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Ani tie Anizol if the Covenant Bn";!js " healins on wii:g." OS. cry alud for Peace! T:i! t nes tlR'tuselvea shall ft-el, Aa.l nicrcy !ows 'rua human hearts UK-?, Eye el-.-! in l ti eoli Toi.r I'.-.itels arms to l.eavcn npraise.1 A:.l Peace is on tli ir lips." Ah! trnnr.pt't tojij:iiei! they jj'ead A;-.inst tKl-iCtut-l war vi 'jnii- vf a tyraiit will, ii.Jl.fcd 1-14 hl'JwJv c:.r. . j C '.' t rth th? 5. .tv flia'! lm Ktf.r.v a strar.T prave l.'.l-.W tl-v reck th "Stars au-.j btripcM Th..' pr-jul'.y y't they wavr. S tKu 'V.'tn I.-vtng eyes. No exzCt tin 1 was tnere, A- lJ t:.- Jy'.ng soldier's cuch ... .T.xLi-r knit :n prayer. Ar.i iist-n to tlie crie Vf wrinidc! Li-irts that rise Ar: i ouke:i in thi-ii a.ony The t ai d tic c'.ei. "h: Kmua. Vr.t-rr a.s Ua.-I" A v.iioe that Kidne bjre, Li-li-fi but mottrncl the innocent, IW.iusr iljey were ni more. B :t KichnelV frr.!-f f tame Wives, Meters, mothers, b!-nd T:.tW fn i.rled cries am! l-.4;n hearts, fr ea. h h.fl !.st a friend. Aj.pa's it uot thy sight Tu: ,jf human gore I A':! they hip it jnvedily and call "Six hun.lred thousand more!" hurdred thousand more. 1-cave " -ivos ftna littVe ones," An.', start with l.ke.F.nz hearts to Wat Th.-ir Saversack aud gun.. For what? Ttie re.! .Wr's path T folIoTT where it leads ? v-,t the l:r of sivaae f T cifi hishlornlv deeds I Orvat G.J! this dreadful wat Criw tohigh Heaven's gate. Ai"l wrath arhl Indiana' ion dire fts rtre.l lealers wait. Frf.eiifv ! are re leal ? The pkoplk are there none ? th.it made this once proud land F- r t-ver. t vi-r. cone ? B it PKACF. O. men of nerve ! N") longer stop to think ' nn the hand that Hea-en extends, Vzcit or we sink. rwB, March L 1S63. ;1 intears rnd Lhod by th.usinds and ari.'.s, whos. voice and agony, still, as j rk cloud moves en, is heard far bovc !f K!M J T- -r., urfjvnue li.mi.i 1 1 Herald I War I Disunion. e UKAT ASTI-AVAH SPKKCII OF S. A. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS, Hon. i tl, ',1,.v X,nf,on the ! o.W,1861, the tef one he f lmthaUo 'Co,,.jre!,a,lthe fral ac or his hre. 'a 'he bUtp of tl nnr- F" of quieting the apprehension of the p m.try, and demonstrating, first, that the 'lent does not meditate war; and fcllv. thai . a warfare upon the seceding States, there is no more autliority to collect reve T53 if he desired, I bring.in this resolu- nue on shipboard now than there was be ,JIL. Attempts are made to prevent iu fore the passage of the act of 1833. You Miration. It is suggested that the j cannot, under law, collect the revenue -Jjjion rC ,:T. ..1 a v,, :r s u , .1. Wlwr on sli Inboard or on improper, at least injurious. Wh v . ffect an result from answering tl wi n M 1111s iiuie nuuiu lh , 11 renng the cout-unrd in the resolution ! the policy of the Administration 1 run. and if the answer be such as I anticipate U . will quiet the'country: it will . . . riUpv o 1 : niirciK.iisiona : u win re store confidence; it will cause rejoic ing throughout the length and breadth of the land. If, on the contrary, the policy ne war, ii 13 due to to the people of the - . . - . . ivwi i a . -r- t uaic9 hum. inai ihci SItouia be Known, ana mat we be informed whither . r;f,: ; 1 wLetl"r wc ng to be drawn into v:ir 1 rrMnil'irl 1- u.-;lm,i V. . : . Congress or the consent of the country. I believe that the answer to this reso- lut ion will quiet the country, and re- dii itore "t,0 wiH and SJO1 fefcIinS among the to Pl,e of t,,e Jiffererent secUons. I re- ! th lut ion will quiet the country, and I 111. 11. jir lllicotll lioes not metate war- Certain I am that, ukT the Uws os they now exist, he can- consistent with his oath, do any act that will produce collision between the se- ceded States and the Federal Government. IliA 4-.n.. l. f 1 . 1 In the first place he has no power, under the existing laws, to collect the revenue on shipboard, as is suggested by the partisan press. Hy the laws of the land, the re venue must be collected at the ports of entry, and in the custom houses des ignated by law, anil cannot be collected anywhere else: except provided in the law in specific cases ' itself. Hv refer- enee to to the act of the 2nd of March, ISW?, it will be seen that South Carolina is divided in three collection dis tricts ; that three ports of entry, are es tablished ; one at Georgetown, one at Charleston, and one at Moaufort ; and a collector, surveyor, and naval officer, are to be appointed 44 to reside at Cliarles- j ton. 1 he custom house oluecrs arc re quired to reside at the ports of entry des- i ignated by law. So it is with all the col- ; lection districts 1:1 all the other States. 1 Another section section eighteen of J j the law makes it unlawful to enter goods : ! or collect revenue elsewhere than thc j " ports of entry ""designated in the law. j j It expressly prohibits the collection of 1 revenue or the entry of goods at anv ! other place. Then a subsequent section ! section eighty-five of the same law created by law, and stop all commerce ' makes one exception to this rule ; and connected with it ! Will he intimate ' tliat is, in case a vessel is prevented by ! that, under suspicion that if tle revenue ice from approaching the pier r wharf at ! cutter allows a vessel to enter the port of j the ort of entry, the captain, on applica- ! New Orleans, she will not pay any du i tion to the collector, may receive a "rmit ties, then-fore the l'residcnt will prevent to hind the goods, and ay the duties at ' her ging there ? Tlie law gives him no any place in the district designated in the j such power, no such discretion. The 1 permit. The only case, then, where rev- j sucgestiim, tlierefore, of the Senator from ; enu can law fully" be collecteil, or goods New York, tluU these ports of the United j lawfully i-iteivlj at any other point than ' Stat, s arc to bo blockaded by the Navy the port of entry designated in the law, is j at the discretion of the President, under where the vt-xsel is obstructed by ice from ,' pretense of preventing smuggling, only : aTMiroachin'T the wharf at such port. shows how loosely even Senators talk It has been Misgestwl, ami the people j about the wers and duties of the lrea ' f tlie CHintry, North and South, have j ident. It is no use to argue the question. ' been led to ln-lieve. that it is the purpose I Th re is no law that authorizes it To : of this Admini.-tration, without authon tv of law, to order revenue cutters down j to those Southern ports, and to collect : revenue on board of them. I wish to I call the attention of the Senate and the ; country to the fact that the law forbids the collection of revenue on shipboard or '. anywhere else, except at Charleston, at Savannah, at New Orleans, ami at each ; one of the ports designated in the law. ; Tlie President of the United States would ; subject himself justly and lawfully to im peachment if he should attempt to collect : the revenue on shipboard, or in any other manner, or at any other place, than tliat j authorized by law. 'Hie law in this re ' sjiect stands now just as it did when : Gon. Jackson, in 1832, called on Con- ; gress for additional legislation to enable ' him to collect revenue at the port of Charleston. llien tien. Jackson had no power to remove the custom-house from the citv of Charleston to shipboard in tlie ,..rW 1 Ie had no power to order the ..iltlrm of revenue anywhere else than at the place designated by law. Be cause of the absence of legal authority to do this, he called 011 Congress to pass a law which authorized him to collect reve nue on the land or shipboard, anywhere within the ha.bor other than at the place j designated at the port of entry. Congress passed tlie taw Known 10 u. ".7 as the "force bill-- Th e force b,U was passed March 2, 18o3 ; and the firt and fifth 8101,011 wl,,ch " ! bnr.'and the power to use military force, -! I W till IT i . um w ii(w - j expired at the end of the next session of Congress by the express limitation of the acL Hence the law stands now just as a: A for the force bill was passed: nu V iu i " v.ic- i at ! land. Then, what danger is mere ot any collision between this iTovemment and If ; the needed States upon the question. EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, tuucauig revenue- x Here is none, un less Senators suppose that the President of the United States is going to violate the law and his oath of office by using force to do that which the law forbids him to do. I do not believe Mr. Lincoln is going to do any such thing. Uut we are told that the country is to be precipitated into war by blockading all the Southern ports ; blockading ports within the United States ; blockading our own jiorts with our own army and navy ! Where is the authority for that ? What law authorizes the President of the Uni ted States to blockade Federal ports at nli T rva 'discretion? He has no more authority blockade New Orleans or Charleston than he has to blockade New York or Itoston ; and no more lend richt to block- ade Mobile than Chicago. Sir, I cannot consent that the President of the United States may at his discretion blockade the pu ts of the United States or any other country. He can do only what the Con stitution and laws authorize him to do. He dare not attempt to obstruct tbe navi gation at the mouth of the Mississippi river, or at any other jwrt in the seceded States,- or even those that temained loyal to the Constitution and the Union. The intimation tliat he is to do this implies a want of respect for the integrity of the President, or an isnorencc of the laws of the land on the part of those who are disturbing the harmony and quiet of tlie country by threats of illegal violence. Mk. Kin;. Will the Senator allow me to ask him a quesiion in relation to this ! matter ? Is it not the dutv of the Prcsi- dent te prevent smuggling in idl the ports of this Union! MK. DOUGLAS. I am not talking alxmt smuggling. It is his duty to en force tho laws of the land in respect to smuggling. liut, sir, it is not his duty to prevent smuggling in nny other mode or by any other means than those provided by law. Will the Senator from New York inti mate to the Senate and to the country tliat, under the pretext of preventing smuggling, the President c:ui close a port tlo the act, or attempt it, would be one of those high crimes and usurpations that would justly subject the President of the Unite-d States to impeachment. Hut we are told the President is going to enforce the laws in the secede-d States. How? Bv callins out the militia and using the army ami navy ! These terms are used as freely and as flipfiantly as if we were a military government where mar tial law was the only rule of action, ami the will of the monarch was the only law on tlie subject. Sir, the President cannot nse the army, or the navy, or the militia, fbr any purjxjse not authorized by law. What is law? If there be an insur rection in an- State against the laws and authorities thereof the President can use the military to put it down only when called upon by the State Logislatures, if it be in session, or, if it cannot be con vened, by the Governor. He cannot in terfere except when requested. . If on the contrary, the insurrection be against the laws of the United States instead of a State, then the President can use the mil itary only as a jAe couubttus in aid of the marshal in such case's as are so ex tnme that iudicial authority and the powers of the marshal cannot put down the obstruction. - The military cannot be used in any case whatever except as the aid of civil process to assist the marshal to execute a writ. I shall not quote the laws upon this subject, but if gentlemen will refer to the acts of 1793 and 1807, they will find that bv the act of 1795 the militia only could be called out to aid in the enforcement of the laws when re sisted to such an extent that the marshal could not overcome the obstruction. By the act of 1808, the President is author ized to use tlie army and navy to aid in enforcing the laws in all cases where it was before lawful to use the militia. Hence the military power, no matter whether navy, regulars, volunteers, or militia, can" bo used only in aid of the civil autheu-itlcs. Vnw, sir, ho' ar1 von poincr 10 crcat a case in one of those sededed States where the lresident would be authorized to call out the military ? You must first procure a writ from the judge describing i tlie crime ; yon must place tliat in the hands of the marshal, and must meet such obstructions as render it impossible for him to execute it ; and then, and not till then, can you call upon the military. Where is your judge in tlie seceded States ? Where is your marslial ! You have no civil authorities there, and the IVesident, in his inaugural, tells you he does not intend to appoint any. He said he intended to use tlie power confided to him, to hold, and posses the forts, and collect tlie revenue ; but beyond this he did not intend to go. . You are told, there fore, in the inaugural, that he is going to appoint no judges, no marshals, no civil officers, in tlie seceded States, that can execute the law, and hence we are told tliat he does not intend to use the army, the navy, or the militia for any such pur poses. Is it your purpose to rush this country blindly into war ftt a cost of $300,000 000 per annum ; to levy $2,000,000 of direct taxes upon the people," and then call upon them to pay it because you have involved us in civil war? Sir, I ex pect to stand by my country under all circumstances ; and hence I will save her, if I can, from being plunged into a civil war of indefinite duration, that will re quire a quarter of a million of men and exhorbitant taxation, levied on one half of the American people, to subdue the other half. Kcmcmber, this extraordi nary amount of revcuue, these extraordi nary numbers of men, ore to be called for in eighteen States to fijrht fifteen: lor it is useless to disguise the fact, that whenever ! you-make tlie question one ot peace or ot war, the slavehoUling States will be a unit, and will be eighteen against tutceiu the people, and was resisted by thc-m, he Are we prepared for civil war, with all its j exclaimed, "have we a government? horrors and calamities? j We cannot treat with rebels; but down with I repeat," it is time that the line of pol- J the traitors; we must show tlsat we have icy was adopted, and that the country ; n government." When James II was knew it In my opinion, we must choose, ' driven from throne of Kugland for tramp and that promptly, between one of the j ling on the liberties of the pple, he call three lines of policy : ed for his army, and exclaimed, " let us 1 ti - . r c ! . 1 - 1 I. flic rcsioi .1 1 itJi 1 itim iMvnuiwii oi the Union by suh amendments to the Constitution as will insure the domestic tranquility, safety and equality of all tlie States, and thus restore peace, unit- and fratcniitiy to the whole country.- Or. 2. A peaceful disolution of the Union, bv recognising the independence t all over l.ure'j', and d; maii1el puaran of such States if refuse to remain in the ; tecs for their rights, every crowned head Union without such constitutional amend- exclaiuie-d, 4i Iiave we a government I ment. and the establishment of a liberal ' and ap-ivaled to the army to vindicate his system of commercial intercourse with authority and to enforce the law. them by treaties of commerce and amity, i Sir, the history of the world does not Or, 3. War, with a view to subjuga- fail to condemn the fi lly, weakness, and tion and military oecupation of those j wickedness of that government which S:ates which have seceded or may secede j drew its swerd iqvn its own people wheu from the Union. they demanded guarantee for their rights. I re-peat that, in my opinion, you must , Tliis cry, that we must have a guvtrn adopt ami pursue one of these three, lines j ment, is merely following the example of of policy. The s oner you choose bet we n . the besotted l5eurbon, who never learned them and proclaim vour choice to the anvthins by mir-fortune', never forgot an ... - ... I . ." ..ir. t... coniitrv. the better lor von. tne uetter ior ,uZ o - of lnriv 1 - - - J X and cnMitutional Government throughout tl 1 41V- UvtlVI V V the world.- In my opinion, the first prop- os'uion is the best,' and the last the worst. I am in favor of such amendments to the Constitution as will take that ques- tion out of Congress, and restore peace to the country. That may be done by non- intervention bv popular sovereignity, as it 19 called ; or "by the Crittenden amend- ment, making an equitable partitition of with a self-executing clause prohibiting it ii- 1 i M -v em one siele ami protecting it on the other, it may be done in various wavs. I preter m;Ki ttimnt tn nonofnbl PU II M 4 lVl- ..w v ..mnn - nnd I nreC-r it a thousiuid ........... .. , - , time to civil war. If we can adopt such amendments as will lxs satisfaclery to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee lie. UUb.taii coma n'fin of :r. ,:i! o:cri- will t-rontc n Union nnrtv in the cotton States IEU , tlltlt IV 111 IMMlf-I 1 . " ... which will soon embrace a large majority of the people in those States, and bring - -11 3 them back ot tneir own iree vviu ami ac- . . . . .1 cord: anu inns resmre, sircii"in-ii un Perpetuate the glorious old Union forever. rea , whatever guarantees will sat - W and;,he Wer States (the Mates now in me i nioni win create a Union party in the seceded' States tliat will bririThein back by the voluntas ac- tion of their own people. You can re- store and present Union in that nrodc Ymi can do it in no other. War is disunion. War is final, eterntd 11 :, . L it '..: Jnat ni2t, tjeiT tiiiiMii ftii.iii -! advocate such amendments to tlie Consti tution as will preserve peaex; and retere the Union,; while every disuniotiist, I whether oiienlv or s.'crctly plotting it de- j stnicthwi, is the advor-af of jNiee!"ul r- 1863. rendering reunion and reconstruction im- possible. I have to much resnect for anv man tliat has standing enough to be elected a Senator, to Ixlieve that he is for war, as a means for preserving the Union, I have too much respect for his intellect to believe, for one moment, that there is a man for war who is not a dis nnionistxT se. Hence I do not mean, if I can prevent it, that the enemies of the Union men plotting to destroy it shall drag this country into war under the pre- text ot protecting the public property, and enforcing the laws, and collecting rev enue, when their object is disunion, and war tlie means of accomplishing a cher ished purpose, Tlie disuiiionists, therefore, arc divided in two classes: the one open, the othr secret disuiiionists. Tlie one in favor of peaceful secessiem and a recognitioa of j independence ; the other in favor of war, j as the surest means of accomplishing the I object, and of making the separation final, eternal I am a Union man, and hence against war. But we are told, and we hear it repeated everywhere, that we must find out if we have got a govern ment. "Have we a government f is the question ; and we are told we must test that question by using the military power to put down all discontented Bpirits. Sir, this question, ' have we a govern ment?" has bora pronounced by every tyrant who has trienl to keep his feet on the necks of the people since the world began. When the Barons demanded Magna Clnrta from King John at Itun , 1- 1 1 1 1 m-meae, ne exclaimed, nave we a gov- j eminent ?" and. called for hi.- arniv to put down the tliscontented barons. When Cliarles I attempted '.o collect the ship j money in violation of the Constitution 01 j England, and in disregard of the rights of snow 111:11 c uuve u Lumi.i:viii . When George III called upon ins nrmy to put down the rebellion in America, J Ixrd North cried lustily, ne compro- misc with traitors ; let us demonstrate I that we have a government." When, in 1S48, the people rose ujkmi their tyrants 1 miurv. never iorave an affront. Must I - ' xv demonstrate that we have cot a cov- C J eniment, ainl coorce obctiience wuaout 1 relerence to tne justice 01 me compiauua: Sir, whenever te-n million of people pro- ' claim to you, with e.ne unanimous voice. that they apprehend their rights, their iire- j sides, and their family altars are 111 dan- j ger, it becomes a wine governuu i:t to j listen to the appeal, and to remove the 1 apprehension. History eloes not reconl j an example where any lumian govern- has lieen strong eneurh to crush - ... - T" ! ten million "ople into subjection when they believed their right a:: liberties un tvrileel without nrsi convening iue gov - , f-ninient itself into a despotism, and ele- T - A ! strovinjr the last vestiae of freedom. . . - , , 1 Let us hike warning trom tlie exampvs . j of the past- Wherever a governme nt has ' refused to listen to the conq.laints eur the i oorknlo. Jllld atleilll.t to lUt IWII their ! murmurs J.it tltt JutMHut. theV have IKlid - .- --.--- T . - 7 . a : the penaltv. Of : 'l thou win. listened to J the peoiJe in IS 18, ainl graute-l charters j of liberty, and ttx.k an ua h to seaport .1 1 I. n . f'kiitililft .111,1 lit' , iium, m v.rc -.v.. r , I i 1.-- l-wn mu-nnliwl ' vr hits fwlelitv: the ! rul.-lltv the , u.v - - -- . ! others will Pny the penalty of their - j dy, ll.e King vf Sardinia gm.,tJ co,f ituo.., . u. - - - - 1 auu iit-ui.j - ' 0 - . i Geoge III had list. :ie,l to ,1 : of our father a nd graiited .rju . mands, the war of the liVve.'-.i.iot. W(MlMM have been averted and 1 the bWl that . w; spilled would have b.,- savch j . If we colder th:s queMi. n e-Jmn, , : , J miib.. uirli HiiwiKli.miU hs -,i ct,n. . !v;n.e the neor.le of the S,-uln Stales j - - i c - th:d thev are safe ami secure in tlu ir r- i .0 ... " - - sons, i-tlKirnn.p,rtv, and in tin ir fami- Capt. IH.aJ. her ct,nm:ul T. lv relatiems. within the Uni...r. we o m a coutu-unon the Ug from a rVre nnd i-n s-rve ii. If ne c:uiul j t''-w ' ii''"l el hi-vi s-. l, nine. oy -nl-fv lie- I eot le (' the 1. ird. I vt:Jl i - - 1 ' VOL ..10-NO. 20. that Uiey may remain in the Union with safety, dissolution is inevitable. Then the simple question comes back, what tJiall be the xlicy of the Union men of tliis country ? Shall it be peace or thai! it be war ? What man in all America, will a heart in his bosom, who knows th facts connected wi'Ji Fort Suuipter, caa hesitate in saying that duty, lionor, patri otism, humanity, require that Andersou and his gallant band should be instantly withdrawn ? Sir, I am not afraid to say so. I wc-uld scorn to take a party ad vantage or manufacture partizan capital out of an act of patriotism. Peace is the only roUcy that can save I the country. It peace be proclaimed as the policy, Rnd yeu will find that a thrill of joy will animate the he art of every patriot in the land : confideisce will be re stored; business will be revived ; joy will gladden even-heart! bond fires will blaze upon the hdl-tops and in the val leys, and the church bolls will proclaim the glad tidings in every city, town and vUlage in Ameriu, and the ipplaus-j of great ful people will greet you every where. Proclaim the policy of war, and ther will be glooai and sadness and dispair pictured upon the face of every patriot in the land. A war of kindred, family and friends ; father against son, mother against daughter, brother against brother, to subjugate one-half of this country into obedience to the other half; if you do not mean this, if you mean peace, let tliis b adopted, and give the lVesident the op peirtunity, through the Secretary of War, to speak the word peace ;" and thirty million of people will bless him with their prayers, and honor him with their shout j of jov. Attacii. on Charleston. OJfutal de.-p-itches frtrii Admiral Lupont Tnejilau oftiitick Accident to tht roi sidcf The Kco::uk sunt The JTahant disabled. Washington. April 12- The steamer Flamlieau, arrived litre tliis afternoon, with Iieut- Commander Khind, as bearer of dojpatchcs from Admiral Dupont, to the Government. Hie reports from the several command ers had not been received up to the tinv of the departure of the Flambeau, name ly Wednesday night. From other tlian official sources, it is ascertained that the vessels comprising the fleet, advanced ' upon Charleston on the 7th. in the following order: The Weehawkcn, Capt- Jchn IJodger; the Passaic, Cupt. Drov ton ; the Mon tauk, Capt. Worden ; the Palapsco, Capt An.mcn, the Ironside, the flag ship, Cor.itr.ar.ekr Turner, with Admiral I)u pont and his staff on board. Next fol lowed the Calskill, Capt- Geo. Bodgers ; Nantueket, Capt. Fairfax; Nahant. Capt. IXu;is-; Keokuk, Capt. Bhind. In this e-rder they pren-eeled up the main channel, nrrivis'ig within Ftvtntoen hun ehed vards of the main forts. The Iron sieles kcarue unmanageable, owing to th tide and tlie narrowness 01 uie ciuuun.- and i-he was, tUereiore, oougea 10 ureV anchor, to prevent drifting ashore. Ow ing to these circumstances, she signalltd her consorts to disregard her motions. The remainder af the squadron continu ed at its course, and soon came within the range of the rebel tire from all points. Tlie obstructions in the channel, from Sumter t Fort Moultrie, interfered with the progress of our tliips. In consequence of this, and th' pesitien of the Ironsides, as above statetL the plan ef ejierations for the liattle was deranged, and the space feM-Jiuaineuvcring being only from five hun dred to one thousand yards, the vcsm-Is was obliged to prrjiare, and at once eu gacre the forts and the adjacent batferie-s. Tl.e sigr-al had been made Ar action :t ludf-ivist three o'clock in the afternoon, bv the IrtmiJes, but the rebels had trc viouslv oieneel fire uirn the lending ves- sels. Hie contest is rvpresented as 111 the j liighest degree txcumg, presiu.u.- a ieur- 1 . . . . -. r tu; seene ot tire belching iroai ai poiius , 011 the water and the land a ccutinuous roar oi cannon. i In the course e-t thirty or lortv minute. 1 , , v - - 1 - .Ji:,- , rf: - the Keokuk 1:, a smkimg a Und u as oU.ged to J it, Jro. c J i ....t- ,. :ti,.tr- - tluf , v 'H Keokuk was nitlfut five r - - Ltu-A within r-n-at l-ir fn-ni i.d .he Uitt.nvithinrngetd icju. nuy tiuus in thirty minutes. IIM r i.Tit i-ai; 1 ue v!ot
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