The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-05-21
From the New Orleans True Delta, April 30th.
TIL FUTURE OF THE soUTHse

TIL FUTURE OF THE FkAs09
Poets. theologians and philosophers all
bid US take comfWt in afaietioa,9 and Aev-
er despair The one tells us wSifh st.oieal
indifference to drink the cup that EaIha "a
our lot. and no difference how bitter che
draught, swallow it without wry face
Poets sing of clouds with silver Innings,
and the D. DIS bid US remember that
behind frowning Providence He hidss
a smiling face" c4rthese sayinss sEp
there must be great and glorioua
for the South. If the darker Tho
the brighter the lining, surely the SiivsF
must now be FURNISHED to the last degree
OF briRiancy, for the cloud is dark shat
hangs over the South now, Her brxvas4
sons and most beautiful boys lay 'uncoflzh-
cd on many a battlefield, with no shroud
save the soldiers blanket. No monument
tai urn marks the spot where he lies, and
which, perchance is only known by the
name hastily peuciled on a piece U9craeksr
~box. Her daughters, reared in luxury,
with no care but to CRAFTY the refined and
holy instincts of their nature, now lam
guish in poverty. and for the first time are
made acquainted with gaunt wait Her
fields arc dcva ted, and her houses burn
ed whole districts, where fruits and flow
crs once fourished, are now deserts-ft
residences for Sultan MahamOnd's owls.
lie old men are exiles from their homes,
AMI wander far away from their household
gods. The millionaire Of yesterday is the
hcggar of to-day. Such have been the
sad effects Of this unholv war. inaugurated
TO crafty the vaultjng ambition Of disap-
pointed politicians, The menr who were
wont to feast on viandx and drink gener-
Gus wines, are now glad to get orn-dodger
and commissary whisky; and the women,
no longer arrayed in all the gl6ries of the
East, are content to wear Merril9ac prints.
These things. terrible as they are. may be
but the heathfuT medicine that will cure
the body polite.
All history has demonstrated the fact
that the human race has never taken a
backward step. It matters not how unto-
ward NAV have seemed to he events, nor
how black the cloud that hung its pail
over 4 nation. the dcnouemcnt has always
been an evidence that Providence will
shape our ends, rough hue them AS We may.
And - it wal be with thesSouth When
the purging fires Of this rebellion shall
have been queDched, the South will not
only again blossom as a rose. hut her glory
viii shine the more Respondent Com
,merce sihzagaiH flourish, and ike Tyre,
her merchants will be the honorable of the
A1Ao 1EpYrafiou wiltpoa 46-itg tide
Of human wealth and multitudes of small
farmers viii take the place of the one
plsnseT~sEaanps will b., cleared By the
sturdy ItishaaAn, = the bEawny !Scotchmau.
the lraaa5 Rngiishuch and the dntfrfng
German. Instead Of a few millionaires
we stzsll hareanna of ishdussaas. 'ib6asst,
happy, intelligent producers. Surely this
Is q copsummation devoutly to be wished,
and Uns Nit sll repay ,hs au he Blood
and treasure expended By this unhoiy war.
The same gloFsoss sassults nighs hake
hsan aahlsyg 6s szsures of peSce1 Had
80 Fas f1sidenee been 'Kft, Il u
But wieked men took
= things iasssstheir own
bands, an aoesi Providence viii
BOT pessnas them u Sss me sSsaie: suit
Veg allow them 70 s1iFsf t6e eSslty q. 81
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