The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-11

Do FULFILLED, and those kIght0 Of Human Nature,
which were the declared object Of our Revolu.
ton, will b vipdicated. Thus inspired, The
sword Of Washineton-that sword which, 60.
cording TO his last will and testament, was to
be drawn only In selfdefesse or In defense OF
country and its rights-will once more marshal
our armies to victory, while our flag, wherever
il floats, will give freedom to oil beneath its
folds, and ito proud inscription will be .. last
triumphartly fulfilled, "Liberty and Usion, now
and forever, one and inseparable."
WAR FOR ALL MANKIND. 4
But, fellow.citizens. the war which We wage
is not merely for ourselves; it is for all man
kind. Slavery yet lingers in Brazil, and be-
meath the Spanish Gag in those two golden pos
sessions, Cuba and Porto Rico; but nowhere
We conquer for Liberty everywhere. In ending
Slavery here we open its gates all over the
world and let the oppressed 60 free. Nor is this
all. In saving the Republic We shall cave civil.
zation. Man throughout bis long pilgrimage on
earth has been compelled to suffer much but
Slavery is the heaviest burden which he has
been called to bear it is the only burden which
our country has been called to bear. Let it
drop, and our happy country, with Humanity in
her train, all changed in raiment and in cOun-
tenance like the Christian Pilgrim, will hurry
upward to the celestial gate. If thus far our
example has failed, it is simply because of Slave.
~. 1t was vain to proclaim our unparalleled
prosperity, the comfort diffused among . numer.
Gus people. resources without stint, or even the
education of our children the enemies of the
Republic simply said, "There is Slavery" y; and
our example became powerless. But let Slavery
disappear, and this same example will be Of ir-
resstib.e might. Without firing gun or writing
dispatch it will revolutiopize the world.
Therefore the battle which we now fight be.
longs to the grandest events Of history. 1t con.
ssitutes one Of those epochs from which Human.
ity will date. It 10 one Of the battles of the
sges-as when the millions Of Persia we're
driven back from Greece, or when the Moham-
nedana, victors in Africa and Spain, were ar
rested in France by Charles hartel, and Western
Europe was saved to Christianity. In such .
cause no effort can be too great, no faith can be
tso determined. TO die for country is pleasant
and honorable But al sho die for country
nov, die also for Humanity. Wherever they lie,
il bloody fields, they will be remembered az the
hsroes through whom the Republic was saved
and Civilization established forever.
But there are duties elsewhere than in bloody
conflict. Each Of Us, in his place at home, by
hi' best efforts, can do something, not only TO
sustain the soldier in the field, but also to sus
tain that sublime edict which will be to the SOL
dier both sword and buckler while it gives 70
the conflict al the inspiration of . great idea
In this hour of trial, let none of Us 90 over to
the enemy, even should his tents for moment
be pitched in Faneuil Hall and do not forget
that there can be but two parties-the party Of
the country, with the President for its head, and
with Emancipation for its glorious watchword !;
and the party of the Rebellion, with Jefferson
Dsvi for its head, ard no other watchword than
SLAVERY.