The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-29

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The Newark Adosysisr gives - follovfng
report Of the speech delivered ~ Gensraa
KIIpArRrcK osSsaing the chaif = tempolary
President Of she Union slate 0envention q
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natire STATE 4 truly appreciate the great
honor You have ronierred upon me, An hum
BILE soldier from New Jersey, in selecting me
.4upFesiae uver ths only ioyaf convention thAa
win be called in the State for the nomination
Of . candidate for Governor. ILoud and con-
tinued applause. II Is scarcely necessary
FOR me to say that this distinction il unex-
pected, and almost overwhelms me; and IN
accepting it / do not intend to make any ex-
tended remarks / should as soon think OF
talking war to that great soldier, General
Grant, tremendous applause] as to talk poi
itics to all this vast concourse Of politicians ;
daughter and spplause1 to men who are not
only nv seniors in wisdom, but IN years, and
Who have made politics the study Of their
lives. Yet do desire to say that accepted
an invitation to meet with you here to-day IN
order that there may be no misunderstAnding
a. to how intend to conduct myself in the
future, and to show how think . soldier
should conduct himself, now the war is over,
when patriotism demands his services or IN
fluence. To show to Union men and Copper.
heads how soldier respects the former and
dlespises the latter; how he condemns their
tsaitorous acts, which have disgraced my ma
tive State for the last four years. / am here,
feeling that l am among men who never
spoke word of disloyalty, and who never
faltered; and to represent men who have
remained firm during the dark hours Of the
Union, and who have prayed, fought and BLEED
for our country led by that great and good
man, Abraham Lincoln. Immense and long
continued applause
You have assembled here to-day, my
friends, under no ordinary circumstances, and
I trust with good promise of success in re-
decming the name Of our State / tell you,
wherever go--to New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, while travelling in the cars-ev-
erywhere | hear language in reference to
New Jersey which fills my whole soul with
disgust and hatred to those who have dis
graced my native State; and how it is posi-
Bile for any of its citizens TO join hands with
traitors is beyond my comprehension.
% Fellow citizens, have deviated from the
course of military men in taking the stand I
have, but l have been more excited since /
have been in New Jersey over what | have
heard said, than | was during any of the
scenes through which nave passed during
the war. De you know that | have heard
men here say it would have been better to
let the South go that they believe in State
rights; that the martyred President was 3
tyrant and that his successor, Andrew john
son, is second Nero! There are men in
Sussex. with much zeal but very little brains,
who rejoice that they voted for Jhon c.
Breckenridge once, and say 'by thunder they
would do it again ifthey had an opportunity Z
Not satisfied with the sacrifices, expenses,
and all the ealamities of the war, they now
tell you that Johnson is murderer for ap.
proving the execution of the assassins Of the
President The Corperhead editors we're
equally guilty with Southern rebels He re-
fdrred especially to an article in the Newton
Herald, which he denounced with peculiar
sarcasm, and thought the whole batch Of such
traitors should be hung ON the same tree with
JEFF. Davis.