The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-18

ac4, and work, and speak for EbsfV = Amer
ica. Through whom shall yoe do thr To>
day your course il to eight in this great Union
Republican organization which 10 advocating
in the cause oil human justice, human rghtagl
imparsia Justice; the party which 10 for The
downfall oftyfanny and oppression whereve4
itexists. (Applause. ii
l remember that Canadian line.l ~ 10
burned into my heart. have . recoll6e1ton
Of the outrages We suffered across that line
during the dark hours Of our own war; when
tKSfe were days without sunshine and nights
without star. l know Canada was the
hiding. piace for traitors. I know fhs!: ~
plotted all the plots against our beloved land,
There they plettsd sanding infected clothes
across the border, to thin out the people Of
our cities BY disease; the poisoning Of our
wells that thereby our people might pc des-
troyed. Not content with this, they sent
their mercenaries over that Canadian line to
outrage oar towns and to rob our banks:
When remember that fact, and when re.
member further, that when we applied for
Justice, and when the men were arrested who
were guilty Of these outrsges, Great Britain
and the Canadian authorities never lifted
their finger to do justice; but, on The contrary
released their prisoners - they did il the
case Of the pirate crew Of The Shenandoah
when she returned to England amer years Of
devastation upon the commerce Of our soun-
try. confess | was Inundated that our Ar
my was sent there TO act IS police ofdcers on
the Canadian line was Inundated when
our army was sent to do the dirty work Of
spies and detectives against the Fenians.
| [Great applause.
But now when this Democratic party, that
| ceased 10 be the friends of the Irishmen, has
l DlJaAalnh,n fhapns IN oprpSn6aP lfa
name, and there to receive their word. as the
| papers this morning tell you; from Andrew
| Johnson himself, who has thus Aatad at the
dictation of the British ministry, the Union
party has stepped forward, and the Union
party in the Congress efthe United States has
| shown YOU its devotion to the principles OF
| liberty. You remember the reaolotion OF
/ Clarke of Ohio, a conspicuous Union menu
Der. 1t was to request President Johnson to
demand the release of the prisoners taken IN
| the hate Canadian rebellion. He acquiesced
in that. On motion of Mr.. Spaulding, Of the
| Clevelan nd district, he was asked, and unani~
mously. too, by that House, to release the
| Fenianfprisoners he had himself taken and
had locked up in jail upon our side Of the line
or had out on bail bonds. Iregret 10 say
hat..resolution has not been respected by the
| President yet for here stands Gen. ONeill
| to day, with the bonds that he gave upon him,
| to resume his attendance at the close Of this
| month, upon the courts for striking iQr Irish
| liberty. And on motion OF Mr.. Blanks, finds
| ing what kind of neutrality we should expect
| and had had from Great Britain, We scaled
| down the neutrality laws and dstermiued that
the same measure they mete TO us shall
| be measured unto them again. Great APP
planse
had the honor of introducing at Washing
| too, Marshal Roberts, the Presidential The
| Fenians, who am proud to call my friend to
| the assembled muIiitudes at the soldiers and
sailors fair, for orphans Of our soldiers, sad
| there he spoke for liberty for all men and jus.
tice for oil, and he stated that he intended to
| demand OF those that followed him 10 edvo-
cate the principles he enumerated. After.
wards they proposed TO have another meeting
at that fair and the Mayors Police of the city
of Washington drove them Of. They came
/ TO Congress. They found responsive hearts
there. MIR. Allen. of Ohio, offered reso,
luton tina the Irish people are hereby author,
| lied, whenever they shall obtain the consent
| in writing of the Speaker of the House OF
| Represent atiyes, to use and occupy said builds
ing fer the purpose of boldirgpubic meetings
for every proper and lawful purpose, and phr
ticularly in reference 10 the liberation DE Ire
/ land. Great applause. Ne wan,ed to
show to Great Britain that II she hadi upon
her side the Administration Of Andrew johns
| son. this denounced Congress, this radical
| Congress. this Union Congress sympathized
with all their hearts with men strugg Ing for
| freedom. That resolution went TO the Senate.
James Guthrie. OF Kentucky, prominent
democrat, opposed it, and after deb4te. in
| which Mr.. johnson, Of sryand, participated
| let me read one single sentence I'd you,
"Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, said: This
seems to me singular resolution. Il Propo-
ses TO open these halls to the. discussion oil
those who are called Fenians, whose atowed
| purpose it is to make war upon England.
You might IA well give them the use IF the
capitol for the same purpose. think Eng
land would have good reason to eenplhin Of
such conduct." Laughter and defisive
cries What do we care about England?
They were public buildings. There were
| seven democrats in the Senate. One demo.
| crat only-and he from Oregon, on tho Pa.
l cihc-voted for it. The other six voted no
against allowing that building to be used for
the discussion Of the question Of the right Of
Ireland 10 be free. Let me read you their
| names. Anthony. Of Rhode Island; Davis,
OF Kentucky: Guthrie, of Kentucky: John
son, of Maryland. Riddle, of Delaware; and
sanwinkle, of Western Virginia; ard it
passed in spite Of these six.sevenths OF the
democrats voting no in the Senate, and as
| it had passed and been approved wrote my
permit. as Speaker of the House. to the Fe.
mans, to use this building for their meetings,
Much applause.