The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-18
General the Christian hero whom even his
enemies revere.
The lost cause.
The conquered banner: Fold it up tender

enemies revere.
/ The conquered banner: Fold it up tender
ly. A
The illustrous prisoner now bearing in his
I own person the iMp1asd crimes Of his people:
Every true Southern heart would suffer in his
! stead. The God of Truth and Justice Judge
him. ~
The old Captains: Dear the living-dearer
4 the dead.
! Henry A. Wise: Prisoner Of war-unfor-
given, uUorgotten.
| SPEECH OF GEN. HENRY 4. WISE.
When the applause had died away with
which the toast was greeted, the General
arose and said: j
don't know that am prisoner. Laugh
ter am bound BY 10 chain. / have q
| pass to go where please upon the soil of my
! native land. Atleast General Grant says so.
| may be arrested, but wanted no man liv-
ing to tell me whittier might go. lCheers. ]
have the proud satisfaction of saving that
fought until we had won the privilege of
being paroled. (Applause. There is no
authority here or elsewhere to arrest me or
stop my mouth, SO long as | obey the con-
ditlons of that parole; and upon that parole
| shall stand SO long as live. [Applause. ]
You call me prisoner Of war; | am not q
prisoner of war. If prisoner at all, am
fired by infantry at Appomatox we're then
fred by the troops that | had the honor and
pride to lead and there at Appomatox peace
was brought about.
You call the cause lost it is not lost. If
it is lost, the cause of civil liberty is doomed,
for it, too, is lost There was Paradise
lost and a Paradise regained, and there will
be Paradise regained in this country The
blood that has been spilled is too precious. l
should not believe in God If did not believe
that special providence would yet give VIC
tory TO and secure the triumph Of civil liberty
in this country.
One thing can be said, there was one man
who could not be driven TO do that which he
did not consent to do. As long as one man
in this Commonwealth A voice: What
Commonwealth 2"] What Commonwealth
There never was but one, Virginia. But
tell you. Old Virginia is not at home. She
will come back some Of these days, and then
the devil take the hindmost. ] am watching,
and will tell her when she comes what has
been done in her absence. I'll say, aMam-
ma, your children did not do that 1t was
done by imposters and pretenders. Agaiu,
| say, there is but one Virginia. They have
taken and are welding her powers. II am
traitor, let them make the most Of it. IL
am traitor, why don't they try me and hang
me? have lost my lands and property, but
would clean boots on your streets sooner
than bow to usurpation. III had triumphed,
| should have favored stripping them naked.
lLaughter.] Pardon! They nigh, have ap-
pealed for pardon, but would have seen
them damned before | would have granted
it. For myself, the boot being on the other
leg, take no oaths, ask no pardons. PRO
longed cheers. give you that brigade. the
old, the lasting the enduring Wise Brigade.
[Cheers and applause.l
Among the volunteer toasts were the fol-
lowing:
Our Citizen Soldiery-Thc only standing
army necessary to republic.
President Johnson-May he continue to
administer justice without fear or favor, as he
has heretofore DONE