The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-07-27

, Hunter, which all admit laid tho founda-
tion for our recent Indian wars, furnish
es marked illustration of tho safety of
his couusels in these affairs.
, As member of the Senate Committee
. on Agriculture he was tho earnest advo-
: cate of every measure calculated to devel.
op and advance that great national inta-
rest, ,and prepared the only report marked
} by scientific research made on the subject
by tho Senate committee during the last
! ten years. He gave his earnest support
J to the Agricultural College Bill, though
10 conflict With his views of the proper
policy for the disposition of the public
lands, because he regarded it as the only
opportunity for laying firmly the founda-
tion fox these nurseries Of scientific agri.
culture, which must prese Of vast couse:
qraa % for good to the whole people Of
this contfneos and The telling millions of
the Old World.
A perusal of the Congressional Globe
will show that, though never unjust or
illiberal toward the Older and more pow
erful members Of the Union, he has ever
been the vigilant guardian of the peculiar
interests of the new States, including his
own. He has also been a no less vigi-
liant guardian of the public treasury,
though never lending himself to niggard.
Z ly and larsimonious measures.
, His Inauguration Of the proposition
for the construction of ship canal from
Q the Northern Lakes to the waters Of the
n Mississippi; his opposition to legislation
q on the Sabbath; his introduction ofreso.
i. lutions on fasting aud prayer; his propo-
}. sitions for reform in the chaplain service
of the army and navy; in aid of foreign
S emigration; the re, e,construction Of the
y insurrectiooary States; the reclamation of
!. Colorado Desert; the improvement Of
!. navigation of lakes and rivers; the appli
;. cation of metcorologica observations in
e aid Of agriculture to land as we'll as sea;
}. for the support of scientific explorations
Q and kindred measures; for reform in
}. criminal justice in the District of Colum
g bia aud in the Territories; aud his re.
. marks on such subjects as tho Bankrupt
j. bill; the Kentucky Volunteers Bill; the
!. Bill to re. organize the Court Of Claims;
f on the resolution relating to Floyd's
}. scceptances; on the Bill to indemnify the
= President; on the Conscripton Bill; on
i. the conditions Of release of State prison
}. ers; on the Disqualification Of Color il
3, carrying the Mails; on the organization
=. Of Terri.ories; on Amendment to tn
OF Classification; on District Registratio
70 Bill; on Bill to establish Freedmen's Br
reau; on inter continental Telegraph; o.
10 Bill providing bail in certain cases Q
d Military arrests; on the Construction o
i. Railroads; on Education in the Distric
70 of Columbia for white and colored chill
le dYsn; and on the Income Tax Bill, al
]. together furnish an indication of th'
d range of his requirements, the tendenc,
le of his thoughts, and the breadth Of hi
% views, that cannot be given in any skstcl
10 necessarily so brief as to omit them.
n. It is not deemed proper in this brie
,h narrative to reproduce even the substanc
Of the many elaborate speeches made b
IN him iu the Senate and before the people
n. Among them may be mentioned as san
hs pie of the whole, his speech in reply t
he Senator Hunter Of Virginia, during til
u. winter Of 'Go-'Gl, Immediately precediu
q. the breaking out Of the rebellion. Tk
a speech was characteristic in clearnes
.e. method, directness, force and conclusiv
pp ness, and was regarded by his ASSOCIATE
nd in tha Senate as the great speech of tn
he session. In tho commencement he e.
So. amiues and exposes 10 their order ever
- prctext for secession, and proceeds
hs charge upon the authors Of tho inc piel
n. rebellion, with unsurpassed vigor an
,e. force, that the loss Of political power WI
. their real grievance. He indicated II
et. impossibility of any compromise on II
At terms proposed by the Southern leade
~, without dishonor, and pointed out II
eat means Of an adjustment alike homo
,ad able to the South and the Mort
vo requiring no retraction of principle
49, ~ the part of any one, by admitting Il
the Territories into the Union as States.-
it, He warned the South against reso
to an arbitrament of the sword; predict
tho the impossbiity of their securing d
tbe vision of the States of the Northwe
;ob A from the Middle and New England State
ON the certainty and comparative dispat'
~, with which an armed rebellion would
,ed crushed, and concluded with mot po
,si- .rfu appeal to those consprators not
IT, plunge tho country into such sea
Jim blood. Upon the conclusion Of tn
~ speech four.ffths Of the Union senate
,.ta crowded around to congratulate him, al
nd. as state of excitement prevailed on Il
vs, floor of the Senate for some momen
,.r. such as had seldom if ever before be-
witnessed in that body.
non On his power as a platform speaker
irs i fore the populace j. would not be prop
aas to comment for as he is still living al
: in comparatively a young man, tho pub
.or NAV reasonably expect to havo opport
lion mites of judging for themselves.
nth may not be amiss, however, to state tt
Of ~