Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-11-19

konaAksY EofroN4as --ks@ss
,omy forshodings prssesssd in the fol- -
wins extract from 1 lsslss % the Ma .
ari RssssSisesa, wsisssa by soldiss In q
,nnsssss, the iasslligsns aad patriotic u
aasz will rsascs seriously On the con- y
a. bsswsss the ed gssaisisa of civil II
ar and the idsaa Of shoss wAass pasgioa- o
On consists chiefly In lip service and u
Asss sbsrusivs seal makes the air vocal y
isA shsss passisaa slawers sesus area =
ID msasasss winch sAsy De nss ssmpss
sad. safsly saseaaeed - homss eaak-
~ in the sale ssnplassas smiiss os po-
ideal power, revealing apon the saola-
aanss Of fss of6oss and lacFssass con
ssasssnias. ~ u we're, upon the
iss's Alaod Of Euiasd aassoa--o onsnm-
mn. In vulsaxss, the Substance ID dis
ssssssd, 6ewn.9sddsn and hsaxs- broksn
b - easy matter ~ make lead
peolsssions Il pAHiosism aad shsaa
astrsassu's IL Ill che dare ~ differ with
sAem upon questions 81 polisg fes sAs
rsssoratios Of our uaioa and me preset.
walton Of oar libsssassi = sssy matter
70 aaaks sxtravsgsas and Eaias predictions
Il deceive tbs people, Which, aowsvsr,
absurd, o-hody, dare aasstioa, under
psaalty Of bsiag ssigmAaised - adsssss-
al" Al easy matter 70 saIk hippantly Cd
the sasrias and dsmssisz u commanders
and regiments, af sshsillisas ahasgss" sx
ssdisgrassfal rssreasz,s md Of gisssoas
results sszsain 70 foiiow givsa policy
wisAia ssrsais period. ne thssn 'swas's
dread Alarms" hare 20 tsrror, bring no
distrssa, NO care, no tsaF nor sigh, nc
meurning for nasion's woe. But 50 TO
the CORY battlefield, and there, mid
scenes of devastation, view the eondi-
sion OF the thousands Of bEaEe and pat
riotis men driven to arms By social and
sectional dlaOord sea the faithful ssna-
asl as through the drsary nighs he walks
bis round, needless, apparently, OF pelt'
ing STERN or biting ecld-shs vigii&ni
piekss guard upon his dangerous duty o.
the extreme ous-posss Of the army, whii'
his comrades rest their weary limbs, i
may be, upon the cold, wss ground, an
sheltered and haH-ssaEved. AK shos'
gallant men, maaing within themselves
to ssll goa lhsir thoaghss: uaoomplainr
ing Of prsseat hasdships, they will poin
you to the fields Of Shiloh, Of Donaldson
Fl HaaYy, Of Ball's Blaa. of Chieka
hominy. Of Cedar Mountaia, Of Man&s
sas, of AnsistAm, Of Psrrysvills and Cor
rinth. They will tell yoa OF the dread
full carnage, the heaps Of slain-thoa
sands and tsns Of thousands, men Of
common country and = common blood
friend and foe oommingisd, locked in Ii
embrace Of death-deAth by each other
hands. They will speak of the groan
and agony Of the wounded left to die 6
be srampled and crushed beneath ii
hoofs Of cavalry. Then they will se
. you, that On the morrow, or the nexs dsl
or the nsxt, they are 20 miagle and pa
ticipass in other scenes like those, whs
| the adjacent streams will run red 10 ID
revolving sea with the blood Of then
, salTss and their comrades, mingled vii
that of their oacs brothers, now dead
foes. Then they viii speak Of the
wives aud little ones, their sisters, daagi
terra, brothers and parents, Borrowing al
anxious at home; and will apsak OF the
CouSrRT-sheir bleeding and seeming
doomed eountEy-in terms Of sadne
such As those employed by the R<Pttbi
ean's correspondent, In the extract b
low. This might possibly take the co
ceit and vain glory out Of soms Of 0
noisy sslf-ssylsd patriots, and bring shs
to their senses but the most efeetzl
= way TO do it, wosld be to make tbs
shoulder a mgskes ia The front ranks
battle:
-. 'VeteEaas 40 We are, and used to
e. horrid scenes Of battle, yes the tear I
" most starts as We think of the poor de
,r and dying soldiers shas few days INC
n will reveal: Not only Of the dead q
dying soldiers, but Of the weeping .
waiting and sorrpwing this battls W
cause at home, among the helpless no'
h era, wives and iiEtla ones. Oh, war, ",
1t When will thy reign of terror ceAss
:. when will the nations learn war no moI
y Has the Prince Of Peacs forever dspA
ID ed, and are We lost Ia the vortex OF Fes
10 lasioa? Ay country, my eoansry, /
10 wife, and my children ny home--l
all-ars We all to be swept away on q
70 surbuisns tide, and engulfsd in natios
> rain?
Thsae rsHeesiona run through my mi
- az stand on "pickes" tonight, and b
: in the distance the tEsnp Of santinsis
IL the distant drum call, and tbs slew rn'
Is muir Of camp noise floating On the brss
ID One year ago this night spent the a,
10 of the nighs oppressed with the dang
Of the then present, and the spprahs
sioa of the anknown fusafe. Two
u noRsha hare coma and gons-unf0ad
y their destiniss, and passed into MON
"a thai have been. Hundreds and tho
"A sands of NY companions in arms b.
~ fallen 70 rise no more while the wol
- l&sts-sheir wives ara left diseonsola
as and their children desol&te--aad jet
to saeriRss 10 not peculiar. Ths storm
80 war yet howls, and the strife Of bat
y jet RACES. l dare not on this annivsr'
ry night LET my thoughts run into the
iii surs-for when | cas- al sys thai way
4. Ia dark. look as the bright, full mo,
- a. 1t RISES in the East; l listen 10
" tread Of the sentinel; 1 think Of no
v u think Of my eounsry--what il "
IL and It now is, and what ii bids fair co
and the big tear 4nbiden comes. Hsr