The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-22

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hsd asssmblsd in The Court Hspsa seqpaseAa
hear the Hon. J. r. wlIsos: H 4h0esss
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indicated, even % stranger, that most Of the
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nilisr With The people ~oan fscoguiAs dSl-
sgations from every portaoa IF the county
This eager and earnest crowd Of people
assembled around the stand, in the vicinity Of
The Court House, to listen to Mr.. WlLsox,
snd iasisssl hat b should 80 sxsadn sssn
after they wers drenched with rain, many Of
them crying out that they had encountered
worse showers many time down South in
the same cause. AfserAa boar or 20, how
ever, Mr.. WILSON adjourned TO the court
room, which, although crowded to it, utmost
capacity, accommodated but half those who
we're snxioG1 to. hear the reee Of the Spesch.
The Republican 'vere delighted and encour-
aged, and the Democrats, . number Of whom
we're present, seemed convinced Of the justice
and propriety Of the positionAmaintained By
Mr. WILSON.
Senator DooLrrrLE and Firx HErRY WAR
Rem were announced in posters for speeches
Thursday afternoon, and . grand mass meet
ing was down in the programme. The dfy
came, and ~ rainy, - vas the day before,
but the masses didn't come, and DooLIrrLI
didn't come. Gen. WARREN did come, and
few Of the Copperhead leaders from the
surrounding country, with larger squad
from the town itself we're duly on hand, and
with q ,saaay nors Republicans, nost Of N
ssets II tAs eovr4 room were partially Glsd
The General opened by assuring his hearer
that he would not excite their fears, MOI
rouse their passions by any strains Of elo'
quence or arts of oratory, and he kept hil
word. His speech was courteous, unimpas
stoned and powerisss. II Me- no rsspos'
in the hearts Of either Radicals or Copper
heads, and there was not single Conserva
tive in the audience to sympathise with th,
speaker.
The General thought Congress might have
come to 40 agreement with the President
but preferred to quarrel with him even at th,
sacrifice If ell the bread.and-hsttes a hi
disposal Ths General hadns ohjsctoa 4
the proposed Consrsssionsl amendment, bu
regarded it Is oil right and proper, but like
the old rat We read of. be suspected mischie
under it or beyond 1t. In fact bis well trained
olac.ories scented "a niggerin the. wood pile. y
And thereupon he, Flrz HEsRY WARREN, th.
long time Freesoiler, Aboliiionist and Black
Republican, undertook TO frighten his audi
ence from their propriety, BY theatrical, moi
to say tragcal, exhibition of the raw head
and bloody bones ''of niger equality, :" which
has been shook and ratified in bis face for TWEEN
years past. by his present supporters. The
exhibition was both laughable and pitiable
but no one seemed particularly alarmed.
The General avowed himself tariff man
but he didn't like the present tariff. and crit
cised several Of its provisions to rather /
tedious length. He also pitched into New
| England quite savagely, and had not hi
speech betrayed him." as Peters of ole
did when be denied his master, the Copper
heads might have been deceived as to his nativ
| ity, and honored him as one OF the F. F. VS.
rather than felt Inundated in the fact tina
their candidate was, after ali, sborn Yankee
The speech was too conservative for tbs
Copperhead leaders and the meeting, and the
infant party Of many names, born Of the
Philadelphia Convention in silence and tears
& J. B. n