The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-12-28

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aArgRpAY DECEAEEn -, ASA.
1--WE TOLD Iou se;-
If.h~s i an ope hing u. xhisA ia.
eeesssiss organs Of the North excel, il is 10
he sssser 81 prophecy. Nothing that the,
ssks more delight in, than in onisocsly
essskins, II every nsw eonpiisatios OF the
aGsirs Of .he Unios-" We told yea so!'
when (immed;aseIy after the Presidential
s.ec,i5p) South Caro'ina licked oas" Of
the Federal traces, there ueos up ao aimsss
us;versai cry from the defeated party
eve told you sd" This cry vas repeat
"a. % State after State went out-bus
ssoving g fainter and fsinter, STILL" until
the bsmbardasns =. n. Sumter showed the
greater poriirn Of those who bad been
"making sas uslkin ring " uith this cry
cha, ..-ere wss no use Of farther erininasion,
Ard that 10 .choipg this serseless cry, they
had been doing their country rreparsbie
mischief, continually.
Bat, Of the defeated party, there are fe"
left, Who cling, with the tenacisy Of bull
dog, 10 the practice Of repeating this claim
90 the gift Of prophecy, until every person
Of observation has incon.ioently been forced
20 the conclusion, that VIVA. they utter is
their
-a sn,y stock and stare,
Caught FROM sorae unhappy master, whom uninssssu'
yale~ea fast AMI followed faster. ssii his song ons
TN The asrges u his Hase that msanehoy burden bore
OF -" We told VOC 80 "
These men are generally denominased
sece.sicnis,s- an speculation their conduct
proves is nowise misapplied. Under thu
plea that this war might have been avoided
and by continually asserting that the Ab-
olst,onis,s are the sole cause OF the troubles
that now environ the Nation-thsy fully, il
not directly, justify the South in taking up
arms agains, the Government. There is no
end 10 their dia,ribes agains: the Abolition
ists-assaults, in part, justly mer,ted-bat
not one word Of condemnation Tor those
natural allies Of the Abolitionists-the
Southern Disunionists, and their Northern
sympa,hixers. The Abolitionists arc re-
spousible for all the ills that betids the Ma
tion SAY these Northern Sececsionisss.-
Tho inference 10 plain and palpable,
from these premises, that the Southern reb-
els are fighting purely in self-defense, and
81, therefore, jus,i6sble.
The Abolisiouisss brought on the var,
and, II We are TO believe the Northern Sc
cessionists, they ore now eDdeavoring to
depose the constituted authorities Of the
Nssioo--by some sleight-of-hsnd, or other
in order to attain the end for which they
instituted this war-namely, the abolition
Of slavery! That this 10 the course the
Abolitionists intend to pursue, there can DO
no doubt, for the Secessionists Of the North
say so--and they are pos.ed-fully, accord.
ing to their own admissions-in oil the Won
dsrful Installations Of tho Abolitionisfs !
Why, these Northern SecessioDists predict
ed, months ago, that unless Mr.. LINCOLN
shoulj conform to the wishes Of the Abo-
itionis,s, nothing but the rallying OF the
Democratic Party to his support, would
preserve his official head from being cut Cd
4" iu,irely," by the Abolitionists. Weknev
nothing Of this wonderful prophecy, until
q day OK two since. Some remarks made
lately by man named Lovejoy-a recent
sersuads of a man named Lane-and the
writing Of . letter by man living in Min
nesota, named Crary-havs been the cause
Of snlishssnipS Us, and bringing again be-
fore our optical organs those words which
fos from and are dear to every Secession
iss-bus which long since palled upon the
ear and sight Of every loyal man" We
told you sol"
Lovejoy, dssiss! Crazy, break your pen
Lane, depar: from the vcinage Of men that
have emusic in their souls - Else Presi.
dent Lincoln will be upheld in supporting
the Constitution, BY the Democracy of the
Marion . In which cass there would be none
TO condemn the Administration, except the
Absl,sisnis,s and the Secessionists--ths
only parties or classes Of men that have
sounded notes Of dscord. eince the bonn.
bardmens Of r.. Sumter.
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