The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-20

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The public services At Chsshsn Squsl
NJ. 3. Church were unusually inssrsstis
and Impressive. .growiagou. Of the solem
circumstances of the occasion. The bcuu
was appropriately draped in the emblem
OF mourning for the ilIustrioas dead. Th
pastor, Rev. E. 81. Wariag. preached
discourse suited for the occasion, found
cd upon the words, found in the mint
chapter Of jeremiah: "Thus saith th
Lord = Hosts, consider -, and sall 70
the moarsing women, that they ma,
come and send for cunning women, tha
they may come and let them make haste
and take up wailiDg for us, that our eye,
may run down with tears, and our d elid.
gush out with watses. For . voice o.
wailing 10 heard out of Zion, How are Va
spoiled! For death il
, come up into our windows, and is enter
ed into our palaces"
The speaker, after referring to the re.
cent rejoicings, the ringing of bells. the
unfurling Of flags, the professions of peo.
!. pie, spoke of the great and sudden change
! which had come upon rs. The ringing
of the bells was exchanged for tolIing,
the aags were furled and drsped 10 the
emblsms Of national grief, the people were
seized with grief and alarm. Not that
our army had been defeated, not that one
OF our cities had been sacked, not that
feet had been conquered upon the ocean
NOT for any disaster occurring in fair
and open contest but because. by the red
| hand OF the sssassin, hired By Southern
gold. the beauty Of our national Israel had
been slain 10 its high places. and the man
in whom we all conGded had been struck
down in the midst Of his years and labors.
The speaker alluded to the sense Of
security felt BY the people of the
nation, when he, who had directed it's
administration through the past four years
was reinaugurated, and the cruel disap.
poinfment of the nations confidence and
hope in the death Of the national leader.
But the event. dreadful as il was, may |
bs improved; 6rst, To teach us anew the |
atrocIty CT the rebellion.
1t was but . fitting climax to the long |
list ofinfernal cruclties practiced BY the |
rebels, in the hanging and shooting OF
peaceful citizens. the shooting down of
soldiers of Massachusetts, at the outset OF
the war, the saoking Of towns. the whole
sale robbery, arson and murder praciiced
BY Southern guerrillas, the plots to burn
Northern cities, and the wholesale star
vation of our brave soldiers in the prison |
pens Of the South. And, in the light of |
such acts. the people may sec what they
might expect if the rebels we're permitted |
to carry out their nefarious purposes of
blood and treason.
Second. BY implication it shows the
grandeur and majesty Of our cause.
What is that cause? A question Of
commerce of finance of bounds rie. I
of dynasties aud successions 7 OF power |
aud authority simply ! No 1t is the
question of the perpetuation Of republi- |
can institutions and liberty throughout
the world He said there was no gov
ment like ours England was the next
best; but would not bear comparison with |
ours. There, not one 9Th of the people |
were directly represented in Parliament.
There, the popular branch Of the Legis-
latufe was completely checked By an
hereditary aud created peerage. There,
all have the right to worship, providing 1
they pay titbes to support the pampered
and pretentious priesthood Of rotten and
valueless establishment. Again. he said
our cause involved the carrying out Of
the ideas OF our revolutionary sires in |
the destruction Of slavery, the perfection |
Of our Constitution, and the intellectual |
and moral elevation Of our whole country,
30 that it may carry out the high behests
Of the Ruler of the Universe. Was it q
trifling matter to give civil and menta!
and moral freedom to four millions Of
bondsmen in the South, and to the de-
pressed and despised whites, who had |
been kept in ignorance and darkness, to |
be the dupes Of political demagogues and
traitors
But, then. can the cause succeed Not |
withstanding the recent victories, some |
felt that in the death OF the President |
nearly all was lost. But is that 90 Z? 1t
was affirmed that his place and Ssward,4
could not not be filed Is that true
Are Gods resources exhausted : Is there
no Gideon among the fifteen millions Of
of loyal people in the land
He asked the people to stop and think. |
First. The government is not suspend
ed. In God . providence, Andrew Joha.
son, the legal successor Of Lincoln-a
patriot tried and unflinching-a man Of
tndomitable will and resoivs--was on The
spot to seiss the reins Of government -
they fell from the hands of the dying
President, and, IS be believed, to bs our
Joshua to conduct Us % the landoi pease
and salvation.