Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-12-29

The yeas 1875 will dawn upon as the
mo.nsag Of the h0lx sabhp,hytbas day
lulsSh hoais Lsdss alss d ssa #arsbip
blaths Iseak Jslspsah, IL Kias sf kings,
and eonseerased TO Ills Son, tho princcI
Of Peace, whose mission to Earth was
s'peaee and good viii to mani Whose ad
vent brought 'sglad tidipss Of great joy" !"
sAad HhosS ssfFtriBg and death gave sAs
hops sf an stsnai lice In the future
Bus shat OF hope docs the dawnng Of
sbss6ss Years ~ lhs apsy asb@tb norn-
I'D, bring y tie hArss N tas sAbssricaa q
people now struggling in deadly strife
imbraing their bands in ffaternal blood,
in disobgdieuCc TO the uauamaaas eE God
and at variance With tAe teachings Of
CHRISTI Can we hope for q lull IN the
Sid storm or that We may reach a haven
of rest and seearity even with the shsk4i
tered remnants Of = ruined eountsysS 4
Can we hope for redemption from the
mis-rule of the party BOW in pawer, and
an escape from q future Tyranny, dsbt,
and taxation, unknown la the history Of
civilized national Can we hope to es-
cape the periis wish which the liberty of
uhise men and the Rights Of States are
eRylEoaed On every isasds Cen we hope
for q speedy Repee?, Yea fs'hoRs on, hope
ev6f'-haye faith also, and By your
works sise eyidenea Of that faith, and
the great Democracy reared By the n4bls.I
self-saerikeiag sffOrss Of eur FAthsrs, iaI
lhe ssss Of syFanny and injustice, may
jet be saved 10 its purify, il not in its
strength, to this peopie-their posterity,
and tothuss 81 ether eiimes who may
sees ar asylum here. "af
Ba hops Without fafth, andfaitb with-
out EoFss, will avail bat little toward re-
dempsien and future salvation. Tha SIT
ting down and folding of hands sighing
over the past aud looking gloomily into
the fature, otnnot. wiil not, haip aud save
this people. Eff4rss must be made-work
mast be done-eass most be s4criReed,
and seIt ignored, if We may even hspsi
fer redemption. Hope should be parI
guiding star, bus faith and works must
be brought into requisition to remove the
Eshssspetians--sthe doubts and fears and
clear the path thai Leads through the
"yallsy aad shaaow Of dpaEAs In which
this people seem now to be cropping, ut
serly Misunderstanding.
"whAs shall we Dc to be savede" a.
pertinent question, Jet one easily answer
ed, Let the dawniag Of the New Year
hnd every true lover of bis country-ev-
cry christian heart that beats within the
bosom of a tehae man, aIlcd with nes
and Erm resoises-a determinations To-
aid ID rescaing bis oeuntrymen from de-
basement and slnvery, and save 10 poster
ity that form Of Goverument-that giofi>
ous Democracy begaeathed to Us by the
Fathers, and once 80 justly tho pride and
boast Of every trus American. AID let
the dawning Of the New Year, on that
holy meTnings inspire yon Kith nsw aaal
and energy for the great werk to be per-
formed in the caasesOf Peace and De.
moefacy. There must be beg,nnins of
the labor for redemption. aud Hhat more i
fitting time than the iawaiag OF ths New
Yeas2 What mOEs appropriate to the
time than the commencing Of active Ia
Dor for thl dissemiaatian sf tbs srasI
principles Of Democracy, sbro1gh those
proper aad legitimate channels, the Dem.
oerasic press-net the k5brids, bus she
true, uaaiaehiug organs that have faced
and brased the Wild storm Of FanAtieism
which has raged 70 saoA 9ksssfsa extent
throughout the length and hssadth Of ahis
country, the past four years. And ia this
matter no Democrat should suffer hinaelEl
10 be a iaggard. Each Ani every one
should perform bis part In tho ~ork.
II our frisnds ever expect to sarn back
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