The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-08-03
4 AnLAsr AGAINST JEFF. DAVIS 1 Gov
PANH.
rrea the Essa:as rss. pelsa u he ,osA.

E.i.a Feenss ee.As s>ssa crsssaas os,.
Foes, the Even.ss Tive Delta ~ he 10Th
We have. we believe heen ths only jour
nal in the Confederate States that has IN
iertaken the duty Of arpasng the people I,
4 true sense 81 the actual condition Of pub
lie aG,irs, and pointed out what. in 90,
opinion, their importance urgently rsquirc,
io be coae in the present r~solasIonar,
cnntingencv We hare iacoafrorertibl,
shc,ra that The men rho hdre Haaaaged d
get the coaairs into the nar have shown
themselves incapable of carrying ID safe J
aud honorahls through; and that % fal
| since lis initiation, all that has bcea done
has sprung from the zeal, enthusia.m and
generous i,beraiity Of the people; while ia
| this aud other States much Of the burden
and the performance, too, have been main
| ly assumed and borne bv those who were
urcs,nv snced of the propriefy Swis,ious ot
| what has been done. AZ the very on sea ot
| their proceedings our readers will recoilec,
how urgently We pressed the provisional
| manager Of the revolutionary movsm al
! Ia make adequate exertians to preserve III,
country, then comnitted TO n var Of un-
certain Duration and enotmous magnitude,
| fram the possibility of disaster, defeat and
| di-grac., by at once making suitable pro.
vision for placing an army in the field aud
| sust siuing u there.
We impiored the body which. withou,
popular warrant, bad constituted itself Tho
| Gov rnnent, not to be guilty Of the DANGER
Gus fo.,y OF provoking a hioodv, ruthless
war without making al the provision neces.
sary ~ conduct II with energy, intelligence
| ani success. We pointed out what the ex-
perience uf mankind everywhere has de-
| maostrated, viz: The imposs,bliry Of con-
| Quoting war upon the magnitude and scal"
II IS Imperative upon us To anticipate this
to BE-, without such an organization ct the
i finances as, under every possible or imagin-
able aspect Of afjairs. could be made sutt-
eient TO sustain our armies in the field, and
guaran se safety 10 our households. We
nesought this provisional authority albeit
wanting the confidence in its composition
that would INSPIRE hope Of lts capacity to
adm ster the Goverument il had assumed
to avail Itself Of the advantage of its po-
sition to bring our political troubles To nn
earl aud satisfactory close, by at once put
ting in requ,sition the enormous resources
Of these Confederate States, and to avoid
the pidding, ,riang aud miserable expedi-
capable IT apps eciating real s'ates,nanship,
would naturally resort. Wuh accurate
presclence Of the consequences, We raised
cur voice in entreaty to them to avoid the
stul,iicaiion an imitation OF the tariff policy
of the free States would surely produce,
with it's swarm Of useless officers, lis expen.
| siveness and its corruptlons. Ia lieu Ut il,
we suggested an export duty oron cotton,
| AIN h.t.. Il.
rect tax upon slaves Of two, three or Eve
dollars each, II necessary, with an equitable
Imposition, also, Of twenty five, titty on
NOR. cents per acre upon land under cult.
yation, and a proportionate amount upon
land uncuitivatrd. These taxes W. prppos.
ed as basis Of loan OF sixty. eighty or
a handr"h or NOR" millions Of asls"ra, the
sam. to be diminished Or increased as the
exigences of the public might require. We
anticipated frum these tnxrs, aud others
winch would suggest themselves ms el & ,bie
while the war c,n,inued, an annual income
sufficient To meet with exactitude the inter
est upon u two undred m, lion debt At even
the mind cIously high rate Of eight per cent.
per annu,n interest, and leave "a handsome
surplus for contingent purposes. With
these measures as the comp ement Of free
statcs,nan~h,p, these States c,uld have
avoided the humiiations incidental to the
pilgrimage of comb'i-sioner.hip trinity,
and safely left commercial Europe TO aper
at- upon own its governments. Had this been
i me. instead Of being shut in hermrtically
by the cruisers Of Lincoin, we should have
found thousands IN Europe as Gag rs We
could desire, to undertake our work OF pri.
Watering. and who, without risk or expense
to Us, would have swept Northern commerce
from the face OF the deep. Instead of this,
whnt has this much beslobbered provisional
authority, which has kindly undertaken to
relieve the people Of the cares Of govern
ment. done2 Why, they undertook TO i'm
pose AN export daty, not on our suggestion
If twour more dollars per bale, but Of six-
ty-two and u half cents,nnd To ma ke IA home
loan OF fifteen millions Of dollars, in which
they partially hav. failed. They re.ennct
the ,n,qu,tous tariff system, sadiIed the
country with mn army Of useless stlpendiar.
,es, and sent three missionaries upon "A boot
less erranJ, and with u rowing commission
TO Europe. Is j. proposed TO continue such
men IN poser, or nre the people to awake
20 toe necessity ot finding men far The cabi-
net ard the field who are capable of sxtri-
eating them with honor and success from
the q Ficul;,ts which rurrouni them? No
country upon the face Of the earth can with
greater facni:y bring its entire resoui ces To
the support ot u government deserving VI
popular c,pfi.nce for its talents ana To-
tegri,y than this; what excuse can be of
f.red, then, for want of friendly recogn,tiJn
abroad, or the greatest aed most perfect
military organization At home under such
circumstunces II the men who have thrust
or wire. worked tbeins Ives into high Office
IN the presen. political perturbaiions can
give no good reasons Why sentence of con.
demnation for incapaci'y should not be pro.
ppnnced against them, Why should not The
people awake at once To the opportunity
that will .oon present 20 end others more
Fl, To carry ~ wnh honor, glory and success.
"a tria,rphsi termination Of all oar uoab-
les? The psra In possessi0n cfpnrer hare,
il uiH be sesa. abssiufeiy Isfatiiahed. By
IN ir orn acis. their utter unhiness for pi0-
ers fheu hare succeeded some hop or Other
IN ye0ching; sud at tbis sevv moment.
when ,hr enemy occupies eur territory and
desecra,es tn. hume of Cur brethren; uhsn
force of two hundred thsu-and
hostile nav nncts are ertai,s sinng then. .slves
as suinprabls poiais on esr frontiers,
,hee see,u tn hs uifhaus ary other MAN al