Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-07-09


showed that many had not their eye
open to the real objects of the South
and illustrated with the story of TIN
boy selling puppies named jeff Davis
who after they had opened their eye
named them Abe Lincoln. The secesl
are fighting not because we have in
fringed their rights or violated tn,
constitution, but because they want t.
Establish nation of their own, q
which slavery shall be the chief cor
ner stone and Cotton shall be king
You may just as well whistle jigs t
the mile stones as talk peace to the reb
els. Some question the ability of the
Government to conquer the South
When such is the state of mind of any
person he meets he suspects disloyalty
at once. We must have faith. The
Bible says, to be true Christian, we
must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and to be truly and heartily for the
Union we must have faith in the -Ad
ministration and in the armies Of the
North. The Doctor showed the pro
gross already made, and although al
first working at the circumference OF
rebellion, we were now rapidly clos
ing in npon it. There is no other al
tentative, said he, but to fight it out
Moral suasion was long ago exhaust
ed, and now the only cegent suasior
is a well directed bullet. They Cal
understand thata9The force and weigh
of that argument they can properl,
feel and appreciate--let them have
enough of it. .bgs.fsa
I Z. The Spirit Of our loyal People Their Ian
guage is thatof the Sage of the Hermitage
=. The Union-it must and shall be preserv
/ ed" ,...
Mr.. B.. F. Wright was called to re
spond, and said: fc.n
Mr.. President. In rising to respond
to your toast, allow me to say that
shall detain the audience but a few
moments Gentlemen and Ladies, il
is exceedingly gratifying to. meet SC
many ofyou upon this glorious anniver
sary of American Independence. see
beaming from the countenances Of
this vast sea of upturncd faces, unmis.
taxable loyalty. Throughout all these
Western lands the toiling masses have
laid aside their labors and business av.
ocations and come together to cele-
brate the memories of the history OF
tilc past. In distant New England,
the birthplace of many of us, the same
spirit animates the bosoms and
thrills the hearts Of the people. Those
New England fathers and mothers
have forsaken the hum of their busy
workshops to pay their annual homage
to the Goddess Of Liberty. Far away
upon the Pacific slope the hardy yeo-
many are assembled to renew their
acts of devotion to that starry EN-.
blem which protected them in the
days of their infancy and has caused
their golden fields to blossom as the
rose.
Fellow citizens-We are but seq
ment Of that vast multitude of human
beings who have assembled in the diff
ferent parts of our glorious Union to
catch an inspiration from the past.
Throughout that portion of the Ameri-
can Union known as the great and
powerful North, millions Of free people
are this day in council earnestly en-
treating their President to save. the
Union. Their cry is, "Come veal OF
woe-come victories or defeats come
sunshine or the chilling winds of ad.
versity-' don't gire up The ship!'"
The oppressed millions Of the earth
understand full well that when the
American government goes down il
carries with it the last fond hope d
relief to down-trodden humanity al
over the face Of the globe. We dc
not want politics to-day 'Tis no mat
ter whether you are Jew or Gentle
Malay or Hottentot, American or AT
rican, Catholic or whether
you have been Wing, Democrat,
a Republican, an Abolitionist, or a
conglomeration of the whole--thc qnes-
ton to be asked is, What are you now
If you are Union man, step into 10y
al circles and add your mite toward
swelling the voice and increasing the
ranks Of those who are charging fol
freedom and the right. ! care not FOL
| the opinions or successes of doctors
1t is a conceded fact that Iowa is ;
healthy State, and though other States
may grow weary and faint-hearted,
am proud to, say that on every field
above the surge Of battle, you will SCI
the colossal columns of the Hawkey,
State rising niagnifccntly it may b,
with thinned ranks, but those who re
main, with a courage that defies death
and with loyalty as true as steel t
the American ensign, will stand read,
at all times to obey the orders of thei
commanders to "move upon the enc
my's works" Thank God, the, people
Of Iowa will never desert, but with {
determination as immovable as the ev
erlasting hills they will stand by ant
sustain their noble army. When til,
conflict is passed you will honor youl
soldiers as you never before honoret
any man, titled or untitled, who walks
the face of the earth. They have by
their example, towering above the prof
legacy and recklessness of mere politi
clans, made humanity sublime, and
have anchored the final triumph of om
cause close to the throne Of Deity it
self.
I am forced to believe, fellow citi
zens, that the politicians Of all parties
have very little earnest purpose in put
ting down this rebellion. They do not,
with the people, pray "Oh, God
save the country" But it is" Oh,
Country !saye General Halleck for our
sakes and the sake of our party We
have a class of beings in our midst,
claiming to be human, who pretend to
be opposed to the dissolution of the
Union, opposed to conceding the indie
pendence of the Southern Confederacy,
opposed to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of our
territory land in the next breath they
will swear by the God Of Moses that
they will resist to the bitter end the
enforcement of the conscription act.
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