The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-14

1sAas rihbsss, o. belt, or jswsllsd eroa
lnving IN the names Of he Saints Of . royal
ealsndas can equal the slofy The srsas Amer.
ican people have showered upon Lineoln~l
While write remember, when " vsss NJ
camp in North Carolina, resting from The -
tixuss asd privasions Of m arduous canpaasDs
Is were made glad when the nsws ~ rsed
q 1SNnG<1namanEl n1Auu eAssza4 &glg
,snrrendsrsApa Ys.ws were made siaA. foe
sve knew tklni that TIE rebellion - dsad,
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nd Ions. vsrp the axaltapt shoats thas Qqg |
throuiA the tbrstkof 1tfA Css6iins ,
homer os tho klos;oss sssao b 80 Niih
ne . little further but short time had in
ssrvened We end the army posssssed OF .
different feeling; al seem downcast and
cd; veil Of gloom hangs like
midnight curtin, and Why thieGloonf VI
di1AhSe =, assk linss SeonxN 49,
nssrni1lly,E =, rosbed b. hsl5Q II
tossed hither and fro? Why this sorrow,
when the bright hsrbingers of peace seemed
% niehf All, it was because our chief, our
ruler, our friend, the Unions friend, the
world 1 frtesd, shpneniy's tfusss isnd ON
,srth, had been stricken down IN The hosr Of
his greatest glory by the cowardly hand OF
The assassin. !. We loved the good, the pohle,
the merciiful Lincoln, Who had led the mil
lions of the Western world through so terri
BILE q war Nth shs end % nigh al
But the great mission designed for him BY
God he had accomplished, the freedom Of
eAsined race" May wssver rsmem ber that
NH&IH4lm dig . aNfE p fs.FHFs
martyr man 10 Isw II mart5r to right, haH ub5ee
all lel y nrsSe~bert Ads tie mtstons II Aareyy
sse.o Mm;t sic. him because he vas the
worlds champion for the rights Of man be-
cause he loved his country and bad heart
that vent out to ths lonely cottage homes,
whore the disconsolate widow. and fAtherless
cbila sas Weeping ssf ths loved AZ, los vhb
had been swept away by wars dark wave !;
slew him because his democracy void not
embrace the slayeholder's aristoefAcy; be-
cause his democracy vAs TOO broad because
| it breathed . spirit of lore and compassion
toward earth's chainsd millions, and spirit
of hatred toward psmpered royalty and cruel
tyranss. Although be is dead, although his
name, spotless and pure, has gone to the
Christian sroyal calender, tAat liberty for
which he died still moves on, and will move
on until every throne beneath tie cxele Of
i the sun shall have been shook TO ia fall ;
moving on where the Danube and the Volga
moves, moving on where the soft South wind
makes music along the Tiber's winding way
} will move on until equal rights, the darling
thems Of .Lincoln'i life, shall b. essst-
ilishsd, and the elsnking Of ehsias fosSteI
Ilenced: the cousummation Of such an enc
I is certain. God, not man, erested men equal
: Deep laid in the solid foundations Of God
eternal throne the great principle Of man
equality is established. indessructbls and i'm
mortal. When that time comes, when libert!
shall have anfuried her beautiful banner o
stars over the crumbling tombs Of dead Em
. pires, heaven and earth win rejoice, and tn
. generations that follow will look back upo
the past, (psrhsps it viii b . oentury o
. more) and say of Abraham Lincoln, he va
the worlds leading spirit in the cause Of lib
. erty, truth. fidelity and Law !; who gave TO hi
: posteri,y the freedom of mind aud the free
d dom of thought. To-day we even cheris
2 with holy veneration the sacred deposit tbs
. has made our flag respected wherever tn
; light Of civihzatida has made it, journey wit
|. the sun remembering its association Wit
) the BAnnockburns and Agriscosts Of the We.
! tern world aud the grsnd swing thai it hs
: made in the march of freedom aad the l9t
i century. Remembering when martial ar
= thems rolled, as it were, on golden chord
4 through air how we gszed upon its stream
s ing Light
Drifting,on TO where, afas, sv
Tae chickering's Of war ~ aias
Rolled against the horifoas bar"
III With these memories may We ssVsr sdsser
der iss power TO reasonable snbi.iaa, b
: !. may we ever defend its purity forgetting nj
y that for IRIS ruRfTY, ifs POWER, was made I
: ebb and aow Lincoln's life blood forgettin
. not that for its glory, its power, four hundre
y thousand psn have died.
;. "Ths good, the gallant and the tried,
Who marched and fought and brAvely died I;
|. Who poured their life blood like the rain,
y honls, heritage to gain"
/ To-dsy AperiAns, fsssde4rloyine A1peri
!. cans, ever fsmenber the t<As - IL IA
: ing light went out-when their brightest ct,
At went home to God. To-day they ever be
'e freedom practising people, showing to u
r. world the possibility Of institutions based q
1sl the voice Of mas, Viii jdsscs found ed upo
- humanity. With civilization based dpoh dgh
equal and free, to all made in the image
N God. ID. L. A.