Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-03-26

er boy than l have been for seventeen
years. Laughter l think I am
the gayest man in the Senate, except
the cempeer Of Clay and Crittcnden
the able, indomitable, and gallant
old cav:aier Of Kentucky Garrett
Dayis) Iexcept you also Mr.. Chair.
man. Laughter. Temperance
gloomy Not bit of it, Mr.. Pres
ident. My pledge shall be a pcrpee-
ual charm, "a thing Of beauty
which Is joy forever'-not. cloud
Of gloom, but an evcr-prese1t rain
bow Of promise, hope and beauty.
/ am as proud Of it as Of my wife and
children, and that is the strongest
way | have TO express my pride.
Applause. / am as proud of it as I
am Of the commission which entities
me to hold the position of an Ameri-
can Senator. By-the-by, Mr.. Chair
man, l will submit to you the ques-
tion. Irather think the commission
and temperance pledge ought to 60
together. [Applausc. What do
you think about having the "tetotal-
er" put into the iron clad oath.
Laughter.
You say of what use is the pledge.
/ will tell you: Twenty days ago.
there came along a friend of mine
Senator--and said, "Let's take a
drink" ] said, "Certainly, all right"
Another friend from Illinois in about
three minutes and half came along
and said, "Let's take drinks
Said /, "All right" 1t is this way.
One drink of liquor is enough for me
two amt half enough, ILaughter,l
three is only one third enough.
and four is chaos. After / signed the
pledge l was asked several times to
drink; but l didn't do any such thing.
Laughter.
After ! signed this temperance
pledge l wrote to little lady out in
Illinois, who weighs about hundred
pounds, has black hair and flashing
eyes, and "a form fairer than Gree
ian chisel ever woke from Parian
MARBLE" ard received the following
answer:
Ny DEAR RrcHAED How beau
tiful is this morning; how bright the
sun shines; how sweetly our birds
sing; how happy is my heart. see
the smile Of God. He has answered
my prayer. Always proud Of yonr
success, You have achieved that sue
cess which God and angels will bless
1t is the shining summit of human
aspiration, for you have conquered
yourself. All who love you will aid
You to keep the pledge. love you,
my dear boy.
KATIE.
Love, the sun. soul and centre Of the moral
universe;
Love, which links an angel to angel. and God
to men;
Love, which binds in one two loving hearts,
How beautiful is lore. IApplaue-
As l looked over this audience,
composed of Senators and Represen-
tatives of this great nation, asd these
galleries blazing With beauty and the
worth of the city. and sojourners
from all the States and Territories,
! ask myself why they are here?-
Proud England upon whose domin-
ions the sun never sets, has but one
queen; but thank God, We have mil
lions of queens, who
"shine il beauty like the night
Of sunny clmes and starry SKIES"
whose chains we feel, and yet We bless
the silken shackles. You are here to
give by your presence encouragement
to the Congressional Temperance So
ciety, and l propose, sir, that this So
ciety shall be-t beginning of tho
societies throughout the land, and
that we will push forward the tenn
perance column, move upon the ene-
my's works and give him canister
and Greek fire Applause. We
will storm the citadel of intemper-
ance until it shall crumble and totter
and fall to the earth. Applause.l
Why do refer to the ladfes Be
cause their example is mightier than
the eloque1ce of thousand Senates,
or the banners of thousand legions.
You are here tonight to see the
snowy white flag of temperance IS it
is unturled over the Capitol Of your
country, as it rises and rises, and un-
folds to God and spreads until it shall
cover the whole land, and until there
shall not be . drunkard nor moder-
ate drinker to take away the bloom
from the cheek of the female beauty,
and until all the hearthstones of this
land shall blaze with comfort and joy,
and happiness and gladness shall
dwell in green freshness there.
Tremendous applause.