The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-06

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me A01ross..oymDaaDY WAsh me
UolseA oaasss.
n. Eussns Pelletaa --Ia The presso1
stage Of he debats / shouh b St61 crael
to the assembly, and still moro cruel 70
myself, ii / wHo tGnnke 4 spse6h /. er
trensis on the d1atHs ed u | fer il will
b Of oar last ameedmeDt rL4sghtss /
I bad bata word U ~ 70 rspai1an onis.
sion. The speech froa the thro1e passed
over America in silence yoar draft ad-
drese naistaiee ~ ss0e. sesstse5 the
yellos beck itself contains on thu subject
nothing but : pure white page. Nov. Il
seemed 20 - tbst the Americas question
was one Of eufiicisst inportance to be
trested of otherwise than By reticence.-
However, there is now no occasion for
discussion, because while / am speaking
to Won the news arrives that the victori-
Gus swords of Grant and Sherman have
settled the question. Richmond is taken.
(Interruption.
A voice-S0 much tho worse.
Mr.. Pelleian--The pro.slavery rebel
lion is crushed; and the American Repub.
lie is restored 10 al its majestic unity
interruption.
President schneider - Gentlemen, BY
your interruption you only lengthen the
speech. :.
Mr.. Pelletar-Do not murmur 30 loud,
l couiure you they may hear US on the
other side of the Atlantic. Exclama-
lions and noise
| Several voices-Mske an end of it.
i NJ. Pelletan--For the last four years
North America has borne the burden o.
the most terrible civil war that ever raw,
nged nation, aud during the course Of
this cruel trial she never for single in
: slant entertained the idea of suspendinq
} liberty [Ah, alb ] She never dreamed o
, invoking .he principle of public safety, Of
. opening that door through which all po
! ,tical crimes make their way. But more
: i, has renewed it's executive power under
: We may almost say-ths very Ere of the
E enemy, and that without violence or dis
,urbance. interruption and it has done
this so orderly aud caluly that this pag'
| of American history is the page of homo
OF the 10Th century. CONFUSED and 10
! creasing noise
E Nj Peletan - President Lincoln
!, ICres Of Divide. DIVIDE"
Other voices--HeafAhe speaker.
e NJ. Pelletan--PresideDt Lincoln f.l
I that he held the fate of the New Worl
3 in bis hands. and he lifted up his hear
: to the height of his destiny he ha
abolished slavery. redoubIed cries Of "di
i vide" and he has restored the gloriou
American Republic. Divide, divide.
: Confused and tumultuous noise.
t A membsr--Eaforee silence, Mr.. Pres
ident.
oil Pre,i!ent Schneider-Lat the sptsie
e try to get hearing.
NJ. GARNER Psges-If people woul
. only listen. the speech would have bee
! done by this time.
q Several voices-"Divide"
e NJ. Schneider--I cannot deprive N
Pelletan of his right to 60 on. II is 70
4 the Chamber to-[e1clamalions but a
0 the same time it is for him to speak i
such way as to induce his auditors I
hear him.
j NJ. Pelletan--Ths President asks
miracle of me which | am not able /
: work. 1t did appear to me that wheneve
IN the world anything great aud nobl
was done, France vas present as an ap
proving PARTY. and would that nay voic
this day could be heard on the o,her sid'
} of the Atlantic with an address of COZ
graduation to the President OF the United
States. TTumultuous ordinations o
J dissent | cannot struggle against you
, determination not to hear me, and | shall
sit down.