Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-09-20
LET rs LIVE FOR TIRE FUTURE.

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There are times and occasions, when it
is greater heroism to iire for cau.s than
TO de for it, "Oh death" said the wise
man, thy sentence is sweet to him that is
in need, and to him whose strength fail.
eth, and to him that is in care about all
things, and to the distrustful that lose,h
patiencel'' The sentence of death is not
10 be feared, Tor 1T is from the Lord, upon
sIl flesh There are positions in which
when man awakens to them, il is to lire
that requires courage. The history of
mortal man take it age utter age, is, to
outward seeming, a failure. At time
there comes the morning Of hope. Noble
aspirations promise a harves: of success
But the evening sooE comes, the hope
withers, and the harvest is cut down, or
,roiden under foot before it is ripe Thus
the old Pasans represented Truth as ever
on the wing, flying back towards God, and
leaving man deserted. When ever was
there inaugurated a grand scheme for the
consideration Of the lot of man here be.
low, that its development has not seemed
10 be dwarfed, and 10 be followed By a
Premature decay? 1t is the wise economy
Of God towards fallen and foolish
world. If it were not so, who would take
though. for hereafter? 80 Death, Row
10 hn ~
man that hath peace in his possessions, to
man that is at rest, and whose ways are
prosperous in. all things
Yet, even in this life, there is a future
and progress. For these, men who are
men indeed, ought to labor, and to 1--we
The grand scheme o, Charlemange, to
which We are so fond Of referring, seem med
10 have died out within the century in
which It was projected upon Europe. The
dark night OF tenth century barbarism
succeeded it, Where then was there to be
found the fruits Of that noble attempt at
human ameIiosation? Yet the society Of
the Middle Ages-so grand, so teuder to
man individually, SO protective Of The poor
and the helpless, SO proud in the assertion
OF rights-rights OF lbe individual man
rights Of neighborhoods and of States
that Middle Age system might not have
existed, and not The system of Charlie.
mango preceded il.
We, IN our turn, groan amid the ruins
Of system that we loved, and that was
worthy of our love. All over this on &c fair
land arbitrary power has usurpei the
place of constitutional and equal laws
The club OF the Provost Marshal has shiv-
cred the meteward of the civil law, which
freemen used, proudly, and with high.
minded satisfaction, to obey Once more,
as in the violence of barbaric DAYS silent
feges inter drma The clash of arms has
hushel the pleadings of law"
The press that is loyal to law-loyal to
liberty loyal to the people and to the
country-has but one mission left. 1t is
TO urge fortitude 1t is 10 invoke pilience
now, in view of q brighter future here,
after
The storm cannot last forever, and the
more violently it RACES the sooner its fury
will be spent. We must no. iorsske the
hope ct restoring constitutional freedom
on the whole of this soil of the late Unit,
ed States
Look at it with calm courage, and The
task is not so hard-at least not so impos
sible-in itself. The chief discourage
mcnt is that God has, for our sihs. depri-
we'd the whole country Of public men pos
sessing the spirit Of council and Of wis
dom. Oh, if We but had such in places
where their voices could reach the people
Poor people! They have been like little
children. They have enjoyed, without
understanding or approaching the bles'
sings OF the grand old Union, just as chill
dren use words without apprec ating their
definite import. Adversary is giving edu'
cation to the people. While the genera.
ton is still! upon the stage that lived I'm.
der the old Union, it is not too late to
hope for their resipicence and return.
Here beloved readers of me Freeman, is
your work and ours. You and we must
WORK together as a " Brotherhood Of the
Peace Of Cod to restore the old order
OF things. let US work for this, with de.
termination, with energy, and with the
large heart Of charity that it requires,
and, either We, or those who will come
after us 10 complete what we thus noby
undertake, viii accomplish this grand
work
But first condition Of success mus. be
the abandonment OF everything savoring
of the study OF revenge "a Christians,
the formal precept Of our Divine Master
forbids it. AS national men, enlightened
by the Faith, sound sense equally rcpu-
dates vengeance, rs weakness Of feeble
minds. What is the life Of any man here
below2 1t is but a span long The best
ard the basesi, are but for a moment, and
eternity, in which all accounts are balan.
ced, is close at hand. There, the words
OF inspiration teach US, fools who have
thrust themselves into seats Of Judgment
they cannot fiji, will "horriby and spec.
Oily appear before Cod and "a most
severe Judgment shall be for them that
have borne rule" A nagnanimous mind
cannot but despise imbecilty striving to
execute unjust purposes by violence, as
'the luet OF a ennuch dehoweriny a Young
maiden But the contempt that cannot
be controlled, forbids anything like reta.
Eation.
Except We rise above paltry people,
and, at the same time, above palrry
motives, we will not be the men to work a