The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-01-18
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Cssr RofIA, Me-, !
January IL, 1862.
DsAR Eprros LII needs no prophetic
vision to see that storm i brewing amsps
the nations, sseh - the wssld be- not sesu
since the days Of the drst Nspoleon. ssGrim
visaged war;" - yet, seems to have no in
tention of smoothing 'shis vrinkled front. -
Causes, deeper and stronger than human
power can control, ksve, 1t length, nearly
reached their culmination, and the Despot-
isms Of the Old World are shaking to their
foundations. Eoglaud, keeping step to mar.
tia! music for tho last thousand years, has
gradually and steadily advanced from an
Insignificant barbarian heptarehy, to q
mighty, consolidated monarchy, and now,
arrogant in her strength, forgetting the les
sons Of the past, she is striving, with Der
thousand sopgoed press, and her Why diplo-
macy, to crush ont, in the Nev World, the
very principles which have given her her
proud station among the nations Of the Old;
and not content With this, Is preparing her
armies aud navies on . gigantic scale, to
pounce upon our struggling Republic, if, BY
the farshess stretch Of pettifogging, she can
make some act Of ours breach Of inter-
national Law. The Mason and Siidsil affair
has blown over, and, although it hart the
feelings Of loyal Americans to give the trail
tors up, and especially to Eoglaud, it was,
perhaps, the best thing We could have done.
1t was carrying out the doctrines We fought
for in 1872, the correctness Of which Eog.
land has 90 long and 50 stubbornly refused
to admit. She has now placed herself on
the record a. renouncing, forever, her old
Fright Of search" dogma, and although her
diplomasists may try to squirm out OF il, by
some johnny Bull logic of ;heir own, the world
will make her tread in the new path she has
marked out for herself, whether she 10 will
ling or not. 4
But, although the surrender Of the rebel
Commissioners has removed one pretext for
war with Us, believe she will fud some
other. In her bitter Jealousy OF republican
government, she cannot bear to see u tax.
ing the lead Of her in the march Of nations,
without getting against us, and trying to
crowd Us out OF the column. We are young,
and comparatively unskilled in the art of
war, and well may = shade Of deeper ear
ncstncss como over the faces Of our strong
men, as they gaze at the gathering darkness
OF the political sky but God forbid that q
single American heart should quake, or .
single eye quail, before the storm. Let the
scream of the Eagle 60 out, de6autiy, over
the seas, to meet tho Lions roar. Let Eng
land declare war against US, il she sees fit.
That declaration, terrible as it may sound
to many ears, will be the signal OF her own
doom--bus she cannot destroy US! Sbs
may begirt our continent with her boasted
"wooden walls" from Mainc to Oregon, but
she cannot prevent our Yankee privateers
from sweeping the ocean Of her Commerce.
She can strike US terrible blow, but the
recoil will anoihilats her! Let her strike,
then, il she will, and although our proud
commercial cities should shoulder in ruins,
we will rebuild them with undiminished en-
orgy, and unbroken power, and 90 on filing
up our high destiny while our ruthless
invader, shorn Of her vast Colonial posses
sions, will cit on her little isle and mourn
tho madness which reduced her to humble
and harmless power. My faith in mans
capability Of self government 10 unshaken,
and no matter what combinations and COM
plicatians the aristooracy of the world may
mako before this struggle is ended, they will
End their proper level in the mighty up ris-
ing OF the people, and thrones and palaces,
and s'bslted Knights" will be jotted down
in history for what they are worth, and no
more. A comparative calm is resting on
Europe, to. day, but it is only the calm which
preoedes the tempest, and tomorrow may
witness the bursting Of wilder, fercer
storm than history has any record OF. Out
Of il, the nations will come baptized, ruri.
fed, regenerated. This result Is As certain
a. eirsc. follows cause, and oil idlers, Of
whatever grade or class, may as we'll dis.
miss their foolish speculations on tho course
Of coming events, grid on their armor, and,
ike men, enter heart and hand into the great
struggle.
You are aware that Gcnl. Curtis is in
command Of the Southwestern district OF
Missouri, including, Of course, oil the forces
here. He arrived at Rolla, December 9Th
The a,h turned out 10 force to receive him,
and after he had made rs . short, piihy
speecb, wc escorted him to Col. Dodge's
residence. His headquarters are at Rolla,
for the present.
On the day Of Gen. Curtis arrival here,
our Colonel came near losing his Efe. by
the accidental discharge Of pistol tie
was riding home from Sigers camp, alone,
when little pocket.rsvolver, belonging TO
Mrs. Dodge, which had been in the breast
pocket Of his greas-coat for several days,
and which be had forgotten, having worn
hole 10 The lining, clipped through, and,
striking the saddle, was discharged. The
bali bored . tunnel in his thigh, about seven
inches 10 length, asd lodged within half -
inch Of the skin, lissle above the knee
DR.. Grimes cut IL ous, and found il cossid.
erably bruised, - though il had struck the
bone, in ns course. The explosion Get his