The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-08-17
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About four weeks ago. WV. u. HiLL.
County Clerk Of Harrison County, was in
this city, 90 bis way TO the '.Sacred soii''
Of virg:nia-after his family. Meeting him
h.re, and learning ::his destination, ne rail-
lied him on bis errani, and told him that she
rebels would arrest him As spy. With a
ksosing lesr, H,LI replied thar '.shere was
10 DANGER" We did not apprehend that
there was, though We li.sle shsughs he had
been attempting to pave his way into the
affections Of .hs rebels, 10 the manner tina:
subsequent revelations have proven. We
knew that be pridsd himself on being an
4. +. W and tbs: bis sympsthies were not
ia csrs9narcs with the conservative sen
,ineus Of the Natl oD-bus We did not
;aiak that the wors: species o! reasonable
blood only coarssd through bis veins.
That such is the fact, however, We have the
ia,aniag and indubil,ab!s pEoof-proof that
should cause HiLL to stretch hemp, should
he ever again polluss the soil of Western
ioxs With bis leprou. presence. This proof
is contained in letter written by Hill
himself, to the editor Of the Union Demo
Graf, paper Published 10 M,nros County,
Virginia. This letter never reached its des-
s.natiSn, oxing to the suspension OF nsil
service in ,ha: par. Of Virginia. IL vas for.
wardsd 20 the Dead Letter Office, and from
thence returned 10 II 'gnolis, to be delivered
to the wrissr--,hs county Clerk. The CLERK
being absent, his Deputy, al ou.-and-out
Union man, opened the letter, and, after
learning its contents, deemed it but just to
| tia constituents Of Mr.. Hut, that they
should know the true character Of the man
they were barboring and supporting. Ac-
eordingly he furnished tho editor Of the
Magnolia Republican, with copy Of the
reasonable document. We have not room
for the en- tire letter, bat will give suficien.
extracts to Show its damnipS character.
Ia regard TO the Rebellion, Hit says
/. Conservative citizens in this portion of
I" the ives, justify the course the South has
"!aksa, and condemn this Black Republic
9" can Administration for wagins this unholY
I" and unjust uar upon the South. All over
d" the North western States are thousands
:. and tens Of thousands Of Union loring
Democrats, who say Am,en and God
"speed you on in your noble uofk, in driv-
4" ing back the the hordes of unprincipled
" A5olitionists, ,cho b;de the calling Of q
i" sectional Administration to plumber the
"the citizens Of The South. Never let
.,hem polute your sacred soil - Lest this
expression should bs taken a. rejecting
only his individual sentiments, be adds
the significant scntence-'.Tbe conserra-
tire Democracy are Nth me-" And to
further strengthen this idea, and to give the
readers Of the Union Democrat San idea
Of the views Of the conservative Democrats
Of the North vest" he says: 81 clip an
article from the Council Bluff, Bugle, a
leading Democratic paper" Tae extract
here referred 10 is not given by the Repub-
iican, but the reader can judge OF its char
acter, from the fact, that I'LL says--''l
endorse i!,as every conservative man will"
Enough! Here we fnd man, on whom
is resting the solemnity of an oath to "sup-
port the Constitution of the Uuited States"
proudly acknowledging over his own sigma
ture, that be jusiifes the course the South
ern States are now taking to break up this
Union, snever again to be reconstructed"
Not only this, but be says to the Rebels of
Virginia, "GOD SPEED YOU ON IN
YOUR NOBLE WORK" As if this were
not enough, he utters the damnng
falsehood, that this is the sentiment Of
"thousands and tens Of thousands Of
Uaion-ioring Democrats, al! over the
North west"
1t is useless to multiply words, even when
contemplating the base falsehoods and trail
torous sentiments of this communication; ac-
ton is needed, that all such men IS IIILL,who
are bidding the Rebels God speed in their
work of destroying this Government, may
be made to suffer the penalty their base
treachery deserves. There is a remedy for
such treason, ard it should be applied Wig
orouslv, and without delay. Such "b!ack-
hearted fanatics" should DO made to feel
that thousands and tens of thousands of
Union loving" men all over the North
west-or nine. tenths Of the whole popula-
tion-belleve and act upon the memorable
sentiment expressed by Senator DoueLAs,-
.',hat there can be only patriots or traitors
in this war;" To the tender mcrcics Of the
people of Harrison county, We leave this
arch traitor, confident that, should he ever
return, an outraged people will me,e out
10 him the need Of punishment, due him
for his unprecedented aud daanablc treach-
esy.
BATTLE NEAR SPRINGFIELD. MO.
Our latest accounts from Missouri
furnish intelligence Of battle between the
Federal troops, under Gen. Lyon, and the .
Rebel forces, to the number Of % 900, un- |
der Ben. MeCallcch. Lyons command,
Of 5000 men, made an attack
upon the Rebel lines, drove them from their /.