The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-11-11
Not Beaten!

No not beaten, Dem ncratsi We have
only not won We nave moved upon the
enemy's works" but have faihd tie carry
them. But we are not routed, thank G0Dl
Our lines are unbroken, our spirit unSubdu-
ed. our courage "a high as tverl We are
still great arm, of NJ arly three millions Of
men. with nothing lost in the present cam
raign, and the same objects to contend for
that we have just failed TO win.
The fight goes Onl Ii must 90 onl We
cannot give il upl This broad eontin mt,
baptized in the blood of the martyrs who
made us free, and which was thereby not
only dedicated as an inheritance nf-fieedon
to their po-ttrity, but left Us a free will of
icring to all Others Of their own high, cad
ing governing race, of whatever natr'nal'>
ty. who should become in rporated into
the citizenship of the r pl lie, cannot be
surrendered to despotic m ary rule, and
made the home of a mong lied, deba-ed,
low Drowned race of political slavesl
No. neverl By the Heavens above us
and the blood soaked, sacred soil beneath
our feet. this shall never b.! We are still
men! We come of a stock which spurn,
the chain and defes the tyrant
Then stand to your arms, white men O
the cause is not lost! You are still as great
as stroH as eveil You have still coun
try homes, children! Liberty, in Grains
still beckons you to her rescue! God OF ou
fathers! can we hold back from such ;
solicitation? Can we give over the struggle
while freedom is denied Us? Shall one hal
the Union be surrendered to African bar
baism, and the whole to the tyrant's sway!
Will we become the willinr slaves OF mon
ey kings, and learn to speak.
I'm bondman's key,
With 'bated breath and Whispering hum BILE
ness
Perish the thought! Trample on the sug
gestion, and curse the source from which i
comes. The grand, heroic, old Democratic
party, ever the party of the country, of th'
Constitution, of Liberty! is not dead, 1t
work is not done its glory is not dimmcd
its scepter is not for ever departed! Borl
with II .pIblic, ever true to it, bearing
| it onward in its strong arms, and guiding /
by its enhghtt ned and patriotic counsels TO
seventy years. in honor, freedom, prosperity
and greatness, it is the only historical part.
of the country, it is the only gurdian of th'
Constitution; it is the only hope OF Liberty
Ii cannot die aAd the Republic livcl The.
| re DOUDu III u CUluUluu IuiG,
linked in common history!
Then to the Democracy of the Union
we say, dishand not, lay not down you
arms, retire not from the field from whlc
the. en- my has failed to drive you, but hol'
fast to your lines, put your array IN order
lock well to the condition Of yonr arms
keep your powder dry and still face an
press the toe Renew the fight and kee
it red hot Let every man feel that he
enlisted for the war, and resolve that tn
war shall never end until the foe be cor
quered, and freedom be wonl
Remember that 1t is battle for life ! Fc
the life of the Republic Aye, and for th
lives of your children, who, if we do ne
save them, will perish in bonds The
pluck up resolution, and make the fight 9
desperate as the case is urgent. BE ever
man hero, with but one thought--to saw
his country and make it again ''the land {
tho Tree
mo fearing, no doubling, thy soldier sha
know,
When here stands her country, and yondt
her foe;
One look at the bright sun, one prayer
the sky,
One glance where where our banner fioa
glorious on high,
Then on, as the young lion bounds on Ii
prey,
, Let the sword flash on high, fling the sea-
bard away;
Roll on like the thunderbolt over the plai
, We come back in glory, or come not again