The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-01-17

Thoueh The Mack ereI Brfgadsis ssill very
enthusiastic. &nay boy, 20 bs fed immediately
tothe flrev bosom OF the we'll known Sopsh-
ern Con!ed4facy agaiD and although the
new GeneraE of the Mack Eel Brigade has
vrieyously asowed that be himself Was the
PEARSON who lost the very battle in which be
wAs personly defeated; stfll feel that tho
late return Of the spectacled Napplean
across Duck Lakes ns somewhat moFtify-
ing to oar distracted connfry, and united
OF Monday With the exsslieus Democratic
Organixatipp. in. demanding that the Res
ponsibls wretch should be Immediately de-
cIared an aceursed Abolitienist. Monday
afternoon, vas talking with the Conserve
tive Kentucky chap and melancholy Chi
cagn chap on the subject, aud says the
Kentucky chap:
1.-THE Cnnstltatiousl organisation Of our
fore fathers, OF which | am q member, it
much devoted to- the Union and the parsui:
happiness but we object to the loss OF any
battles whatsoever by the present im5eelle
Administration. and shall proceed imtnedi-
ately to demand who is responsible for the
Generals holding himself accountable for
the rece6t reverse TO our arms! "Fhe yh0fe
land, says the Conservative Kentucky ehap,
hotiy, sthe whole land; and especially Ken
lucky most respectfully asks in tones Of
thnnder Who is Responsible -"
Here the melancholy chap drew erum-
pied piece or papeg from bis pocket book,
and says be:
81" ! have taken the trouble to examiEs
into this matter, and upon this paper yon
will ind full relation ofthe guilty party"
Ba wing, Rrss taken . ioxeBgs for bis cold,
which be rightly attributed to Horace
Greeley the Conservative ohSp read a. fol-
lows:
THE BLuNDERER REVEALED.
" who ID ResponsibieP'' the nation erica,
when felt disasters everywhere arise,
And slaughtered legons strew the plain where d1sd
A gallant Baysrd and his country's PRIDE.
who is Responsible?" Tne question comes
Loud through the noise Of rout and rsliying drums,
All the vide land Is reel'ng from blow
Dealt, through cur blUnder, by ready foe.
who 10 Responsible ?" Ten thousand dead
Rest quiet It'll the answers said,
speak ye the esret. whisper 1t who can,
Give to the nations lips ;: Thou art the man !"
d" who is Respousible?' The triekser hears,
For none is more ready with delighted ears:--
AZ Look to the statesman in his seat," be says,
q" He is the leader, or fol-. blame OK praise"
q who is Responsible ?' still rings the cry,
Still through country length and breadth peals,
Hungry fpE truth, while yes no truth reveals
" Who ID RessponsibIe9s' me Genprai true,
Losing though doing all thai mad could do r->s
Bendin ne hts back 70 take the weight Of blsmeB
Shoulders the guilt and finds il turn 70 tAms.
-. =. ,.,,,, -
T. Each feels tie questions asonizing thrill :
Another Army IN defeat Is lost,
And JuStiee seeks the biundsfeE with the cost
..who in Resyonsbleq'', IL not the men g. ,r.
who sway the nation with the statesman's psni
If not the GeHerai--for though he's eoE fesSeds "
All his eonissStGn proved he dad his bssaT
q who is Responsible ," RxUncfats,
fhe men vi armies and the men Of State
From elimination, and there Fs1Rans
Unsated aOaot, tn more that nou3ht explains.
| q was Is Rssssspoonsiblsa TSars Is / Power
That halnas WISDOM IN IFS wissst hour,
Though working deity, and with deepest SKILL
sscannat eOnstEain to serve the human WILL
who Is As.spsen.ai ibip'' Go as ne dead.
what bxsuxht him to the undirected lead?
lBsGSk a kIm who next. thai victim stood.
what made Asm live, when poured NE others blood
a. who Ia Reasonable P't Unthinking land
There II I higher FhSn your highest Kand.
I Aud and your slipfif In 1LMIuKTY COP. :.
When the Conservative Kentucky chan
had 6niehsd reading THE document, ny boy
be looked sssrnlg d The melancholy chap,
and saws he i. b u ~. ee
!" Then you think Providence 10 rssponai.
bleg' ..ssraa.sgg .,,,,- -t-a. atfs.a ~
"Yes, "says the mechanically chap. .s
Then, says he, .sf shall telegraph to
4 entaokg 80 30 TO church 30 lohgef. Ken
sucky; says the Conservative 4 chap, con-
vinciDglY, .scan haya nothing to d. With
responsible parsies.b :. F% 2 ,.%.f Ss,
Aud be lefs ps, my boy. TO take inmsdi-
ate rseasuTs for expressing ali mention Of
Psevidenoe N tha canvass for Precedent Of
| ,of.the United States in 1865. :.
| ssl- Yours, irresponsihly, p s@*Es
l " oPRuEUS G. KERR. ~