The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-12-07
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER !, 1861

thrown ont Of employment. luear.l Even
my friend, Mr.. Wood, willfecl il, 10 the ab.
seoce Of orders from the .hipyards ct the
North. Hear, hear. and laaghser.l / have
listened with earnes;ness 10 the bold words
Of Mr.. Morse. Iuee: him ts-ni.hs for the
6rss time. and congratulate, az last, our
people at having lire Consul to represent
hem in Landan. lCheers.l We have
had enough Of dead men, God knows Hear
Ills Union sentiments are refreshing. New
we shall have no more TREASON Matching ia
the American Consulaies 10 Engiaed. Ills
predecessor was baying muske,s all the
time-so il vas at Liverpool, ard so was il
with the French Embas<y-she Gag was out
ragged, the Consuls and tho Ministers are
guilty Of high treason, and should suffer the
doom of traitors.
No man dared to speak outun,il the Rus
sian ambassador arrived. I endorse every
word Of Cassius NJ. Clay, and wish all our
representatives we're equally national l.
say welcome cur new Consul, and give
him cordial shake Of the hand over his
brave, bold words FOR the land love and
yoa too, my eloquent friend from Georgia,
whose name shall not go into the papers,
for would not have your children who re-
main in the State suffer for your love Of the
Union-you, too, are welcome for your
honest defence Of the Nation. You have
assonished many present by your graphic
description of n!fsrs at ths South. knew
that the Southern couns-y was full OF Union
men who will spring around the flag the
moment our forces land in Savannah. Yes,
and caeers.l Secession in your part Of the
country is fashionable; no wonder the fair
Southern ladies are enraged; for a!l their
crinoline was used up long aso, and they do
not make il in the South. ILaushtsr1 How
cau they be out of fashionl They believed
that Mrs. Dav;e would hold levces in Wash
ington; they believed that Mr.. Walker
would raise the traitors flag upon the capi
toi but when the Truth breaks upon them,
what u sensation Of shame awaits them for
| il must be a terrible thing to rsa ize that
they have been the wives and daughters and
sisters Of those who have made red 80 many
battle fields. II looks to me, am sorry TO
say, as though the rebellion was nearly dead,
the war nearly over. [oh.] Iwantitts
last another year. lOh, aud mol want
England and Europe to know Us better, and
another years war will best explain our
| strength. have policy Of my own
Away with free trade these distracted days.
Let England have her own laws. and let
America have hers. You may not agree
with me-few people Neutrality-suspicious.
nevertheless have opinions, and will CT
press them, even if the distinguished arch
, angel who got put out Of Court on memo
rnble occasion had his carriage at the door.
| tChecrs ant laughter.
Here is my platform: Take Japan and
China for model; that il, live a few years
by ourselves; lcheers clap an export duty
| on our cotton and tobacco, and double the
Morrill, tariff. Oh. and no, no.. Destroy
| the port OF Charieston--make n Sebastopol
OF its forts and block up it's channels, and
give Beaufort or Savannah all its commerce.
Partition the State and inkblot her name
| out Of the map. Hear.l Build the Pacific
railroad and establish line Of swift steam
ers between San Francisco and China
Make New York the stock market Of the
| world. Establish military schools: have n
decent army-it looks respectable when
you want a review. [Laughter.1 Augment
the navy, and give Spain hammering for
her impudence in landing in st. Domingo.
/ [Hear.1 Wait till she gets into Mexico, un-
der the guarantee Of France and England,
and gets the military roads built; then let
the Northern and Southern army close up
and take Cuba as dependency, and carry
out the Monroe doctrine. Hear, hear.]-
We want more room. Laughter.) We are
getting crampcd and crowded, and we must
have an outlet for the rush of emigrants
that will pour into the country when we de-
clare peace. Put a discriminating duty on,
shutting out English goods, If England
continues to side with the rebels.
DON'T &c, alarmed, gentlemen. you know
it is all fun. Loud laughter. You know
you call mo eccentric, and must keep up
the delus!on. [lIear, hear, and laughter
England has slept in the middle Of the bed
long enough! loud laugh,er.] The times
are changing. The speck on the horizan is
already bigger than an OK cart. Laughter
The fires of free opinions have been smouI-
deripg in Europe for nearly fifteen years.
Poor Poland is in sackcloth and ashes -
Hungary sleeps axakingy. End will shortly
spring upon the enemy's camp, when Ca
prera's chief will land in Venice. France
groans under discorded commerce and
diseased finance. Europe has enough to
| look after without troubling herself with
America. Let America lock her gates for
a while-economize-buy up foreign fab
rics-iive within hcrself-manufacturc her
own cotton, and take the profit we have SO
| long given to England. Our strength is
shown by this contest. Six hours of such
rebellion would have changed dynasty
/ in France; six days in Austria, or Prussia,
/ or SPAIN SIX weeks without Ministry
| would capsise the English Constitution, but
after six months Of preparation America be-
gins to show her strength.
1t was clever move Of The President in
/ this great national game Of ch ss,to give up
Fort Sumter-always give n castle to check
mate your opponent. [Iicar, hear.l The
/, Cabinet have done nobiy; Seward upheld
! our foreign relations and proved the man
/ we knew he was. SO has Chase; and Welles,
with his 500 ships Of war, armed to the
/ teeth; and Cameron, too, with his 100000
| fighting men. Hear, and cheers.1 ldon's
believe the reports Of correption IN the de-
partment.; they are circulated by rebel
spies and enemies Of the country. have
| faith in Seward, and Cameron, and Welles,
and Chase, know the President 10 an honest
man. loud cheer..1 like the strong
measures of the Administration. In times
| like these, one cannot do things too firmly.
| Act first and apologize afterward-strain q
point in the Constitution, il necessary, .
patton over with the spies-down with the
/ ,raitorous women - down with the vile
/ hordes who infest the country with their
| treason-macadami1s Fort Lafayette with
the best bones Of the land, il the, crystal
! ICED into patricides.
The civil wsr is nothing when country
/ is to be ssved- Give Us martial law
overheard with the Habeas Corpus Act apd
command obedience With the sword and the
gallows. Yes. gentlemen, to put down ,rea-
son would put on the thumb screw. Out
with the gu,llotine-rsise the inquisition
| and enforce the Law. at whatever cost Of
men or money. Break up the rrinting
press-shus the mouth that dares to breathe
| against the "Arms II the Constisnsion."--
Who thinks Of saving brush end cnmb,
/ sponge And towel, when the house is in
6smesT Who etors for oys.coas and ear.