men hesisused - 70 whas
they should do, while others vent over to
thef enen5. Robert Flee, Who sat ;,
his home at Arlington, hesitating and
doubling. II last aSat over siuosl tear
FULLY. But now. when sAundrsds of thou
sands Of our brave soldiers have Ascended
70 God under thas shAdox q the. banner
tFhieh nov waves over rs, and when thou.
hands Nass have. gops. iate = st,se 81
decrePttade, wheaa thEeesyaayp Of teri &c
var have been raging and our arms have
psshed back the fsbe lIi6u; WA now, WHOM
thsAPatfruarWUf un3susiypuwsrnrsudy
70 Ut fan thslishtnings Of viaofoue exc.
cution. here. in the quiet Of this hall. risel
the d.<e .1N@ n 6ess1ptxAsy
which would surrcnder TIE natioS, 10 fae
and honor and glory 70 the bitter curses q
traitors of our coeulsy. Toe ihe iint tim,
10 the history Of The wsf.M = proposed 4
I kive np the struggle and absndon Jhe var
ana 10 tfeaSonfun Plot Il Sho hna. M
drrheld then controverted his colleague
j positions. The issue il now made up.-
I, We should use the common wespous d
war. II With these We should mot suc
coed, he would take measures as he would
| agauetI de savage aho Attacked him
i self or family. He would resort to an,
eleueat Of dssttdetioo, Ind. Unnecessary
be wouh ding IA eonssitlsiopal Sanction.
to the Winds rather than ioss Bis cosntfy
q As.s Eldsidse. (opp a.of W.sessio
! esked hin yhethes be had bot swosn 4
I support the Consultation.
i NJ. Garfield Sepliea Aelnd, and he Va,
ghd sthea eeatlsaan hsd asked the ouee
sisa. He rsesllscAad ehstsiAa Copstitu
kos 3selassd ths pssposes for which |;
uas fosmsdx IAsu1s loE ~ 3sseral vel
, fare - publo defense. and on the
gTosnd he swors - Sspte ttit.. fegrettiss
that 49, bad nOs : s66sd ID his suolfltnss
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