The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-10-29
DESULTORY PARAGRAPHS.
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awakening the dormant faculties of intsllect
and calling forth the ncbler impulses Of til
heart, giving Ere to tbse nerve and strength
to the arm of nation, there is, perhaps.
no human power more potent than music
Ever since the foundation Of the world,
when the I" morning starr sang together y
it has been one of the great controlling
influences which have moulded the destiny
of man. 1t refnes, it elevates, it sweeps
chords in millions of human hearts that
thrill to the touch Of no other power; and,
dead, dead, indeed, must that mans soul be
who sees in music no elements of enligbt-
eminent and progress, adapted to the moral
and intellectual necessities Of the Great
West. Msthinks that from the hills, the
valleys, and the prairies Of this boundles'
region, from millions Of appreciative hearts
there comes yelling up the honest avowal,
We know its power, We know its worth, and
We are giving it place side by side with
these other great Institutions on which are
based the independence and the very exist
ence of our Republic. If Council Bluffs
has not sufficiently fostered the musical
talent within it, in the infancy Of its efforts,
it is now atoning for the negligence Of the
past, by a generous appreciation of that
talent improved and developed as it is. 1t
seems but yesterday when our SAKE Horn
Band was organized, but its members have
so assiduously cultivated their native powers
that they are already recognized by our
sister cities, and by awide extent OF country
around US, as the leaders in that department
of musical science. Strangers who meet
them once, acknowledge their superior skill,
and praise thor genial qualities; but, here,
at homo, their fellow citizens know them
not simply as band of musicians, who ever
and anon, with mellow strains, wake the
slumbering genii in our echoing dells, but
as company, Of young men. whose lntelll-
gence and manly qualities, independent Of
their musical skill, endear them to host
of friends. Who that knows their history
does not esteem them for their afectionate
attentions to those of their number who are
occasionally PROSTATE on beds OF sickness
and suffering; and, who has forgotten how
thev watched over their beloved leader, as
he gradually faded away, and smoothed his
dying pillow with their self sacrificing de-
votion? For these qualities Of the heart,
our citizens esteem and love them; and, for
these, in connection with their excellence,
as musical performers, they are justly proud
Of them.
Now that the mystery which so long hung
over the fate af Sir John Franklin and his
gallant crew, is cleared up, and the heroic
devotion of Lady Franklin in a measure re-
warded by the melancholy satisfaction of
certainty, instead of that fearful doubt
which was wearing her life away, we hope
there will be no more of those Polar expe-
dition.. Lives enough have already been
sacrificed in them upon the altar Of philo-
sophical ambition. The gain to the world
has never been, and probably never will be,
commensurate with the outlay of talents and
heroism and life; and, we trust, that in the
future, speculative minds will find some
other project for testing their idle theories.
than that of sending brave men to perish
amid the crashing iceberss and interminable
SHOWS of that frightful region.