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

plated, and thsru were 20 sach psusisious
made 10 il, therefore, the Rspebliclp DaEv(
Was obliged to act outside the Cou5(itut6n, i
aeunaf - II n2l--uAa NO AAia 0nfkAe--ls Aone
fess don't feel 10 sensitive about il - do
the men Who spent foar years6ghting against
the Constipation. I hayA sraeSryapec$ lof il.
liz 81 b,i ts nse "a TX 81 :. il
hope, too, that the Constitution will be main
tanned; think Ahe leoad common sesae Of
the American people will take care Of the
Constitution. It is vefy Affecting 70 my feel.
ings, therefore, when hear these outcries,
- ne,t sascsjenss; y:sfeiags,. ed leg
bellion in the South in bshalf Of the Consti-
tuition, the dear, blsssed Constitution.
Laughter and.pplause. Why do l love the
Constitution? Because bslieveit breathes
and crefies Liberty svsZvhsre. Why srs
sss.s K bfsssh Ss iiSsfsS syIs5sssrs. rAss
Is the trouble. The Consultation they mourn
is the old C6nstitution that fancy con.
structsd; it is the old Constitution that
was brought before the courts when the
!6s:ss2 Is O. fsaSlI eflas ss = y
Slavery. That is the Constitution they mean.
I mean the Constitution that our fathers made,
when oil Europe was flushed with love Of
libeay; whom tho world shone like IN aurora
u uase M sm MI I'll HI "a .1 s1o'
rious Constitution, and built it for liberty.
That 10 the Constitution MeaAs 4 Prolonged
spplsuse.] What feature have 10 taken out
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stitution that will make liberty narrower.
The very cause of offense il that Ne have
made liberty 20 broad that there il no Great
ure born Of woman that does not become ;
aitiEAn n2Ap5hss Cons6tuaion, That = ths
of3nss. fAptlaase.1 O,nof OF ny friends,
you are invited to attend the funeral Of tho
Constellation. Laughter. The late membsn
Of this Democratic party, the Southern peo.
lto asisn4 " fanere4 See the ssons in
some Keeling with grief and other things:
[Laus.t See them going, with their
bowie kniy reversed sec them going,
hardly yet wiping their hands with blood OF
men "a ios1ft SouE 10 Id ID, hi That
split the blood Of loyal, valiant soma and
children hike water; see then, moaning,
eroaning, 1.-THE Constitntion.' All! this
"desecration" Of the Constitution, this lows
IL =. I Nhens Sodbm ss1 .0onanM It
round about the temple Of Jerusalem and
praise its beauty, and long for tho prevalence
Of the light that shall shine ont of Zion, then
shall believe that these men who are crying
out s'ths Constitution, the Constitution,' have
iahy lore for ~ eaDnt;sl n -incip(es, or have
any right to say anything about It.
"Si1ih II it sase to lay aside fundamental Law,
and the CoAstitution Of The country whenever q
majority desire to cot outside of !"
Mo-. that was the very reason why We
blansd ne South, it had no budness 10 70
outside Of it, we have brought it inside.
Laughter and applause
"SesentA Why did tho Republican party
inform the South in 1868 twas required from
| 2"
The pripcipel cause, they didn't know
lthemss1teA Do you snppose that every
member Of the Republican party ras .
prophet? Do you suppose they were q! in
spred, and that the gift of foresight -.
| given to them How did they know how
The 6eatA was going TO act? How did they
know the spirit and temper? 1t was tents
tive business. The intrinsic difficulties Of
With safety and with speed. believe mis-
n sI 80 "
,s ssT s ssy nab. d:' them. hut
but, nevertheless, ! think reconstruction
has been second only, if second At all, TO
the manner in which the war itself WAS vic
toriously carried through. We were like
men crossing ford; we had never been
across il; we had to feel our way along the
bottom, and with many q souse before We
got ont of the stream. We. were like III
army in foreign country, and were obliged
TO flank ourselves on every side with cav
airy, and try the probing test as we went on.
| Eighth: Would not the country be prosperous
and happy, and liberty and fraternity exist in
the whole country, if at the close Of the Rebellion
in April, 1865, Congress had admitted those
Southern Representatives vino could and would
have taken the iron-clad oath, and punished such
Of the Southern States in the Rebellion ~ the
peace and dignity of the country required
| do not know. You do. Tell me why.
have been the result My father once said
to me at table: " Henry, came very neal
marrying Nancy Eaton. [Iangh.er. III
had married her instead of your mother,
would you be you?'' [Grest aud prolonged
laughter. Now, for anybody to 90 bach
and take the vast complex question as il
stood in 1865, and undertake to say if it hac
been oil different from what ii was, y.
should have very different things from vha
we have. [Laughter.] Lastly,
= How can An honest, patriotic. intellixen
Christian citissn support the Republican party
My7fiends, how can an honest, patriotic
intelligent Christian support the Democratic
It is said that Gen. Grant il 4 drunkard. Il
is said that Gen. Blair i one. ILauahter.
do not believe either Of them. know tol
we'll how these stories rise and grow. Tha
in either case there should have been, unde
the privafions Of army experience, time,
when they, in common Am afraid with al
our officers. might have relied on too much
stimulants; that there have been such times
do not deny, though I do not know; but this
that Gen. Grant or Blair are habtual drunk
ards and are liable 70 any snch charge tina
should vacate the confidence O. Christian
1 and temperate men in them. | not be-
lieys Q word Of it. But am ire. 10 say tina
if IL were 80, had rather have Gen. Gran
druns aa Gov. Seymour sober. [Grea
applause.] Consider them moment-thest
two men. 1t is said that Gen. Grant know.
nothing Of civil affairs. 1t is certain thai
Gov. Seymour knew nothing Of military af
fairs. 1t ID said that we need Z statesman
/ - AucA0 AUs 8OVu AS0A VI QoC0pStO0 IN LQls
matter Of the word statesman Il have al.
ways thought and taught that Whit il wanted
to make President 10 . great dssl Of com.
mon sense and . great deal OF uncommon
honesty. That is all [Cheerl.l Now, il
Gen. Grant is mot the impsrsonaeioa Of com.
mon sense, whom would you selecs7 and if he
is not honest, gentlemen, think Ne may
give up all trust in human nature. [Cheers
It is id he 10 not . genus. He il not Z
genius "A the sense in which Gen. Sherman il
the most brilliant genius in war matters Of
our era. The man who fills me with immense
enthusiasn 10 0gS ihermss. Loud cheers.
He ms genius tAssis bri7lans, because the
imagination very largely 10 . part Of his
genius; but Gen. Grant il man without inn
aginAtion. But be is aman Of genius, and it
| 10 the eeaius Il comm q sease. ID APP
tphuse.1 aLeGs sssple4 !, noss USED, les
shining tsuef, deepe s. more comprehen.
sive and enduring Applause What has
been his career? Where can you Emo man
90 modAss1 80 mpdotthal ~ afraii many
American citizens will not vote for him; mod
esty is not in vogue in our day. So I'M :
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