The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-02
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History, fit be nat the merest toy, the idle.t pa
time Of our vacant hours, is the record of the o,
ward march Of humaAty towards an end, whe'
,S,s Mors
pecPis bosom, where not ss vet the beasts hea
? has been taken away and mans heart given, thes
fore TO history least Of all Sacred History, thos
ssso7.S.eh q, ssessed Ssaa. pc esss hunters
PEELED their Fellows and Scripture Is only most tru
to its idea while II passes them almost wheliy
Silence by. while It fingers rather on the plains
Mamre with the man that "beieved God and II wa
counted unto him for righteousness" than by ''por
nlons No. or great Babylon, where faith existe
Tc fF.S III 7as isS s~sySs , q ssrspsur.. ss91sss,
[Concluded.l
.sYst it,hap psaAd.. ASH 50 oftm hahpsns i,
the order of Divine Providence, in the NOR
!, 81 as in the physical Nv srd, that the nigh
was darkest just before the dawn-s ,Amids
all this universal dependency and siniste
ioreboding, events were preparing which il
few short months changed the whole fac,
FofEhfoye, ana f5rced SACK that 'toefssnnt" Q
revolutionary success which had spreat
overthe whole Coatineuts, sntilyit-over.
whelmned "fhe' country where It had it,
source in complete ruin. The discussions
ia P.slIansns tswfich9e have stsferrcd
took place in February. 1912. With the
siege Of Ciudad Rodrigo on the 18th Of Jan
uary in that year, with The fall Of Badajo,
on the ,26sh Of March, the first. battle %
sakrnancA Cd the aOth Of JAY, md sNapo
Icons invasion of Russia, in June in the
same year, began the downfall of the. French
Empifo. SCQJ00 40 ri
i. Wellington at last reached Madrid in Au
gust, 1872, more than four years later than
he ought to, have done, according to the
strategists Of Parliament and the Press
This was all forgotten at the .moment,. SO
magic awand is held" by success. The
fickle voice Of popular applause was again
heard. echoing the.spirit Of confidence which
This persistent and sundaunted conduct had
revived ii the hearts Of his 6oantrymen.-
Pc His career Of victory, h,wever,.s, was des-
tined not TO be unchecked, and when, after
his occupation of Madrid, his unsuccessful
assault upon the castle of Burgos,
rendereda retreat 10 the Portuguese from.
tier, and the evac6ation sSof the capital a
proper military movement, although that
retreat Sas soippeqsated fog BY the absn-
ment OF Andalusa by the French, in order
to concentrate. their whole force against him
still the blind multitude could not be made
to understand il, and began again to mur.
| mur.
1t isanot now difficult to see that the vic
tory at Salamanca was reallyEwhat the far
seeing sagacity ofMarshal soult predicted
at the time it would become, "a prodigious
historical event." that it was the pivot on
which atfhat time, hinged-ths destiaics Of
England, one Of chose battles Of which we
see perhaps a dozen snlys ia tlre. csurse- of
History which are feally decisive Of the fate
Of empires. 1t completely unloosed the
French power ine the SPspuspla,T and pre-
pared the way for the great success of Wit
toria, the next year, which gave the coup de
grace to the French military soceupation Of
Spain. 1t is not our present purpose to
trace the history ofthe next campaign, but
It is curious to observe the effects produced
upon that public opinion that had shifted SO
often and so strangely during the progress
of this eyentful astsuggs.o The opposition,
as their only hope Of escape from political
annihlation,. and thinking to. swim with the
popular current, abused the ministers for
not supporting Wellington with sufficient
eafncsthess,chdming they had taken <ths I'd
vice, which they themeelves had so often
and soeloquendy rendered. 'Butit was of
no avail this wretched charlatanisn was too
transpsrsntto impose On any y'one,k aud of
the great party who oppo ed the war, no one
everAlterwardsros Office or power in
England. = Itrequired- 'agwhoie generation |
in the opinion Of the English constituencies
to expirate the faults Of those who had
sneered at the great Duke, and had called
the glorious fields of Eimeiro, Russ2Q. Tala. !
vera. Fuenesld'O ODorg dhidad Kodpso, iahd |
Banaajoz, names which have become associ.
ated with thepreudsst recvllectienss Of En-
slish rsnovn. L niece shaFrsp victories, equal
in their effects to defeats"
- We pass now 70 the consideration of an !
,ther class Of dificulties inherent 10 the
Afsveiy MIA and EsGsany Of
ar greater magnitude than any other---those
the faiAng OF tho vastiSums
If money required for the support of militia /
y operations. In this important matter, ift
pe mistake not, theY ~ SONG striking I
points Of resemblance between the English
experience during the war, and our present
yitsAicp. ftiy1.Ae fashienr epQag Sany
who seek to excite the public alarm on this |.
subject from pn.orthy,y and sometimes i
may be feared from trsasonable motives, to
represent The enormous outlay of the ma
lions wealth which. is poured opr 70 save
the aatiep' sl life, as wholly unparalleled in
history Ystit may. he. asserted, without
my fear Of contradiction, that England, with
\ population Of a little more than on half Of
hat which. now inhabits our loyal States,
With resources infinitely less ip proportion
It that time than our own, her manufactur-
Ing ihd1stfy. so'far Is external outiet- was
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