The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-03-07
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v.vaa IN digging canal for the purpose o.
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emp,iss INTO Blask rixsrl Fass. The plas,'
suppose, 10 30 open . route for our gun..
boats and transports whsfesy'ae may gss
arouud Ghs rebsl stronghold at Vtesseurg
and essirely sus OF their conmanisasioa
;wsish'tha rich fOssgins couasFy wsss OF she
Mississippi. TAefcauatis nearly asn'sbsd'
4 and as the river 10 Abous ffsesn fees higher
itbaa "a q lake, sssre can be no doubs hat the
/ proiecs will WORK. The rebels have drawn
nearly all their supplies from the vest SIDE
Of the river for their whOls army. and bus q
few days ssisCs they Fers gllhsnz .Eeelivss.
miles II this place wssh steamboats, from
Vioksburg aud Port Hudson after forage.
They are said to have large force OF IL
fas.ry cod artillery. on the west side Of
BAYOU Mason, With which they purpose TO
oppose our progress but i 10 my oplnlfanl
that q s'squad'' of Yankees, attended Ry .
few of UDoe Samasl's guuboats, will speed
lily cause the ..busserputs'' TO make them
selves scarce.T D. ~, f.r,.s III a.
Ever since We left the front of Viokshurg'
il has raiped nearly all the time which re-
tards the work on the canal very. much, ons
large force Of negroes are at the work,
and il will 5000 be finished. = tr.:za a., ..
We are in one Of the richest sections ~
country that We have been IN since we
started. Our brigade, (ths Sd. composed
Of the llth, 18Th. 18th, and l6th Iowa, are
camped on one of the plantations belong
ing TO one Genera Sparrow, who, previous
TO the war, boasted Of owning fre hundred
slaves. He 10 now at Richmond as Member
OF Congress from this State, and while he
lie attending to the wants of his suffering
constituents, General CroCker's brigade (aIi
the way from Iowa) will pay its respects to
his property here by using bis darkfes 10
shovelling, and bis last years crop for the
purpose Of feeding them as well IS the sold
iers.
The friends at home may thing different,
but tell them if the North remains united
and The war is pushed vigorously for short
time longer. the South must suesumb and
once m ore acknowledge the oh flag.
The rebels have nearly consumed their
last y ears crop, and as we will have their
communication with the West soon Ous of,
and being SURF ounded by the great blockade
and shut up 10 Notifications, they must either
drive back the grand Union army break up
the blockade and carry the war into the
North or acknowledge themselves whipped
and come back TO the Union. One grand
thing for the cause 10 the presidents Proc.
lamafion," which to-day Is doing more to
defeat the rebels than one half of the army.
The rebels have had their negroes at work
raising the provisions for them 30 carry on
the war while they to man were in The
army fighting us; but no sooner bad Lin
coins Proclamation been issued than it
reached the ears of the slave, who knew
that be was toiliDg to furnish the means for
carrying on an uuholy rebellion, and from
that moment if he bad not the chance to
reach our lines, be AZ least was not to be
trusted aud bis master must return to his
family aud provide fer their welfare, and
guard against the threatened reVolt Of the
slave. But, says the "peaee" man Of The
North, what are you gong to do With the
darkiee which come 10 your lipes2 We are
going to feed them and place The or and
spade in thsirhdnds, 'has they may dig our
canals and make our breast works, while
we take the fed against the enemy. ADD
let me tell you that for every good Geld
hand who falls into our hands, a rebel SOL
der must leave his gun aud return home
and take the negroes place at the plow.-
Aud il by feeding one million negroes We
can close the war let U, do it. For my
part, had rather feed negro year than
be shot at once. One half Of the South 10
now in our hands, Sour army and navy are
closing in on them from nil sides, their
last years crop OF coru will soon be gone,
and already the starving families of the
South are crying fur peace. II the North
but keeps united six months longer The war
will surely be over. But We do not fear the
peace men or traitors of the North, for they
have no arms and if they did have them
they would be toe cowardly to use them,
and they had better be careful how. they
act, for some Of US will soms day be home /;
and We have not suffered the hardships of q
soIdiers and faced she bullsts Of the enemy,
and seen our comrades fall by thousands
20 have our acts condemned aud our old
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