The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-20

- ! ihonk 1QqA fallox sitiEsns, for shs honor
n shss desscss (ssIsSS, I'd 5os ~ u
iations you are pleased % offer upon the ~
ump6 q that csuse u w6sc6 4-ashr sne
present, one OF the representatives 1sofoA
you for the earnest, enthusiastic suppon ~
have giyef me from tb6SpRiiest meeps4 o.
INV name II connection Nth the hie4 oqcs
- vhich s have now been aSosen add 4
akould be klss to myself did lot expfeQ'
~ gratitude 70 you, IyYfiiende I'D pe'kd
hsrs, who, knoAhs spssbe.s ass osa a.
r{rsssd 10 ovefinok MY iupeeteesions, and
give me sdeh 1sstsrias 'sss'mon'si o. your
10 myself S1po. taksshe fo.sr Of this
tfiumph ~ ths1sAtlemen Who afe assoeia1
led wish ms upon the successinl ticket, Gsnss
tIemen Of Worth, AbiitssssaAnd usnnent MT
ness for ttAir respective posltioes - they esrs
tsiaIy are,1 donot, wholly stfsste Is; nor
even TO those whose elSqasit wssds from.the
stump and through she columns q the pubic
mess have contributed 70 much y ohr que
cess, do ascrte ehe glory. TAA4epktlicaa
sdrty has s4cce efed becdnss the 0dncpfet M
tkat party are fosSdcd u trMA eed gustice.
Aud / d cen il N Important lesson that the
most unexpected aud bitter eseverss Of the
war haA been coupled vssh oeaaal of ths
area, fact OF the brotherhooi Is nah. lns
Justice and wrung may gAsn tsmforary %.
escdal cy bad M y and bad prh u 3ies will
sometim 81 acquire momentary success, but
in the end truth 10 sure TO prevail, f,r the
E.erna years of God are herA"
We have grave responsibility resting upon
us. No, for US only aid lsr our children are
the sacred blessings which Webster said were
sours-ours TO preserve asd ours to trans
NIT, - but for the whole world, tor all the toll.
! lag eoes of mel. in sxssy land. u has been
our happy national privilege to demonstrate Q
the wor,r The proble N ofseiL government ! he
grand proposition that -'all men are born Tree
and equal,n u FIRST put forth in weakness and
defended with scarcely more than infant
sssshg th, has Il last become the vital pfinci-
pie of vigorous national life. Aud stis an
aggressive principle ! am persuaded that
tie liberal tendencies which pervade the
/. European Gpserninentsvt to-day. the increas
my drms nds OF the people and the enlarsing
concessions of the ruling classes, the eieva-
ton Of the masses to higher and wider
sphere OF influence lin short, the onward
| prpssees OF popular liberty abroad, 10 due in
"a important sense, to the exemplary infa.
encs OF American institutions What W ask
for ourselves, We must encourage IN others
| A welcome then and hearty God speed to
| the irshnan, the German, the Cretan. and
evsry other people aspiring TO higher free.
/ dom. larger measure otpoiitical trust and a
more resp pnsibie msnhood. Let Us reinem-
! Der that our prosperity, faithful perform
/ &ncs Of our duties As citizens. is their encour-
/ Axement, Will. our failure 10 their reproach
aud shame.
| Again thanking you, my friends, for this
! courteous acknowledgement of your conf
| dence aud respect, aud expressing the hope
that any future responsibility that may de-
voive upon me will be net with such pru-
dence and discretion Is to indicate that your
, confidence has bot been misplaced, bid you
good night.