The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

partv. It does not follow that YOU are to
abandon the Democratic party. 1f there
was anything that liked In that meeting
in New York. II was tho resolution that
they did not propose to become RepubH-
cans, but that they proposed to maintain
this war, and TO support the present Ad-
| ADMINISTRATION to that end, and to reorkanize
|redeenling it nom the hands Of the forty
thieves that have taken possession Of It. I
was glad to see that. haye all my life
wanted to belong to q Democratic party,
and have been wandering up and down in
tensely democratic In all my theories, and
|syInpathies, and labors, preaching democ-
racy up Mlland down, preaching il almost
TO agrarianism, as men say; and yet /
could not 60 into the Democratic party, be-
cause was Christian, because 1believed
In the Christian equality Of men J, and
should rejoice IT those revered men 'Of the
Democratic party who are left should, af-
ter the war Is over. reconstruct that party,
and bring it into sympathy with the COM
mon people. and restore it 70 it's old glory,
synagogue Now, il men feel unwillingt to
leave the Democrats party, ] only ask
them to step out Of it for the purpose Of
saving It, and saving themselves.
They have had the yellow fever at New
bern. Suppose there had been an old man
sion there Ia which large family had
lived; and suppose the yellow fever had
and another in the second story, and q
number of the children; and the doctor
had said, my friends, you must leave this
house; it Is infected; the whole of you will
die If you stay here;'' and suppose the man
had said, II was born here, ] have lived
here q great many years, and do not
want to 20 OUT" The doctor would have
said. but you Uill 60 out; the sexton will
carry You out, II you do not go ont Of your
purged and cleansed, then you can come
back into it again; but you must not re-
main ia il as It ISL 4
Now, ask youto go ont Of the Demo-
cratic house till they get the plague out Of
il: Then you may come again. Zap
ssWeli,' . says q man, II do not know what
is right. when hear You think will
go your way and when hear the advo-
Gates Of the other side. 1 think will 90
the other way, and am so bewuxzled and
bewildered that will not vote at ALL
Poor mani ] am sorry for you. Do you
know what you are like1 Go and look on
the top Of yonder steeple. There Is your
Type and symbol UP there. Says he. Yves.
has shifted, and to-day think l am SOUTH
The weather cock is not coma. dered very
honorable symbol of man. Says one, ~
hear ore side, and I think ] am on that
side; and then hear the other side and /
think ana on that side.nI How much is
there Of your Are you no. Ashamed Of
yourself. . pretend to be Q man and walk
in pantaioons. and take on the airs OF =
mAn1 Laughter and applause.
But remember that this matter Of voting
is not Z matter of option. People seem to
think that voting is like ice-cream, and
that whether they take il or leave it is q
matter Of option, as no harm IL done. They
look upon II AZ luxury. Il Is nothing OF
the sort. It Is q duty, and there is not =
babe born In America that does not swear
the first time II cries to vote. There are
sworn duties of citizenship, and Of these
none are more binding and sacred than the
duty Of voting. And would say to every
young man who purposes to neglect voting
that he may avoid danger oune1t Tuesday,
yoh are traitor! No man that pretends
to patriotism, 70 duty and 70 manhood It.
self can in such time as this stand aside.
And now, before closing, have o word
cry man, and as far as she can, every wo-
man, togivs the day on Tuesday TO their
country. 1t IL but very little thing. You
have generally shot flying. You have vo-
ted ne you went along about your bust
ness. And when It Is a minor election il is
no harm. But this is critical day; day
OF ages = next Tuesday, and i 10 not
sure Of that. What we want is vote that
viii stand up ~ much higher than common
votes ~ Mount Sinai stood higher than the
golden calf (Applause.] We want vote
that shall carry Judgment In it. We want
to hear nations voice. We want vote
whose echo shall roll across the ocean, and
beat upon the shore, and say TO old Eus.
Do not begrudge the hours OF Tuesday.
Ny friends, I feel self.reproached. l
never speak In the name Of liberty that af.
forward I do not feel how poorly that bles.
| ed cause ID served. II deserves better
thoughts and nobler expression at my
hands. And for MI the time and labor that
II can give 70 my country have been paid
and overpaid . hundred times long before
this. What would have been II ! had
been born Ia Austriaf What would you
have been il You had been born under u
despotismf Whit do you owe to these
skies and these fielns?7 What, rather, do
you owe to those benign institutions and
those sublime Christian ideas that have
nurtured you into such citizenship You
are yourself born Of those very institutions
which are IN jeopardy; and when ask you
mother that gave you birth, / bring you
70 the parent that ,pourished and nursed
you 10 the Christian Ideas of liberty, and
say, Do not'be faithless to your own house.
hold; for you are bought, and . thousand
uma0s paid for already, in the benefits
which you have received from such inssi.
tnnons, and laws, and principles as we
nave. ss.f4H stlss 4seIW s-s5Fn AGsN
!. II should lose faith In God, methinks, If I
lost faith IN providence, am moro and
more strong 10 the faith that we are on the
eve Of great and glorious victory. And
when that white lightning falls into the
neiioe.box On Tuesday, Il will not stop tln-
III It has smitten armed rebellion. Aud
you on that day can save the blood OF hum
dreds an thousands Of men that are In the
Held Of conflict. Fight this silent battle;
rious country shall be Yours. LAYING, You
shall be blessed; aud dying you shall sdie
with the memory Of good deeds, and riS6
WITH the names Of those that have served
thelr country and deserved well Gift .,n,e