The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-04-24

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flag upon tho dom. Of the Capitol
the massive doors of that temple Q
liberty are slammed in your face
and you are driven to Washington,
Monument; and there, with bewe,
head, you have unfurlcd your b. n
ner. -......
Had the 50 called rebels tori
from it twcuty-six bright stars, I
Radical Congress would have vel
comed the dism,ntlcd ensign Will
shouts ofjoy, ~ being evidence Of II
anrcpcntant people. But it was Z
standing rebuke to them to Ind Il
pass safely and triumphantly through
out your entire journey withou,
an insult and requiring no recon
struction at their hands.
Yours is The same banner lcnounc.
cd by radical organ thus:
"Tcar down the a. uniting lie;
furl up the starry flag; =
Insult no sunny sky
With hates polluted rag
Could you expect better fate FOL
the flag Of your country from such 4
source! .-t..
Your mistake, Mr.. Sergeant, il
an innocent and a national one.
You believed in the professions Of
these men. You thought their loud
boasting Of love for the Union was
sincere. The people once thought
like you, but like yourself they have
found they keep tho word Of promise
to tho ear but break it to She hope.
Had YOU taken some dusky son Of
Ham, and borne him Atlas-like upou
your back through the SHINY South,
and landed him safely here, Rsdi-
cal Congress would have opened wide
those bolted doors, and when sou
thrust your sable brother the
American citisea IT African descent
into tho outstretched srms Of The
Goddess Of Liberty which crowns the
dome Of the Capitol, one loud, and
long shout of joy would have gone W
from those giIded halls below, and
you would have been hailed a. . aert
aud crowned with the laurel.
Seated in that same Capitol from
which you are driven, they strike
down the Supreme Court, tr.mpl<
upon the Constitution Of our fathers,
ride over the sacredncss Of law, and,
in madness Of their wrath, drunken
with power, they arc this moment
onacting the solemn farce Of impe,ch.
ing President for tho high crime
aud mis.le'aea nor Of refusing to bow
down to their party lash, and dar-
ing to stand between them aud fu.
ture power.
This "trai:or President" gave
you and tho flag .. warm welcome
to-day, aud the loyal Senate, that
bars you out Of the Capital, may,
for that crime. frame another
charge in their bill ofindic tine ut.
But VI must not despair. Their
transient voice is not tho voice ot
the people. No, they but initiate
the rash youth who fired the EpLs.
sian dome, that his nam. might out.
live in memory the pious fool who
reared it,"
l we'll remember in the Compromise
days of 1850, Daniel Webster the
great expounder Of the Constitution,
after voting for those measures tina,
spread the bow Of promise in the
political heavens, returned to Dos.
ton and asked the poor privilege u
defending his course, Aad the same
Radical fanatics that drove You and
your Gag from the Capitol to-day
barred the doors Of Faneuil Hall,
that cradle oflibsrty. against Dan.
iel Webster Like yourself, he VA.
driven into the Indictment air, and
gave them that rcbukc, which l may
we'll repeat here
10! ys solid mcn Of Boston, you
have coaqsered IN iahospitable eli.
mate yos have conquered sterile
and barren soil you havs conquer.
Cd tho very waves that wash your
shores; but you have yet to cong ne,
your prcjudiccs.''
You, sir, have faced rebel bullets
in timo Of war. and you can bes,
Radical insult in time Of peace.
The day viii soon come when
your bright banner can and Will
float from yondcr dc,nc. every ttal
having State, and every State
baving her star. Then will youl
triumphant Vnsrch live fresh and
green in the memory offs grateful
nation. while the worry names Of the
men who drove you from tho Capito
will be forgotten, or remembered on
~ with the seorn and contempt
which will ever follow tho betra yer,
Of coniding people. t
At the conclusion Of Dir. Perrin
remarks, the flag was waved from
the monument amid tremendous ap
Plause, and nine ,ronsing cheers.
The Sergeant was then oonducte.
to the Metropolitan Hotel, where
sumptuous quarters bad been pro
vided for him.
During the evening he was calico
upon BY many Of the citizens, wh'
desired to congratulate him upon
tho happy termination Of his long