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

demoralizes and annihailates the i'm
mortal soul. 1t makes a man forge
his children or the wife Of his bosom
and treat them with harsh unkindnes
and barbarity, and even murder them
Unaffected BY internperance he woul'
peril his life for that wife of that love
he would dive into the oceans depth 9
face the cannon's mouth, or peril Lii
life amid the flames Of a burning
dwelling to snatch from death hi
darling babe.
| do not suppose at all that am superio
to anybody else in intellect. cert ainl,
have no special elaine to consideration from
birth or fortune bu. there is one thing d.
claim, and that's, that God has endowed
me with nobility Of soul, with warm ant
generous inirnlse-a heart as nntathomabl'
| in its affections as the ocean, and as broaG
as the area Of humanity. and appeal Il
you, Mr.. Chairman, from our slight acqnaint
ance, if yon do not think have enough O
ardent abou. me without ardent spirits
| lLaughter.
Mr.. Wilson. Yes; You have.
Mr.. Yates. would say to the young
men, that grandeur Of human character
| does not belong TO trancendent genius alone
| Il does not belong along to the statesman
beneat whose eoqGence listening Senate:
! sit enraptured in does not belong alone to
the warrior who bears his proud, unconquer'
ed banner over every field bot il does con-
sist is force Of character, in force of soul
feeling, thought, abe purpose. Caesar was
a weak man when be had sacrificed the
liberties of Rome By suffering Mark Antony
to Put the crown upon bis herd. Washing
on would not have been great if be had
yielded 10 the temptations Of his willing
army and accepted crown at the expence
of the liberties Of his country. The seform.
ed drunkard accomplishes more heroic
achievement than did the Spartan band a,
| Thermopyla, because he conduers himself
That man is only great who seeks right and
truth and justice, and adhears to them with
strong, vigorous and perpetual purpose.
AS TO the effect upon the nation, Mr..
Jefferson said. many years ago that the
habit Of using acoholic liquors by men iu
Office has created more injury to the public
service, aud given. more truble to me than
any other circumstance which has occurred
in the internal concerns Of the country du-
ring nv administration. II had to com
| menee nv administration again with the
knowledge have from experience derived,
the first question which would ask from a
candidate for public favor would be, is be
addicated to the use Of ardent spirits
The man who is to legislate for a
great country, to help to make laws
and constitutions involving the des-
tinies of millions of human beings,
ought to be a man Of reflection, NOR
al principles, integrity. and above all
sober man. [Applause.l Go into
your legislative halls, State and Ma
tional, and behold the drnnkard stag
gering TO his seat or sleeping at his
post, and ask yourself the question
whether he is not more fit TO be call
ed the monument of his country's
shame than the representative of free
men. Would it not be most fearful
to contemplate that ill-fated epoch in
the history Of our country when the
demon Of intemperanee shall come
into our legislative halls without
shame, ,lremorse, or rebuke; when he
shall sit upon juries, upon the bench.
aud drunkenness riot among the peo-
pie? Who then will protect the ship
Of State upon this maddening tide /;
who will steer her in her onward
course amid the dashing pillows; !;
who spread her starry flag to the
free. fresh, winds of heaven
Watchman, what of the night ?
We have been engaged in mighty
revolution. Your army and navy
have carried your arms under Grant
and Banks against the Gibralters of
the Mississippi, and opened that
stream from its source to its mouth
Under the gallant Joe Hooker, your
troops scaled the nights, and above
the clouds unfurled to the sun the glo-
rious flag of the stars. Applause.
Sherman marches from Cairo to the
sea. while Grant marches through the
Wilderness to the Confederate capi-
tai. The rebellion is crushed Be
hold 4 whole race set free the
shacklcs of the age are broken and
We see full high advanced the stand
ard of the nations redemption.
Hark! dinna ye hear the pibroch Of
the Highlanders. and borne upon the
wings Of the Wind the slogan shout
of emancipation. [Applause.l
And now, shall this puissant ma
ton, Columbia, queen of the world
and child of the SKIES pause in her
efforts when there is an enemy in our
land more destructive than war, pes
thence and famine combined, which
sends annually one hundred thousand
men to untilnely graves, makes fifty
thousand widows and three hundred
thousand wives worse than widows
filing our prisons, our poor,houses,
our lunatic asymms, and swelling to
an untold extent the great ocean OF
human misery, wretchedness and
woe.
Somebody told me he saw in
Chicago paper the other day that
since Governor Yates had joined the
temperance society, whisky had fallen
ten cents gallon.-[La Laughter.
Well that's good, indeed. Laughter.
At all events it's good me,es, for what
kept my slanderers from drinking
themselves to death pro bono p1blico,
was the high price Of whisky.
Laughter.1 We will bring it with.
in their reach, for it will have to fall
much lower than its present price be-
fore it reaches its real intrinsic value
"a specie basis. Laughter. MIR.
President, if oh King Alcohol were
dead and buried, as he ought to be,
beyond the poser Of resurrection,
this nation could bear our national
debt like young Hercules. Zap.
plause.l Then sir, two blades Of
grass would grow where one now
grows, and unbounded wealth, impe-
rial power, aud proud position would
be the heritage Of the nation torev.
er. (Applause.
Bnt some say this temperance busi-
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