The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-12-05
TIPTON, I0WA--W EDNESDAY. DEC. 5. 1855.

- H'' W iIeitgotanu 10 take on board
hi'y recruits and convey them to England
Those men are to be incorporated in the
battalion OF rifles commanded by Col
Jocelyn. The recruiting agents in the
north OF Germany hare already enlisted a
good number Of men for The formation Of a
tn d battalion Of infantry ofhe line. Two
hundred soldiers o' that battalion have al
ready arrived in the Island, where they
have been placed under the command of
Col. Talbot. This is the fith battalion,
OF 500 men each, the English govern
tnens has been able to raise in The north
1t was believed that during winter, owing
TO the difficulty Of landing with small
/, boats, the recruiting operations would be
suspended until spring, but, orders from
England hare arrired 10 continue them
wih The same activity. and the govern
ment stores in the island have been ac-
cordingly amply supplied with provisions.
The number Of suba,srn officers who have
offered their services 10 obtain commits
sions in the British foreign legion ex-
ceeds the actual wants Of the former. -
, Several Danish soldiers have of late en-
listed, but the great majority of the men
who compose that corps tormer y belong
ed to the dlsbanded army OF Sedleswig
Hostein'
Cousin Johns efforts to maintain his
ground are worthy Of all praise, surely;
but as he assumes airs, Jonathan must
ask him, in relation 10 the business et
getting men to fight if he will nc. for his
own credit. take an observation and draw
All inference.
$50 happened that, year or two ago,
Jonathan needed this same article of MEN
TO enable him to maintain his cause in a
foreign land. He wanted to conquer
Mexico into a peace. lie made u call
to get them! Did h. send recruiting
agents into Denmark aud all over Ger.
many, to sneak INTO petty Dachies, and
besides violating law, there engage cut
throats, the off securing OF mankind, vile
mercenarIes, to come under his banner
and help defend his cause! Say; did
Jonathan think Of proving about Johns
purheus, like thief IN he night, snatch.
ing away. here and there, from mines
and factories, and farms, wretches in 0
state OF semi-b barbagiSn? Why the very
suggestion would nave more stirred Jon.
athan's bile, than would now the whole
Sebaslopol force on his soil aro Sc h:
tear Ne; Jonathan que,ly raised tile
stars aad stripes in different places on hi:
farm, and not Eereiy FIFTY THOUSAND
but FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
FREEMEN voluntarily gathered arount
this glorious and unsulIed banner, anc
what most troubled Jonathan was TO know
how to pick ou, Of so many gaIlan. met
the few he really needed!
Now cousin john Bull, you had bette
stop being grutl and surly an imper,i
nent, aud arrogant, SC, towards iona
= than; and put this fact down in Your not,
book. It's something wo.th considering
John! Roll it all under your tongue
John. Stop crumbhng long enough II
/ ,hInk up to It's fall meaning ard sIgnif
o caace. John. There Is good deal 10 b
/ mferred from this most striking revelation
t OF national power which thss age has seen
= JJhA, You might make forty such ex
h hitltions Of yourself as You have mad
. last year ia tie Cfimea-wc say noIhln:
n about the French feats and lose credl
Il bc.ore the world each time; while the fac
= that half Il miLjoa Of freemsn- eAacsI.
4 such men. John, as paid their respects L
$ you at Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, an
. Yorktown, and New Orleans--yolunteer
+, ed TO 60 out Of their country to fight, tell
4 how Young America would look wit
, arms in his hands. Think Of nation q
Y soyEREIcNs with arms IN their hands
2 John!
Bat this is not aIi--not half of wha
z YOU will do very well to think OF, John
I You are sending few OF your ship
; over here, are YOU! Well, jonathan
It farm is a good deal extended and expos
{ ed. A large portion OF 1t is not fence
= in at all. And you might put five or ill
e ty thousand Of your foreign legion Oh
Il ia many places, say IN order 10 protet
4 Ireland :! Now there is a new probef
g il. political arithmetic which you ma
T. think OF. 1t would not hurt you bit
/, work it out. Ii half million OF ireeme
!. volunteered, in 1916, to leave their pun
suits, and go forth to defend the rights {
/. their country In foreign land, how ma
4 nv. John. would flock around the star
5, and stripes, from every walk IN lie,
0 chastise an inrader OF their nat'ue sou f.
d How long would il be before these thou
r. sand OF invaders would thaw away
!. Again we say, think up, J ohn, to the en-
], ineut gravity Of this question, to the la
1t a million Of rsea fact we have namel
\. and let Jonathan alone.
= The bes, thing Lord Palmers,on ca
e do is to order his fleet right back agar
! Here j, looks saacv. The trades Of th
4 London Times and It's echoes are reall
j, of no account. They are mere gascot
a sde. Who cares for them Too mut
,e consequence has always been attached
Y, such things. This government gun bus
: ness is another affair. But Jonathan
p course is ontpard to his manifest destin
,e and John should strive for grace 10
70 knowledge, that no country IN the Wof
n has derived so much profit from JON
e. ,nan's progress as has Great Britain; ar
Is no country will continue 70 derive OF
\ half the benefit from the sure march
n greatness of these United States. Joh
re don't grumble with your bread and bu
n tar