The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

DRAuOHRAE1Ow OAADU9A1u0u.
TIE eolossd psopls Il Ksoksk Asa esls-
brst;os on Nsw Years day, oonnsmoeasisg |
heir snaacipatios. They INST IN he eolossd
BaYtist Church. Several addrsesss vsse -
livered. The following il ~ ed "
Guy. 1t i publiahed b. requests
Ishss been the custom, amoae IN natfosh,
from time almost immemoeiak to eo1ooe3te on
such days % are noted . heieg tke.e1 SsSfs
saSies Of any National good. We hsstMpt
here to-day for the purpose Of inter Ag
= few thoughts on this, the Fifth AsAle5s1eey
Of the Emancipation Proclamation Of 4,
uhish hsssGhs Lihssty. SO q ~ S1iassls6'
6ooMs bestowed upon Nstion-to oveFithree
and hals 1iilioseuf human beings. Such
10 the enthnSiaam With uhich this epoch 10
hailsa--ahas - this 1ay shils - - ss1e-s
bratinE, or endeavoring 20 TO do-hundred.
Of or hrsshren, throughout tho Nnsths AND
an innumefsbie company throughout the
Southern Sta&es, are celebrating the day with
great pomp and srlendof.
Who s1osld celebrate th1 day. ~ DAo
NotvatS standine, ia l77s, We said IN
| our Deelasatson OF Independence, THAT ell
| neu vefe created free and equal, and en-
! dowed BY their Creator with ceftain inaliena
Bile rights, among which are life, Liberty and
tie pursuit Of happinsss;'' and made these
words, together with their cogns.s sentences,
the basis Of our National Constitution that
! great superstructure upon which the Cohstitn.
lions OF thirty-six States are hung; and not
! thstanding the first blood shed on Ameri-
can soil, in defence Of and for the main
tsnance Of these precious principles, couched
10 the Declaration of Independence; and
Notwithstanding colored men evisced the ut-
most courage during the revolutionary fstrug-
gle for these sacred truths, say, notwith-
standing all these fucss, il required sightJ
screen gears for tho partial development Of the
\ principles which our Fathers sowed IN revo-
lutionsry soil. This partial development
came With the Emancipation Proclamation Of
Abraham Lincoln. And while We therish
the name Of Washington, as being the foun
der Of NJ county, We shall also cherish the
name Of Lincoln ss the perpetuator of the
same. Each had virtue, ''trutk and
/ horeay.n
4 iswas this eslimable attribute which &C
4 much distinguished Lincoln from many Of hi,
i cotemparies, with minds otherwise equally
magnanilnous. When he saw the lifS blood
OF the Nation e5bing away on ACCOUNT Of
American slavery, and that colcred men ars
the friends Of the Government, which they
had fought tscice TO sustain; and that TO save
the Nationits friends must be encouraged and
its enemies discarded, and that American
, slavery or the Nation must die. Honesty be
held the sacred truth, and the old mar
stretched out his long arm and smpte thu
monster on the head with his Emancipation
hammer, such blow ~ none but Abe conls
strike, and thus saved the Nation. But sla
very died hard. Satan did not cling to ID,
shining courts Of Heaven with more tenacit,
than did many of slayery's votaries. Ever
NoU many are ireepfng ard railing With grea
lamentations over the death OF that deformet
child--Amsrican Slavery.
To-day while We rejoice at the beams o
freedom, we cannot forget the aathoi of thu
Proclamation which brought il. Feade Be Il
J his asher! We win ever cherish his name il
our memories, and hand bis last words dowl
to our posteri,y "Wffh malice to,o0rd none
Nth charity for ALL
Now - We occupy new reiatiOnst TO thu
Government, nev duties and responsibilities
, are resting npon us. We are no longer bongh
and sold in the Mart as the bess, of the 6eid
but free people, destined, at no remote pc
! Rod, to assist in the government Of this coan
! try. / know these sentiments are not YER
conpa,ible with the feelings Of many. eyes
in our midst, but they are true and inevitable
Therefore let US prenare ourselves for the ia
tire, intellectually and morally.
! fire years ago yesterday, orsr three an
, one-half millions Of hamaH beiags scey
slarss. The sun set, and bis iast beams fl
on q race II slaves Five years ago to-day
} and the sun arose a. he nerer arose in amer
J ica Glorious thought! GLORIA In ezcelsisr
a nation born in day.
"Let US, then, be up and doing
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