The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-16


MNN1k, ottobtt ~ S>ilfSfSAebA asd JsAs W yalk-
diSu' 4stday, on p. 90. ". Aectary snnmitsille
lr.dAx, Oct "a Gen. John Brncs h ". ssnps Vrghes
school House. Thursday, Oct o. Gen John Bruce L. g.
1sssfL ss,.
An ~ hssgoins mestnss will be held At o'clock p.
A-blS4pt ~ nAtting u Desnszk snA the Mass Asst-
iAes e&Rig Aeund Phnrose And West Point, which will
- AAl In tie ansrnoon
Assqn As ~. Madison aud Ksokuk will bean nounced
aaa spsejs notices sisen in the 0Afs CIR and Plum
Aan1N. I'd ass ~
/ ~ of6ef ofthe Lee Csnsty Republican csst.l Com
n'istee. JOHN VAN vALKlnBuRG,
sS Chairman
sSPNDcN A0E HENRY WARD
'Hf = as D0DOH8R.
Henry wafd .Bsschss delivered ) great
lpsesh il support Of Grant It the Brooklyn
Academy Of Music last Friday evening An
,innesis, jann,ie crsHd vAs present. The
speech was % complete in itself thst any ex-
tracts do il injustice, but No have room only
for extracts. He commenced with an elo-
quent review Of what the Republican party
and the Democratic party had done in the
past. He closed that review thus:
"Hsre, before the people, stands on one
side party made up Of men loyal to princi-
pie, loyal to their country, loyal to the
Union, who have given their sons, and have
given thsms1lves, many Of whom hAvs come
home MANNED, wounded who poured out
their blood, their money; who have counted
nothing too dear for the ealvstion ofthe nation
by liberty, and this for ten years has been
their consistent and anvAfying course. On
the other side, there comes party that for
ten years has lelt 1htsied no expedient to
undermine the cause Of liberty, to rivet the
old doctrine of oppression npon the country
again and now At this last moment they
como before the country and claim the priv
ile9e Of taking possession Of tho Govern
ment and BUSTING the Republican party.
Gentlemen, DO you remember the parable
when the bridegroom came, the Eve virgins
that we're wise filled their lamps with oil, and
trimmed them, and were ready and went in
Democratic virgins, saying, We have no
oil; give us Of your oil, Ior our lamp has
gone OUT prolonged applause and laugh.
ter. II il too late. While they wers zone
to buy, the door was shut renewed laugh
teri and Grant elected. tContiDued laughter
and applause
involved in Reconstruction. making . grand
argument in lite favor. Then he answered,
seriatfn several written questions pro-
pounded to him by a Democrat. We give
the moro important Of these with his an
swers:
"Does the Republican party look upon the mass
of the Southern whites still in Rebellion, be-
nf h.ty traof u,oA Aft - II
Seuth?"
[ No, no; they ussoM in the condition in
which the Rebellion left them. If man
break his leg, it has been said that it takes
him two months seget we'll. Although the
time between breaking the leg and the time
when he walks round is two months, the doc
TOR has had.ho'd Of his leg, he viii set IN q
minute, but he don't get we'll in minute.
They broke their Leg very eifectaally, laugh.
ter, but it doesn't get we'll IN dry nor in
Q year. Renewed merriment. We dom,
conaider them IN Rebellion, but we conside1
them in the unfortunate position in which
| the Rebellion left them. Don't you know
| when persons have the measles the doctors
tell them to beware Of the sequelR-the &c
| quence or scarlatina-which are often worse
than the original attack. Parents are ia
caehlly guard their children Against those
seqN49s as bdinG very dangerous. Il. is the
sb9sif6sof hA1RebslIiou thai ne Ars afraid
Of. [Applause.1
".s.eond. Were the Reconstruction measure.
passed to protect the loyalists and to make the
Rebels love and respect them p
| No. They were passed to take care of the
t.bhele community; black and white, loyal and
disloyal. The Reconstruction measures I'M
dertake to lay the foundations for States on
| sound principles, and to include in the bene.
hts Of this Reconstruction every living being
ia 5breath1d. OfcoonS 4hey hoped that
loyalists would be prosected-they knew it.
but the object of the Reconstruction meas
|;a4spe vss the sonmon good ofsths whole
|;sPf'~Jn slna tin
urcs had contrary effect, and are not the loyal
| men Of tho So1th wprss treated to-day than they
were in the Summer Of 1862"
Yes, they are worse treated, but the Re.
eomkuetilnm AsGD 90 not the rao6on Of
been infused into the minds Of the South,
that u 6l91os ,w1hs - DSmtcratic party
they will be able to subveft eli that hes been
done, 1t is that which has made them fiery
NJ rampant ia PERSECUTION. Appfanse. /
Let it once be understood that Gen. Blair is
70 be President, wearing Mr.. Seymour as .
vail laughter and cheers], let it once be un-
deStood throughout the South, and there
hAs been no period since the formation Of
our Government, in which such bloodshed,
saeA villainous tyranny, such unbearsblo
cruelty have been perpstrated. They do not
even caro- 70 suppress the threat, and il is
brosdly proclai@ed. Let it b understood in
the South that General urxnt. BY the over
vhdmihG. dissemination Of the masses Of the
country, ID 70 Be- Presid41., and in less than
one month from next November, al these
sdrmoN vii % Atahed, snd III these outcries
|, VII l p Whist xhi,s. lGfsss applause
AFssrsk- How usny nsfs Reeoustrweticn act.
1A1et 30 required before law, order ana Justice
wnl Ae As fale,. and not the exception, in the
We 1ase rot there oil b1t one thing. W.
have got our reconstruction measures estab-
rhshsas What ~ va1s nov - admins.
triton, and the. xe sss eoisg e Z. have. Al
most any team will run away II yon throw
lstie driver gather thsm up, and the horses
begin TO feel the draw of the rein, how they
settle dow 70 their work, how they come to
the road. how gentle they are! That which
they need now is to feel that there sits in the
Presidential chair in Washinitona man Who
knows how TO drire Applanse and LAUGH
teri What them" they say, "You mnst
put . Military Dictator there?' There Is
no man on the good Gods globe that q 40
fas fsom beiDga in. The spirit Of DICTATOR -
Zen. Grant; thef6 IL no man more tender;
there is no man less self-seeking; there 10 no
man who % unloves dictusial power q Gan
Grant. No he WON'T need 70 send ! soldier:
he wpa'flD1d3o 19y subd. When they
knnv that Gpnot II there thai - -...a