White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-01-22
Reflections.

The progress Of the United States. be-
fore the commencement of the present do
nestle troubles. in wealth. science. agri-
cultural pursuits, ETC.. was unparalleled
in the history Of nations. From feeble
struggling province Of distant land, it
had become q mighty confederation-n
country whose power was known and
feared in every quarter of the civilized
world. Had our country not been divi-
ded by the foul blight of intestine strife.
but continued to grow in the same ratio
corresponding with its increase during the
past half century. it would. ere the dawn
Of another century. have become. not only
the most powerful. but most extensive ma.
tion on the face of Gods footstool. The
history Of the past, and the circumstan.
ces Of the present. open q wide domain Of
speculation.
Though the Uuion of the States, ce-
mented by the blood of our revolutionary
sires, seemed indissoluble, the turbulence
of faction, and the clash of opposing in
terests have rended assunder the tie that
bound the once universal Yankee Ma
tion." Discordant cries of traitors rung
from out the very halls of the national
Capitol. and patriotism and love of conn
try was forgotten in the: strife Of sectional
prejudices. Civil war has como upon US,
and treason has cast its dark devouring
shadow DER the land, crying for the life
blood of the nation. Brother is arrayed
against brother in hostile deadly strife;
father against son; son against father;
household against household; nation
against nation The land if filed with
mourning for the slaughtered thousands
who have been hurried into eternity by
the death.dealing gun. The cry of the
widow and orphan ascends to the Throne
on High in wailing tones. as the light
ming fash Of the electric wire tells them
they are alone in the worli-husbandless,
fatherless. And why has this day of evil
come upon us? The answer is plain
the cause stands out boldly to the minds
eye. Po!iticisns-rotton fy- blown dem
sgogues, who work for the interests of
cliques AMI sections, men and party, have
been the cause. Men who have oyerrun
the Constitution and severed the bands
that bound the States in q armonious
whole. Men, who, to advance their own
interests and crafty vain ambition,
have tread the proud bird Of American
liberty under feet. Men who were noto-
liously corrupt, ready to take bribe and
''mart their offices for gold" The Union
can never te saved by party politicians
never We must throw aside everything
prejudicial and .ruinous to the great cause
Of humanity which we are battling for.
Let our love of country, our love of lib
Grey, our love Of freedom and free insti-
tutions; our determination to put down
treason at all hazards. fill our hearts to
the exclusion of all sectional political ha-
treds. Let US be patriots, not politi.
clans We are waging a war for the
restoration Of the Union. and not to ad-
vance the interests Of any clique or party.
Whist the future will be God only
knows-it is vast unexp!ored sea. The
final destiny Of our beloved America is
not yet written out. The patriotic heart
glows with hope. and paints a brilliant
picture of glory on the blank page Of our
future history. 1t looks forward to the
day when our country will be free-''free
as the mountain torrents are that leap
our rocks" free from end to end; from
river TO river; from lake to lake; from
ocean to ocean. The dark stain upon our
national escutcheon will be wiped away,
and from out the fery trial through which
we are now passing will issue a Govern
ment founded upon the true principles Of
With these reflections be-
fore Us, the future glows with promises of
an everlasting perpetustiou of our free in
stitutious. They are the happy presages
Of a lasting peace.
But when we glance at the South. and
behold an iufuriate people trampling up
on the law and arming themselves to
support corrupt and mistaken policy;
when we see sectsriauism struggling to
itself by the downfall Of the
Republic; when we see the country inun-
dated with mad political fanatics and
with crazy bigots; when We see corrupt
politicians at Washington selling their
influence to men and their souls to the
devil; when we see galvanized traitor
contractors robbing the Government in
this, he. hour of peril-when we see
these things. we cannot help praying
that God will be merciful to as, and turn
aside the dangers which threaten to en-
gulph Us in the vortex of national and
financial ruin.
TIE WEATHER.-We are perfectly dis
gusted with the weather of the past few