The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-29
A Rebel Report efJsdEs Keiisy's speech
In Mobile.

re Det ne RoFt o. so8e >ss~s
In Mobile. II
The following extract Of Judge keHey's
peech is from the reporter Of the Mobile
Times, Rebel, who sat within two feet OF
he speaker until driven off blythe bailefs:
Fellow CITIZENS: am here tonight, not
As has been stated in one of your papers as
The emissary of a faction, and not TO speak
in the interests of faction, butte speak tor
the whole country, and to endeavor to heal
the wounds Of that country. We are one
people, not only 80 by q common Constitus
ton, but nature herself has made US one peo-
pie. We occupy common country from the
Gulf to the lakes, from ocean to ocean, our
geographical position makes us one people;
il is the order Of Providence. Into your
grand Gulf pours the rivers watering 900
miles Of q common country Every acre OF
land that these rivers water belongs TO our |
common country. THE speaker here alluded
10 the Grand extent of our common country, |
but our notes suffered during the confusion,
He had been denounced by one of the city |
press as the leader of a faction. The faction
he served was 81, 900, 900 Of people, and be
served them against the world. loud and
long continued cheers He came 10 speak
to them because he felt that they would not
be guided by narrow minded men, and would
listen even TO the views of the notorious rad
icsl from Pennsylvania. The war that has
SCARED both sections has been equally felt.
Half amillon of our Southern brethren lie
in unmarked graves similar number of
Northern men lie equally undistingushed
No marble marks their remains; regiments
lie where the ploughshsre shall pass over
them, ami the farmer will find many acres
rendered fertile by the bodies Of tie slain.
This horrible war was caused by the dema-
sogues OF the South and they are trying
now, as they tried then, to keep US asunder.
We meet here 10 take counsel together.
TCheers Although notorious Radical. ss
the NJ ahile Times says, be had been listened
| Orleans. He also felt safe in Mobile.
In spite OF all the editorial quilts in
the State, he was there to take counsel on
| and speak upon the interests Of the country.
| First, they must forget the evil memories
| Of the past. They must forget and bury those
remembrances Now all must exercise a
| vlgilant, sleepless effort TO secure universal
/ liberty To the bondsmen he would make An
| an appeal. They say that you are ignorant.
1 The eloquent Vice President OF the Southern
| Confederacy said that slavery was the cor
ner stone Of the Confederacy knowing that
| YOU won the regard and esteem of Southern
| men by the humane manner in which you
! took care of their families and titled their
fields. Those who prophesied rape and muir
der and outrage on your part were disap-
pointed. Trusting in God for liberty you
INDICATED your fidelity during all that trying
| period of war. You can forget the wrongs
| Of parties TO yourselves, your wives and chill
dren. lon can forget You have proved
| that you could. We of the North, though
every Internal passion of human nature wa.
aroused in us when the rebel guns Numbered
| on Fort Sumter, aud we rallied in our
sirenet from the hills and Wales we can anc
| do fors,t our wrongs and suiferings he
| fair resu 4 the war is the conquest Of YOU
| liberty The thunder of their guns made
| two questions LIST. Have we Il government,
and is the right of secession guaranteed
by the Constitution ID. Has it proved it
| the sexual that Slavery has the Divine sane
ton? hese two questions were finally sub
mItted The South withdrew from diplomacy
and legislative settlement, and resorted Il
arms. They suggested a compromise,
compromise that then pronounced. and nov
pronounce. an unholy one-a compromis,
| that fixed Slavery forever in the country
that rendered it necessary for every State u
agree before Slavery conld be extinguished i.
any one State. and rendered the sbolishmen
| oil Slavery impossible as long as one State re
fused lis sanction to the adjustment Tn.
Southern Senators, in their seats, refused t
vote upon the question, and Andrev
| johnson Of Tennessee told them tina
the result of that action wouly bring war upoi
the country They would accept no com
promise, and headed by such men as B MIA
min and others, they precipitated the last Wa
upon the country. They endesvored II
estranee US from each other, just as the ed
itor of the Mobile Times has endeavored t,
do when he made his attack upon Senate
Wilson aud myself How many cannon vi
took during the war is immaterial; we tool
all that we captured, and lost all that wa
taken By the Confederacy. laughter
was big pool that we captured. They pre-
. vented us from knowing each other then
and they are trying TO do the same thing now
| Would il have been safe to talk to you befor
the war? No, mol. Would you have daret
to hear me- No, no Then the war ha
made us all free. thank God as reverend,
for it as the humblest freedman among you
| am now free 10 speak to you. Were yoi
allowed before the war to read Northeri
newspaper? I"No.nl How brutality was
! man treated who was found on Southern
railroad reading the New York Tribune, tn
! Liberoi0r, the Independent or any othe
Republican pspersl This right Of fire.
, speech was never denied at the North
Southern natives spoke in our Academies 0
Music and our Halls, and Sonthern pape
were subscribed for aud read in all our read
j ing rooms. Demogogues would npt let u
understand each other, and have cursed II
= with this war. Shouts of Turn him out
e we're here heard Don't turn anybody out
As long AS the lamp is burning there is
chance for a return TO common sense Dow
to lS47, February 3, John G. Calhoun offere
; resolutions Of an abstract character relativ
e to the Territories. ["Put him down." wa
shouted in the crowdl One word | have /
, say: Nobody had better undertake. to pu
. me down tell you the 18th IT, s. Infantr
are at my back, and if the 18th q. S. In
{ fantry cannot maintain my rights as the
: were maintained in Memphis, | have the L
S. Army to fall back upon. am not afrai
OF being put down. Ny friends will kee
P quiet aud hear what have to say
+ At THIS moment the speaker disappeared
: and tn reporter of the Times, with all th
a notes H. could pick up in hurry. made hi
way to more tranquil scenes.
GosFRNoR MoRTos, of Indiana hns gon
c to the Hot Springs, IN Arkansas, for the Der
eft of has health, having heretofore expe
a rienced favorable effects from their waters.
= THE wheat crop is fine. and promises
2 great Yield throughout the entire country. All
the same is true of some other small grain.
z and Of grass; while the injurious effects {
! the cod weather, though wide spread, hs
not been so universal.
. ~ -~
JuDGE KELLEY is making quite canvas
in North Carolina, and the people receiv
him Hospitality, and. hear him gladly Tn
: Copperheads may lose North Carolina unles
they can induce President johnson to arrei
Kelley and bring him up North
THE Rebel Convention to amend the Cor
stitution OF Maryland, decided, by a yer
strong vote, TO strike from the Bill Of Righ
the provision which recognizes the parsmour
authority OF the Constitution and laws ,
the United States