The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-20

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lo,d 0arsison ~ other day in Loa E
eeveral Of he lskding liberals -
vsts present and made rsnasks q Ssbe4 /
ion. 81 l hui
aboundsd It the gathering; aad |,
hs most enthusiastic appreciation Of - III
nj ins stations Of the United Statss, and 81
III sa1mpA sfshSssnsssf Unissssl 4sss-i
dom was mssifpston syssy hand, and our
coantry vi clssssd u ID scho.
Jsl1.1eishA .alss apaasA, iron which ~ |,
only clip sentence. he aid:
/ consider il. 4sise4 ldisj p1.ion to be -.
missed SbAke apr01sii( nssDers in Vie sln.l
ceedings to-day, which are intended to COM
mem orate one Of the greatest Of the great
triuu. phs of freedom, aud TO do honor to the
most eminent instrument in the achievement
Of that triumph. [Cheers.] Thele may be
To pst i brieay and in part, it = : triumph
|ingss ftoM thsvssy lowest depths Of social
and political degradation to the lofty height
which men attain when they possess equality
Of right in the freest country on the globe.
Loud cheers. More than this; it is iris
umph which has pronounced the irrevocable
doom Of slavery in sil couHtries- continued
cheering land for all time. AAuolher ques.
ton which suggests itself is, How has this
great matter been accomplished? And the
ansvHmay be gwen in aaother general ques-
| ton, How is it that any great Improvement Is
accomplished? [Applsnse. By love of
justice, a constant devotion TO great cause,
and by unfalsering faith that THAI which is
fright will in the end succeed.
After glowing enlogiss of Garrison, John
Quincy Adams, Lovejoy, John Brown, and
others, Mr.. Bright said:
| When read the article of Harriet Marti.
mean, with the description Of these men and
women, WAS driven, do not know how, to
think of very striking passage, which, ]
am sure, must be familiar to most here, be.
cause it isto be found in the Epistle to the He.
brews. After the writer of the Epistle had
described The great men and princes of the
nation, he said = Time would fail me to tell
of Gideon and Of Barak, and of Samson and
Of Jep,hs, and Of David also, and Samuel
and The Aprophsts, who, through faith, sub,
dued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, OBJ
tanned prelslses, stopped .lnouths OF lions
quenched the violence Of fire, escaped the
edge OF the sword; out Of weakness were
: maize strong, waxed valient in fight, turning
to flight the armies Of the aliens.'', And
ask it this grand passage OF the inspired
writer may now be applied to the heroic
band who have made America the perpetual
home of right. Immense cheering.
EAR. RUssELLs CONFESSION
) Earl RUSSELL who was greeted with much
4 cheering, said: ''As one OF many sincere ad
!. mirers and warm friends, beg to join. in this
welcome to Mr.. Gssrsoas Il Is permitted Il
lnsesud hold il to be distinguished homo,
to JON il. this tribute Of admiration. 1t is the
fortune OF our rice that if many evils bese,
mai KIND, if the oppress2r's wrong is often
deeply felt, ifinstilutions sometimes prevail
) that condemn thousands and even nill,ont
to what seems hopeless servitude, the AL
mighty has planted in some breasts that heart
OF Indignation against wrong, that readiness
to encounter any evil in order to deliver mat
J kind that by such means, by men ready &c
j submit 10 martyrdom, these evils are done
away with, and mankind obtains happier
position. IGheersI Now. that spirit is
! found in Mr.. Garrison. He felt for the evils
of his fellow men. He at once devoted him
self TO the object. He encountered oil evils
He nearly encountered death itself in the
pursuit. lie has happily lived to to see the
conquest Of freedom over slavery. Cheers
The shape in which evil prevailed in Amer
lea and in our own colonies has been rightly
described by my noble friend as the worst
that ever afflicted mankind. Cheers You
will permit me to join in another sentiment
expressed by the Duke of Argyle-the hope
tina, this occ~sinn may tend To draw closs,
the ties of friendship and affection which
) ought to unite US to the United States. ELoud
, cheersl We all know that unfortunately
the condition of mankind is such that men
seem 10 seek any occasion OF difference il
order to found upon them relations OF hosti
| ity and hatred, leading even to bloody war,
and most calamitous Consequences. Aud
am afraid 1t is little IN our power to proven
these causes We have 10 consider the re-,
lationship whic.. exists between US aud
the tinted States, although we haye dit
ferent Institutions, but having the SAINT
origin aud the same love of freedom give
US ground for affection and regard, and
should make us perpetual friends.
Cheers have my own fault to acknowl-
edge IN this respect; because I certainly
thought that when lhes slave States end Favored
to establish their independence, and at the
same Time continue and perpetuate the insli
tuition OF slavery, the Northern States ough
at once TO have proclaimed not only theil
abhorrence but the abolition and destruction
of slavery. Distance and want OF knowledge
of the circumstances made me fall into error
in this respect. Cheers:l | was afterward.
convinced By the distinguished and eminent
man who,represents the United States in this
!, country-I mean Mr.. Adams loud cheers
--iu frequent conversations on the subject
that did not render due justice to MIR. Iiff4
eoln, VINO was the friend of freedom, and no,
only the friend, but ultimately the martyr
[Gfeat cheering The noble Lord went on
to acknowledge that the task of the Govern
7 ment Ut the United States was totally
different from England, and more differ,
ent than that Of the English Gov
eminent thirty years ago. He was now
> persuaded that Mr. Lincoln had done all tina,
+ WAS possible. ICheers1 He said the ami
mos saes of eighty years ago had entirely de-
pare from the English people, and they
!, could Join in the celebration OF the Fourth Of
July With as much admiration for the memo.
! ~ Q. Washington, for tie great men OF mod
, srn times, and for the tree institutions o.
Amer iesi2 ms American themselves. tChees.
and loud cries of Bravo He expressed
the hope that the friendship of the two coun.
: tiies might be perpetual and that the meet.
ing nch' tend to the better mutual feeling
Of tao RACES that should never be divided
ttheef..
JOHN STUART MILL.
Mr. John Stuart Miii said he drew from the
circumstances the day moral of patient
perseverance, in good and noble works: and
said that the chain OF slavery III Americ,
haviig been broken, not only the slave, bu,
the mind of the nation, had been freed
4 (cheersl aud saved from intellectual and
moral stagnation. Cheers]
/ kR Muscular Chrisaian."
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