Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-08

assssssssssss
aaiuFes swca4 bcnedictions OF peace.
| fgseea silks on aud over lse living In the
Fr'E-7 siy 7rg nj Ep,5yfts
hegr igs - ~ ii
/ bnt arnly cNi crien, ii w /, sthsrs slbf 81,
! ,iiet tonlssc ss thu eniie sec, wrre Nh
IN kind. 1T nst ia extent ard ,ieirfce "a
,he same natare and GisafHeter.1 ana
| VIII not weary yon With personal recol-
| icctiens, neither Is i my purpose to tres
| pass on the domain Of the historian on
! t1is occasion, that work bcfng ontrus fed
1 70 q m sre co.npebept & uie ri kfi if6i hand.
! Ffffeen years sgo~t,si1y, tilere ware but
tier, II sftyfs In sti the fassi, wiso coYY,s,
| pfehendtd the mag0tlle OF tho sofa
tAet my bftere US, or through wiaa. val-A
| less OF Illumination, md scenes Of aea,ls,
| aad dissolution the natipn Should plssi
before reaching the sncnrc resting pias.es
af y just and honorable peace. Aessher.
lao ! psiieyc that this peogle ssOusd haze
shrlak from the tefmb!e t.sas hatl It's
Ifearfui reality been ,3crsfa ye,i III letters
Hnd ciiaraetcrs. OF liviag hight on .Go, 3
! Rrmsmeht. Il was the declslye move
4 ment of oar national existence, The or
Igieal that tested tho moral strength of
Etais people, and their attachment Ia, and
/ iraita IN, thai immortal declaration Of
/ principles which they hrd a,iven 70 tha
@offri. By admitting the right ot man
$40 hold hls iclioW n,ans In bondage, and
4 Ieonseating to the sdisintegration Of this
4 1 tfrfsa with aIl It's sacred and halla9cd
flaemorles, lie high and ieity purposes,
I its achies ssfnents IN the pas, and sil lis
hopes aai PROS isas for the ftstuie, swe
I might havo PurchHstssfi Isae.et,. ial,t
& denying tsieoilc and Fafisiags the other
5. we ace,p pied ite diLe alte rna aot war
When this fiiini trisstai,e, the Amctfcsn
, heart, bousd epit ,Ae.saine buniic with
the hopes and tfaesties of the worjt,
MAS found cqaai 10 The emergency. We
. have cl.eseas he eagle VI oaf aa tiogai
i symbqt, the hmblem vi our national life
i and character, I'd q in his dAuntless cour
Il age, matchleaspo Wesss aud bold intrepi
i atty, welt represents the spintof Amer
iGau patriotism and ieve oil liberty. See
him y hs i Seated on The projecting
I latnbd a,i Old OAK, oyerhanyfuy yond er
bcesiing cliff, watching thesa sapproaching
!, storm, as II anxious 10 measure his
u strength with his conisn,iing ciemcn !,
, mark with what apl,s tcats SAL STAG ion i,e
listens - the tllindeIs low mu,terings,
and felloes,asi Keen gsAases the vivid
II lightning Us i, flashes from cloud to
cloud. As the stefms approaches nearer,
/. and the tempest II hsartf Ia the distant
trsc tops, he raises ttiin self Up, THEA shis
wings as II reassrring himself of his
! power, and settles downagsin apparentiy
, satisfied with the lest. Aud when at
length the storm besets upon him IN all
: its fury, when the iightnings envelope
!, him and the thunder shakes the soiid
: lantl with one loud defiant sore am he
] spreads his pinT,ns . nd ilt.se him self up
/ higher, stiii higher, srA he appears but :
I speck against the calm blue vault, far
: above cloud and Storm above the tiinn-
I ders crack and the hghtniugs y track.
When the cloud cf 3war appe aYed Ike
mans hand ona the suuthern horix,,rt
= and the low inntteriugs vi the gathering @
storm startled the nation ftom its. long
: dram Of peace, the eye that watched h
though ANXIOUS, was steady. aud the
{ resolute heart though beating faster.
" fst EN- eli fear tsssta taesf,ai. md
II when thai thtea,enIng cloud roi.ed north
: and cast J = dark sllad5M over the l,es, Is
aad 1 homes Of al, yhen the sound tof
a a hoslIie caH9n nFe't ~, tnaTiCau CItizeHs
Y on an American citadel was heard. whe1
!, the first crash Of battle brought defeat.
!, and the or y ato arms s''rtsouf,ie lid fbfsuph
every city, yiiiase and hamlet, the piStt
Of American PATRIOTISM, tlar,isiiD0 asatie
c every personal consideration. breaking
a through every party tie, .wish the watch.
|, word OF Que hag, One country. Iibeflv
q ard nnion' ao'se Ard i,se 3arasbie ry,sc (
/ nrandly aboses7the gtDyn1, Atysys ths
= doubts and unceT tain Eisss Tha aE 5ga stsesSa
J aFoand the con test, and wishsa firrn rcli-
II snce IN the cause that WAS just and faith
6 "a the tent baud that guides, the
3 storm, rested in tile unciouded realm 81
= perfect confdencc,; feeling that cosi
what 1t might in life and treasures and
b years Of agony, thesA Anertcaaa Republic
8 the hope Of the wog Id, slsodlfl not b~iell
i from The laces Of sthe earths tsss i s=aaas
! III the PeTi waiting atthe gate of Par
( adise could plead he last drop OF Dat.
Il riots blood she'd ID desensn of iiis country.
s and 2eA its merits hope tor ertess Nm
b nss5oa al ely sIusn, stAtes a. acoadasios gof
!, psospskiSJ .sssI gnsa saess,e atAers hsbs
yond the hope, transportation efgthia
y | people, having passed thInpgA this fresh
II Baptism Of Blood; Baptism that y asbed
l. from onr national eseutcffeon the fnui
= biotxnd stainof slavery THAT xsst}s sthat
!, dsclarstioaiA giiving rAls Asst, asAAs~ssa
8 before but a taunting liaia ~ ssas n
Q fours millions ct I'M anaaisd slAycs; d that
il made free government OF the people,
e ~ the people and for the people, possi, al
d bic Oh this con tfnenf, md hfbrpfft ffiis
4 nation back 7to eAs Asts1wl yiaSf Nj ASSlssl'
t Justice and right. Stail 4 svee sjjul
t wander from itasoohlaxisi tAaa 9siasiess
!, boon of liberty, this sxsok jnhesitAsce
/ eyer again bs imperiledf III may. bat. Il
], VIII be when wo have ceased to approcis
! ate the blesstbg, ana have fofgdtted as
! cost. When We ehav6forgo ilies ssSliSiusf6Gl
/ Of. ths Chi dskaAo1iay, sssi fhss I've
i, Iards on the y ames; fsrSottsn tsSribls
A 4 feNs