Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-08

Enron or ZEE CEDAl FAsLs GAzsrrE--
Sr.-fou will confer great favor - the
soldiers here, BY publishing. the enclosed ar
ticlo in the columns Of your noble. patriotic
paper. This article was read before the
Vicksburg Union Literary Association, and
was heartily endorsed BY its members.
With great respect, sn sir,
l. Your obedien. servant
| A. H. BoOKMAN,
Private Co. X, s2d Iowa vi.
8. Centribussd.
With sure and giant strides, our forces arg
marching onward. Victory on victory, lsu.
rel after laurel is browning COR arms. Soon
the Angel Of Peace viii spread his bright
wings over our country. bsptising and bless
ing Us Is . nation with his holy, healing
presence. A few more months. Of toll and
blood and we shall b called to again resume
the rights and duties Of citizens. engaging in
all the busy avocations Of peaceful pursuits.
Therefore il bsheoves us to make prepare.
tons to meet the coming events Of the future
As soldiers, this is Of vital importance to us.
Being soldiers whs are toilins, lighting and
undergoing hardships. for the rs-establish.
ment Of our National laws over these rebel.
lious States, we have certain rights aside
from those Ia nilitairs, hard tack and Green
backs. One Of these rights is, that We have
voice in the selection of the next President
OF the United States. The politicians are now
pulling and arranging the wires of their po-
litical machinery, narshaling their strength
for tho coming political, National battle Of
next fall. We must meet them with their
own weapons! If ws have right to defend
the majesty Of our laws with sword and bay.
onst. We have the Same right to defend them
at the ballot boz. And 40 we have the right
to vote, We have right in the selection Of
candidate who will represent our views and
interests. To this end We soldiers in each
regiment Of our armies should organize our.
selves into political bodies and interchange
views As to who We shall support ~ "TAs
Soldiers" candidate for the next Presidency.
And as our society 10 composed Of mem.
bers from many Of the Regiments here in the
Geld, we ought to take the initiasery step
l propose that We resolve ourselves into
committee of the whole, and nominate some
good honest man for our candidate, who is
in favor Of pressing the rebels to the wall,
even to the extirmination Of slavery. This
is what we want. Slavery has been the only
blot on the bright eseutchcn Of our national
history. Slavery was the direct cause Of thu
war. Mono 50 well understand this ~ va
soldiers do. If ever lasting domestic peace
is to bless our Nation, slavery must be tsrece-
abolished in the different States To this end
We must elect man who will work for this
the abolition Of slavery.
In examining the.record Of our political lead.
ers We cannot find ono with less uasarnish-
ed one than that Of our present Preside Mt
Old Abe. He is President in whom all
may trust. In sll his proceedings to crush
cut tho rebellion he has had only one thing
in view-an honest and true discharge of his
duties as President of great and powerful
Republic. Every step taken in his admins.
trstion has been taken for tho good Of our
country. In his acts no has not courted pop
ularity, but has done his duty with single.
ness Of purpose worthy Of . Washington
He is the right man in the right place. Let
as keep him there. Major General Grant is
our General, and . good one. Would We
exchange him for anothers No, I say not
Grant has full confidence in Abe, and Abe in
him. Then let Us keep them in their respect.
i've places.
President Lincoln's reelection will strike
terror in the wavering ranks Of the rebel
hosts. Sooner than continue the war for an
other four years, they will desert tho rebel
leaders and sue to US for peace on any terms.
They are now only holding out in hopes that
there will be change in the Administration
and that some one will be elected who will
allow them to come back to the Union with
their Peculiar Institution slavery. Let
US show them that this hope of theirs is a
delusiye one.
Then, the reelection of the President (Abe)
will have salutary effect on foreign nations.
The present private aid from foreign powers
will cease also all talk of foreign recogni-
ton and Intervention. The last lingering
hopes Of rebeldom will be crushed to the
ground, and with them the hopes Of foreign
powers that our nation would be severed, and
liberty--(the death doom of tyranny)-be
crushed. 1t WAS not the 10000, 900 dollars
that Napoleon was after in his invasion of
Mexico, but foothold on American soil, on
which he can engraft tho iron heel of foreign
despotic tyranny. If our nation had been
severed, its power destroyed and monarchy
securely established over Mexico, then the
vulture's eyes would have wandered to the
several parts of our land, and feasted itself
At the expense Of cur dscayed strength. On
the action Of US soldiers much depends. In
our hands is the balance Of power,-lst US
make precious use o: il. Nay more, We
are the governing power. In our hands rests
the future destiny Of the nation. The infu.
ence We WELD is greater than that Of any
class of citizens Of the United States. True,
some Of the States do not give US soldiers the
right 10 vote, yet BY our influence va can
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