Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-12

\ g e ssAs y - &8Re4s Is W8S 20
AxpegEeas whaa VS. snlsrsa apon shas wNa
nat y wosld expose oar people 30 sasxi
ncess aiad cost them much. both of uoae
and blood. But we knaw the yalus 81 th
osjscs soz whieh We struggled, and an
asrsfood the aaaaza of the war IA vssasa
Ne were esagagsd. NosAan9 aonla hs 4
usa as fallare, and any sacrifice woaId h
shesp - fte price d. success ID s,,oh !,
L. has lha pietare has i'm lsghas a. we'll !,
iea shadows. This great ssgife hss q q ak
ened IN ttle people the highest emosiual
and qualities OF tbs human soui. II
assitivakaag fealiags q patriotism. virtue
ana aoarage. Instances af saIg.sacrilas,
and generous devotion to, the nnbla oasss.
Tor which We are contendine are fel
snronghout the land. Mover has people
ssansad more determined spirit than
1tlas n9E anlnssaag man, woaaan and
snllareT, 10 every part OF the couatYv.~-
upon the hrst call the men av, to arms
Aaau wives and mothers send their hus.
banda and sons 70 battle wfshousa a raur-
mpr Of regret. aa.i s.f3
u was, perhaps, in the ordination Of
rroFidenee that we were 10 be taught the
Vaias or our liberties By the price which
we pay for them. .ss q
The recollection of this great contest.
sIth all its comnoa traditions of glory.
or sacrifice, and Of blood. will De t6e
bend OF harmony and enduring affection
amongst the people, producing unity IN
polies, fraternity in sensisasnt, and Joint
effort 10 waT. -
Nor have the material sacrifices of the
past year been made without correspond
ing benefits. Ii the acquiscenee Of for.
eign nations in a pretended blockade.
has deprived Us Of our commerce with
them, II is fast making US self. support
ing and an Independent peoule. The
blockade, 1t effecsaal and permapeut.
could only serve TO divert our ipdastry
from the production OF articles for export.
and employing 1t ID Supplying eommodi-
tics Tor domestic ase- -.
1t is satisfaction that We have main
tanned the war by our unaided exertionz.
We hsTe neither asked nor received as
sista7les from any quarter. Yet the in
terest involved is not wholly eur own
The world at large is concerned in OPEN
ing our markets 70 its commerce, When
the independence of tn eCenfederate States
is recognized BY the nations of the earth,
and We are free to follow our interests
and incliaations, by cultiyatiug foreign
trade, the Southern States will offer to
manufacturing nations the most faYorabls !
market which ever invited their COM
meree.
Cotton, sugar, rice, tobacc, provisions,
TIMBER and naval stores, will furnish At
traehqe exchange. Nor would the con-
staney Of these supplies be likely 10 bo
disturbed by war. Our confedarase
strength will be too great to tempt ag-
gression; and never gas Ghere a people
whose Interests and principles committed
them so fully to a peaceful policy a. those
of the Confederate States. L..
by the character of thsir productions.
they aretoo deeply interested in foreign
commerce wanfoaly % disturb it. War
of conquest they cannot wage, heoaase
the constitution Of the ConfederacY ad-
mits of no coerccd association. Civil
war there cannot be between States held
together by their yolition only. The rule
OF yoiurtafy association, which cannot
fail to he Conservative, does not diminish
the security of the obligations By which
the Confederate States may be bound 20
foreign nations,a In proof Of this Ii is TO
be remembered that ai the Hrst InomeHa
OF asserting their right nf secession, these
States proposed settlement on The basis
of common liability for the Obligations
of the General Government.
Fellow citizens, after the struggles OF
ages had oonseorated The right of the En-
giishman 10 constitutional representative
governments, our colonial ancestors were
forced TO vindicste that birthright by an
appeal to arms. Success crowned then
etf0rts, and they provided for their pros.
perity peaceful remedy against future
aggression.
The tyranny of an unbrfdled majority
the moss odIous and least responsible
form Of despoEism, has denied us both tts
right and remedy, Therefore we are IL
aFnls to renew such sacrifices as our faith.
eFs made to the holy cause Of eonstitu.
tional liberty. At the darkest hour OF
cur struggle the provisional gives place
10 the permanent government, After q
series OF successes and victories, whict
COY cred our arms with glory, we have re.
Gently met with serious disasters. But in
the hearts of a people resolved to be free.
these disasters tend to stimulate to in
creased resistance. TO show ourselve.
worthy Of the Inheritance bequeathed &c
us by the patriots of the RevoIatfoa, vi
must emulate that heroic devotion which
made reEerses TO them bot the crucibIe ii
which their patriotism vas refined.
a With confidence ia the wisdom gnG
virtue of those who will share the respon,
sibiiity with me, aud aid me in the con,
dacs of public affairs, securely relying OF
the courage and patriotism or the people
Of which the wsF has furnished so many
examples, | deeply feel the weight of th,
responsibilities | nov, with unaffected
diEli lenee, am about to assume and fully
raalizing the insdequaey Of human powel
tugnide nnd sustain, my hope is ever rev.
ersutly iKed on Him whose favor is evei
vouohsafed to the cause which Is just.
With humble gratitude and adoratior
acknowledging the Providence which haI
SO sisibly protected the Cpafederacy du
ring It's brisf but eyeritful career, 10 Thee
@, 6osit tFastfully commit myself, ans
prAyorfnlly invoke Thy blessing on IN,
eoytntry and It's aaHse.
How FLoyD gscAPEIfAT DosRE.soS
The Fort Donelson correspondent Of th
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