The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-11-14

-A sl.d ! ~ othsrs. The c0dtssl
~ long ana ankry. The people were
~ less aroused than the leaders. z
/ Among The foremost workers FOR Z
ifee State. wers Samuel d. Lock wood.
and Wm. II. Brown. two young men,
VIA, IL 1918, had come 70 the State
from New York. In the prsss, BY
|spsech and by genefal scfvice, ~
prominent men In the 6tate. they
served d good cause. Judge Lock.
wood. while apon the bench licensed
Lyman Trumbuil. Abfhan Lincoln
snd Richard Yates. He IL now rssid-
Ing at Batavia. Ili.. In serenity and In
health, honored for hts four score
years, for his many virtues, and for
his valuable services rendered the
Stats. Learning, at the Post Once,
Of the Assassination Of Mr.. Lincoln.
be >sas 70 much overcome thst he
went home to tske his bed for day.
The whole career Of that honest stnan
Do had k~0wn.- He told me that he
never knew Nj. Lincoia espouse tho
wseng side at tho bas. Mr.. Brown,
previous to his desth two years ago,
mad resided thirty years 10 Chioato,
IN lsonosed and Isefui citizen His
estsse b bo~ paying overto the Amer
ican BOARD, sfd Che New School Home
Mission Committee seventy thousand
dollars.
Tho great man Of the day." says
Mr.. Brown In his historical address.
.'was Rev. Dr.. John n. Peck, . Bap-
tist minister who came from the East
In 1916. He was . man Of diversfied
talents, and, like many Of his Eastern
brethren, could turn them TO : good
account in more ways than one. Hie
plao of organizing the counties by .
Central Committec. with branches 10
every neighborhood. was carried out
by his own exertions and personsl su-
pervision, and he was greatly instru.
mental 10 saving the State. Being an
agent of the American Bible Society.
his duties frequently led him to Egypt
and elsewhere, and he doubtless per-
formed the double duty Of dsse,ninat.
ing the Holy Scriptures and correct
principles. at one and the Same time.
As preacher ne had no superior, and
his piety was never questioned" Gov.
Ford gives him much the same credit.
Turning then to the Baptist Pubiica-
tion Society's Memoir Of Dr.. Peck, a
volume Of 336 pages. where one would
expect, At least chapter upon this
distinguished service. judge OF my sur.
prise in finding It dispatched In part
Of page, and that In an apologetic
strain, thus: "fn quiet unobtrusive
manner he aided, 40 far ~ he pnesibly
could. In bringing about the result.
However deeply he may have felt as >
citizen, there is no evidence that he
made himself q partixan." The COM
piier. Rev. Rufus Babcock, resents the
idea that Dr.. Peck used his opportuni-
ties ~ IN agent to help the cause Of
freedom, and reveals his own senti-
ment when he speaks Of 1.-THE murder
Of Rishon hy the Abollfinniats. and of
Lovejoy BY theft opponents" Alas,
sor such . biogrspher: The grand old
Massachusetts, missionary might we'll
say: ''deliver me from my friends"
The book was Published. too, rs late
- 1864.
Gov. Ford says: "the old preachers
all presched against the Convention. y
Mr.. Brown says: "the Protestant
church in all It's denominations, was
united upon this vital question. It's
members were active aud diligent. and
Its ministers were heard not only in
the pulpit, bat upon the stump"
Both parties went into the election
with tolerabls confidence of success
But. out OF vote Of II ,78i, there was
a majority Of 4 ,s34 against q Conven-
ton! And so the Empire State Of
the interior was saved to freedom.
What II It had been lost? With
that disposition among the people.
which At the beginning transferred a.
most the entire Southern code into
our statute except tho authority to
buy and sell, aud which. - late as
1919, VOTED the Black Laws into the
Constitution. II the systemi itself had
been recognized, very likely in the
recent struggle Illinois would have
been along with her sister Missouri In
the mad and fratricidal rebellion! All
honor and gratitude to the men who,
at that early day. fought 30 heroically
that battle for freedom In behalf of
our State and Of the nation.
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