Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

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In the struggle of 1912 God was will
the nation, success crowned her arms
and the sons Of the Pilgrims were
permitted to catch Goldfish In the wa,
ters adjoining the country which ir
the name Of God they had defended
Thongh the country had thus been
blessed, yet unfortunately we had
preserved an element OF discord
There was dark stain upon the na.
tion's flag. It was asked, how far
shall liberty extend? It had long
since been asked, Who shall be free,
enthusiastically, politically, cieiiy. II
had been asked. May a man of Het.
rodox faith be free? But at length
we out-grew that In New England
and Virginia, and let conscience die.
tate I'm matters of faith, and when
the Constitution was formed, an ar.
ticle was placed there forever guar.
anteeing religious freedom. But oil
civil freedom we sternly asked, may
the tawny Indian or Swarthy African
be free? What tinge of color should
form the boundry line between free
dom and bondage? That was the
great question and 1t shook the ma.
tion from centre to circumference
Acts were passed revolving to free-
dom, and the Chief Justice of the ma.
ton made in the Dred Scott case for
NAL, but strange decision. The low
ers OF liberty, were astonished, and
1t was asked, Ia freedom to become
sectional, and oppression national,
The oppressed of the land mourned
and wept,
A Christian negro In Virginia, saw
the decision In newspaper, he went
to the prayer meeting, and after en-
gaging I'm prayer, he rose and said |:
My broders 1 feels very bad, de
Chief Justice of de nation has said
dat de colored man has no rights dat
lie white man, boun to respect yes
sab !! here II Is, now / feels very bad,
and he held up his paper and placed
his finger upon IL, and then tnrned
his eyes toward Heaven, and exclaim-
ed, See dare Lord Dare's de very
words, no rights, de white man boun
to respect! I" Now Lord / appeals y
That appeal come from a very hum
BILE source, but he was not alone,
nearle 100000 of his brethren In
bondage appealed with him, a popu-
lation, greater than the colonies pos
sessed, when In the days Of the Rev
olution, the American banner was
carried victoriously over the chival-
rous hosts Of Britain. God had heard
the prayer Of the 100000 then,
should his ear be heavy now? God
heard their prayer. The scriptures
were literally fulfilled. The cries
of the laborer hath entered into the
ears of the Lord of Sabbath" That
appeal was in the Court of Heaven,
sustained, and remanded back to
earth for trial, not to the State Courts,
they had no jurisdiction and were
dissolved, not to the Supreme Court
over which Justice Tanney presided
that was powerless, but to the
highest Court known TO a nation,
the Court of Arms. IL was to be
tried on the field, aud we saw the
sons of the nation gather from the
east and from the west, from the
north and from the south, aud crowd
the gates of death as they would
rally around festal board. the trial
was fierce, and when I'm the midst of
the strife voice was heard as In
ancient days, calling from the Hea-
vens Abrahaml Abraham!' The
noble Christian hearted Lincoln res
sponded Behold here am H. "Lel
Dy people go was the mandate ol
Heaven. moved by thespiritof justice,
yet feeling the pressure of the hour,
he issued the renowned 100 day Proc
lamation, the battle went on, and II
was unheeded. When i'm fullness OF
the time, he obeye6 the Heavenly
mandate, and issued the Immortal
Emancipation Proclamation. Still
the conflict ragged, but wherever the
Union armies trod, liberty was pro-
claimed to the captive the red
sword of battle, drawn TO serve the
life strings Of the nation, dripping
with Patriotic blood from point to
hilt, was still suspended. Stout
hearts all over the nation grew faint
aud weary, ard IL was asked, has God
forsaken the natloL2 How will the
battle turn? L. this the end OF Lib
erty? When In the fullness OF time
the sword fell Gods eye was upon it,,
and instead of severing the life cord
OF the nation, God veered Ii a little
to the right and and 1t severed the
chain that bound 1900, 900 of human
beings, their bands fell off, they
sprang to their feet free men. and the
Presidents Proclamation before us
to day says our "soil Is trod by none
but freemen.r Let US offer praise to
God. The stain is wiped off from
our flag, and as Ii floats over the
world, it challenges the admiration
Of the nations, more than that of
any other country, because 1t Is the
representative of Freemen, from a
land of Freedom, and strangers I'm
other lands have hailed its coming
with tears of joy-appreciated and
kissed IL.
We have entered upon o new ma.
tional life. The partition WALL has
beer torn down, and now there is no
North nor South, East nor West, but
our country is one and indivisibIe.
God has prospered us. 1t was the
opinion Of the founders Of the Re.
public that It would require 100 years
to advance the settlement to the Mis-.
sissippi river. Now look at these
States west Of that river, all the way
to the Pacific coast, among which ID
our own. Whatever there Is OF all
these, Is just so much I'm advance oi
the most tiattering expectations OF
those wise men, and then look ut our
intended improvements. These
States are covered as IL were, with
roads of commerce. The Pacific II.
r.. of which our fathers never
dreamed, crossing our own State,
wedding ocean to ocean, binding the
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