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

will be an entirely new material. In
stead of recounting the valorous deeds
Of the fathers, he will recount the per-
fidious deeds of rebels and traitors as
they are now transpiring. Common
cling with the fall of Sumptcr, what a
history is crowded into the short space
of two months and a half! Let us
examine facts. Up to the 18th of
April the road of rebellion seemed an
easy and attractive one, and, amid
loud huzzas and ficndish Civilizations,
the old landmarks of the Republic
were swept away, its treasures plum
dcrcd. its undcfcndcd forts seized, its
arscnals robbed, its proud flag insult
ed, and its authority defied. But Re
bcllion was overwhelmingly strong on
ly while Patriotism slumbered, and, by
the first blast of our war trumpet, a
spirit was aroused which began at
once to rapidly sweep away every
hope of the realization of the designs
of the conspirators.
The rebels expected Washington to
be so completely cut off from all com.
munication with the North that it
would fall an easy prey into their
hands; but this anticipation has proved
entirely delusive, and they arc filled
with dire forebodings now that their
own capital at Richmond, although
surrounded by immense batteries con-
structed with stolen cannon, and made
the great stronghold of the "sacred
SOIL" cannot long be successfully de-
Tended.
Boosting that Philadelphia, New
York and Boston would be captured
by their victorious armies, from the
moment the contest fairly commenced
our forces have steadily advanced
against them, and step by step they
have been compelled to fall back.
Holding possession for time of Bal
timore, the Union power is now clear
ly in the ascendant there. Though
they at first resisted the landing of
our troops at Annapolis, we have long
peacefully occupied it. The forces
they had stationed at Alexandria we
drove away. Raising the standard of
rebellion in Missouri, their army was
put to fight, and the capital, like the
metropolis of the State, is now under
the control Of patriotic influences.
Occupying for time Harper's Ferry,
and Boosting that it was fortified in
an impregnable manner, they were
compelled to abandon it as soon as a
serious demonstration was made
against them. Suffering loss after
Loco, ",alr;ng rot-oat aftor retroat,
nothing has occurred to revive their
dropping spirits, or to encourage them
but the assassinations that their
chivalry" have committed, and their
ability to murder few of our brave
soldiers by opening masked batteries
upon them.
Brandishing their impotcnt swords,
and parading their hordes of miscrc-
ants for months, before Fort Pickens,
their promises to speedily subdue it
have all been broken, and they have
not even dared to open their batteries
against it.
Expecting that, through their cot
ton product, they could exercise a
controlling influence over the foreign
policy of France and Great Britain
they anticipated speedy recognition
of their independence from those coun.
tries, but they now learn that such an
idea has never been seriously enter.
tanned by Louis Napoleon, and that
their special champion in the British
House of Commons Mr.. Gregory has
been compelled, by the pressure OF
public opinion, to indefinitely postpone
his motion to recognize their "South-
ern CoDfedcracy."
Counting largely upon the damage
that could be effected by their pratt
cal cruisers, they find many unexpect-
ed embarrassmeuts arising to check
their villainous operations. Our fleets
blockade the Southern ports so close
ly that they not only totally destroy
the commerce of the rebellious States,
but prevent them from warning upon
ours. England refuses to permit any
Of The prizes Of piracy to be sold in
her ports, and her example in this re-
spect will no doubt be followed by all
other maritime countries while pri-
vateer "No. l." hailing from the trea-
son-hatching city of Charleston, has
already been captured, and her crew,
with the legal penalty of their offence,
an ignominious death, staring them
in the face, are no doubt fully satisfied
by this time, Of the folly, if not of the
wickedness of their expedition.
Taught by their favorite dcma-
gogues that the South was by far the
richest portion of this country, and
that upon her patronage and bounty
alone the North subsisted, the traitors
apparently anticipated that, while
they would have no lack of resources
to manage their campaign, we would,
from the outset, be almost destitute of
means. But now, while each appeal
for pecuniary aid for tho Government