Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-03-26
Correspondence OF the Charles City rtelieenccr
The Startling Crisis I

Correspondence OF the Charles City mtelligenccr.
The Startling Crisis I
EDITOR INrEuIGENcER--But what Of
the Crisis Well, enough, ! should
think. Look /! Our destiuies.as a
nation stand lettering | Not that
there is not sufficient power and skill
in 2O,OoO,oOO of people to subdue
an inshrrection maintained by only
10, 900, 600, but that, through all the
free society, so called--in the non
insurrectionary or Free States, the
leaven of RebeLsympathy has been
working, and is still working. Not
only SO, but through all the army EN-.
ployed for subduing the Rebellion,
traitors abound-men who are in
heart and soul in strong sympathy
with the Rebels, and who are in the
army for no other purpose than to
embarrass its operations and to give
aid and succor to the Rebel cause.
In our own country and in Europe,
thousands upon thousands have stood
stricken with amazement, and have
expressed great wonder that the Re-
bellion has not been swept from the
land and not a vestige of it left, long
ere this. Ninety days was the peri
cd allotted to the Government to an
initiate it at its early stage, by some
of the wisest heads. But lol taro
,ohole gears have passed, and now, the
whole nation trembles upon the very
verge of ruin +! and the most stringent
and thorough measures are requisite
to be inaugurated to avert the threat
fening catastrophy.
A deeply and mastery scheme has
been laid by the Northern Rebels in
partial disguise, to sever the Wes-
tern from the Northern and Eastern
States, and to slide them into the
Southern Confederacy. The great in
centive held out to the Western peo-
pie to allure them to this diabolical
scheme is, the prof1er, by JEFF. Davis,
of the free navigation of the Missis-
sippi! Poor Devil I" poor indeed !!
as poor as his father before him who
made similar offer to one whom he
did not know as we'll as he supposed,
land found snap.judgement taken
upon him. So, this modern Satan has
already met with repulse equally as
prompt. Satan, ST., offered "all the
Kingdoms of the world and the glory
of them," if his guest would fall down
and worship him whereas, he pos
sessed net one foot of territory /! How
striking is the similarity I! Satan, Jr.,
now makes an offer of the great
"Father of Waters" to the people of
the Great West if they "will fall
down and worship him!" But thanks
to kind Providence, the Hooshier and
Sucker boys were not to be so easily
trapped. The Inauguration of peace
convention for acquiring an armisticc
of six months, wherein the Rebels
might gain strength and means to
drive the war with treble vigor, was
only to be an entering wedge for sew
ering off another great slice from the
Western portion Of the Union.
As a sly and secret agent for effect
ing this achievement, the K. G.. C.s'
have been organized throughout the
whole northwestern country; and
while the Union men were gone into
the army, the fall elections in the
mean time coming on, the X. G. C.s'
taking advantage of their absence,
made mastery effort to elect ma
jority of their Order to the Illinois
and Indiana Legislatures, in which
they succeeded. Tue next work was
to be the institution of Peace Con-
Mention, for obtaining of the Govern
ment an armistice and during this
interim to put forth every energy to
sever the Northwestern States from
the Union, and slide them into JEFF.
Davis dominions Strong and ex-
tensive preparations have been made
for this, and death S struggle was to
have ensued, had that pet and prelim-
mary measure succeeded. But the
Union members of the Legislatures,
understanding the game. vacated
their seats, leaving the X. &. C.s'
without quorum and thus knocked
the matter wholly into pi !; and thus
far, saved the country from the most
terrific civil war that has ever ra gcd
1t is rumorcd, however, even now,
that the X. G: C.s', are receiving arms
and ammunition in secret manner in
various parts of this State. If so,
the utmost vigilance is requisite on
the part of the Union men to meet the
emergency. And here, say if war
among ourselves, zoe must haze, then
let IL come and our motto is " soar 10
Tie knife, and tie knife to The hat!" Let
counteracting organizations, be at
once formed, if they are not, and let
every Union loving man fall in; and
let all needful preparations be made
to protect our wives and children, and
our homes from the coming storm.
As ever yours,
PETER PERDY.