The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-21

At the marble works of John Bawden,
we were shown yesterday a very finely exc
cuted monument which will be erected some
tune this week, over the last resting place Of
Col. W. NJ. G. ToRRESCE. 1t is a contribu-
ton BY our citizens to the memory Of that
good man and true patriot. 1t is a plain
shaft Of fine marble, the only ornamentation
upon which is wreath of laurel above the
inscription, aud an artistically sculptured
American flag, thrown over the top, and
hanging in graceful folds around the shaft.
Upon the shaft is engraven the following in
scription:
Cot W. NJ. G. ToRREScE,
SOrH Iowa VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
BORN
SEPT l, 1884.
KILLED
AT CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, Der. 81, 1866
The upright Citizen; the affectionate Hus.
band the indulgent Father the
Christian Patriot.
On the base of the Monument is the fols
lowing
He died on the battlefield, giving his
life for his country leaving q name honored
by his countrymen; mourned by his friends
and fellow citizens"
Looking upon this monument, memory
called forth the scene which was enacted the
day Capt. Terrence and his company bid fare
we'll to friends and home, to do battle for the
salvation Of the Republic. When his whole
company was drawn up in line for the last
time on our streets, it was presented by the
ladies of our city with beautiful flag. After
the remarks of the gentlemen who, in behalf
Of the ladies, presented the eolors, Captain
Terrence made the following laconic reply;
"When this flag is lowered in disgrace, il
will be only when the Captains wife shall be
widow and his children orphans"
1t was sentiment which welled up from
his true heart, and when uttered IN that ear
nest, candid, determined manner characters
tic of the man, the great crowd there assem-
bled bowed their heads and wept like chill.
dren. 1t was n solemn scene-one never 10
be forgotten by those who witnessed it. In
our Judgment, those words should be engra.
ven on the monument before its erection,
will then be complete.
Col. Terrence sleeps his last sleep in com
mon with four hundred thousand compstriots,
fallen in the great struggle for the mainteni
ance Of the Union, and though those in the
highest positions, in the nation, are to day
proving themselves recreant to the great res
possibilities entrusted TO them by an ever
con6ding people, and the great heso Of the
bloody rebellion is free TO 90 whithersoevel
he may, and, furthermore, that the voices
that are raised for the proclamation of Iowa
sentiments, ARE mobbedto silence in the Soutl
yet. Thank God, there is unity, as strong a
ever, among the loyal masses of the nation
who will finally right all wrong. They car
never forget the memory Of their noble dead
or prove recreant to the principles for which
they fell. When the war was raging, in nj
its intensity, and when the news came ~
from the CORY fields Of the South of tn,
slaughter of Terrence, Worthington. Newton
Higham, Diggs, kepple, Curtis, Tackaberr1
and others, from our own midst, each 10y al ms q
and women to, vowed in their hearts that tn,
Government should be maintained, and tn,
principles Of constitutional liberty should b,
perpeiuated for all time to come, and thougl
the aspect Of things looks dreary and doubt
full at present, we turn with confidence to tn
people and exclaim:
"God bless the HEART OF THE PEOPLE; il mesnet
ktcrn,liy well. and 1t hateth all wrong;
And . : goodness and noblencss leaneth,
And s.eS cat terrors it hath
When eroay shah awaken its srsth.'
And woe betide the men who, after tn
awful sacrifices that have been made, shaI
attempt to throw distractions in the pathwa
of human progress. Such will be ever bran
ded with the indehble stigma of the publ
adherence.