Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-09-20

,'oco ".'u outCiieIy W oIOOuy graves! IOl
nave furnished brave sons here as elsewhere
Before this dreadful war closes our land ma,
DC one vast kamah of weeping and lamenta
tion for our children. Someare now languish
ing in rebel dungeons. The parchcd sand.
OF Virginia and the glades Of Missouri have
drank the best hearts blood of our land.-
others arc dwelling in prisons. It will cos,
large sum OF money; but if il leaves Gov.
crnment and the old Stars and Stripes, it will
not be maintained too dearly. There is to be
taxation. Undoubtedly it will be severe.
Suppose It takes one-half of all we have but
leaves US law and order. A voice, "Better
take It all."l Yes, better take it all; for il
the Government is not maintained, it will be
taken by rebel marauders. The rights Of
person, and every right we hold most dear,
arc involved in this issue, You can never
divide this nation peaceably. You can never
ind stopping place, when once you have
rewarded treason, by permitting it to succeed.
Owls will hoot from your dwellings; foxes
look out Of the windows Of your churches !;
ruin, darkness, and dissolution, will brood
over you. Such assemblies as this will be
prevented by hostile troops, under the an
archy which will ride rough-shod over YOU
Where arc the great spirits-the Claws the
Websters, the Bentons, of the nation. They
have been waited away like the prophets Of
old. My father, my father, the chariots Of
Israel and horsemen thereof! Would to
Heaven that we had the voice of a Clay, of a
Webster, to cheer us on now. How thev
would drive tho rebel to his hiding place
Henry Clay would make it COVER and trem-
bic like deer at the VOLTS howl. And the
majestic Webster-what dark clouds would
rest upon his portentous brow And tho
logical and the statistical Benton, who always
stood up for the Union, with his sarcasm and
logic, would make them wither like mown
grass. They rest from their labors. They
saw our country's glory, but not her shame.
"A voice " Fremont ?"l Fremont! Yes:
doing his duty like soldier. Tremendous
and long.continued cheering l never sup.
ported him as politician; but I support
him as a General. And God speed him.
have no doubt he will do his full duty; and
il nc does will labor INCREASINGLY to stay up
his hands, and cheer him up in his discharge
OF duty. shall inquire no mans politics
now who endeavors in good faith to protect
the nations honor And he who does not.
hold to be no patriot, no Democrat mo honest
man. A voice /" A tory."] Worse than
a tory; traitor. No; our ship of State
happily cxelnplificd here to-day, upon these
grounds [pointing to ship of the boat build
ers OF Ithaca although she has been arrest
cd in her successful course, let us all rally
around her, mot inquiring who is in command,
whether it be Lincoln or Jackson, Republ-
cans or Democrats, who are the crew, but
seeing it is our ship, under our flag, preserve
it, whether it be called by the one or the
other empty names; let us rally around her
let US go on board, let her be manned, weigh
anchor, hoist all sail, cut her loose, let her
steer into the broad ocean, to cruise on this
great GRAND Of fmcrcy--the freedom of man.
kind-carrying the Stars and Stripes to every
sea under rheavcn-carrying peace and good
will to all men. Let her r.
Sail on into the sea, o ship!
Through winds and waves right onward steer"
Oh, my fellow citizens, let us all devote our
seves to the service of our country. Amen.
Every one can do something in his Sphere
For myself, am enlisted for this great war
rage how it may terminate how it will
Give me poverty, stripes and chains, give me
shame, give me destitution, give me want,
give me abject misery and distress, give me
bereavement, let my heart be wrung with
every emotion that can agonize and torture
man, make me wandercr in the earth, and
give me an ignoble death, rather than permit
my country to perish. [Cheers.] Sooner
than that should be done, IN the language of
Emmet, would raze every house, burn every
blade Of grass, and the last entrcnchment Of
Liberty shall be my grave. No, my fellow
citizens, let our watchword be, our country,
our beloved country! And l will exclaim
with you, "Oh, my country, may God pro-
from the audience Of ten thousand, who had
speech, greeted Mr.. Dickinson as he retired.