The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-17
In Memoriam-Eulogy On General 3. H.
Curtis.

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In nemori.m-E 1nr .. General b n
Just prior TO the adjournment Of the Dis
trict Court on yesterday, Mr.. Gilmore rose
and addressed the Court, stating that at a
| meeting Of the Bar on Dec. 18th last, he had
been appointed to present the Court with Ger,
tain resolutions on the death of Gen. 5. r.
| CuRrIs, which he then proceeded to read.
| Mr. Gilmore then said that his relations
toward the deceased made him hesitate to say
all that his feelings prompted and might
truthfully say concerning the subject of the
resolutions. Gen. Curtis had lived among
us long, and was intimately known by our
people. His atfAbility rendered him ap'
proacbable by ALL and few men we're more
generally beloved. His private character
was stainless; Re was uncontaminated by a
single vice he was beyond and above sus-
picion in this regard. The example of his
life was his most valuable bequestto the com
munity in which he lived.
As statesman, his position, too, always
reflected honor on the State Of Iowa.
He was the father of the Pacific
Railroad. In Congress he was the
Originator of the measure, and its able
and persistent supporter so long IS he re-
NAMED q member. He lived to witness the
actual prosecution Of the work; to see it
stretching itself westward at the rate of a
mile per day. The last labor Of his life, was
an examination of a completed section of the
road, then running more than three hundred
| miles into the heart of the wilderness.
Gen. Curtis was especially prominent as a
patriot and soldier. Perhaps his fellow citi
zens who knew best his goodness, may not
be most appreciative Of his heroic qualities,
and yet none can doubt the position which
history will give him.
When the rebellion broke out, he did not
| hesitate for a moment as to his course.
Patriotism to him was instructive. Every
fibre of his organism thrilled with loyalty.
| Capitol of the nation, and treason held every
avenue of approach, he FASTENED to New
York, enrolled himself with the glorious
Seventh regiment, went TO Annapolis by sea,
and thence, with his handful of braves,
marched on foot across Maryland, and, Gov
/ cred with dust, aAd travel stained. drew up
| for review before the Presidential Mansion
1t seems to me, that it must have been the
proudest momen, Of his life. IF no. so to
him, it certainly was an event which we, his
fellow citizens, the members Of the Bar
among which his name is enrolled, may re-
gard with unmixed admiration. History has
no examples of patriotism more devoted,
| more simple andunselfsh, nor more sublime.
If tae painter shall one of these days, desire
to depict the brightest spot in the darkest
hour of the rebellion, he may find it here.
| cannot follow him through his mil
itary career. Nor is it necessary to
recapiialate what we all so well know. We
all remember wildly how untiringly he, as
Colonel Of the Second Regiment, acted as
drill master on our bluffs how his prompt &C.
ton saved Missouri, and, best of all, how his
star rose in the ascendant at Pea Ridge. Few
battles OF the war show such disparity OF
forces, and such decided success on the part
of the smaller army. Van Dorm, with 25,.
600 men, offered battle. Curtis, with 10, 600,
accepted the issue. The battle ragged for two
days, when the enemy, demoralized aud
routed, fed precipitately. Nor did the re-
bellion in the Southwest ever recover from
the stunning blow it received at Pea Ridge.
Gen. Curtis died in the prime and vigcr Of
his manhood. Many apparent years of use>
fulness and happiness were before him. But
be is gone FROM among Us.
He sleeps bis last sleep, he has fought his last
battle,
mo sound shall awake him to glory again."
After the conclusion Of Mr.. Gillmore's re-
marks, il was ordered that the resolutions be
entered on the Journal Of the Court The
Court also desired Mr.. Gilmore to write out
his remarks, to be spread on the record, and
published in the papers of the city.
LIsDENwaID," the homestead of the late