Year: 1862

since ended-it is by the sword, the bul
let and the bayonet that this nationa
difficulty is to be settled. We have 9
cunning and powerful foe with which tc
contend-he is in fearful earnest, and
has been all the whilc-the die is cast
the Government must be preserved. l,
may cost millions of blood and treasure
but We must conquer. The world is
looking with anxious hearts to the resul,
ofthis war, the prayers of the down-trod
den portion Of the Old World are a ccnd
ing to God for the preservation of this
Uniou-this hope Of the world. al
things else sink to insignifcance compar
cd with the tho solution of this problem
Parry lines and partisan feelings shoulo
be swallo'ced up in patriotism. In thi:
connection | must say that am sorry tt
see men in Illinois forget their country
for their party. While your brother.
are falling in their countrys service like
leaves of autumn before the wintery
blast; while their bones are bleaching
beneath a summer sun; while tho nation
is suffering throes of agony, and crying
for help, you are wrangling over conven-
tions and candidates. In the name of
God, fellow citizens, cease this clamor,
turn politics over to old men and women,
and rally like true soldiers to the stand
ard of your country. was once poll
tician, but SO help me God, I will never
sheathe my sword for courtly halls or
civil honors until my country is saved
from the bloody tornado that is desolat
ing the farcst land on earth-never un.
til the old Gag floats in triumph from ev,
cry hill top on Columbia's soil. These
are my politics, and all there is in the
army at Jackson. Indeed, | am surpris
ed to find men talking of anything else


Your country calls for aid, and it needs
1t now 1t will accept voluntary assist
ance if it can get it; if not, men will be
forced into the ranks There are many
reasons why men do not 60 to war, and
very few why some men should not 60 -
Frlvulous reasons are often given for not
volunteering, but the most powerful rea
son is, they do not aoant to go' When I
hear man say he will 60 only with a
certain man, or in certain company or
regiment, or that be will not go into an
old regiment, or that he will not 60 with
out an Office, feel sure there is some
thing wrong about that mans heart lie
don love his country as he should Your
country needs you now worse than at any
other time, and if you want to 90 into
the service you can find no better or more
honorable place than in an old regiment
Why object to filling the pieces of the
brave boys who fell at Belmont, Donel
son, or Shiloh, whose bodies sleep in sol
contaminated by the footsteps of reb Is
In sickness or in health, in the camp OF
on the battle field, the best place for the
young soldier is by the side of the yete-
ran.


But there are some who say, 81 can't
So-shis is war 70 free Mr n,INgers.''-
This charge is not worth attention. but,
although no such object is contemplated
in the prosecution of this war, yet the
negroes are getting free pretty fast. 1t
is not done by the army, but they are
freeing themselves, and if this war con
tinues ive years not slave will be left
/ in the whole South. Now, let me say to
those who are anxious about the interests
of slavery, if you wish slavery to con,,n-
ue, join the army and help US to whip
out the rebels quick, and there will prob
ably be few old s,umps left; ifnot, then
slavery must so. Now, my principles
on the question are, if the master is en-
gagged in the attempt to overthrow this
government, take the lives of our people
and desolate our homes, and the slave
gets free, its none of my business. 1t is
a family quarrel in which | shall not in
tcrtere If the question was presented
to me as to which should live, the Unior
or slavery, | would say the Union with
my latest breath. The Union is wortl
everything If the sacrifice of million
of men was necessary to the salvation Of
this Government, and nothing else wouIc
save it, and | was the arbter of its des
tiuies, | would consign the million tc
death-and die with them.


| am for a vigorous prosecution of this
war-to do this We must have men, and
luousauus VI tlclu IL HcCtssdIy, WO u
call out every sble bodied man in the
loyal States turn the Government over
to our mothers, wives and daughters. |
would give those who wanted to 20 an
opportunity, and those who did not wan,
to 60, would make an opportunity for
them. would make them fight for the
Government. | would stretch the army
from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mount
aims, and with fixed bayonets and in sol.
id phalanx l would give the order "For.
| ward, march ~ to the Gulf of Moxico.-
Every man met, who was willing to
/ fight Cor the Government, l would place
a musket in his hands, let him fall into
the ranks, and to every one who did not
| would give the order, "Doube quick
time, march !" | would drive every ono
of them before me, and those who would
not submit, when we reached the South,
ern boundary line. would pitch head
and heels into the Gulf.


LAWS OF IOWA.


CHAPTER 80.