Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-05-22

WHAT TMB BATTLE h FOR.
This battle of to-day Il, al Battle gnot FOR
the Union simply, not for governorsiiip sim.
ply. not for subiugation at all. The battle
to31sT isstke pedples battle for free Gov.
erHr1ents The people at the North today
hat6fa csn1e]ibcrty. tits for that we are
fighting Tor, though we NAV say weae
fAthg lors the Union, the Union for Which
~ are fighting is simply consolidated liberty.
Let US have leaders who will carry rs on to
it.. Remember that as we cannot have com.
peomise and cannot have separation, we have
no closing to this war save by subiugation,
and the sooner we gain it the better for us
all. Remember that we are fighting with
the eyes Of the world upon us, and with the
prayers Of the world going up in our behalf.
Remember that we are not merely fighting
for this country and this time, but for all
centuries and for al coming time Remem-
Der that the figures in this contest will stand
out clearly cut in the lurid glow and fame
for all coming time to see. In the battle who
knows who fought and who was q coward |?
Who knows who stood at his post and who
ran away -
But after the conflict is over and the battle
is past land the men gather about their camp
fires, and discuss the scenes through which
they HAYS. gone, they say how that man stood
1t his post, how another man led them for
ward, how this man ran to the rear, and how
that man acted MS coward The men who
fight the battles are the ones to give this his,
tory. just SO in this war. In the smoke
and glow of battle we may not be able to see
Just how and where our men in the North
stand. But in the years to come, cut up
clearly against this wall Of 1861, 1862, 1868
and 1864, we will have the figures of the
men in the North gathered in one mass,
sharply defined; and all coming people will
look at them, and all coming history write
their record. ~
Oh, mon. and women, people Of the North,
| ask you viii you stand where the red light
shining "a you shows you with folded arms
and hent head, careless and listless, while
faces worn with agony and paling down in
death on the battle field, looking to you and
crying ajoud to you for helpY Oh, people
of the North, viii you be so seen putting
down your hand under the cannon, under
tho rife and under the bayonet, giving aid
and help to the men gathered up against us
Oh, people Of the North, will you be found
spiking the guns on our side, while the rebel
guns and cannon arc pouring Shot and shell,
destruction and death, through the ranks
and lines of brave men fighting for US Or
will you be found standing in solid mass,
giving your last dollar, sacrificing all things
near and dear tosyou, suffering, fighting, dy-
ing-giving up anything and everything,
only that the national life might be saved
that the Stars and Stripes, towards which all
are looking, and for the success of which all
nations, down-trodden and oppressed, are,
crying out and praying. may continue to be
the national emblem Oh, men and women
ofAthe North, oh, great, loyal heart Of the
American nation, represented tonight with
in these walls, will you be found fighting for
the flag, crying out with dying lips for the,
flag which at last represents liberty, truth
and justicer Will You be found careless and
listl6ss?3 Will you be found giving under
hand aid and help to the rebels. Will you
be found giving them open encouragement
and assistance?, Or will you. be found as
the drummer boy was found out in the West,
with his flag wrapped about him, with the
shirt torn open, with the coat here and the
white skin there, and the life blood ebbing
out, making even in death the " red, white,
and blue ~ g Will you be found there ?-:-
Miss Annie e. Dickersoa's address, at Cooper
Institute, NJ y .. -q.