The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-11-13
Fight or Dle...NatOlnal Bank.
ruptey.Freedom or Desp0t ISM.

Fight or Dle...NatOlnal Bank
ruptey-Freedom or Desp0t ism
A nation bankrupt is a nation ruined
It NAV still have name and place or
the maps, but it is nevertheless practi'
cally extinct, dead. 1t may have q
large population and that inherent
strengtl, which numbers give, but, like
the strength Of cagsd lion, a mancled
giant, or an imprisoned warrior, it is
useless. 1t may have truthful valleys
and fertile hills, thriving manufactures,
and temporary individual prosperity.
numerous railroads and far-reachinc
canals, mines Of mineral wealth, and al
/ the riches of institutional greatness and
magnifi.ence, an immense army and &
powerful navy, a good Government
honest, God fearing, man-loving rulers
but ii.it be tied, fettered, and anchor.
ed i'll bankruptcy, what is it good for :
1t were better that it should perish, and
its name be bIotted out for ever. A
bankrupt nation, like an individual in
that dilemma, should 60 into liqnida
ton. Il should wind up its political
affairs, dispose of its assets of name,
! place, ana power and honestly befor
6 q and the people, yield up its cyccn.
tive life, and ask funeral rites and cerc-
monics-a decent burial from the sight
of man. II we. as 4 nation, have Bible
wisdom, we shall soon foresce the great
evils Of bankruptcy, now threatening
rs. and hide from them. We shall use,
without moments delay, our strength
and power to crush the monster how
onawing at our yitals. We shall, with
the martial tramp Of iirestable forces,
ever tie great contiic, between freedom
! and slavery.
We are cniangcring more than liber.
~, by longer hating between two op-
inions. We are impcriling our very cx
Stence--onr national life. We shal
| Don be bound with chains which never
can be broken, We are b1indlv and
rapidly hoating into the depths Of bank
rnptey Whe must now fight, or we
mnst die. The nation may will rightly,
onr armies may coversevery hilltop, and
our rulers be honest, patriotic, and pure,
but nevertheless We must now fight, or,
is 4 nation, we must l;c-this is newt
able.
The voice from our national Treasury
! is, fight or we die.
The voice from the tribune of our
political power is, fight, OF we die.
| The voice from every workshop and
every manufacturing village in the
Union is, fight, or we die. aHe L
| The voice Of a burdened nation of
tax payers is, fight, Or We die.
The voice of every shi's crew sailing
in peril If pirates, is, fight, or we die.
| The voice Of all the great monied
institutions Of the nation Is, fight, or we
die.
The voice Of merchant, banker, and
of all business men is, fight, or We die
The voice, trumpet tongued, from
our currency trouble is, fight, or We
die.
The voice from every half frightened
gold boarding miser, is, fight, or We
die.
The voice Of widows and the father.
less, and Of thousands who are now
mourning the loss ct income, is fight
or we die.
i The voice of fsoldiers, sick, woanded
/ and dying by thousands in hospitals
and Southern prisons, is fight or ",
j The voice Of every true general, eth
er from West Point, or West-any
where, is, fight or We die.
! The voice from New York, and ever,
other commercial city Of the Union is
i fight, or We die.
The voice Of every despairing, home
less. t.rant hating exile, the world oye1
is, fight or we die. s44g.,s ...,s
j The voice Of the millions Of slaves
bleeding and manacled is, fight, OF ",
die. ". ss.
/ The voice Of Liberty, from the Poles
to the Equator, the voice of the rount
World, groaning in sin and hoping il
God; the voice Of high Heaven, a
plainly as ever Numbered from Noun
Sinai, is urging us now to duty.
Will you hear that voice, Presiden
Lincoln, for whom thousands are nov
praying'on every shore, in every lane
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