The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-04

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Of this hosr = : rstroepsstion. Five -
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good 70 %, NJ ) year old. George B. 10
,sN9hR~suFtf ssunsh psleV' wap1ilkt
Ahavs 6sSH ID older Nap6lSUa Nd he hcs ala
in the she'll, had desistsd q last from GRIND
Reviews, and moved on Richmond By ~
Of the Peninsula. Had We known shen Nh
ahumbug he was-that he was military
charlatan, and Professor Of the Art Of Hbw
fgNos v, ~ A-te wouA ,Aass- kseve4Sa4Ihs
ltpptd "a. Wi bid nj insbsN iel ! ~ hnsw
q tliss he AAd'a great army " BIZ ID killsd
men We knew that he had promised much
in his Addresses to his soldiers Weexpect-
ed much Aon McciesAn snd khat campaiss;
expected much. and got-nothing bat Littls
Macs model official reports Of how he did
= do ~ vhsa Hs5kssv IL didn't, Ne, did he,
more; " sOt ! sXts vsfd ilisd witk odr no.
BILE men, who died down in the swamps Of
the Chickahominy; died in vain, too, because
their leader was blundersr, without u
head of . General or the heart of patriot.
Blookheaaism and SopthespsR rethrensm
killed many men who ought 70 be alive 10.
day. don't know but new system Of mil.
kssytaetica aAeuft- be NSHA, " thich
soldiers should be enabled to kill the rifhi
men-the men who stand in the way of VIC
2tcry-on whichever side found. VERY fire.
quently an army would do itself the greatest
good service if it could only shoot few OF
it's own officers. /
syl,Sekt Ap citss0s0Afo "a. early
period Of the war, because I was prompted
to 1t by the changed condition in which our
country is now, have no purpose of dwell.
ing upon the events that have passed between
that time and the present. fItnigbt profita.
Z bly, be done, bail 10 not purpose tracink our
varying fortunes in the war for the Union.
and showing therefrom how brave our people
were, how patient, how enduring, how safer.
ing, how unyieding, how patriotic, how no.
roc Rufus Choate used to fight over again
inhis Study ths ssses thai IL hsd tired, 20 as
70 gain gfeAter skin and increased Hrssources
IN the future. The man that has been dis.
cipiined in life by severe Fate, often gains
great strength by mentally Ii ing over
again his experiences. So our people
may proftably give frequent thought
to all the events Of these recen,
years; for our nation during them, suffered
more, and learned more, and grew more i,
gained more of peculiarly American force Of
character, more of genuine democracy. q,
Scfonnssistentrepnblicanism, of sturdy national
manhood, OF love for liberty and human
rights, and free ideas, the base of our
Government, than i had done in q half cen.
fury preceding. ! might then we'll recall Ia
you the events that followed that Fourth o,
July, 1862. How victory followed defeat
and dlrer defeat succeeded victory. How
ouf soldiers were always trpe, but eeus Glen.
! erals sometimes incompetent nd thitnres.
how YEARLY the months went on withou,
any prospect of near triumph or near peace
How our people grew sad and troubled and
anxious, but never bated one jot or title Of
their determination to put down the rebellion
and save the Union. How call followed call
Tor troops, and the living went forward into
the vacant ranks Of the dead, and vet the
strife went on. l might recall to YOU. 1t
G length, how despite reverses, we gsdsally
< nsoks sae power Of armed rehsllion. How
the East went down and took New Orleans.
and you OF the West took Vicksburg. How
then the West vent down to meet the East.
ana These came up to meet you, and both
marched cheerfully alongside the colored
soldier in the attack on Port. Hudson, until
that For fell and the Mississippi was again
nderthe sovereignty Of the old flag from the
lakes Of Minnesota 70 the Gulf. How in
1864 when the hour was darkest the clos
ing strugg began. The Vests own Grant
went to Virginia. and took ccmmsnd. He
went down through that terrible baptism Of
hre and blood in the Wilderness, and "on to
richmond" determined to- 6ght 1t out. on
that slipef Farragut took Noble. And
whistle doom Of the rebellion In their hearts.
the veteran thousands ofthe West, with the
gallant sons OF Iowa among them, marshalled
under Sherman and started Southwark
iheir bayonets cleaned above the clouds in
the sunlight Of Lookout Mountain, and in tho
mote iarid light Of Atlanta, and we're horne
Gown through the savanaahs of the Caro-
iinas, and onward to the Sea. Then starting
-
North. shay finished shrsakips shssshsA of the
oonfederacy, and when they again Joined
urant below Richmond, they had written the
epataph Of rebellion with tier ,Senoner;;nr
pasonets; and the armies Of Sherman and
Grant uniting together, they marched up
through fallen Richmond, up to Washington
In that final Grand Review, keeping time as
they went to the music of restored Union.
More materialto my present purpose, how.
ever - que Of the distinguishing element,
and most marked phenomena Of the
war, and litter for profitable consideration to.
oay' was the progress of Enancipat;on, the
growth of the antisslavery sentiment among
our people. Another retrospect,on.
Seven years ago remember pr,parinr
an address for this anniversary. The leaver
OF Freedom was working, but very slowly. A
crszed old man with : wrong head and a
right heart, had gone down to Harper's
ferry, and with handful Of men, and an
lmpracticable project, had frightened Henry
a. "iae and the ehivalry ont Of their wits.
ana CALLED the sore places on the deceased
Dooy OF slavery. It WAS shortly after the
.rial a. hanging Of John Brown, remem>
Der ne most anti-slavery OF us then would
not refer to that event for other than coudem-
nation OF Brown, and We said not word
Against slavery, for that was . ..polit;cal,
topic' oistastetul to our conservative brethren
ana not proper to be mentioned On the Fourth
ofJufy. We were al as Sauls at the stonipr
OF otepnen-consenting unto his death; We