The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-08-08
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DSAa UscIr Our cofrespo ponsicnce fias
been in the dead letter ofiTics 50 Iona
thar I have Forgotten who plead last.
Think I fred the last shot, but lest Ii
may have missed, flashed or proved only
"a blank cartridge, viii aim another
1t you and Try 10 'idfra,c gour krs.' My
Inst was written from Durnfries, Va. i
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fof i'll health and aprivate griefs. . Our
Colonel, Adjusant, and some otherbfaicefs
resigned at the same time. Thase heard
fromyou, through the other members Of
our family quite often, and Of the great
sacrifice yuu have made In the endeavor
to put down this shameless rebellion. =
The blood of your noble son has added
its mite to the ocean that is to cement
the broken fragments of our glorious
Union. Alas! how dreadful the fortui-
ties Of war! and how fearful the retribu-
ton awaiting the villains that irstigated
IL, and plunged the nation into this fra
tricidal feud. You discIairn any "broth-
erhoodo with such ingrates, and justly
too old satan's rebellion against heaven
was scarce less diaboiical and causeless.
Welnay the crowned heads of European
monafehies, watch with intense interest,
the progress and finale Of this struggle,
the decision Of which is to give liberty to
the world, Or establish aristocratic gov
ernments for ages to come4reverse the
wheel of liberty, and rolf us back into
the dark ages of despotic rule, or wipe
out the foul blot that has SO long stained
our national escutcheon and place our
Governinenton more elevated plain
ArepubiiS III fact as we'll as III sahte-a
living light to the nations, that a fee
people are s'edpable Of self gove1nment, " and
able to defend their integrity by force Of
arms, if need be, against all foes to the
same, whether foreign or domestic. This
it is that has innpelled SO. many Of our
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comforts and safety of home for the hard
ships and perils of the camp and tbattle-
field. It is this that has wrung the re4
luetant assent of patriotic and doting
fathers, to say Ego my cherished soai,''
s'be brave, ''and God bless and protect
YOU" 1t is this that nerves US to look,
unAinchingly, on the ghastly forms of
the thousands slain, and justify the carr
mage of the ensanguined field, IN con-
temptation of the glorious future it il sd
dearly purchasing for us and onrchiIdren,
in all time to come. And this alone ena4
bles you, my dearest uncie, aunt and
cousins, to look through your tears, down
the vista of time, and exelaim, aIhtoo
have consented to the needful sacrifice,
bequeathing to US and the unborIistnil-
lions coming after Us, the inestinlable
blessings of a free and united people. .
speak not thus. mmindful of the grief
that Wrings the heart Of the parent, at
the departure of the loved one. Z real
ize its bitter pang and know not how
great asaeEifce our family circle may yet
make before this cursed war is ended,
there being six of us in Tor have been
and viii be1 in the field. We haye been
fortunate SO far, but cannot expect, or
scarcely hope, that the like good luck
will continue to follow us to the end.--
Our circle at home are we'll. Julius tour
youngest brother was nearly crazy with
joy at the taking of Vicksburg and shar-
ing in its capture. Rebellion is now
surely ''quaking in its boots, since the
late glorious victories, shining as as they
do, like the brilliant sum- after storm
revealing TO our glad eye, the beginning
of the end" of thisiCepperheaded rebel
lion, and the more. especially if foreign
despots win keep still and let us wipe out
theinfernal snakssiin our own way.
With my best wishes to you ALL ae@4 !
ann very respectfully, your most che
dient nephew. =f 49, ~'5i 5e = .zt1 !"
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RE Mrs. Partington says she cant un4
derstand these ere market reports. She
cant understand how cheese can be lively,
and pork can be active, aud feathers
dropping that ie if it is raining but how
whiskey can, be steady, or hops quiet or
spirits dull, she can't see; neither how
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