Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-11-25
COUNSEL rOR THE WICKED.

z SumeSnnc, Of Prairie do Chisay hoss
heart yearns toward the good fellows So
cially," Who conduct, tie ssicy Nora Io,nu
Times, addressed them the following admira.
be letter, which the I, Colonel and John" are
Kind enough to furnish us in their last pnpcr.
We are sorry, ho~tvees that even such kind.
ly influence is Intellectual for the cleansing Of
their perversc ways: X &Ak e "A
ovEs THa Prrs.
sra ss.#1a N,sar BKsoss ELkcrIos.
Dear Colonel and JOHN.
Sympathy impels me to drop you line Ut
warning and Of pity. Your defeat Of to.
morrow will be a panic--then rout--then
skedaddle, with more Chickahominies to
straddle and swamps to founder through,
than Jon can find in Little Macs field maps,
and no Iiarrson's Landing to fall back on.
must advise you to give way early in tho
action if you would beat an orderly retreat.
Get up to night, s,t in night,cap and slippers
and write recantation Of all you've said In
the campaign. Eschcw Mcclellan as . fan
urc in war, a fzz!e in politics. Spew out
Pendlc,on; kick the platform from under
your heels; swear you got on II through
mistake or while taking a promenade with
the night marc--any way to disown it before
il disowns itself -
l saw John to day. He views the coming
storm with that same awe struck serenity
with which the convict beholds the thunder.
bolt that knocks his prison about his cars.
feeling that there's a chance 20 escape If hO
isn't smashed in the ruins. Thus men feel
when God does for them what they can't do
for themselves. l believe that there was 4
lurking honesty in the bsy's conviction which
told his conscier &C that his party's defeat
was his country's salvation. .a ''~t't Esa
Ny dear "othcr .idcrs" Of the river and Of
politics barring the latter kind o like you
you have broad souls, with rich mould
Of humor, and southwark slope to look the
sunshine square in the face. Alas that tho
! dceil should have small reservation ~ 'en,,
where he should plant his politics and top.
dress it with human dcp,avity | Alasl that
there should be in your bosoms just enough
of copper TO give your milk Of human kind.
ness twsng Of re,1igris! Alas that be.
! ing so much above shoddy contractors and
army suffers, itinerant ministers and United
States consu's, you should still be little
lower than good Union MeN." who are "a
little lower than the angels !" am forced
| to say to each Of you, One thing thou lack
est y 90 give the weight of thy influence to
Uncle Sam, and then art thou such editors
as God and good women smile on. Sclah
Why pay court any longer TO that absn-
doned hag who has donned the east of robes
Of Democracy? She has played the wanton
with Slavery | Shame on her She has
dallcd with Rebellion, giving it mods and
winks neither honost nor modest. She has
invited Anarchy to come and see her. Her
steps take hold on the very devil. Nnw Is \
good tirhc TO quit her. Constancy Is a vr.
tue which should not survive the ransub.
sanitation Of hag to a yes'al. You can
let yourselves down easy ont Of her chamber
window while she il in Mysteries and thu
world in jubilee over the election returns
Therefore, say I, get up and budgc! Go
Your ways! And the world, by and by. will
forget that you ever wern't mice young
men," e..asr ,dT aa...- .- .. r. ..,.
! .s .- Yours, .. ..Erl. OVER THE RIVER.