The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-07-04


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hour Of Cur day. Bus 70 cannot 20 regard
10. ThrongA ths desp gloom Of tha pssssns
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the ehadow. shs asd e aight approashaa.
and sks dag e near. Or oountrY viii
come korsh from ths ordeal q ths present,
u gala tried IA tho Are; he viii come pp
out of his baptism ef bIeod neblsrs parsr,
boiler than before, clsansed from the last
remaining vsssigs Of oppression-hsr ban.
mar will be asfaFlea 10 Ne lisht Of shs new
day, glowing In brighaer lusser --'tnot .
stripe erased or polInted, nj sing 10 altar
obscared's and IifssRrr Inscribed upon sv-
cry fold-4Sur land viii De, ID fscs, Ii wen
DC ~ naaas, land Of refuge for che down
troddsn and oppressed 81 all nasiuns-a
land Of free mes, not pressed By the feet
Of any slavs-fer slavery ID dad; il has
challenged freedom 20 aursal combat and
has fallen; and blind indeed must be that
man who hopes now 10 saTe the Institution
Of slavery, one foos Of soil upon the Amer.
lean eoBiinent-as well might one lift his
arm 10 check the swsepiDg ssmpess or turn
shssa frem his eourss, - to endsavor 10
arrest the tide d Popular wrath thai 10 now
sweeping slavery 10 isssternal doom. p.
We have an sliding faith in The ability
ofshs government 70 overcome all opposi-
ton, to rescue itself from the dangers
which nov bsses ii, and establish the prin-
ciple Of popular governments apon = irner
and sursr foundation than ever befors.--
Oar cause is right, Ged 10 with ~, and we
cannot fail. But We mnst not stand idle;
the enemy Lahore diligently, without ceas-
ing, and we must Wesk. Oar. s3ldisFs who
have gone forth to meet the open enemy
in she tented Geld are doing their duty, and
why should We, who have greater work
than they TO perform, remain idie' We
have . more sseaEhy foe 10 eontsnd With,
and one more dangerous, for the enemy
that skulks bshink and strikes az 10 The
back u more 10 be feared than the one that
meets us boldly face TO face. Against the
wilss Of these enemies in the garb
Of friends, the isalousies Of the American
people should be constantly awake, for let
he opportunity but present Itself md they
win besssy cur country into the hands Of
b despotism thousand timss more to be
dreaded and despised than that from which
ouY fathers died to rescue IL. The enemy
abroad 10 not be thas 10 10 be dreaded, bat
he enemy 10 our midst. Let these be care.
oily guarded and no fears sesd be enter
aimed Of the ultimate triumphans success
Il DOR arms. Let as bear ever in mind the
act tbss 'fsternOl vigilance is the price of !
liberty" And ss We celebrate the auui-
ersary Of the day upon which our fathers
Ieclsrsd that liberty should be the inherit
nee Of America and upon this continent
be people should rule; lei us emulate their
Ioble example and pledgs ourselves TO the
ulfllmsnt Of their high resolve. Let US
az aside al feelings Of whssever charac-
er, which would interfere with our duty
q Americans and Patriots, and let each
me resolve in his own heart: ri will sup
'ors the vigerous prosecution Of this war,
mill ths old Gag, the banner Of beauty and
glory, shall wave in triumph ever every
loot of soil between the eod-hsheYies of
Maine and the Gulf Of Mckee. l am for
lsing every means that God has placed 10
he power Of the Federal Government, t o
rush ont this rebellion, If, in doing so,
sVsry rebel In the Southern Conf edeSacy
las TO be extermiuatsd, and every Northern
;raitor hung! Live or die, sink or swim,
'urvive or perish, an for the Uaion-ths
Jnion one and indivisibie."
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