Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-10-17

could give this nation greater JOY than
peace, but the time has not yet come.
Our independence is not yet secured,
aud if We would bring the war to an
end, peace could not be lasting. The
miserable doctrine Of State sovereign
ty must be blottcd ont, the cause of
our sorrows must be removed ere we
can have rest.
As to success, I have not much
hope of it until we are right with God.
We have expected mastery, but have
not received it, and we have reason to
believe that God is allowing us to be
beaten to briug us into the right posi-,
ton. One or two more defeats, and
we shall be obliged to come to Eman-
cipatiom as stern military necessity.
This idea is very unpopular yet, but
in twelve months it will be the de-
mand Of the whole, of all classes and
parties in the loyal States. We have
Only to wait it is question Of time,
and time brings strange changes.
Why, only seven months ago acar
was unpopular. 1t was gravely said
in flannel Hall that we would not
fight He who said war would come
and blood would flow, was ridiculcd
as an abolitionist But the change
has come, and war is the most popu-
lar of themes. Six months ago, any
sympathy for poor, unfortunate, insane
John Brown, would have met with
severe condemnation, but since then
Regiments of soldiers have gone
through the streets Of Boston singing
hallelujahs to John Browns memory,
while women waved their handkher.
chiefs, and old men wept with sympa.
thy. All that is wanted to make
emancipation popular is time, and in
our day time moves fast, revolutions
hurry on, the great world is on the
run. The idea of emancipation is a
little way ahead of us--wc shall over.
take it in less than twelve months.
Those who to-day are gravely shak-
ing their heads, as if the thing was
an absurdity, will then be riding it
Jchu-like. Men who are begging us
not to mention it in the pulpit, will
claim the honor of its invention.
And now what shall we do? Get
right with God, then take up the loan
and fill up the army. Let party con-
sidcrations be be ignored, let men who
foster party strife feel the disapproval
of all true patriots. Let all feel an
invincible determination to sustain
the Government, though it consume
the resources of the country for cen.
tury. Let the Governor Of this State
say to the Federal Government
You can have from Massachusetts
all the money and men you want to
sustain the Constitution, defend the
flag, and restore the Union but not
doiiar Of money. not a drop Of blood for
slarery'
Oh would it not be glorious to come
out Of this conflict with the only stain
on our free flag erased, with terrific.
ry embracing 100000 square miles,
on which not slave could be found :,
the plantations of the South converted
into great manufacturing villages,
furnishing employment to thousands
of industrious white people! And the
time will come. Jehovah is at work
bringing about his mighty purposes.
Whatever may happen to the old ship
Union, let her be under the same Con-
stitution and the same banner. Clear
the deck of traitors and slaves, pipe
all hands to duty, strike up the music
under which we have 80 often march.
ed to victory:
" Nail to the mast the holy flag,
Set every threadhare sail
Then give her to the God Of storms,
The lightning and the gale
She will outride the storm, and at
length the stars and stripes will wave
where now floats the bastard FLAG of
treason, from Boston to New Orleans,
from Faneuil Hall to the Gulf of
Mexico.