The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-12-05

goes 10 dOQ again. he IS Immortal, ne IS
of that number for whom there was Cal
vary and Gethsemane, he is dear there if
not here, and for the sake of Him who made
him, and for the sake of that humanity Or.
him that shall yet be as white as an angelic
robe, and for the sake of our own truths
and principles deep laid as this national
life; for all that I will defend his life; /
will give him education; will give him
an industrial chance and say to him, as to
every other human being: Be as much as
God made you, no more. do not bolster
him, ] say simply this, Be what you are,
and will let you. IApplause.l
THE wAR-CBRTAINTY OF SUCCESS.
We are now testing whether we are COM
petept to the management of this great CIV
IL strife. Let us look with courage, my
friends, upon this conflict. We have the
stength; we have the men we have the
wealth; we have the motive; we certainly
shall have the victory. We have not come so
far along the path of victory to be defeated
in these last hours. We shall vanauEsh
the rebellion; we sball ,.re-unite these
States; we shall an ithe elas4 aesuupny.
that was needed td fhe world, that self
governing people are competent to every
emergency Of nationafli life. They are com
petent to found Government; competent
to frame laws; competent to Sfoupdth ritH-
tions of education competent TO Maintain
free churches; competent to deal with Ma
ture competent to deal with the most in
tricate questions; competent to deal with
foes without; competent to deal With foes
within, and take care of any vile slavery
that dare to raise its head against our spir-
it Of free institutions. We were brought to
light that torch which is to be for the illu-
mination of the nations. The people re-
ijoice in it as the traveller thanks God when
he sees the light in the far off cottage, apd
goes on guided by it, though the inmates
know it not; and yet that light is the tor
ment Of the burglar who plans to break
into that house. Some there be who hate
the light, Notwithstanding it burns, ,thro'-
out all the weary night it shall burn, and
burn till the daylight quench it, and the
sun takes its place that shall not 20 down.
And we are not going to take any back
ward steps-we are not going back to the
Union as it was. When I plant my or
chard, plant the canker-worm with the
tree, and by-and-by the tree lies dead, the
cause of all the mischief burrowing in the
very root and trunk of the tree; and now
shall men tell me, let us have that tree
| restored just as it was! Yes, all but
the worm. Laughter and applause The
| Union as it was; yes, as 1t was in the egg,
as it was in the minds Of those men that
fashioned it, as it was in the intent of the
Constitution. as it was to have been and
would have been but for burglarious sla-
very. But we have been drifted so far from
the Union as it was! When the ship mas
ter, tormented by storms through days
and nights, has been drifted far out Of his
course and at last the clouds break and the
sea comes storming through, shall a man
say, go back and start just where you de-
waited from your course, or shall he take
fresh observations and strike out a new
course for his destined port? We set out
for the haven of universal liberty, and by
storms have been driven hither and thith-
er, and at last the sky is cleared and now
shall we go back to where we started from
or shall we take observations from the glo-
rious sun of liberty, and strike out the
shortest path to our goal. | know wha,
the answer viii be. Burdens we have yet
to bear; sorrows yet shall wiring our hearts
sons are yet to be lowered into the grave
and the grave is yet to be the throne O.
honor for so many inspired and priceless
martyrs Of liberty. But, having given sc
many of our treasures, we will have hber'
ty and nothing less, and We viii have thai
from side to side of this continent, and from
the Lakes to the Gulf. Liberty! Liberty
that will smooth every grave, that viii
comfort every heart, that Will reward eye
ry death struggle: and in the smiles o
men we shall see Gods smile, and there
shall be great peace because of LIBERTY
God bless the Union and make it free
Loud and long-continued applause.