The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-12-27
COUNCIL BLUFFS:
Correspondents q the Eonpsseil.
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0AisT jcsEPH. MIssor1I. !
Deessabeg 18Th 1851.

0AisT JcsEPH. Aissor1I.l
:. ~ Decsabsr 13th 1854. !
GDssos NoHrAsSEss-l drop few lined
- issssn Jos asd yosr man. readers Of ssf
ssss and speedy arrival within the borders
Of Dixie, }" The land Of frigh.fsl scenes,
nasseallisg hosts, b!spdy battle felds, 70.
iosd families, deserted farms. rsbs's, zig
gsrs, ed tsss loysl nsn, Who viii sssf hgss
Tor - restefatios Of our Usio0.
Osr trip Vas . pleasant ssS delighsfol
one. Not On accident hsppsssd to nan
Or beast, which y considered ~ an omen Of
success for The 18th. We had excellent
lodging 10 the Court Houses Of the different
towns through which We passed. stopping
10 one every night.
When you lesro that the boys Of cospa-
mics A and @, chartered and paid tesns fcr
riding down to this place, VOC will then be
eosvisasd Of thsir great ssgerness to en-
gage the enemies Of our conrtry, upon
southern soil, for the supremacy Of the
Constitution.
We expect to stop in this place I've or six
days, until ths other companies come in'
then " are on on the iron horse Tor Saint
Louis and the far South.
Notwithstanding the revsrsss Of St. 10.
seph 10 the last two years, she steadily pro-
crosses slowly 10 improvement, 10 the way
Of building, paving streets &c., and is
place Of considerable military Importance
The Pfesident's Message suits foil as well
~ could be expected, at least upos the
great emancipation question, which now 50
fully attracts the attention Of the Aineri
can people. Let Us then press onward il
the cause Of freedom and reform, aud wipe
out the stain Of slavery, and wash our hands
clean of tie sin Of human bondage, and
stand foremost in the rank Of Nations bat.
ting for liberty and equal rights. There
should be but one voice among the whole
people upon the emancipation question, md
that united one for the speedy abolition
Of slavery-,he cause Of our Na,ions
troubles. The prayers Of millions ascent
daily to the throne Of the Omnipoteus Goo
for the blessings Of peace, and reunited
people, and:their hearsrsnding walls react
the ear OF angels, who convey il 10 swee
incense to the overriding Deity, and plead
for mercy 10 behalf eta great, but dis
tractcd people. .
All over our broad acres that detestabl'
demon, Udni, is making inroads aud havoc
with our citizens; creeping not only into thu
wrstobed novels of the poor, hut layinghi
blighting fingers upon the door knobs of III
rich, causing mothers to weep for the litsl
innoccnt ones whose tnttered garments al
low their little forms to suffer with cold
I. and 90 fair prospect Of avertips the dires
Of human oslsnities.
cannot yet fully speak the sentiment
OF the Goth, but believe they are all soup'
upsn the Administrative policy for peace
that 10, willing to bury the demon slavery
the sole cause Of our unhappy and dssola
ting war.
The Goth 10 10 for no child's play, bat &
to conquer, and restore harmony, or lesv
their bodies mutilassd upon some BATH
feld,in country already covered with II
fresh graves and bleaching bones Of free
dom's best children. II this noble Rec.
nsns fails, when b ought to encosnter II
i. fee, the fault will not be in the rank a.,
ale, but higher up, in the line of etEse hol
dsrs, where trsasos's hydra head has al
ways nestled, and ignorance brooded. w
enter the conhict with brave hearts, brieh
hopes, aud an unboundsd trus, 10 God, know
ing that tbs altar Of our country has bee,
desecrated by the foul hands Of ircaruat
fends-- destroyers Of the blessings of Go,
ut only for the gallows and the cell, an,
whose doom is now sealed.
Twill write more at length from the mex
stopping place, and sii e my ideas in rsgar,
20 the movement Of ,hisgs, and Of th
management Of The greatest war sincs ii
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