The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-03-07
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Speaking Of .bs traitors in ne North, The
wrisse says: 'sBas, % regards these Of .he,,
snsmy auong ~ sha era ,seasmlag 30 aid
and .abss their soashsrn frispa..s we may,
speak more confidently. i Thsss trsisors,
though shey hare OF late cast OF the mask,
and 90 longer prs.snd % cid the Admins
sration and The Cause Of the Unions. srssslll
obliged 10 moYs With shs caution without
which stsaohsry and sowardics would soon
perish. Il 10. however, ., bitter and hu
initiating thought that they are so openly
active amopg ~. that they hold msetings
where shs rala OF the country is, calmly
msditssed, thai they form clubs, that they
stir up the mob Of their degraded hangers.
on To- harrsh Tor Jefferson Dayis in our
streets, and that haally No Rraoahs Of sx
po,urs and Of aeaaneiasssn 10 shs patriotic
press seams 20 have tbs slightest effect 10
attracting to them the punishment they de-
serve. -...........- ~, !,
"rhe traitors OF whom we speak are OF
two classes, the leaders and the dupss.-
The latter, careless Of Tie fact that even if
q sudden psacs esald be brought about it
must ossrwhslm the country In financial
ruin, believe in restoration OF the status
quo ante bsilum. They think that their
leaders will, 10 snissa With Davis and his
colleagues, rsanits, annui Emancipation,
disavew the acts Of the Liseolu Admiuistra
trasiou, and re-sstabIish Slavery. Cottoh
10 again to be hing, and. all 60 On %, Of old,
save that asw England is TO be thrown out
of ths confsieraey. They are encouraged
in this belief by lying or cunnihgly manag-
cd letters from the South, and By assursn-
css that the confederate leaders are secret
Iy working to this end and aim. we COS
along very well before the war; is their
constant complaint, sand we could do 40
we'll again, were it not for the Emancipa-
tionists.' Ameng~the lukewarm, tue COW
ardly, the meanIy selfish and asarieioas, and
the habisual grumblers, such doctrines are
rsadily made plausible. Those especially,
who messuss the propriety Of Carrying on 8
war solely By the. amount of successes waicu
thy desire, and who are incapable of great
thoughts and principles, and are easily dup
ed By intriguing vIllany.
"The leaders of these dupes have no faith
whatever 10 restoring the Uaion. They
have no desire to restore il. Men like Fer
naDdo Wood hope from their very hearts
for a oomplsss disintegrasion more
shorough, for them, she better. They could
never expect to command tho ship, and 90
they are willing to wreck her, in the hope
OF each securing fragment. Ruined in
character in the eyss Of all honest men,
their names byword for treason, and in
most GASES for literal grimes, political ous-
casts Of the stamp who are said to vibrats
between the Legislature and the psnitentia-
~, these despersdoes are nov working With
all their might TO mass the cowsrdice Of the
North into body powerful enough to do
collectively, that for which an individual
has IN all eouusries and in oil ages been
adjadgsd worthy the gallows. Bot for this
var they must have been confined to repre-
sentiug the dangerous classes Of our cities
the ignorance aud vice which finds in them
oonganisl leaders. As it is they hope for
wider fields and more absolute sway.
There ia reason to spprehent that the
men who are really true to the Union do
not appreciate the extent to which treason
lie WORKING among as. Worse than ell,
there are many, who, while believing them
selves true to the good cause, are, by con.
ssans gramblins and complaint, aiding the
very worst form of disnnion. Gould we
prevail with one prayer upon the heart Of
every Federal freeman, it would be to im.
plOre him in this hour of trial not TO with
hold his warmess support from the Admin
istration and TO fall inso the weakness Of
fauls-fnding and dsspsiriag. Sush enormous
wars ~ this neyss have been ended In q
few months; wars especially which inyolvs
the deepest antagonists Of social principles
10 existence. And our winaings hsss beer
neither few nor light. Toe Southern Dor.
der States, With listle exception, are nov
ours, asd viii inevitably be fully Won il
time: New Orleans is pledge, with othei
impOrssus poinss, and the enemy admit tha
every Southern sesbosrd tswn 10 dessinet
20 be saksa. Does this look like the vile
Boosting Of the South swO years ego, vhsE
the North Vas to be plundsred, Washing
son takea, and the Free States trampisd an
der sAs heal Of ohivairy fsrcsly crying
TS vietis!-'Wos TO the conquered 81
There 10 no danger nov from the easmy.
az be himself sdmiss, two years more Of th
war wouldnot, at the rate in which We pro
grsss, lsavs him single State; and be
borne in mind that speedy return to peac
10 oaly 20 be purchased ~ the price Of i
terrible financial ceisis. 2~3s-. ST.
Bat ws are in danger from the traitors q
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