The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-03


of sfe Mississippi, and opened mat ptream
from its source to its mouth Under the gal
liant Joe Hooker yoartroops scaled the Nights,
and above the clouds unfurled to the sun the
gloriops flag of the stars. Applanse. Shsr
man marches from Cairo 10 the sea, while
Grant marches through. the Wilderness to the
CcAf&derate capital 4 kerebelliun iscrdhedf
Behold q whole race set free the shAckles
of the age sre broken And We se6 Ill high
advanced the standard of the nations re-
demption. Harkl dinna ye hear the pihf0eh
Of the Highlauders. and horne npoa ths wisgs
of the wind the slogan shout Of universal
emancipationy Applause.
And now, shall this puissant nation, t.Co>
lumbis- queen OF the world and child Of ne
Skies pause in her efforts when there Is an
enemy in onr land more destructive than wsR,
pestilence and famine combined, which sends
annually one hundred thousand men TO un>
timely graves, makes fifty thousand widows,
and three hundred thoas4nd wives worse than
widows-hllfng our prlsons,' cur poor ho1ses,
our lunatic asylums, and swelling to m untold
extent the great ocean of human misery,
wretchedness and woe2 E
Somebody told me he saw in Chicago pa
per the other day that since Governor Yates
had join ed the temperance society whisky had
fallen ten cents . gallon. Laughter Well,
that's good, indeed. lLanghter.l AT all
events. il g good nesrs, for all that eyer kept
my alanderers from drinking themselves 70
death pro bono pu6iioo was the high price of
whisky. ILaughter.l We wili bring it with
in their reach, for it will have TO fail much
lower Than the present price before il reaches
its real intrinsic sai1e-a specie basis
Laughter. Mr. President, if old King AL.
cohol vera dead and buried, as he ought to
be, beyond the power of resurrection, this
nation could bear our national debt like
young Hercules. [Applause.] Then, sir,
two blades of grass would grow where or1e
nov grows, and unbounded wealth, imperial
power. and proud position would be the her
itage of the nation forever. Applause.
But some say this temperance business is
fsnatieism-it's a gloomy sort Of life. There
never WAS greater mistake. Temperament
one of the sweetest and most delightful things
upon earth; it 10 the very spring head Of
cheerfnlness, happiness and joy--the very
chivslry of manhood itself have been a
temperance man for fifteen days, and L am q
eayer boy than l have been for seventeen
years Laughter Think am the gayest
man in the Senate, except the eompeer Of
Clay aud Crittenden-the able, indomitable
and gallant old cavalier of Keptucky, (Gar-
rett Davis / except you, also, Mr.. Chair
man. daughter Temperance gloomy
Not bit of it, Mr.. President. My pledge
shall be a perpetual ehArm-''s thing Of
beauty, which is a JOY forever mot q cloud
Of gloom, bat an ever present rainbow Of
promise, hope and beauty. am as proud Of
it as of my wife and chi aren, and that 10 the
strongest way have "a express my pride.
Applause am as proud OF it us am of
the commission winch entities me to hold the
position Of an American Senator By the
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question rather think the commission and
the temperance pledge ought to go together.
applause What do you think about hsv
ing the 'teetotaler" put into the iron-clad
oath. Laughter
You say, OF what Use Is Tie pledgs2I VII
teliyen FwenEy days ago there came alcsa
friend Of mine-a Senator-and said, 'sLet
Us take drink | said, Certainly, sdl
right Another friend from Illinois in sbon,
three minutes and half came along and
sad Let us take drink Said 7, "All
right. 1t is this way, One drink of liquor
IS enough fer me; two amt half enough,
Laughter, ih.se = gag oae sllFq enough,
and four is tha6s. After signed tie pisdes
| WIS sxked several times 10 drinkj bus didn't
do any sueh thing Laughter.
After signed this temperance pledge |
wrote to little lady out in Illinois, who
hair and flashing ewes, and "a form fairer
than Grecian chisel ever woke from Psrian
marble, and received the following an
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MI DEAR RICHARD How beautiful IS this
morning; how bright the SUP shines how sreeily
our birds sing how isyons the children; hos hap
py IS my heart I zee the smile Of G5d lie has
ansEsred my prayer, Always proud af your sue
tress you have aow achieved that suecess which
t.nf isth a
Of human aspiration, for ynn have conquered
yourself. Ar who love you win aid you 10 @sep
the pledge, love you, my dear boy
KATIE.
Love. the sun soul, and center Of the moral uni
Love, which links angel to angel, and God
TO men;
I-ys. hieh bass N oue tkr. l5vilg hearts. dow
1sautful Is love [ATpiAnsr
As looked over this audience. composed
OF Senators and Representatives Of this great
nation, and these galleries blazing with beau
/ ~ and the worth Of the city, and sojourners
from all the States ard Territories, ask my
self why they are hefe2 Proud England
( upon whose dominions the sun never sets, has
( but one queen; but, thank God, we have
millions Of queens, who
Shine in beauty ike the ght
VI suany eilnses and starry skies. :"
B NlesE GAA4Us We 8cel. anu 1Sk VT D4tsS ice
slken sceptre. You are here to give by yoas
! presence encouragement to the Congressional
/ Temperance Society, and propose, sir, that
/ this society apaii be the beginning of socis.
ties throughout the land, and that we will
push forward the Temperance column, move
upon the enemy's works and give him CAMS
ter and Greek FIRE. lApplause We wall
storm upon the citadel Of intern erance un-
Ill it shall crumble and hotter and fall TO the
earth [Applause Why do refer to the
ladies? Because their example Is mighter
than the elequeacs Of . thousand Senaies. or
the banners of thousand lesions.
aea are pers to-nisht To- seq the SNOWY
white flag Of temperance as it is nnfurled
over the Capitol Of yolr country. a. il rises
and rises. and unfolds to God and spread IN,
til it shall cover the whole land, and until
there shall not be drunkard nor moderate
drinker 10 take away the bloom from the
cheek Of female beauty, and until all tbs
hearthstones of this land shall blsze with com
fort and joy, and happiness and eaadDess sha
dwell in green freshness there. Tremen