The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-14

/ Fellow citlxene, Know toefe aEe sosue, ior II
10 true, Who do sincerely believe that this Re.
public--thea question Of public honor out ct
question. but Of view-that this Republic could
De separated, and that peace could Be patched
up. and thst the two Governments thereafter
could live on proeperously, peaceably "a before.
No more false or fatal thought ever crept, ser
oent like Into an American bosom lGreas
cheering You might 40 we'll tell me that the
beat which has been turned adriit above the
cataract oe Niagara will have tranquil voyage.
(Cheers.l If you will 60 and stand, as many Of
i ma have done, amid the ruins of crumblng EN-
oires in the old world-ast them, they will ali
selI yos isiis delusion; if you will go into the
cemetery Of nations, and hold your ear to the
sipulchre Of those young and generous and nign
soirited nations that have persisted through the
convuls ons Of civil strife, they will answer in
accents Of broken .heartedness, it is delusion
Aud, If you viii not listen to the voices of the
past. 70 into Mexico and South America, and
.sk the inh 2bitsnts Of those bright lands, blest
with cliniSte the best Of earth, and occupying
| soil Of exhaustlsss fertility, and living amio
lakes. rivers, and mountains Of grandeur and IN
4 nipstionAthrv will lift up their bowed heads,
amid demoralization, poverty, and dislonor, ano
; tbes will telp you IL h delusion. lCheersJ :.
II Fellow citisrns, I Fejoios to beIievc-nay
4 know--that the spirit Of loyalty at this time
4 heS,t of the No. til and West But do beseech
yoI. YOU Who have ueep stake in the preseni
/ and in the future Of our country-you men OF
culture and OF fortune, and Of moral power, do
limplore YOU, by MI means possible add yet to
the power and fervor of that loyalty. II it grows
cool amid the calculations Of avsrice or craven
under the discour agements Of defeat, our coun
| trv will be overcome What We now need is
patrio tlsm ahat will abide the prdeai Of fre, a
patriotism Shat is purged Of all selhshness, and
| from i'll fear, which 10 heroic and exhaustless,
which vows With every throb Of life, with every
pulse, that i: will raIlyif stricken down it viii
rise again, and that under the pressure of no
of defeat, Of sorrow, or Of suffer
ing shall the nu.jonal Gag be abandoned. or tie
ionor of the country compromised. Enthusi-
astc applause. What we need is patriotism
which rises fully 70 the comprehension Of the
actual and the awful perils in which our institu.
tons are placed, and which is willing to devote
every power Of body and mind and fortune to
their del,verauce. [Cheers. "A patriotism
which, celebrating all party lines-[cheers long
continued, any repeated again and again, break
ing forth in loud hurrah Ia patriotism which
oblisefating all party lines and entombing all
party issues; says to the President OF the United
States: Here are our lives and our estates; US,
them freely,,Iuse them boldly, but use them sue
cessiuly For, looking upont the graves Of our
fathers and upon the cradles Of our children, W
have swort THAT though oil things else shoulc
perish, this country and this Union shall live
Great cheering, the assembly rising to thci,
feet and waving hats snd handkerchiefs.1 It il
such patriotism as this, and such only, thai
will conduct you to victory. And rejoice to
believe that this spirit has been everywhere
awakened throughout the loyal States. The
capitalists have come DOb.y forward lcheersl
aud rsking ail, have exhibited grandeur o.
devotion to the country which, while it will as
tonish the people Of Europe, has inspired thu
gratitude and the admiration of every true
American heart. (Cheers.l All honor to them!
They have proved tina. if there is much gold il
Wall street, theta il much patriotism there.
[Cbeers.1 Not a Summer patriotism, which
fourishes amid the poeans Of victory. but q pa.
triotism which struggles, and suffers, and is pre-.
pared TO put 81 things to hazard. even in the
Winter OF national Adversely, and in the hour Of
national defeat (Cbeers Unless this coun
try can thus feel the sun Of her national life,
which now obscured, may yet 60 down forever,
amid storms and darkness-if all our great ma.
terial interests ale crushed to earth BY the sha-
dow which is passing over that sun, what would
oe our condition if that shadow should deepen
into the night of permanent defeat? Is there
nothing to live for but the gains of commerce,
nothing but the establishment @. our estates OF
importance, and the furtherance Of ease and
comforts Are courage, and manhood, and no
nor, and loyalty, and national fame, and the
respect and-homage OF the world nothing! lie
it nothing to live without flag, and without 9
country, and without . future tor ourselves and
for our children, and to stand forth the degen-
crate and despised descendants of ,ilustrious
sires We might lay ourselves in the dust, and
be stripped by traitors hands Of al that ennobles
and sweetens human existence. and still live on
as do the cattle Of the field, but our lives would
tie more ignoble than theirs. Cheers. II,
With all our vest material resources. if with on,
known and ackno vledged physical superiVlit.
over the Rebels, it with our ciamorous and pro
fuse ayoxalsof devotion TO our institutions We
suffer that rebellion to triumph oyer.us, do.
verify believe the American name would become
q stencil in the nostrils of the world, and thai
an American citizen would not be permitted "a
walk the streetsof European capital without
having the finger Of scorn pointed at him.
[Gries Of brave" and cheers
f.ilow.citisehs, If might be permitted to utter
a word upon suchia subject, would earnestly
counsel forbe arapce and patience in reference to
those charged With the administration of ou'
Government. Great sppIsuse. Before crit.
cizing their conduct we should remember that
we iriay not see all the field OF action. and may
not be in condition justly to appreciate the dill
fcultes to be overcome. AppInuse. No man
can doubt the honesty and loyalty OF the Presi.
dent Of the United States; Immense applause,
waving Of hats, and cries OF |" No" or his de-
termination to suppress this rebellion. To him,
under the Constitution, the popular voice has
committed absolutely the fate of this Republic,
His hands are eiiphatesl|y your hands, and in
weakening him, you weaken yourselves and you
weaken the struggling country that we, are all
striving to save. He is too overwhelmed ut this
mpment with mountain of responsibility and
Etosl such as ever restel on no public man in our
history, and be is July entitled 10 all the sup.
port and all the consolation which generous
ssd warm hesried patriotism can give hin. -
f0feat applause. - ,-f7 rl.Jif3i
Amid al tie discouragements .bat surround
as, have still unfaitering faith in human
pprpxress and 10 the capacity Of man for self
government. believe all the blood which the
trse lovers Of orr race have shed upon more,
than thousand battle fields has borne frpit, and
that fruit is the Republic Of the United States
[Applanse. 1t came forth upon the xorld like
the morning sun from its chamber. aud its path.
say has been the pathway Of light and glory
and it has poured its blessing upon its people
' Drumming fullness. ~ rivers from their waters
stp the sea. r. cannot admit to my bosom the
crushing thought that in the full light OF the
Christian civilization Of the nineteenth century
such Government 10 fated to perish beneath
ashe swords Of the guilty men who are nov band
I'd together for its overthrow. [Applause, loud
and longI ! cannot. will moi believe these
twenty mdliSns of people, cultivsted, loyal,
oafageouS-s~enty millions Of the Anglo Saxon
race, bearing the nsmes of the heroes of ,the
Revolution, and passing their Hyss amid The Ia. |
.pirstiost6 ofsiss battle 6eids-wilI ignominioas
y suffer It, institutions to be overthi own by tsp
;nillions, nearly half Of whom afs wretched,
e~plsas slases with letters in .beir, -hsnds-,
t0reat epplause cries % csNever."l No page
history 30 dark and % humiliaiiug % this
- 9eea written Of any petsaon of the human
.snny and the Americas people had better,
,sr Deter. never been bosn ID .if TO have lived
nave sucl history wsisssa Of themselves. =
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