St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-07-04

a dark and gloomy background. lie
constitutes the chief element of what
is termed Southern wealth, and if
nothing worse happens than the great
deterioration in the nominal value of
slaves which has already occurred,
that will, of itself, prove most scri-
ous misfortune to their owners, and
those who are pccuniarily connected
with them. But while their market
price" has fallen, for thousands profit
able employment cannot be found,
large numbers are running away, and
in how many brains horrible plots are
Matching none can tell but this is
certain, that in some districts fear
full reign of terror prevails among the
white population ; and their own SER
wants strike more terror into their
souls than could an army with ban
ners.
The whole conduct of the Southern
traitors has been that Of highwaymen
and towards, and not what we should
expect from chivalrous soldiers. For
two armies to meet in battle array,
and fight, is manly and honorable.
We feel that those who fall meet the
fate of combat, and even when defeat
comes upon enemies, we still respect
them, for we know that they did all
that brave men could do to gain vic
tory. Warfare is sad necessity, but
when it is marked by treachery and
cowardice it is murder. We had at
least expected from the soldiers of the
Southern States an exhibition of that
chivalrous sentiment, which they pro-
fess to hold, and which is their most
distinguishing characteristic in the
eyes of the world. But instead Of
this, the armies Of the Confederate
States have been carrying on this con-
test in the spirit of an armed and an
cry mob. They burn and murder, and
steal and pcrsecute, but do not fight.
They shoot solitary sentincls in the
dead of night, fire at officers from am
bush, hang men for being true to their
allegiance, tar and feather harmless
pedlers and feeble women, build mask
ed batteries; but whenever there is
an opportunity for honorable warfare
they retreat. They assassinate at Al
exandria, but retreat from Philippi !;
they shoot from ambuscade at Vienna,
but they abandon Harpcr's Ferry /;
they murder when the opportunity Of,
fers, when the chances of war are
rendered them they hastily plundcr,
burn, and steal away.
So far the Southern traitors seem to
have abandoned every feeling of hon
or and humanity, in abjuring their al
legiancc to the Constitution. Their
orators cxhort them to deeds of rapine,
their newspapers glorify assassina-
ton, their preachers minister to the
fierccst passions of mans nature, and
the basest feelings Of bigotry and
fanaticism their generals urge them
to acts of infamay, by bulletins o.
calumny and wrath.
r Where are the gallant natives O
the South-the men Of other days, who
were as honorable as they were brave
the soldiers of Cowpens, New Or
leans, and Beuna Vista, the descend
ants of the companions of Marion,
Jackson, and Taylor-thc men who did
honor to their country and their pro.
fession? How have we fallen In
, stead of Marion, we have Beauregard
, to insult those whom he was once
proud to obey /; for Jackson, we have
: Twiggs, whose trcachery has bleach.
, ed the dark memory of Arnold and
1 for Taylor, we have the unprincipled
, Jefferson Davis, whose desperate am.
/ bition would mount to empire over the
: ruin of his native land, and the down
, fall of constitutional liberty.
: With such a record to gaze at as
the result of two and half months
, of vigorous antagonism to the Seces
; sion movement, it cannot require @
T very long period to utterly crush out
, this unnatural and infamous rebellion
and when the rebels shall lay down
their arms and return to their allegi-
ance; when we again become one
harmonious and loyal people day
will have arrived which will be
consecrated above all other days in
the hearts of all true patriots-all
lovers of freedom and the rights of
man. That will be day worthy to
be celebrated by US and our children
after US.
The CASE OF Mr.. HARvEY.-Thc past
record of Mr.. Harvey, our Minister to
Portugal, does not bear investigation