The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-11

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1Hx WAR MADE on ora CIVILIZATION.
II viii forever remain ine1pliesbie ana
arszing that the people OF the Sousneln
S.a,es-perhaps il were better 10 say 'as
leaders or ans number OF men gfea.
80 control any one OF thsm-snensa
make actual war on the cfsIh1aiioh =.
North. This is WHIST they have oone. a. "a.
Not content with following 8 a.H ersas psn-
ev for themselves, and ceDtendins Tor aas
ascesdancy Of that ToiicT 10 the genera
eonns,,s by legal and toierabls means, .aey
have undersaken to drive as into It's acop-
,icu BIZ opsn warfare, The whole country
msss We'd 10 South Carolina and MIssis-
strri. or take up arms 10 defense. ias!s
IL 10 neutrality permitted. The genera.
governments mus. be theirs OF Il mrsi be ae-
st.ovsi. |; musE be n3dslsd AFTER lne
South Carolina pattern, or cease 10 exist
They d. 10. propose 10 stop a, nan Hea-
sares even, but viii uaTca on washington
the momea: that such raid promises 70 DC
susess,fuI. Theg are as restless and . g
rreasire az Mohamnedan pEopogaadisis,
and all who do DOT accept slavery as me
corner stone OF social and political insii-
sasious, mus. be pG. 10 the sword Il saey
bear rule.
TIE world will see with amazsmeas this
assault Of half barbaric policy on the
strongest, the most free and prosperous
people If the age. IL differs but IN degree
from the thousand pFecedents Of aggression
b. reckless, desperate and really weak bands
up0n the higher and stronger States near
,aeln. They assail Us because cur cities
are populoas. our agricultural disiricts
crowded and rich. Oar States are, taxing
canal areas, ten times NJ strong and FIcu as
theirs, and because of-this peaceful and
superior development they are mad With
rage. We must yield our industry, destroy
cur manufactures, degrade our labor, and
become such as they are, or be assatlei.-
They demand the control Of cur affairs as
the sole condition Of peace. Incy must
haze all the benefits Of the national organi-
ration, vet they will bear none Of It's bur-
IDEAS. II the pahIIc debt accumuiates they
viii secede long enough to avoid payment.
They are for Inv when others are TO be co.
creed to their views, but against law the
moment it affects themselves.
To prevent us from making any further
resistance to thier will, they have 1t last
opened actual war, war which they viii
prosecute vigorously, too, if We give them
reasons to believe that We are not strong
and decisive enough to put their violence
down at once. As ii to tempt them to the
last degree of boldness 10 all this, have had
extraordinary good fortune in possessing
themselves Of the arms and property Of the
general government. Traitors IN the Cab
met aided them as treason was never aide!
before. Arms aud war material were
thrown into their hands without limit and
they were tempted TO seize everything on
their own territory because facilities to per-
petuate such outFages were deliberately
placed in their hands, and because of the
protractea incredibly Of the body Of peace
loving citizens as 10 their real intentions.
But having got all this, and having begun
the war in contest where a hundred were
opposed to one, and where, therefore, they
gained what they called victory, what are
they to gain in the end? Where can they
meet the force now reused to sustain the
government? They have no feet. They
cannot keep "A single port open to commerce.
They cannot control water area large
enough to build ship in. With an expos
ed coast line Of thousands of miles, and an
inland frontier equally extended, their power
exists everywhere by the forbearance of our
power. We have no wish to assail them
when they cease to be rebels but one move
ment of theirs across the frontier, or in the
attitude Of aggression on any non-seceded
State, will bring rs the immediate recoi the
possession of half their territory by our
forces. An attempt at what they have so
long threatened, which their bucchneering
President now Invites in the way of priva-
teering, will bring signal vengeance on the
port from which the privateer shall come.
II Mobile engages IN the outrage, We will
destroy the city, If that be necessary to stop
it. No: one of the ports of the Gulf or
Atlantic coasts within the seeded States
Will be permitted to become Il nest Of pirates
on our commerce, and an effort by JEFF.
Davis TO make them such Will ultimately
cost him bis head.
In all tina; concerns the future Of this
struggle it must be remembered that north
crn resources are almost unlimited. The
draft Of -, eco men might be doubled to
morrow, and it would be answered in n
month. Not less than q hundred thousand
men have already been rendered, whenever
they shall be wanted. The support of this
great army is an easy thing, a matter al
ready provided for by voluntary Offering. 1t
requires no forced loans, and no appeal to
reluctant nancy market. In the war the
enemies Of the republic have forced on us
We can raise a banded millions without the
least d !aicultv, as the events OF three short
days must have proved. Indeed, the action
Of the people of these loyal States is ma
JesEjt Ia il enthusiasm, noanmity aud force
III everything 1t has been called npon to
d.. The people who have been revilei and
Jesrf$ed hv the seccssonisfs are 10 flush
OF excited determination, not to crush out
home trr1son. fur none such dare breathe, |
bus 10 crush out treason in every part of the
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