Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-31
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TIE psrontion Of Frank v. Drake. In
his speech before the Hayes aad Wheeler
Club Friday evening. 10 one OF the
grandest bursts Of sloqusncs ever list
ened to In Gold Hill. It gives . faith
tul and most vivid picture Of the "blosdy
shirt" which Republicans fiaunt. For
the bsnsnt Of those Of a readers who
we're unable 10 BE- present at the club
meeting. We reproduce it. promising
tha, half its beauty and grandeur 10 nso-
.ssarily los. on a printed page. To fully
appreciate its thrilling force. n should
have been present at the delivery;
And the Democracy humbly beseech the
Republicans not 10 Haunt the bloody shirt
I'M their faces. Bloody shirti Why docs
The haunting Of Q bloody shirt set the soul
Of the Democracy a-quaking with terror :
Why do they cover their eyes 10 shut out
the frightful spectrsf Why doth shame
encompass them - . garment OF sackcloth
with sahesf Why do they cry aloud :
..Avsuntl thou horrid spectrst"
'Tis no bloody shirt. friend Democrats !
lis but the proud vestment OF American
Freedom that you zee pointing W The Amer
lean fag.) Washington. Warren, Putnam,
and Lafayette Haunted In tho face of the
enemies u free government that same
garment, loaned them by the fair Goddess
In the dark DAYS when the soles OF her feet
vsarily sought . resting place. Harrison.
and Taylor, and Scott fAuntsd II. Jack
con waved II Aloft above the cotton bales
d New Orleans. and over the svamps and
fsns. and through the fever-hAuntsd wiida
Of the fioridas. Sheridan caught II up
from under the trampling feetof vietoriou.
hosts and transformed IL into . besom oi
destrustion at Winchester.
Sherman and his boys followed Its dane
ing brightness. singing . joyous chorus,
from Atlanta to the ssA. Grant raised u
In the face Of the active wing VI Democ.
rsey upon an hundred batua ields and
Rutherford ID. Hayes fought In lis shadov
- IL darksned the front ranks at South
Mountain. tCheers and applause. u
| has waved over the ancient hall
Of the MontezumAs and greeted the
| smilss Of the morning sun above the capt
tails Of Mexico. II has Married the progress
| Of Americas fortituds and industry from
the ri~ce-surdsned helds Of the Orient Va
the golden sands and primsyal forests o.
the OceidenI IL has fAnned the fiushed
cheek Of toiisrs In the burning sands Of
the tropics and sirroccos Of the Lybian
deserts. and sheltered the heads and
warmed the blood Of Americas sons where
the Polar Bee thundsp its unrest against
its icy walls In thu home Of the Aurora.
lApplauss.
save this. and tbs steady hands Of patriotic
Americans have Haunted that emblem oil
freedom In tho face Of every enemy OF hu
man liberty. Of every opponent OF human
equality for 10, these hundred years. Jap
The blood Of revolutionary sirss upon
the ~goresodden fields Of Lexington.
Bunker Hill and Yorktown. and ON The
slippery decks Of the Alliance and old
Ironsides, dyed the fair bunting into
strsamings Of glory. Deeper and brighter
has Erswn the red. - the rivers OF patriots
blood flowed over 1t at PAlo Alto aud
Cherubusco, ct AntietAm and frederisks-
burg and the Wilderness; purer and
fAirer has grownt the white. blsached by tbs
tears Of widows and srphans ; larger and
brighter has grown the constellation OF
stare upon the blue. till their glittering
rays illuminate the pathways OF all the op..
pressed 10 the broadening highways OF
Freedom; till the proud emblem brings
terror, not alone TO traitors and schemers
At home, but sends . shuddsr Of apprehen-
| sion 10 the heart Of every oppressor be-
| meath the sun. II carries Joy and hops
| and high aspirations 70 humanity wher-