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

NO c0nSsAsme0s ID tnseausu Ut AthemPkeu,
Ne presume, Of the fsss that there il an
orgsnisssion, known - the Onion League,
sxissing 10 this and other States, and rap
sxtsadine into every loyal Beighhor.
bood. Further than this We believe u il
not denied that this Organizations has some
msssipgs that are not opsu to The public,
slough every loyal citisen 10 welcomed as a
brother. i 10 mol q partisan orgahisasion.
Neither It'd principles nor rules have any
reference to former political parties. The
moving and anfmasing principle Of Tho as
ISOLATION 10 hearty devotion 90 the Govern.
menf Of ne United ssases and support of
the Conssitution and Laws Of the sOupsry.
There are some honest DIRECTORS TO ell
secret societiess and especially TO such az
hare political bsasingds There ars others
wholly Some strange msnsal obliquity, are
|usabls 20 see any difference, in . moral
point Of view, between a society whose
Eayowsd and oniy object 10 loyalty, andsaa.
|osher whose main design and infant are
disloyalsy. With this latter class OF OBJ
isesoss Is 10 hardly worth while to asgHe'
But 10 those who are more honest, or, as
least, more intelligent, in their opposition,
IL may not be amiss to drop fsw words.
Admitting, as We obserfally do, that, in
ordihary siuCs, secret political societies are
not only Unnecessary, but inimicai TO the
best interests Of the government and the
people, the principle stated does not apply
to the present terrible emergency Of public
affairs. These are emphssicalIy extraor-
binary times, and the people who would
give their Government their beat support,
mast accept the issues pressed upon them,
and must be prepared 70 mech and conquer
emergencies that arise Of be overwhelmed
and lost BY them. II should be remember
cd that for months there has existed In al
most every county Of the legal States a
secret organisation, knowa under various
names TO suit varioas localities aud to
escape detection, such as IS Knights Of the
Golden Circle" Bright Stars Of 1852
etc., etc., whose leaders are, and have been
from the beginning, unqusstionably disIoyal.
This reasonable organisation 10 wide
spread, jet compact and thorough, and ca
pabls Of immense mischief. Il is impossi-
BILE to meet and cope successfully with such
an association without something more than
the ordinary ties which bind Union men to.
gesber, though they may be animated By
the most pure and fervsnt patriotism. One
is Ike wsll.drilled and wsll.armsd body
Of soldiers led by competent oEieers-tbs
other like heterogeneous mass Of citizens
respectable, bat without discipline, arms o.
ofhcsrs. aWar is q terrible calamity; ye
war, sercs and saDguinary, is necessary Il
Iput down this rebellion. Had there beeu
no rebellion there would have been no slvi
war. Secret politioai societies may be
doubtless are, an evil, yet necessities To-
THAR. existence do oecsr in the history O
ssasly all nations., had there been nt
Knights Of toe Golden Circle, or sirnilal
orders, Tiers vpuld have been no Uuis,
League. Ths former have led 10 and ne
eessitak the latter. The war over, tea
j cor crashed, the UBion restored, The TJaio,
I League, hkstAs grsas Array Of HE Uhio0
will have served Ito pnFposs, And viii b,
disbandad By the eomnon consent Of "
members. s% ~ ~ 10 a a. 5;aEE L.
4 Every patriotic nam shosld uSits viii
1 the frienas Of the Governnspt ard b read,
20 ose his best and most potent inaasno
4 against ths traitors ~ home. 10 Uniol
tbsre b strength. IN ergaBisatien b Al,
I slemsas of sacosss. The Unien League i
dangesoas only 10 the ensmiss Of The Gov,
! srsmsns. u i destined 10 asaonplish d
llimportans paFs il The great work o. pstsipl
dawn shs rebellion and ID u worthy sh,
Il sasesyagamsns and 90 operation Of all VIII
Iowa the old Gag, and who would eontinni
4 % enjoy liberty and security under leo pre-
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