The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-06-21
FROM ovR WAR ;coPREsPomDEmT

~ s-I .fsa FULLER, 19'h :.
FROM Dun WAR CORRESPONDENCE.
BArEsvILLE, ARKANSAS, jane Il, '62.
Dear Editor :-'Away down South in
Dixie" We are having fine times waiting
for the wagon? No, waiting for boats to
come up the Arkansas and White Rivers,
and bring rs ''everything." The good time
coming really seems near at hand, at last.
Gu: conquering armies and nayies are
winding the rebellion. mp fast, and if We
dou't get home just yet, we will at least be
in close Communication with the friends we
left behind US.
The peaches Of Arkansas, with the lem
ons from s'down below and the ice from
Iowa, with plenty Of papers from Council
Bluffs and the rest Of the world, and pfen-
ty OF letters from you, all, will soon make
Us forget the dark side Of soldering. Az,
ter three weeks campaigu between the
White and Little Red rivers, We are back
again north Of the White, camped a mile
and half from Batesville, in the forest,
or, as the boys say, in the brush near
enough to town, you see, to give US a
chance to come up occasionally In camp
while camped, ia, of course, the place far
soldier, hut the South west army, having
had its full share Of soldier duty, we are
not slow to take the. license Of coming to
town when We can, and indaging in the
pleasant frivoliti e Of civilized life. have
told you before that Batesvillo is charm
ing town, certainly one Of the finest little
towns it has ever been my fortune to visit,
anywhere: and you know that have ram
bled some, and what is better still, and af-
fording deeper and more lasting satisfac-
ton TO every man who has the good and
and glory Of his country at heart, is the
fact that the Union sentiment here is every
day growing stronger and stronger. The
infatuation which possessed the minds Of
the deluded people, is rapidly passing away,
and the love Of the old flag, and the old
Republic, is returning to their heart of
hearts, never again to be extinguished. 1t
grieves me, and makes me mad, to see
leading journals in the North, protesting
to be loyal, ignoring, as far as they dare,
this great fact, and scattering broadcast
over the land, exaggerated statements Ct
the deep, intense hostility Of the people Of
the South against the National Govern
ment. The lying knaves did all they could
to break up the Government, and now,
when it has so gloriously vindicated its in.
tegrisy and Inherent strength, they bark at
it in their impotent hate, under the specious
garb Of mourning for the OLD Union; but
like the ours that rush out ut the sweeping
railroad train, they will DO left behind to
curse their own folly, in trying to brighten
the s.rong hearts that have been the hu
man agencies to turn aside the doom they
had hoped might fall upon the star of the
West. s8f sa6ia 3
No doubt many Of your readers who are
looking anxiously for final and triumphant
cessation of hostilities have very vague
ideas OF how this war will be closed up
Perhaps they think that when all the great
battles have been fought-the great rivers
and sea perts opened-and all the strong
holds Of rebellion are in our possession,
that the mighty Army Of the Union will be
mustered out and 80 home, but they must
be patient. They must remember that
when secession engulfed the South, the
wheels Of civil government which bad for
eighty ysars rolled 90 smoothly ,werc all bro.
ken, and that We 6nd only wreck remain
ing. They must remember that the evil
spirits which exist in all human societies,
were turned loose and suffered to pursue
the natural bent Of their dspraved and dew
ilish natures. That these outlaws, thes.
renesades, that always pere Williams, mus,
be made to come again under the strong arm
Of the civil Law in the several States. TIL.
BROKEN machinery must be repaired and
set 10 motion, and all this requires time and
the almighty bayonet. 1t will all be &C.
oomplished, but it may be that quarter Of
. million men will be needed to remain in
arms for : year yet. Don's shndder, you
tax payers, you can stand it. The country
& saved, and you have q heritage to leave
yonr children. You had better pay one.
half Of oil your income for the next twenty
years. than have your Government 20 down.
Don't be frightened 1t thousand millions
t. il . lighter load By far for the nation
than the kDapsask the soldier has carried
while tramping through mud and storm, 70
crush the nations foes. ] pity the poor,
craven, soulless wretch Who grui9es to pay
1.-THE Of bis earninss for the blessings of
stable Government, and free and solid in-
stitutions. Let .shem 70 and sin no more.
The Southwest Army, nearly twenty
thousand strong. 10 nearly En- nasss within
busls esll Of Batesvills. We expect Or
dsrs soon 70 split op ~ Brigadss and Reg
insnts, and scatter over the State o Ar
s