Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-11-04


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On Tuesday next Right is to meet Wrong on
the great moral battle field Of the age and
contend for the victory. On that day viii be
decided the destiny OF this Republic. If the
Union ticket be successful this Nation will
I'VE if il be no. successful it dies That is
the whole issue in nut shell, disguise it as
yon wili.fWe have been told that this Gov
ern,ncnt is nm experiment, on Tuesday next
We decide whcthcf it is an experiment which
intestine dissensicn shall prove false and flu.
tile; or whether il is an experiment which
shall demonstrate the fact that's Republican
form Of Government, has the inherent strength
aud vitality to successfully establish and
maintain Itself If the Union ticket is sue
ccssful the war goes on until the Union is
restored; If the peace democracy win the
day we har, cessation Of ho.tllitics, the
recognition Of the Southern Confcdcracy, and
thus admit the right Of secession. The right
Of secession once acknowlcd ged, the Nation
Is destroyed. A government that cannot de
icnd and rerpctuatc itse%, that lies at the
mcrcy Of a few ambitious and corrupt dcma-
eognes, liz unworthy Of support. The right
Of secession once acknowledsc d, Iowa has es
good right TO sccede from, the Union as
South Carolina; the New England States as
jas;itiable in withdrawing IS Texas, Georgia,
and Alabama New York might say the
Government has incurred an immense war
debt, and to get rid Of paying our proportion
OF il, we will secede. Thus it must be cvi
dent to al if they will but carefully consider
fl:a matter, that our only safety as Nation
depends on our putting down the rebellion,
and restoring the Union as it was, and if the
present Constitution is not strong enough to
keep it so, make enc that is. The Union
party only ask that the people by their bal
lots express their wish that the rebellion he
put down by force OF arms, and that the first
oYcrturcs Of peace come from those now in
arms against the Government. The Chicago
party ask You to say that the war is failure;
that wc cannot pat dswn this rebellion by
force Of arms that there be an Immediate
cessation OF hostisics, and convention call
ed to treat with armed rebels, thus virtually
recognizing the Southern Confcderacy. Men
81 Iowa, are you prepared 10 thus basely hui
initiate yourselves at The feet Of your enc
Inies? If you do not believe that this is the
purpoIt Of what the Chicago Convention
asks you to approve. we ask you to read tho
platform of the parts' study it carefully,
aud If your minds are not prsjudiced or
warped yol can come TO no other honest con
clusion. We publish the platform on frss
page,-read it.. ~ -..
You must remember that men are nothing,
--principles everything. lis not Abraham
Lincoln or Geo B. Mcclellan that you are
called upon to endorse it is the principles
and policy they arc bat the rcprescn sa;ives
os. General Mcclellan may be patriot ct
heart, but if elected he must stand on the
platform Of the party which placed him in
power In voting for Mcclellan you say let
the policy indicated in the platform Of his
party be carried out, you give it your sp,
proval and support. Do you for moment
suppose that Mcclellan would act in opposi.
ton TO Vaandighain, Pend.oton, Horatio
Seymour and Fernando Mood, the men who
nominated him? Even If you thought he
might, is there not good reasons for fearing
that he might notg Tho risk is too great
for any vel! wisher Of his country to run
Then it is war now, with a restored Nation,
honorable and lasting peace, prosperity and
greatness as people to follow when we have
brought the war to successful military is
sue or il is an igaoble and humilating peace
nov. with Nation rent and suudercd, nu
mcrous petty coitfederacies, poverty, weak.
ness, and eternal war to follow 1t is for the
electors Of the country to choose between
the two. One or the ot<lr Of these eondi
tions is in store for this country, and as one
who deeply aesires the best interests Of this
Republic and every citizen of it, we cntrea
you to consider this subject well. Let nc
blind, heated psr,isanship deter you from
acting in accordance with what must be the
prompting Of your better Judgment, if a pa
triot you really are. AS the la,nen!ed Doug
Jas said just previous to his death, there are
but two parties in the country al the presen,
time; --patriots and traitors. There i, nj
middle ground,-you arc either for your
country or against it. ...