Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-06-05

proved that slavery h the lifsblood of the
rebellion. Hence the necessity of the Prssi.
dents proclamation Of freedom to the slaves.
The nation ID in death strusgls-it must
either become one vast slavocracy Of petty
tyrants. or wholly the land Of tho free. Tho
traitors boast that they have swept from the
national drmament one-third Of it's stars !;
but they have only darksned them with
clouds, which the sun Of liberty win scatter,
revealing behind them the eternal pillars Of
justice, ssnblaxoned with liberty, equality,
fraternity. ...'
Soldiers of this revolution, to your hands
is committed the sacred duty Of carrying out
in these latter Gays the ideal Of our fathers,
which was to secure to al "lifs, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness" and 70 every State
"a Republican form Of government" To
break tho power Of this rebellion, calls for
every available force. You know how ex.
tensivsly black mon are now being armed
Some regiments are already in tho Geld,
twenty more are now under drill Win you not
in this hour Of national peril, gratefully vel.
como the aid which they 20 eagerly proflsr.
to overthrow that slave power which had 10
long ruled the North, and now that you spurn
its sway Is bsnt on crushing your Win
you not adjurs that vulgar hate which has
conspirod with slavery against liberty in our
land, and thus roll from the sepulchre, where
they have buried Il alive, the stone which hss
50 long imprisoned their victim. The army
Of the North viii thus become the angel Of
deliveranos, rescuing the nation from the shin.
ing sands Of compromise, and refoundinR Il
upon the rock Of Justice.
Some of vns, hsvn h~>. rn,,.x.-.S >..A -
service; many more are soon to return to
your homes. All hail to youi Honor and
gratitude for what you have done and suffer.
ed. Enough II you have only been fighting
for the Union as 1t WAS. But is il enough,
il the work for which tho war ID now prose.
cuted is not accomplished Your country
needs your power Of soldisrly endurance and
accomplishment-your hard earned expert.
ence, your varied tact and trained skill, your
practiced eye and hand, in word, oil that
makes you veterans-rips in discipline and
educated power. Raw recruits cannot al
your places. Brave men, your mission tho
far advanced, 10 not accomplished. You will
not, cannot abide at home, while your breth.
rcn in arms carry victory and liberty down
to the Gulf.
With joy and admiration We greet you on
your homewsrd way; while your loved ones
await your coming with mingled delight and
pride. When, after brief sojourn, you 90
back again, conveyed by the grateful acclaim
and Godspeed Of millions, to consummate at
freedoms call her holy work, the mightiest
Of all time, and now 20 near its end, with ex.
ultant shouts your brothers in the field will
hail your coming to share with thom the
glory Of the final victory. It will be the vic.
tory OF free government, sacred rights, justice
liberty and law, over the perfidies, pejusiss,
lying pretences, and frantic revelries in inno-
cent blood, Of the foulest national crime that
ever reeked to Heavcn--the overthrow of the
most atrocious yet the meansst despotism
that ever tortured the groaning earth.
In behalf of the Woman's National Loya!
League.
HCADY STANTON, Prsstdsns.
SUSAN G. AxTHoSY, Secretary.
:, This address was prepared by Mrs. Angs-
lima Grimke Weld.