The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-27


enduring than that which Il protected s. /
lore; that it may win parted tri6nb from
their alienation; thst it may inspire hope
and inAugurats anivsral liberty; that il
may cay to the sword return 70 thy
sheath and to the pillow and sickle 20
forth that It may heal oil jealousnsss.
mite al politics, inspire . new National
life, compact our strength, purify our
principles, ennoblscr National smbitics, |
our people great and strong. not for ag-
erosion and quarrelsomeness. bot for the
peace Of the world, giving ~ the glorioss
prerogative Of leading al nations to juGter
laws, to more humane politics, to sincere
friendship, TO rational instituted civil lib.
ert), and to universal Christian brother.
hood.
sReverently, piously. in hopeful patriot
ism We spread this banner on the sky. as
Of old the bow was planted on the clouds
I and With solemn fervor beseech God to
look upon it and make it the memorial Of
An everlasting covenant and decsee that
j never again on this fair land shall de-
I luge or blood prevail.
| There is scarcely man born in the
South who has lifted his hand against
this banner, but had father who would
have died for it. Il there no historic
pride Is memory dead? Has fatal fury
struck blindness or hate into eyes that
used to look kindly toward each other 7;
that read the same Bible, and hung over
the historic pages Of our National glory,
that studied the Same Constitntiouf
Let this uplifting bring back al of the
: past that was good, but leave in darkness
, oil that was bad. It was never before &C
{. wholly unspotted, so clear of al wrong,
! 90 pure and simple the sign Of justice and
q liberty.
= Did l say that We brought back The
b same banner that you bore away, noble
: and heroic sir It il not the same ID il
? more and better than it WAS. The lsnt
d is feee from slavery since that banner fell
J. When God would prepare Moses fol
q emancipation he overthrow his frs
d steps and drove him for forty year3 I,
d tread in the wilderness When our Aa1
% came down four years ago, it lay broodin,
g in darkness; it cried to the Lord, "Where
u fore am | deposed ?''
IN Then arose before it vision OF the sin
y It had strengthened the strong and fol
70 gotten the weak. It proclaimed libert
is and trod upon slaves. In that seclusio
70 it dedicated itself to liberty.
70 Behold to-day it fulflls its VOWS. Whe
v it vent dova four millions Of people b.,
ID no Gag. To-day it rises. and four mil
'e lions Of people cry out, Behold our Hae
.. The mighty hand of Government, mad
'e strong in war by the favor Of the God q
o. battle, spreads wide to-day the banner {
IN liberty that went down in darkness an
ID that arose in light, and there it stream
Or like the sun above it, neither parcele
v out nor monopoIized, but flooding the a
r with light for ell mankind
"a Aye, scattered and broken, ye wound
OF ed and dying, bitten by the fiery serpent
Is of oppression everywhere. in all the worlt
o. look upon this sign lifted up, and iv,
70 and ye homeless and houseless slaves, loo
:, up and ye are free. At length you to
10 havepart and lot in this glorious ensig
oi that broods with impartial love over sma
IT aud great, the poor and the strong, ID
'e bond and the free.
IN In this solemn hour let US pray for th
quick coming of reconciliation and happ
I ness, under this common flag. But y
must build again from the foundations i
y all those now free Southern States. N
> cheap exhortation to forgetfulness Of th
&c past, to restore oil things as they wer
y will do. God does not stretch out b
g hand as he has done for four dreadfr
le years that man may easily forget the migf
= of His terrible acts
&c Restore things as they were! Wha
= the alterations and jealousies, the discord
70 and contentious, and the causes Of then
., No! In that solemn eacrfice for which
y nation has offered up for it's sins an
~ many mistakes, so many precious victim.
70 loved and lamented, let our sins and mil
Ct takes be consumed utterly and forever
.. mol never again shall things be restore
10 a. before the war. It is written in God
70 decree Of events fulfilled, old things al
y passed away; that new earth in whic
y, dwelleth righteousness draws near.
y Emerging from such prolonged rebe
.. lion. he is blind who tells you that til
n State by mere amnesty and benevolent
% Of Government. can be put again, by
70 mere decree, in its place; it would not
"a honest; it would not be kind or fratern.
N for me to pretend that Southern revolu
70 ton against the Union has not reschs
and wrought revolution in the Souther
Of States themselves, and inaugurated ne,
MT dispensation. Society is like broke
ne loom: and the piece which rebellion pu
CO 10 and was weaving has been cut and ey
IN cry thread broken
Of You must put in new warp and ne,
9, wool, and weaving anew Is the fabri
he slowly unwinds, We shall see in it no 90,
no gon hgures, no hideous grotesque Of Ii
At old barbarism, but figures 81 liberty. vine
ID and golden grains growing, the seeds ]
= Justice. Love and Liberty.
g Mr.. Beecher proceeded By shown
y What had been settled and determined \
: the var. First. that these United Stat.
y shall Be one and indivisible; second. Is,
- States are not absolute sovereipne. a.,
g have no right to dismember The Rspuh
y lie; third, that universal liberty i ;nd;.
Q. DenOibio 10 rannhJicer ~,o,...e