The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-12

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peec4 ~ Aei "a sole nv my foot knows
no reet. Whss Dsnocsesy il in danger ther
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salt with the friends nv the Presidsot h =.
sUra - the AneesAam Dsdicash0asfA s PAT
kis Eeeslency was to take 10 that anair-ves
he WIZ to 0y-wat othas WIZ to say. = weli
e. who wu1 10 ny it, wuS = matter ven ~
auired not snly profound thought, bet the
most careful considerasAns. HencsI woz
called. Ii
tn eddishep Of Hncklsy; . geeebemsn n.
s>.tiv arr;ved frona : foreign mesion, named
NeCrackess Ges. Swann, nv Maryland Ok.
Cav. Bradford; ~ post ~ the day, Gen.
NcPonnd6r. LATE ~ Lees staff now nv the
Msry,snd Nelishy; Kernel Sores. ditto, and
tvelye or twenty more who he'd held posish-
ens Nv truss and profit under the Csnfsdracy,
and Who wus pow-holdin corFespDndin poo
sishens uuDer In Gunner nv Maryland, all
Nv wich wpz dncu1in the various pints in-
volved in CHS matter. The President he'd
prepared 1 epeSoh wich kirere4 thirty eight
psges nv legle cap paper, and It vsx sesested
that he reed it In the impressive manner
for which he 10 eslsbrated Ne be1aa: rs
s'Fellow countrymen-"
~ object 10 .thst phrase" said General
McPoundef. Its liable to misconstrucshun.
Sposin that upon that stand sboaM be them
wich, doorin the fFatrisidle struggle wich 100
me my niggers, suz in the redraI army !,
object to bein considered the fellows Of SIGH "
The ohjeckshan wuz finally gotever by the
President q agreein to turn. ~ he nttefed ne
words, TO the Maryland delegashun, wich SIT
isf,de EN-. ~ the most ultra felt it wuz enufi
il the President shood address himself ex-
cloosively to Maryland Dimekrats ez his
countr, men. He perseeded:
"Ga,bered togsther onto field wich the
vaIor Nv loyal arms made forever memora-
Bile
: Gov. ewann objected. He was fur consil-
iashun. How Good our Southern brethren
who he'd taken the oath be constituted ct the
fact that they wuz wollnped wuz bein contin.
ooaIy flung at en-? Besides the word 10y
~ wnzs offensiv TO the heft ~ the Did1Dcra'
cy. Mr. Seward thought ef references wuz
made to the late onpleasantnis it ought to be
diluted. sustained the objeckshun and il
wuz stricken out. The President resoomed
.Fseli- this day an uncommon solemnity,
standin ez we do over the mortal rernanes nv
the thousands wich died inthe sacred cause
Nv ibsrty and in defense Nv the flag nv oui
coun--"
Hold ~ sed the impetuous Maryland
General, II protest, in the name of Mary
land protest. Shell the Conservatives Nv
that glorious State be insuted by alloosons
to liberty. nv wich they are deprived, and to
the flag vich is the symbol NV oppression,
and under wich we didn't 6ght?'
Isnstained the ohjeckshun, and that wuz
struck out. He won't on:
!" When cast my eye over this field and
let it rest for an instant on this spot where
the impetuous foemen wuz driven southwark
by our brave troops
Gov. Swami remarked that on SIGH an oc-
casion it wood be perhaps better not to men,
shun the pertikeler direckshun in wich any.
body wuz driven. Let it read, | wood say,
thus: con this spot where the impetnons
foeman WIZ driven by onrbrave troops." Let,
thus it woodent be especially offensive to
ANYBODY. 1t wood read as we'll South ei
North, for in that encounter both sides w1z
Ut times driven. / sustained the amendmen,
and the President went on:
- In fucher years the pilgrim to the shrine
Nv liberty will paws moment on this spot,
to drop tear over the graves Of them who
here checked the advance Nv the hosts nv re
bellion, and
Gov. Swami wuz averse to this. 1t wuzn'
soothing TO the party wich WIZ checked. Ii
wood be better to reed, "drop a teer over
the spot onto wich fraternal blood wuz shed y
Seem no objection to the amendment, l he'd
it done. He went on.
sThe widder in her Northern home may
weep, but she may console herself that hel
husband died for her country. She may.
Gov. Swami broke in. "Sposn, said he
"you should say: 'rhe wilder in her North
ern, or Southern, home, ez the case may be
may weep,' dc. Woodn't it be hetter?''
thot so, aud it WIZ altered accordinly. The
President perceeded:
:. Here, upon this spot, the armed hosts Of
rebellion were met and hurled back BY
the 80
Gov. Swami sejested that that be omitted
The word . Rebeliun,h when applied to q
brave people, who wuz strugglin for wat they
deemed their rites, wuz, to say the least, too
harsh. 1t wuz struck out, and the President
went on: ~rF e1s
II pom this spot, amid the roar Nv cannon
the rattle NV mnskntry. and the clash Nv con
tendin arms, thousands NV the brave cons us
patriotic sires gave up their lives
There waz nothin in this objectionable. i
Good apply to either side or TO both, but ea
everythin before it he'd been stricken out, anc
ez there wuz alloosions folern it that wooc
hev TO be, it wuz advisable to bust it, and ac'
cordinlv drew my pencil over it.
The President then wanted to know wat II
thunder he shood say. Feeln that he mus
say suthin, prepared for him the folerin re
marks:
.'My fellow countrymen: appear afor,
you, not for the purpose Nv maxim any length,
remarks. simply desire to express my ap
probashn Nv the ceremonies witch hev takei
place. Ny appearance is the speech wich
will make. Good make speech wich woot
tech your feelins, but my thots is in commun
ion with the dead-uv both sides-whos,
deeds we are here to commemorate. | she
not attempt TO give ntterance to the feelin
and eaoshuns inspired BY the ceremonies u,
the day. Not any. shell attempt no smell
| thing. | ON here to give countenance to tn,
proceedins Ito ofishally beam upon em-bu
must be permitted to hope that We may fol
Ter the example set us The lllustrious lea,
--uv both sides-and think Nv the brave me,
NV both s,des-who fell in the fierce strug
Rtc NV phttiet huu WHO steep silent IN incl
graves, yes-who sleep in silence and peac,
after the conflict hez ceased Would to God
that We nv the Twin Good emulate Their exampl,
ez they lay sleepin in the tombs Wood that ",
Good live. ez do the silent dead, IN peace ane
! friendship. Yes. in peace and friendship ez d.
| the silent dead-uv both sides. You, m,
! iellow-coun'rymen, hev my earnest wishes
ez you hev he'd my efforts in times gone by
IN the most tryin perils to restore peace ant
harmony to our distracted and divided coun
try. and you shell hev my last efforts in vim
dicatin nv the flag NV the Republic, aud tn.
Const,tooshn Nv our Fathers
/ endeavored in this to preserve. ez nearl,
ez possible, the singularly beautiful and lucit
style nv the President, that the assembled
thousands who shood hear it mite recogniz,
it to wunst ez hizzen. The las. sentence WI;
objected to. The Marylanders didn't know
wether they Good sit in silence and hear sicl
talk about The ''fug nv the Republic an,
the 'Cons;itooshn Nv our Fathers Bu
they wuz overruled. II wuz held. and prep
erly, think. that the Constitooshn Nv ou
Fathers sheod be understood ez meaning ,ha
instrooment afore the Ablishnists had knock
ed out Nv i, all that made it lovely in thu