Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-10-24
u Crush this Political Hope or Rebellion
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FUCrnsh this Politicai Hope Of Rebellion
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DANIEL s. Dickinson, Of New Yosk, en-
cludeshis rsdshe great speech in nv VI
| With the folleS4ng striking passags g
Call back J6dr sons, say ag,ius.6 crnnA
this political hope of rebellion ut heae.-
| When this hideous monster sees us united as
| one man, in one common purpose to crush it,
it will yield but until then il, will struggle
On, likk the writings Of / veriomous serpent,
till exterminated. Ii would long since have
+yisldsd, but fsr hope of propositions ef peace
from political quarters, and terms Of accom-
modasons and butafof seeing the Executive
denounced for unconstitutional acts, and a
party rising up opposing the war in effect, il
not in name--for rebed leaders understand
tho matter il, AZ its bearings. ! r.
But yesterday, proud boy, in the heyday
of life and hope, fell He was ths only son
of his mother, and she was = widow. he
fyil W the hand, Of rebel murderer; nefyed
on BY the hope that political divisions in the
loyal States wsuld give aid and comfort, and
propositions Of peace. r She asks you, with
,irembiing lip and fearful csys, bFi the idol Of
her heart, her hope aud joy. Nay He who
tempers the wind to the shorh lamb, protect
her! You cannot restore her child, but you
can,destroy one of the accursed causes which
protract this bloody and terrible war, the pol
iticians hopsss The storms Of sAu.umn beat
upon the log cabin standing Sy the little brook
beyond the hills The winds, moan and. the
leaves rustic and nish tis cab ering "a wo-
man weeps over the hearth, cold, chcerless
and desolate. A group Of little children, with
curious, anxious faces, hang upon her ,kne.
wondering why she weeps, aud arc. asking
for their father. ,ra g. Asst !.s-s ,s..,-rsn
F.as "Alas!Z eff
Nor wife, nor children, more shall behold
Nor friends nor sacred hsme."g
He Ais On unknown bloody grave in the
land OF rebellion, where he marched to aid in
preserving the inheritance Of his resolution
airy sirr. But he WAS murdered in ;sxpecta-
ten OF propositions Of peace from politicians,
who feas that rebelliorswill porbe constltu-
tienslly treated. or in the hope of some new
reading Of the Constitution which would ex-
| empt rebellion from censure and punishment
That bereaved ,widew in her restitution looks
to you. Those children "demand their sire
with tears Of artless innocence"' You can
not restore him. God alone can shield and
,ccmfsrt thswaiow and the fatherless But
+youS can remove one OF the chief causes which
serve to protract this hsIlish malignity and
mischief At the ballet box Applause. You
can cancel the demand of hungry politicians.
A settler in the far West, upon the Indian
border, has volunteered, with III. trtd.e sppiri,
Of the pioneer, to defend his country's lag
His wife and childrse are aroused, fromS their
slumbers at n'iuniyA b. the yeilss~! savage
hell hounds, to perish by the tomsh.vk and
scalpiEs -knife; the cabin is in flames. anu the
fsrscious monsters, with hands drippngw with
the blood Of sinnocercs bear away their, tre-
phies to exhibit for reward to more terociouy
monsters stI-ssSsSes protesting Christlart
ny-conspiratorS and rebels, who stimulate
the red man to murder defsnseless womos
and children, that they may procure from po-
litical traders. at an early moment, liberal
preppsi16ns Of pssce and collpretnise. The
borderer will return to greet his loved ones
but they are not there. A heap of ashes is
all that is left. ofth.mS tears tai Eopioasly
down has suIiblirht yissse but, liie the
low deer, he veeps alone. You cannot bring
back to his embrace the beloved objects Of
his affections, but by prscept and example
you can aid in removing the detestable hope
that a political party can succeed, IN whole OF
in part, IN sympathy with rebs.lion.
Let, then, ! say, the people of the loya
States De united! Let them act together as
one man. Let no political organization, as
such, be supported or encouraged, or tolera
ted bullet all lovers of their country and
its institutions meet for public action and et
fort in common union. Let rebellion in al
its protean forms and all its elements, b,
crushed by every hand and cursed by-svery
lip, in its, moral or material forces, in tie egg
sr in the ssrpent, open or ~dSguis.d, in ID
full strsngthser diluted, in the field or in tn.
political CANVASS, in battles Of blood or at tn,
polls, at home or abroad. This is demanded
in the name Of revolutionary mepories, il
the name Of liberty and tie rights OF man
in the sacrsd'name of humanitysaad religion
N the name Of. fathers whose Sons have beer
slain, rof widows whose husbands have beer
murdered, .ofSmotilers who have been bereav.
cd Of theirschildren," Of children who hay,
been robbedcf these TO whom Providenc,
taught them 10 look for protection. Of societ,
which: mourns- the destruction of its mem
bsrs, Of the dead whose blood has been shec
to preserve orr Instrumentation shame, oul
laid from assuuction, our homes from til,
tnrch-in the name Of justice, truth, ant
peace, Of mans last hest hope beneath tn.
skies. Rebellion is doomed. its last hope il
in pnliticaltaid by hoAs, divisions. Destro,
this hope and our Government Shall never
die. raD~a-' -
NOT A FAILURE.
The New York Erenina Post, which h.,