St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-09-13
Communication.
For the st Charles City Intelligencer
1.-THE Tue of War;"

l. III uS VI W III
Mr.. EDITOR In view of so many
and formidable parties arranged on
the political battlefield of the present
campaign, it would seem, at first
sight, that the Republicans have an
insnrmountable task to perform, to
work their way through a political
labyrinth, so complex in itself, and
yet, in all its parts concentrating
with an equally hostile power against
the cause of Freedom Were it sim
gle issue they had to meet, and were
the combat to consist of single
handed fight, the great mountain dit
ficulty of triumph now indicated,
would seem to dwindlc, comparative
ly, to mole-hll.
But the formidableness Of this array
of political organizations is far great
cr in show than in substance besides
this, as the Republicans throughout
the Union are unit, in fact, all Sec
ing eye to eye, and all working to
the same rule, under one and the
same great leader the numerous
and warning factions under the spc-
cious significance of organizations, of
their opponents, can the more easily
be disposed Of, than, as though, like
the Republicans, they were all united.
, and were concentrating their full
: action to one and the same point.
This, to the Republicans, and, indeed,
to the country, is most fortunate
circumstance. The Republicans have
only to "mnd their cyc"-and victo-
~ will be sure to turn on their side.
But though this last position is
great practical truth in the premises,
it should by no means prove a cause
of our relaxing our energies. The
D.; truth that the Republican cause will
: triumph, it must be borne in mind, IS
u contingent one, contingent entirely
/ upon the untiring cxcrtion Of tic
y party.
y There is another great truth, how
4 ever, connected with this question,
: which is, that the in case the RepuU,i-
}. cans should relax their energies and
fail of success, the Breckinridge wing
", of the Pro-Slavery party will succeed
q in the election of Lane to the Vice
e Presidency, by the Senate. 1t is
le therefore reduced to certainty that
a. cannot be resisted or disregarded,
. that Lincoln or Lane wII be the nert
n President! Lincoln if zee will all work
m to our utmost ability but if not,
10 Lane. This is as sure as the fates
'c and this being conceded, the Republi-
IS cans can see, in bird's-eye view, the
H. amount of work, and the kind, they
ne have to do.
IL The campaign has already, and
" fully commenced and the armies are
. y martialng their forces to push the
nd battle to its height. The enemies Of
or Freedom are driven to desperation
IT, and are resorting to every possible
~ artitice to rescue their cause from de-
in. feat and eternal annihilation. The
on Republicans have planted themselves S
N, in firm and conspicuous array, and,
W eu formed in deep, and determined con-
as cert, have pledged their fortunes,
all their sacred honors and their lives,
nd never to yield one hair's-brcadth, but
rs to dispute every inch Of ground till
~ ~ the victory is Won! Fully intent are
nd they to wrest the Government from
lar the hands of those tyrants, no less
ay rapacious and cruel than the detcst
able Nero.
re- In order to the accomplishment o
son this work, the several issues of tho
'on Slavery Propagandists, or, rather
ma that great issue in IIydra-hcaded form
'sn is to be met and it's falseness and cor
ion ruptions exposed before the masses
the Tear the mask from off the public
lar vision, and pour upon them th'
ist- streams of light and truth, and the,
m anu have but to see, to embrace. Enlight
a. ~a' enment is all that is needed throurt
as out the free communities to briu
: of them to see eye to eye, and to ARA
esS themselves in one unbrokcn colum
hr against the accelerated strides of IL
ems Slavc-Power.
, in AS each element in the great en-
iod bodiment of Human Freedom has il
,nro ,u corresponding commencement in th
,oln creed of Despotsm; the mere battl
nest cry of Freedom Freedom ! to u