The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-08-31
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USttct UcfvtCS. Sunu ~ pUUtteu SO0e S1ttoCss
from glorious speech, delivered b,
Hon. Joseph Hsl.-ss noble patriot .,
ever honored any country Or any age-ts
the loyal soldiers Of Kentucky, encamped q
the Falls Of the Ohio, which we end
10 the Cincinnati Gazette. Mr. Holt,
manly and complete endorsements Of III.
course Of the Administration will stsrac,
particular attention. Il is in refreshing
contrast to the carping tone Of politicians
and papers Of his party 10 the North. They
may we'll blush to be outdone BY Southern
er At such junc,ure ~ this, in readiness
to drop party for patriotism:
ssxKrrRALlrY.o
Now that the booming OF the cannon oi
treason and the cry Of men stricksa unsc
death for fidelity to our Gag are borne TO q.
on almost every breeze. il is narrowing to
the soul to be dragged into compani onship
~ith those who still vacilste, Who are still
timidly balancing and coldly calculating
losses and gains who still persist in treat
ing this agonized struggle for national ex-
istencs ~ petty question OF commerce, and
deliberately take out their scales and ieeigh
ia our prese-ce the beggariy je,cels Of trade
against the lite Of our country.
xHNrucK1ANs AND NoRrHKRNERs 1oGETnER IN
the RANKS.
You will soon mins!e in the ranks with the
gallant volunteers from the North and West,
and with me YOU will admire their m odera.
ton, their admirable discipline, and that
deep determination, whose earnestness with
them has no language Of menace or bluster
or passion. When the men from Bunker
Hill and the men from the 'sdark and bloody
ground" unestranged from each other BY
the low acts Of politicians, shall stand side
bv side on the same national battle field,
the heart Of freedom will be glad.
THE "SxurRALIrY' Can't LAST.
Garry with you the complete assurance
that you will ere long have not only the
moral but the material support of Kentucky.
Not many ,reeks can eldps, before this po,c-
erfA Commonwealth piH make an erul.
tdnt arorel Of her ioyolty. and will stand
erect before the country, stainless and true,
as the truest Of her sisters OF the Union:
In the scales Of the momentous events nov
occurring, her neight should be, and srii!
be felt. Already she is impatient, and viii
rot much longer, under the pressue Of any
policy, submit to shrink away into the mere
dust of the balances. ..-.-.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS INpoRsEp.
Have no fears Of the vigorous and ulti-
ma,ely successful prosecution OF this war
and feel no alarm either as to the expendi.
ture il must involve or 40 to those startling
steps, seemingly smacking Of the exercise oi
absolute authority, which the Administra.
ton may be forced from time to time to
take. While doubtless all possible ecoDo-
my will be observed, it is apparent that nt
considerable of that kind can be permitted
for moment, to modify the policy that has
been resolved upon. When the life Of the
patient is confessedly at stake, it would b.
a. unwise as it would be inhuman to discus,
the question Of the physicians fee before
summoning him to the bedside. Besides
all now realize that the system Of arithmetic
has vet to be invented which could estimate
in dollars and cents the worth Of our institu-
tions. This terrible emergency, with allit,
dangers and duties was unforeseen by the
founders Of our Government, and BY those
Who subsequently administered it, and i,
must make laws for itself. The Govern
meut has been like strong swimmer sud
denly precipiitated into the sea, and like
that swimmer it has unhesitatinnly and jus
tifiable seized upon any and every instru-
mentality with which it could subdue the
treacherous currents and waves by which
it has found itself surrounded. Al that
ras irregular or illegal in the action Of ihs
President has been fully appreciated by III.
country. and will no doubt be appreciated
by Congress, on the broad and incontesta.
bic principle that laws and usages Of Ad.
ministration designed to preserve the exis.
tence Of the nation, should not be suffered
to become the instruments Of its death. So
for the future, do not hesitate to say that
any and every measure required to save the
republic from the perils that besct it, moi
only may, but ought to be taken by the
Administration, promptly and fearlessly.
UNION MIN IN THE SOUTH WAITING FOR rot.
Union men, who are ycur brethren, thronl
in those States, and will listen for the com
ing footsteps of your army, as the Scottish
maiden Of Lucknow listened for the airs OF
her native land. II is true, that amid the
terrors and darkness which prevail there,
they are silenced, and are now unseen, bu,
be assured that by the light of the stars you
carry upon your banner, you will find them
all.
When you meet in battle array those afro
cious conspirators, who, at the head OF
armies, and through woes unutterable, are
seeking the ruin Of our common country,
remember that sinre the suord famed orer
the portals Of Paradise until nor, 1t has
been drarn in no holier cause than that in
,chich you are now engaged. Remember,
too, the millions whose hearts are breaking
under the anguish Of this terrible crime, and
then strike boldly-strike in the power OF
truth md dusy-strIke with bound and a
shot, well assured that your blows viii fall
upon ingrates, and traitors, and parricides,
whose lust for power would make OF this
bright land one vast Golgot rather than
be banked Of their guilty aims-aDd may
the God Of your fathers give you the VIC
tory.
MANASSAS.
The country has indeed lost battle, bu,
Il has not lost its honor, nor its courage,
nor its hopes, nor its resolution TO conquer.
This cheek hss taught us invaluable lessons,
which We could not have learned from vic.
tory, while the dsuntless daring displayed
by our volunteers 10 full Of promise for the
future. Leouidas himself, while surveyina
the Persian host, that, like troubled sea,
swept onward TO the pass where he stood
would have been proud Of the leadership Of
such men. We shall rapidly recover from
this discon6ture, which, sitter oil, will serve
only 70 nerve TO yet more extraordinary ex.
essions the nineteen millions Of people who
have sworn that this Republic shall not per.
ish; and IL will NOS perish, il cannot. while
this os;h semains.
Araocrrr or rHx RxBELLIox.
When ~e lcnt awsy 10 that scene ~ car.
mage, all .trewed With the bodies Of patriotic
men sho caurted death for themselves, that
thar eountrv might live. and then look upol